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DHAKA: Ireland's Harry Tector celebrates after scoring a half-century (50 runs) during the third day of the Test cricket match between Bangladesh and Ireland at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on April 6, 2023. – AFP
Tucker’s debut hundred leads Ireland fightback in Dhaka
DHAKA: Debutant Lorcan Tucker became only the second Irishman to hit a Test century, ably assisted by Andy McBrine’s unbeaten 71, to lead a tenacious fightback against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Thursday. Ireland reached 286-8 at stumps on the third day to lead the hosts by 131 runs after resuming on a precarious 27-4 in the one-off Test.Tucker made 108 off 162 balls before falling to the bowling of Ebadot Hossain, with Shoriful Islam taking the...
BARCELONA: Real Madrid’s French forward Karim Benzema kicks the ball and scores his team’s fourth goal during the Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) semi-final second leg football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. – AFP
Benzema hits treble as ‘complete’ Real Madrid smash Barca to reach Copa final
BARCELONA: Karim Benzema struck a hat-trick as Real Madrid hammered Barcelona 4-0 at Camp Nou to reach the Copa del Rey final on Wednesday, progressing 4-1 on aggregate. Vinicius Junior opened the scoring just before the break as Carlo Ancelotti’s side mounted a spectacular comeback from their one-goal semi-final first leg deficit, with Benzema adding a second-half treble.After netting three at the weekend against Real Valladolid in La Liga,...
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NIC receives Euromoney’s ‘Best Wealth Management Company in Kuwait’ award
KUWAIT: The National Investments Company (NIC) recently received the ‘Best Wealth Management Company in Kuwait’ award for 2023, under the category of ‘Best for Ultra’ (high networth individuals in Kuwait), by Euromoney International. The award, one of the most important awards in the regional financial sector, was presented during the Private Banking Awards event in London and is considered another milestone that confirms the company’s...
MOSCOW: People walk past a branch of Russian VTB bank in Moscow on April 5, 2023. Russia's second-largest bank, VTB, reported a huge loss amounting to .7 billion in 2022 after it was hit hard by Western sanctions over Moscow's offensive in Ukraine. – AFP
Russian economic prospects ‘foggy’ as sanctions cut deep
MOSCOW: The resilience of Russia’s economy has over the past year surprised many observers as Moscow adjusts to unprecedented Western sanctions over its assault on Ukraine. But in a rare public admission, President Vladimir Putin late last month warned of possible economic troubles ahead and urged the government to act quickly. “The sanctions imposed against the Russian economy in the medium term could really have a negative impact,” Putin...
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Kuwait population, employment rise in 2022, but still below pre-COVID levels
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s population increased in 2022, reversing the decline seen in the last three years and almost reaching near its 2019-peak. The rise was predominantly driven by the return of some expatriate workers as economic activities recover from the pandemic.Employment also recorded decent gains (+8.1 percent in the six months to December 2022), as non-Kuwaiti jobs in key labor-intensive sectors rebounded strongly, which has helped both...
In this file photo Johnny Depp performs on stage with Jeff Beck during the Helsinki Blues Festival in Helsinki. -AFP
Johnny Depp film to open Cannes fest
Johnny Depp's new film, a French period drama in which he plays King Louis XV, will be the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival, the organisers announced on Wednesday. "Jeanne du Barry" is directed by French director Maiwenn who also stars in the title role as the famous 18th century courtesan who works her way into the king's affections.It is the first major role for Depp since his high-profile defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Heard over...
(From left to right) Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath, Jack Black, Chris Meledandri, CEO of Illumination, Seth Rogen, Shigeru Miyamoto attend a Special Screening of Universal Pictures' (The Super Mario Bros) at Regal LA Live on April 01, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.- AFP photos
Nintendo 'needed to be involved' in new Mario movie, says Miyamoto
When Shigeru Miyamoto first created a princess-rescuing plumber more than four decades ago, Nintendo's future mascot was just a collection of pixels who didn't have a flamboyant Italian accent -- or even a name. This Wednesday, Mario, now the most famous character in video game history, stars in "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," a major new animated film released in theaters by Hollywood giant Universal Pictures. "I don't think anybody thought Mario...
Kate Flavell (right) teaches Charlotte Mafi (second left) and Anne Porter (second right) during a bell ringing training session at All Saints Church, in Kingston-upon-Thames, in southwest London. — AFP photos
UK bell enthusiasts clamour to 'ring for the king'
At the top of 52 steep, narrow steps at All Saints Church near London, expert bell ringers are showing the ropes to two new recruits ahead of King Charles III's coronation. Senior doctor Charlotte Mafi and office administrator Anne Porter have each answered a call for volunteers to help "ring for the king" on May 6. The day before the historic event, both women are hoping to be in the belfry tower of the 12th-century church in Kingston upon...
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses in front of his art pieces displayed during the press preview for the exhibition 'Ai Weiwei: making sense' at the Design Museum, in London.— AFP
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei launches new London show
China feels it has the "right to redefine the global world order", Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei told AFP on Wednesday ahead of the opening in London of his first design-focused exhibition. The show at the capital's Design Museum features hundreds of thousands of objects collected by the Chinese artist since the 1990s, from Stone Age tools to Lego bricks, and draws on his love of artefacts and traditional craftsmanship. The son of a poet...
In this picture a youth plays an electronic auto sports game on a dedicated car simulator at a video gaming centre in Libya's capital Tripoli.
Young Libyans finally able to answer call of e-gaming
In a Tripoli arcade, players banter amid the bleeping and music of video games. Isolated by decades of dictatorship and post-revolution chaos, Libyan gamers are finally taking on the world. It's late at night in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and in the suburb of Tajoura, teenagers with headphones clamped to their ears gaze into state-of-the-art screens in the ultra-modern gaming complex. One sits behind a steering wheel, racing a car. Others...
NEW YORK: Former US President Donald Trump makes his way inside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on April 4, 2023. – AFP
Trump slams charges as ‘insult to our country’
PALM BEACH, Florida: Donald Trump offered a full-throated defense of his conduct Tuesday in his first public remarks since being charged over hush money payments to a porn star, blasting the criminal prosecution as “an insult to our country”. Hours earlier the 76-year-old former US president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts in a dramatic hearing in New York that transfixed the nation — and began the countdown to the first ever...
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Vehicle insurance rises 80% to KD 32 from April 16
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Kuwait’s Insurance Regulatory Unit approved on Wednesday a host of decisions including raising the annual insurance for private vehicles from KD 19 to KD 32 from April 16, 2023. Under the new system for mandatory vehicle insurance for traffic accidents, the value of the annual basic insurance premium for privately-owned vehicles and vehicles owned by entities increases to KD 53.The committee approved amending the rates of...
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GUBA, Ethiopia: This general view shows the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia.--AFP
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