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Dhoni slammed for 'bullying' umpire into changing mind
DUBAI: Cricket fans have slammed icon Mahendra Singh Dhoni for apparently bullying umpire Paul Reiffel into changing a wide call during an Indian Premier League game. The incident occurred Tuesday when Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings paceman Shardul Thakur bowled outside the off stump of Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Rashid Khan. Umpire Reiffel, who played 35 Tests for Australia before retiring, appeared to start the signal for a wide - both arms...
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Zain first operator in Kuwait to offer Samsung's latest Smart TVs
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced the offering of a range of Samsung smart TVs for postpaid customers, featuring the most advanced innovations, the highest viewing quality, and many smart features on Zain's largest and fastest 5G network in Kuwait, starting at KD 5 monthly only.Yesterday's announcement makes Zain the first telecom operator in Kuwait to offer the latest smart TVs from Samsung, reflecting the...
(FILES) In this file photo the Goldman Sachs building is seen in lower Manhattan on April 15, 2016 in New York City. - Profits surged at Goldman Sachs in the third quarter, boosted by strong trading results and a jump in advisory fees to firms going public, the investment bank reported on October 14, 2020. Net income came in at $3.5 billion, up 94 percent from the year-ago period and topping analyst estimates by a wide margin. Revenues rose 30 percent to $10.8 billion. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Goldman Sachs profit blows past estimates
NEW YOK: The Goldman Sachs building is seen in lower Manhattan in New York City. - AFP NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs Group Inc yesterday posted its best quarterly performance in a decade by some measures, as its trading business moved back into the limelight and its lack of a big consumer business switched from a curse to a blessing. The Wall Street trading powerhouse easily outperformed rivals JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc with a 29 percent...
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Egyptian economic development projects surpass the challenges
By Dr Ibrahim Al-AnkeleCAIRO: Egypt has witnessed throughout its history many challenges and conflicts that contributed to one degree or another in impeding the process of development and was keen to overcome them in order to keep pace with regional and international changes, investing in this its uniqueness in the most distinguished geographical location in the world, which played a vital role in the development process, and perhaps what Egypt...
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Apple joins 5G revolution with 4 new iPhones
In this photo released by Apple, Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up the all-new iPhone 12 Pro during an Apple event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on Tuesday. - AFP SAN FRANCISCO: Apple joined the move to 5G on Tuesday, unveiling four new iPhones which use the new standard in what could be a turning point for the high-speed wireless technology. "Today is the beginning of a new era for iPhone," Apple chief executive Tim Cook said during a...
Internally displaced people with their belongings flee from Nadali district to Lashkar Gah during the ongoing clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces, in Helmand province on October 14, 2020. - Tens of thousands of people in southern Afghanistan have fled their homes following days of heavy fighting between the Taliban and security forces, officials said on October 14, as violence continues to soar despite ongoing peace talks. (Photo by - / AFP)
Thousands of villagers flee Taleban onslaught in southern Afghanistan
Internally displaced people with their belongings flee from Nadali district to Lashkar Gah during the ongoing clashes between Taleban fighters and Afghan security forces, in Helmand province yesterday.—AFP LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan: Tens of thousands of people in southern Afghanistan have fled their homes following days of heavy fighting between the Taleban and security forces, officials said yesterday, as violence continues to soar despite...
Supporters of US President Donald Trump attend a Make America Great Again rally as he campaigns at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Florida, October 12, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Growing antipathy to Trump among Florida's seniors as coronavirus rages
SANFORD: Supporters of US President Donald Trump attend a Make America Great Again rally as he campaigns at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Florida.-AFP MIMAI: It should have been an idyllic dotage in coastal Florida for Gregory Zec and his wife. Instead, they are contemplating a retirement overshadowed by uncertainty and fear because of a viral outbreak that has laid low friends and family alike. Like other seniors, the...
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New crew reaches ISS in record time
The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 64 crew of NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (inset) blasts off to the ISS from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan yesterday. - AFP ALMATY, Kazakhstan: A three-person crew successfully reached the International Space Station yesterday aboard a Russian rocket after the fastest ever journey...
People wearing protective face masks walk in the pedestrian area in the city of Dortmund, western Germany, on October 14, 2020, amid the ongoing novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. - In Dortmund, wearing a mask is mandatory in the pedestrian zone since October 13 as a measure to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The German Chancellor wants measures toughened up to fight a surge in coronavirus infections, including requiring masks in more places and limiting numbers of people gathering for private events, according to a draft policy paper seen by AFP. The proposals to be discussed with premiers from Germany's 16 states later on October 14 would see the restrictions kick in once an area records 35 new infections per 100,000 people over seven days. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
New lockdowns from China to Europe as virus trials stumble
DORTMUND: People wearing protective face masks walk in the pedestrian area in the city of Dortmund, western Germany, yesterday amid the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. - AFP PARIS: As Europe imposed new restrictions to try to stall a surging second wave of the novel coronavirus, hopes for vaccines to rapidly provide relief suffered a blow Tuesday with the suspension of two clinical trials in the United States. China meanwhile...
Tunisian protesters take to the streets of the impoverished Tunisian town of Sbeitla on October 13, 2020 after a man died when authorities demolished an illegal kiosk where he was sleeping. - The shop in Sbeitla, in the central province of Kasserine, was demolished in the early hours on the orders of local authorities, security sources told AFP. Abderrazek Khachnaoui, the father of the shop's owner, was killed in the operation, according to the same sources and his son. (Photo by MOHAMED ZARROUKI / AFP)
Tunisians protest after man dies in kiosk demolition
SBEITLA: Tunisian protesters take to the streets of this impoverished town on Tuesday after a man died when authorities demolished an illegal kiosk where he was sleeping. - AFP KASSERINE, Tunisia: Angry residents took to the streets of an impoverished Tunisian town on Tuesday after a man died when authorities demolished an illegal kiosk where he was sleeping. The shop in Sbeitla, in the central province of Kasserine, was demolished in the early...
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Thai protest rivals in show of force on Bangkok streets
BANGKOK: Student Union of Thailand spokesperson Panusaya "Rung" Sithijirawattanakul (center) speaks from a truck as pro-democracy protesters march towards the Government House during an anti-government rally in Bangkok yesterday.—AFP BANGKOK: Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters and royalist supporters of King Maha Vajiralongkorn staged rival shows of force yesterday with political tension growing after three months of demonstrations....
Residents gather on a flooded street outside their homes following heavy rains in Hyderabad on October 14, 2020. (Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP)
Heavy rains kill 12 in India, damage crops
HYDERABAD: Residents gather on a flooded street outside their homes following heavy rains in Hyderabad yesterday. – AFP MUMBAI: Heavy rains have killed at least 12 people in southern India and caused widespread flooding in the city Hyderabad, home to major IT companies and startups, government officials said yesterday. A wall collapsed killing nine people in Hyderabad, the capital of the southern state of Telangana, while the other three were...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story