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RAWALPINDI: A woman supporter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) holds a picture of Hanif Abbasi, a party candidate who was jailed for life, as she takes part in an election campaign rally. — AFP
Pakistan candidate gets life term in drug case
RAWALPINDI: A woman supporter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) holds a picture of Hanif Abbasi, a party candidate who was jailed for life, as she takes part in an election campaign rally. — AFP ISLAMABAD: A candidate for the party of Pakistan's ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been jailed for life by an anti-narcotics court, just days before a general election. Hanif Abbasi, seen as a strong candidate for the Pakistan...
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Mudon Ahlia warns of imbalances in distribution of commercial services
KUWAIT: Mudon Ahlia Real Estate Company recently warned of what it described as imbalances in distribution of commercial services and shopping and commercial malls in various governorates, as indicated by PACI information. In its monthly real estate report, Mudon Ahlia stressed that data and statistics issued by PACI and the Central Statistical Bureau showed that only 9 percent of 576 malls in Kuwait were in Mubarak Al-Kabeer and Jahra by the...
PARIS: An illustration picture taken yesterday in Paris shows a close-up of the Facebook logo in the eye of an AFP collaborator posing while she looks at a flipped logo of Facebook. —AFP
Facebook probes whether data firm violated policies
WASHINGTON: Facebook has suspended a Boston analytics firm from its site and says it is investigating whether the company's contracts with the US government and a Russian non-profit violated policies, the Wall Street Journal reported. The firm, Crimson Hexagon, says its platform allows clients-which include major US corporations-to analyze audiences and to track brand perception and campaign performance. Citing people familiar with the business,...
Footballer Mesut Ozil said Sunday he had no regrets about his controversial photograph with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that sparked questions about his loyalty to Germany's national squad ahead of the World Cup. AFP
Ozil defends controversial picture with Erdogan
Footballer Mesut Ozil said Sunday he had no regrets about his controversial photograph with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that sparked questions about his loyalty to Germany's national squad ahead of the World Cup. AFP BERLIN: Footballer Mesut Ozil said yesterday he had no regrets about his controversial photograph with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that sparked questions about his loyalty to Germany's national squad ahead of...
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Neymar: I couldn't look at a football after World Cup
PRAIA GRANDE: Brazilian football star Neymar, with his son Davi Lucca, offers an interview to AFP at his charity Neymar Junior Project Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he hosted a five-a-side football tournament. — AFP PRAIA GRANDE: Brazil superstar Neymar admits that after his nation's quarter-final defeat to Belgium at the World Cup he couldn't look at a ball and didn't want to see any of the remaining matches. "I wouldn't go as far as...
BULAWAYO: Pakistan’s team pose with the trophy during the prize ceremony after winning the fifth One-Day International (ODI) series final cricket match against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday. — AFP
Pakistan thrash Zimbabwe for ODI series sweep
Record man Zaman leads Pakistan to 364/4 against Zimbabwe BULAWAYO: Pakistan’s team pose with the trophy during the prize ceremony after winning the fifth One-Day International (ODI) series final cricket match against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday. — AFP BULAWAYO: Pakistan completed a series whitewash over Zimbabwe with a 131-run win on Sunday in the fifth and final match at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. On...
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CAIRO: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem delivers his speech to the 28th session of the Inter-Arab Parliamentary Union yesterday. - KUNA
Ghanem: Israeli Jewish state law demands strong rebuttal
CAIRO: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem delivers his speech to the 28th session of the Inter-Arab Parliamentary Union yesterday. - KUNA CAIRO: The Israeli Knesset's approval of the "Jewish nation-state" law requires a strong Arab rebuttal to save the Palestinian cause from its current dire situation, said Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday. Delivering his speech to the 28th session of the Inter-Arab...
US President Donald Trump
Trump slams 'perhaps illegal' Cohen taping
US President Donald Trump WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday slammed his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen, saying he may have acted illegally in secretly taping their discussion about payments to a former Playboy model over an alleged affair. It was Trump's first direct reaction to a report broken by the New York Times a day earlier which said the FBI had seized the recording during a raid on Cohen's office earlier this year.   Cohen has...
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Manila mandates $10K deposit for each recruitment agency
KUWAIT: Despite signing a memorandum of agreement between the governments of Kuwait and the Philippines in May, a new problem has arisen on recruiting domestic workers from the Philippines, said Chairman of Domestic Labor Office Owners Khalid Al-Dakhnan yesterday, noting that the Philippines authorities recently issued executive decision number 10/2018 concerning the implementation of the agreement, but added a new condition. Dakhnan explained...
Dr Hamed Al-Azmi
Higher Education Ministry reports 40 forged diplomas to Public Prosecution
Dr Hamed Al-Azmi KUWAIT: Minister of Higher Education Dr Hamed Al-Azmi announced yesterday that the ministry filed over 40 reports of suspected forged diplomas and turned them to the Public Prosecution to complete the legal procedures. "The initial inspection led to the discovery of a number of forged diplomas which called for an extra effort with the Ministry of Interior to find out who is behind this problem," said Azmi, also Minister of...
Finance Minister Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf
Impossible to divide expenses between citizens, expats: Minister
Finance Minister Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf KUWAIT: Finance Minister Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf stressed that state budget expenses cannot be divided into expenses on citizens and expatriates because state budgets are allocated for spending on various public services and amenities. Responding to an inquiry by MP Abdulkareem Al-Kandari about how much of the state budget is spent on citizens and how much is spent on expats, Hajraf stressed that article 140 of...
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