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Crown Prince tournament
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: HH The Crown Prince cup tournament (Round 8) had the current holder Kuwait Football Club face Al-Sahel on Sunday, and the match ended 2-0 in favor of Kuwait. Kuwait players had an almost total control of the match, but lacked the necessary execution and scoring tactics. Kuwait had some opportunities but Burgan's goal keeper was up to the task during the first half. The second half was different as Kuwait's Fahad...
In this picture taken on November 23, 2020, Hielko Van Rijthoven, a conservationist working with Wings of Change examines one of the falcons seized by Pakistani authorities from smugglers, in the port city of Karachi. - Since learning to capture birds as a teen, Muhammad Rafiq has amassed a small fortune in Pakistan trapping and trafficking falcons -- including some endangered species -- for wealthy Gulf Arabs. A single falcon can fetch up to tens of thousands of dollars on the black market, which allowed Rafiq to renovate his family home last year. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP) / To go with AFP story Pakistan-falcons-wildlife-environment-politics, FOCUS by Zain Zaman Janjua
Poachers' paradise: Gulf hunts fuel Pakistan falcon trafficking
Hielko Van Rijthoven, a conservationist working with Wings of Change examines one of the falcons seized by Pakistani authorities from smugglers, in the port city of Karachi. Since learning to capture birds as a teen, Muhammad Rafiq has amassed a small fortune in Pakistan trapping and trafficking falcons-including some endangered species-for wealthy Gulf Arabs. - AFP photos Since learning to capture birds as a teen, Muhammad Rafiq has amassed a...
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Bond actress, 'That '70s Show' star Tanya Roberts dies at 65
Tanya Roberts Former Bond actress and "That '70s Show" star Tanya Roberts has died in Los Angeles at the age of 65, media reports said. Roberts, who had been hospitalized since December 24 after she collapsed while walking her dogs, died on Sunday, her publicist Mike Pingel told The Hollywood Reporter. "I'm devastated. She was brilliant and beautiful and I feel like a light has been taken away. To say she was an angel would be at the top of the...
Two trucks take the direction of the Channel Tunnel shuttles on January 4, 2021 in Coquelles. - Goods flowed smoothly across the Channel between Britain and France on January 4, the first working day since the completion of Brexit last week. Nearly 3,000 trucks have passed through the Channel Tunnel from France to Britain since the UK left the EU customs union and single market at midnight on December 31, in the final act of its divorce from the EU. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP)
Smooth sailing for Channel traffic as post-Brexit deal flows ramp up
Two trucks take the direction of the Channel Tunnel shuttles yesterday in Coquelles. Goods flowed smoothly across the Channel between Britain and France yesterday, the first working day since the completion of Brexit last week. - AFP CALAIS: Goods flowed smoothly across the Channel between Britain and France yesterday, the first working day since the completion of Brexit last week. Nearly 3,000 trucks have passed through the Channel Tunnel from...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 09, 2020 (From L) Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO, Michael Manley, and FCA Chairman John Elkann attend the presentation of the new sports car of Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer Maserati, the Maserati MC20, on September 9, 2020 at the Modena racetrack. - Elkann is to preside over the board of directors of Stellantis, the future multinational automotive manufacturing corporation resulting of the merger of French automaker Groupe PSA and Italian-American automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, alongside Carlos Tavares, cureent chairman of the PSA board of directors, who will become its managing director. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Shareholders of PSA approve mega-merger with Fiat Chrysler
In this file photo (from left) Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO, Michael Manley, and FCA Chairman John Elkann attend the presentation of the new sports car of Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer Maserati, the Maserati MC20 at the Modena racetrack. - AFP PARIS: Shareholders of French automaker PSA voted yesterday to approve a merger with the US-Italian group Fiat Chrysler, a move that catapults the new company, "Stellantis", into the fourth...
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China telecom firms slide after NY delisting as oil giants fret
HONG KONG: Shares in China's big three state-owned telecom companies slid in Hong Kong after the New York Stock Exchange announced their delisting. HONG KONG: Shares in China's big three state-owned telecom companies slid in Hong Kong yesterday during the first day of trading since the New York Stock Exchange announced it was delisting the firms. Friday's move by the NYSE seeks to comply with an order by outgoing US President Donald Trump...
Manchester City's US goalkeeper Zack Steffen (R) catches the ball during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in London on January 3, 2021. (Photo by Ian Walton / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /
City still too good for Chelsea
LONDON: Manchester City's US goalkeeper Zack Steffen (right) catches the ball during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge yesterday. - AFP LONDON: Manchester City brushed off a series of coronavirus-related absences to outclass Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge yesterday and reassert their Premier League title challenge. Pep Guardiola's men had scored more than twice in a league game just...
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Saudi CB grants Zain fintech subsidiary 'Tamam' first consumer micro-financing license in region
Bader Al-Kharafi, Zain Vice-Chairman and Group CEO, Zain KSA Vice-Chairman and Tamam Chairman RIYADH/KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and North Africa announces that Tamam Financing Company (Tamam), the financial technology (fintech) subsidiary of its operation in Saudi Arabia has been officially licensed by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) to provide micro-financing services to...
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Kuwait to suspend direct flights to and from Britain
KUWAIT: (From left) Minister of State for Services Affairs Abdullah Marafi, Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh and President of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah visit Kuwait International Airport as flights resumed on Saturday. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait is suspending direct commercial flights to and from...
TOPSHOT - Residents look as an artists gives finishing touches to a mural depicting frontline workers carrying a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine in Kolkata on January 2, 2021. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
Nations race to inoculate; India OKs 2 vaccines
KOLKATA: A resident looks on as an artist applies finishing touches to a mural depicting frontline workers carrying a COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. - AFP NEW DELHI: India approved the emergency use of two COVID-19 vaccines yesterday, as nations across the world raced to get their populations inoculated to beat back surging infection numbers. More than a year after COVID-19 first emerged it has killed 1.8 million people out of 84 million cases,...
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Resolution in balance ahead of Gulf summit
DOHA: The Gulf crisis, which has pitted regional players against Qatar, could be moving closer to resolution as the key countries prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia tomorrow. Riyadh led a coalition of countries in the Gulf and beyond in 2017 to cut ties with Doha, over charges it was too close to Tehran and backed radical Islamist groups. Qatar denies the claims.Washington has intensified pressure on the nations imposing what Qatar calls a...
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Iraqis mourn commanders killed by US
BAGHDAD: Iraqi demonstrators brandish flags and placards as they rally in Tahrir Square yesterday to mark one year after a US drone strike killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and his Iraqi lieutenant Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis. - AFP BAGHDAD: Thousands of Iraqi mourners chanted "revenge" and "no to America" yesterday, one year after a US drone strike killed Iran's revered commander Qasem Soleimani and his Iraqi lieutenant Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis....
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GAZA: A woman mourns over the bodies of children killed in Zionist bombardment on the Hassan Salama and Al-Nasser schools housing displaced Palestinians on Aug 4, 2024 at the at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City. - AFP
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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
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Ministries of Awqaf discuss ways to counter extremism, terrorism