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'Bad Boys' do well, leading N. American box office
(From left) Will Smith and Martin Lawrence attend the premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Bad Boys For Life" at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.-AFP It took Sony 17 years, but the latest "Bad Boys" sequel appears to be paying off, taking in $73 million over the long US holiday weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Tuesday. "Bad Boys for Life" stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as wise-cracking detectives who reunite...
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KUWAI: Marina Waves at night. - Photo by Abdullah Abuzaid (KUNA)
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Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G has stolen attention of Kuwait consumers
KUWAIT: Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has welcomed 2020 in an exceptional way by creating, growing and sustaining efficient innovation every time. Huawei (CBG) Kuwait has announced the launch of its latest long waited the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G, the "king of 5G smartphones" on Thursday, 16 January 2020, at the Huawei Experience Store (HES), in the Avenues, Phase IV, Electra.In the age of digital, technology and digital products such as...
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Malaysia's hand-made incense craftwork a declining art
A worker painting giant incense sticks at a factory ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations. Thousands of giant incense sticks, many decorated with dragon heads, line the walls at a Malaysian business where they are made by hand ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. In the rural town of Kubang Semang, workers spend months using a traditional method to craft the sticks-some as tall as two meters (6.5 feet) -- before sending them to stores....
US President Donald Trump gives a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)
Trump relaunches trade war with Europe
DAVOS: US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland yesterday.—AFP DAVOS: US President Donald Trump relaunched a major trade offensive against Europe yesterday threatening to hit the EU with damaging auto tariffs if Europeans failed to agree a long-delayed trade deal. With observers warning that global harmony on trade was crucial to the health of the world economy, Trump warned Europe that...
This photo taken on January 21, 2020 shows commuters wearing face masks arriving the Yichang East Railway Station, in China's central Hubei province. - The Chinese city at the centre of a SARS-like virus outbreak has urged people to stay away, cancelling a major Lunar New Year event, as it strives to contain a disease that has spread across the country. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
Masks, disinfectants in low supply as China virus spreads
YICHANG, CHINA:: This photo taken on January 21, 2020 shows commuters wearing face masks arriving the Yichang East Railway Station, in China's central Hubei province. - AFP BEIJING: Pharmacies in Beijing and Shanghai were running low on surgical masks and disinfectants yesterday as a deadly new SARS-like virus spread ahead of the busy Lunar New Year travel period. More people than usual were seen wearing masks on the streets and several stores...
Protesters hold placards as they take part in a demonstration against India's new citizenship law, in Kolkata on January 21, 2020. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
India supreme court declines to suspend divisive citizenship law
KOLKATA: Protesters hold placards as they take part in a demonstration against India's new citizenship law in Kolkata on Tuesday.-AFP NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court declined calls to suspend the implementation of a new citizenship law yesterday, deciding that a constitutional bench of five judges was needed to hear all the challenges to legislation that critics say discriminates against Muslims.The court gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
People gather to protest against former Maoist leader Agni Sapkota (unseen) as he registered his candidacy a day before for the post of Speaker of House of Representative, in Kathmandu on January 22, 2020. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)
Murder accused set to be Nepal's new speaker
KATHMANDU: People gather to protest against former Maoist leader Agni Sapkota (unseen) as he registered his candidacy a day before for the post of Speaker of House of Representative, in Kathmandu yesterday.-AFP KATHMANDU: A former Maoist leader accused of ordering a man's death during Nepal's civil war is set to become the speaker of the parliament, officials confirmed yesterday, sparking criticism from rights activists. Agni Sapkota, a senior...
TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, on January 21, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)
Trump rejects climate 'prophets of doom' as Thunberg warns Davos
DAVOS: (Left) US president Donald Trump delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting yesterday. (Right) Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a WEF session yesterday. - AFP DAVOS: US President Donald Trump tore into environmental "prophets of doom" at the Davos forum yesterday, rejecting fiery warnings from teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg, and lauding the "unprecedented" US economy just hours ahead of his...
TOPSHOT - A Malaysian health officer screens arriving passengers with a thermal scanner at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on January 21, 2020 as authorities increased measure against coronavirus. - China has confirmed human-to-human transmission in the outbreak of a new SARS-like virus as the number of cases soared and authorities January 21 said a fourth person had died, as the World Health Organization said it would consider declaring an international public health emergency over the outbreak. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)
Asia steps up checks as China virus kills 6, infects more than 300
SEPANG, Malaysia: A Malaysian health officer screens arriving passengers with a thermal scanner at Kuala Lumpur International Airport yesterday. - AFP BEIJING: Asian countries yesterday ramped up measures to block the spread of a new virus as the death toll in China rose to six and the number of cases surpassed 300, raising concerns in the middle of a major holiday travel rush. Nations across the Asia-Pacific region stepped up checks of...
TOPSHOT - Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (L) talks with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a bilteral meeting at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London on January 20, 2020. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)
Harry starts new life with Meghan in Canada
LONDON: Britain's Prince Harry (left) talks with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a bilateral meeting at the UK-Africa Investment Summit on Monday. - AFP VANCOUVER: Prince Harry was spending the first full day of his new life in Canada yesterday after jetting in from Britain to join his wife Meghan following their shock exit from their royal roles. Harry, 35, landed at Vancouver International Airport on a British Airways flight...
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10 MPs file no-confidence motion after Aseeri grilling
KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ghadeer Aseeri (left) and MP Safa Al-Hashem gesture during a session at the National Assembly yesterday. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B Izzak KUWAIT: Ten opposition lawmakers yesterday filed a no-confidence motion against Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ghadeer Aseeri following a short grilling debate in which the minister denied she violated the constitution. Meanwhile, the Assembly is...
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
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