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Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos (left) topped Forbes' list of richest Americans for the third year in a row, while US President Donald Trump's ranking dropped. --Reuters

Bezos tops Forbes list of richest Americans

Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos (left) topped Forbes' list of richest Americans for the third year in a row, while US President Donald Trump's ranking dropped. --Reuters NEW YORK: Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos topped Forbes' list of richest Americans for the third year in a row, while US President Donald Trump's ranking dropped as the coronavirus pandemic slammed his office buildings, hotels and resorts, the magazine said Tuesday.The...

Workers pack syringes at the Hindustan Syringes factory in Faridabad. -- AFP

India syringe maker boosts production

Workers pack syringes at the Hindustan Syringes factory in Faridabad. -- AFP FARIDABAD: India's biggest syringe manufacturer is ramping up production to churn out a billion units, anticipating a surge in demand as the global race to find a coronavirus vaccine heats up.While the focus on tackling the pandemic has mostly been on the development of vaccines, experts say medical essentials to administer them are also vital. Hindustan Syringes-one of...

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Boursa Kuwait organizes first 'Virtual Corporate Day' in tie-up with HSBC

Noura Al-Abdulkareem KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait organized its first Virtual Corporate Day in collaboration with HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services institutions in the world, from 9 until 10 September 2020. The conference, held virtually because of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, was attended by nine companies listed in the Kuwaiti capital market, who met with 31 of the world's leading institutional investors and asset...

NEW YORK: Naomi Osaka of Japan serves during her Women's Singles quarter-finals match against Shelby Rogers of the United States on Day Nine of the 2020 US Open on September 8, 2020. - AFP

Osaka, Zverev into US Open last 4

NEW YORK: Naomi Osaka of Japan serves during her Women's Singles quarter-finals match against Shelby Rogers of the United States on Day Nine of the 2020 US Open on September 8, 2020. - AFP NEW YORK: Japan's Naomi Osaka sailed into the semi-finals of the US Open on Tuesday as Alexander Zverev of Germany booked his spot in the last four of the men's draw. Osaka, the tournament's fourth seed, swept aside unseeded Shelby Rogers in straight sets to...

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Kazma Sports Club cruise into semis

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kazma Sports Club cruise into semi finals of HH the Amir cup after defeating Qadisiya 7-6 in penalty shootout after extra time periods ended in a 2-2 draw during the match that was held on Tuesday night. Kazima opened the score when Shibeeb Al-Khladi sent the ball to the back of the net in the 33rd-minute then Qadisiys equalized in the 40th minute when Bader Al-Mutawaa scored from the penalty spot.Kazma's Bandar...

SOUTHAMPTON: Englands bowler Chris Jordan (left) looks on as the ball goes past the stumps as Australias Mitchell Marsh (center) scores the winning run during the international Twenty20 cricket match between England and Australia on September 8, 2020. AFP

Australia regain top spot in T20 rankings from England

SOUTHAMPTON: Englands bowler Chris Jordan (left) looks on as the ball goes past the stumps as Australias Mitchell Marsh (center) scores the winning run during the international Twenty20 cricket match between England and Australia on September 8, 2020. AFP SOUTHAMPTON: Mitchell Marsh marked his return to the world stage by leading Australia to a five-wicket consolation win over England at Southampton on Tuesday as they regained top spot in...

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Monsieur Dakar back to winning ways at Baja Poland

KUWAIT: Stephane Peterhansel (FRA) wasted no time in reminding Europe's offroaders that he's still the man to beat on his return to competitive racing at Baja Poland. He took control of the contest before the midway point and the 13-time Dakar Rally winner went on to claim the chequered flag behind the wheel of his MINI John Cooper Works Rally.Peterhansel quickly answered any questions about how he would cope with eight months away from racing...

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First 5G iPhone at Apple online event Sept 15

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Tuesday fired off invitations to a September 15 online event expected to star the first iPhone tailored for superfast 5G telecom networks. The typically tight-lipped technology titan revealed only that the presentation would be streamed starting at 1700 GMT from its headquarters in Silicon Valley. Copies of the emailed invitation spread quickly on social media, featuring a video-snippet version of the Apple logo in blue...

MORIA: Children sit on the ground in the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out yesterday. - AFP

Migrant camp gutted by huge blaze

MORIA: Children sit on the ground in the burnt camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos after a major fire broke out yesterday. - AFP LESBOS: Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives yesterday as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and...

KABUL: A smoke plume rises following an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan's vice president Amrullah Saleh in Kabul yesterday. - AFP

Afghan VP lightly wounded in blast

KABUL: A smoke plume rises following an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan's vice president Amrullah Saleh in Kabul yesterday. - AFP KABUL: Afghanistan's vice president sustained minor injuries yesterday in an explosion targeting his convoy that killed at least 10 people, as government-backed negotiators and the Taleban prepared to meet in Doha for the long-delayed peace talks. The attack in the capital Kabul was quickly condemned as...

PUNE: Christian volunteer Sagai Nair (right) and volunteers from a Muslim group carry the coffin of a COVID-19 Coronavirus victim for burial during a funeral at a cemetery in Pune. India has overtook Brazil as the country with the second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases. - AFP

COVID vaccine trial paused after 'unexplained' illness

PUNE: Christian volunteer Sagai Nair (right) and volunteers from a Muslim group carry the coffin of a COVID-19 Coronavirus victim for burial during a funeral at a cemetery in Pune. India has overtook Brazil as the country with the second highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases. - AFP LONDON: Clinical trials on one of the most advanced experimental Covid-19 vaccines, which is being developed by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford...

MEKELE: Women wait in line in order to enter a polling station during Tigray's regional elections in the city of Mekele, Ethiopia yesterday. - AFP

Ethiopia region defies Abiy with 'illegal' election

MEKELE: Women wait in line in order to enter a polling station during Tigray's regional elections in the city of Mekele, Ethiopia yesterday. - AFP MEKELE: Ageing war veterans and university students joined long pre-dawn lines in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region to vote yesterday in parliamentary elections that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government has deemed illegal. Polls opened at 6am across the mountainous northern Tigray region despite a...

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Gulf Bank Chairman Bader Al-Kharafi

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TEHRAN: Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (center) flashes the victory sign during a swearing in ceremony of the new president at the parliament in Tehran on July 30 2024. - AFP

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KUWAIT: First Deputy PM and Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah receives Dr Emad Yousef on July 31, 2024. - KUNA

MoI: No one above the law

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(File photo) Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyah, standing in front of a portrait of the radical group's slain spiritual guide Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, addresses the crowd during rally by the radical group in the former Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip, 16 September 2005. - The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on July 31, 2024, its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Zionist strike in Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of the country's new president, and vowed the act "will not go unanswered". — AFP

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Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf with Morocco's Ambassador to Kuwait Ali bin Issa. - KUNA

Kuwait’s investments in Morocco reach $1.5 bn