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Interest-free installments fuel online luxury shopping fever
KUWAIT: The option to pay in interest-free installments has recently become popular at online shopping stores, where the terms of installments are simple and easy for shoppers. The service aims to ease the process of online shopping by dividing the total price into three or four installments without added interest. Speaking to Kuwait Times, economist Mohamed Ramadan said the interest-free installment system is not a scam, but rather a means to...
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Elders struggle to get jobs, promotions as ageism festers in a society that favors youth
By Ghadeer GhloumKUWAIT: Ageism has a considerable impact on the lives of older adults. It is a form of discrimination that manifests in various aspects of life, such as psychological stress, workplace discrimination and societal stereotypes and negative attitudes, where individuals are treated unfavorably due to their age. This destroys elder individuals’ self-esteem and their ability to participate in their communities and maintain their...
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Kuwait secures 19 medals
BERLIN: Kuwaiti athletes have added eight medals to their tally in the Special Olympics World Games currently held in Berlin. Athletes Zainab Al-Durai and Bu Rabaa won gold medals in bowling and badminton competitions respectively. Taif Al-Enezi snatched four medals: three silver and one bronze, in the weightlifting contest. Rider Basma Al-Busaili obtained silver medal in the equestrian game and a four-member Kuwaiti team won a silver medal in...
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Kuwaiti discus thrower grabs gold medal
RABAT: Kuwaiti athlete Essa Al-Zenkawi has grabbed the gold medal of the discus-throwing contest in the Arab Athletics Championship, which concluded in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh Saturday. Kuwaiti champion Al-Zenkawi scored 59 meters and 20 centimeters, ahead of the Qatari thrower Moaz Ibrahim, who scored 59 meters, 11 centimeters, and Egyptian Shehab Abdelaziz who scored 57 meters and one centimeter.This is the second gold for Kuwait in the...
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West African football coach dreaming big in Kyrgyzstan
LENINSKOYE: Under the watchful eye of Daniel Tagoe, a coach from Ghana, around 30 children wearing blue and yellow kits learn to play football in a village outside the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. One of several West African players living in Kyrgyzstan, 37-year-old Tagoe says he dreams of developing a football culture in the poor Central Asian country. "My dream is to have them play in English premiership, in Spain, in Russia," Tagoe told AFP in...
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Hughes sets British 100m record to win at NY Grand Prix
NEW YORK: Zharnel Hughes broke Linford Christie's 30-year-old British 100m record on Saturday, closing late from third to win in 9.83 seconds at the New York Grand Prix athletics meet. The 27-year-old Anguilla-born Briton sped past Jamaica's Ackeem Blake and American Christian Coleman over the second half of the race to capture the title in a key warmup meet for qualifying for August's World Championships at Budapest. "Anything is possible,"...
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Future of Shoigu on line after Wagner revolt
PARIS: They have sun-bathed bare-chested together in remote Siberia, shared fishing holidays and played on the same ice hockey team. Russia’s long-serving Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has long been seen not just as a political ally of President Vladimir Putin but one of the Kremlin chief’s few friends within the Russian elite. But their bromance and Shoigu’s decades-long political career now face their biggest test after the revolt led by...
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‘God’s guests’: Saudis safeguard hajj hospitality tradition
MAKKAH: Braving the scorching Saudi heat, Mecca resident Amer Abdullah distributed free tea and bread to worshippers performing the annual hajj pilgrimage, honouring a long-standing tradition in Islam’s holiest city. Joined by his five sons, the 45-year-old Saudi man who spends his evenings serving warm beverages to worn-out Muslim pilgrims, said hajj hospitality runs in his blood. “For the people of Makkah, there is no higher honour than...
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US aircraft carrier in Vietnam
DANANG: A US aircraft carrier arrived in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Sunday, weeks after Hanoi protested against Chinese vessels sailing in its waters. The USS Ronald Reagan’s port call in Danang comes as the United States and Vietnam celebrate the 10th anniversary of their “comprehensive partnership”. The aircraft carrier—part of the US 7th Fleet “supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific region”—arrived with two escort...
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Germany economy bidding goodbye to years of plenty
BERLIN: On his many visits to semiconductor factories and electric car plants, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz bangs the drum for an economy at the forefront of an industrial transformation. But the picture painted by business leaders and experts is less rosy, predicting hard times to come for Europe's largest economy. Having dipped into recession at the beginning of the year, Germany looks set to finish the year in the red - and at the back of...
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Siemens Energy shares plunge on wind turbine woes
FRANKFURT: Shares in Siemens Energy plummeted after the company warned that technical problems at its wind turbine unit were worse than previously thought. The group scrapped its full-year profit target and said it was setting aside more than a billion euros ($1.1 billion) over the coming years to fix the issues at troubled wind turbine subsidiary Siemens Gamesa. In a call with reporters, Siemens Gamesa CEO Jochen Eickholt said "the quality...
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Boubyan Bank awarded the ‘Best Islamic Bank in Kuwait’
KUWAIT: Global Finance announced its awards for banks in Kuwait and the region, which saw Boubyan Bank’s recognition for the eighth consecutive year with the award for the “Best Islamic Bank in Kuwait” for the year 2023. This came in light of the bank’s achievement of sustainable growth across its various financial indicators and market shares, as well as its outstanding performance and the materialization of its vision which targets the...
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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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