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Agility reports 17% increase in Q3 earnings
KUWAIT: Agility, a leading global logistics provider, yesterday reported third quarter earnings of 14.2fils per share on net profit of KD 17.8million,an increase of 18.1 percent and 17.4 percent respectively over the same period in 2016.AgilityEBITDA grew 18.3 percent to KD 34.2 million. Revenue increased 15 percent to KD 358.5 million.Through the first nine months, earnings were39.1fils per share, up 14.2 percent, and net profit was KD 49.2...
UKHIA: Rohingya Muslim refugee children look on as they stand inside Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi distrcit of Ukhia. —AFP
Malnutrition soaring among Rohingya children in Bangladesh
Rohingya children caught up in a catastrophe UKHIA: Rohingya Muslim refugee children look on as they stand inside Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi distrcit of Ukhia. —AFPGENEVA: Life-threatening levels of malnutrition have risen dramatically among Rohingya refugee children who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, the United Nations warned Friday. The UN children's agency said preliminary data indicated a full 7.5 percent of the children...
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Spacey dumped by Netflix, police home in on Weinstein
WASHINGTON: This file photo taken on Feb 23, 2016 shows actor Kevin Spacey arriving at the season 4 premiere screening of the Netflix show "House of Cards". - AFPNEW YORK: Netflix late Friday dropped Kevin Spacey, whose career is in free-fall over spiraling sexual assault accusations as police gather evidence for a possible arrest warrant against Harvey Weinstein for alleged rape. The two-time Oscar winner Spacey, for years considered one of the...
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Sam Smith’s ‘Thrill of It All’ is a thrill indeed
Sam SmithWhen Sam Smith debuted on the music scene in 2014, he sang beautiful and searing songs about love lapses and loneliness. There are moments you'd feel sad for him, but then you'd remind yourself not to pity the guy too much, because, wow, he has THAT VOICE. On his sophomore album, he's still singing emotional songs, but his growth is evident. And perfectly executed."The Thrill of It All" is simply that - a thrill - as Smith's piecing...
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Police and rescuers are seen at the site of the accident. — KUNA
Road accident in south Iraq kills five Kuwaitis
Amir sends condolences to victims' families Police and rescuers are seen at the site of the accident. — KUNAKUWAIT: Five Kuwaiti citizens were killed and 13 others injured during a road accident while visiting the southern Iraqi city of Karbala, said Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq Salem Al-Zamanan yesterday. Speaking to KUNA, Zamanan said that a bus, transporting the Kuwaiti nationals, overturned on Tel Al-Laham Road between Basra and Nasiriya. The...
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FROM GULF TO ‘SHINING’ GULF
Barangay Matuber is a picturesque, if slightly rundown, fishing village near Cotabato City in the Philippines. Palm trees sway in the wind as the azure waters of the Moro Gulf shimmer in the afternoon sun. The village's fishermen have returned with their catch, and are lounging around. A gaggle of children play hopscotch - a game many youngsters in the developed world do not even know exists. A water buffalo ruminates in a pond, unperturbed by...
Abdulaziz Al-Qarawi
Hot to moderate weekend weather
Abdulaziz Al-QarawiKUWAIT: The hot to moderate weather conditions in Kuwait will continue this weekend, said Kuwait Meteorological Department official Abdulaziz Al-Qarawi yesterday. Qarawi told KUNA the current weather conditions were due to fluctuating wind pressure before the advent of the fall season. The weather yesterday was forecast to be relatively humid, especially over coastal areas with light to moderate southeastern wind to light...
(Top) The hotel is sealed by policemen. (Above) Rotten vegetables found at a Jleeb restaurant
Municipality inspects Jleeb eateries, shops
(Top) The hotel is sealed by policemen. (Above) Rotten vegetables found at a Jleeb restaurantKUWAIT: The municipality's PR department said a campaign was carried out in Jleeb, resulting in issuing 15 citations. Farwaniya governorate municipality branch manager Nasser Al-Rasheedi said the campaign was carried out by female inspectors at several shops and restaurants, resulting in issuing a citation for not complying with health conditions, a...
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Domestic abuse in Kuwait
Imagine a fear that engulfs your very existence - a fear that haunts your day-to-day life, a fire right next to spewing gas. From the moment your eyes open in the morning to the last thought that flits through your mind. To most people, these moments occur at a place everyone is familiar with - home. Sure, a home is the epitome of warmth, comfort and reassurance. However, to victims of domestic abuse - a home is a place of fear, hurt and...
Head of the Hamid Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center Dr Mustafa Al-Mosawi. —KUNA
New liver transplant program in Kuwait soon
Head of the Hamid Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center Dr Mustafa Al-Mosawi. —KUNAANKARA: A new liver transplant program will be launched soon in Kuwait in cooperation with the King's College London, said a Kuwaiti medical official Wednesday. Speaking to KUNA on the sideline of the second joint meeting of the Turkish Transplantation Society and the Turkic World Transplantation Society, head of the Hamid Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center Dr Mustafa...
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The problem with parking
Muna Al Fuzai Do we have a law in Kuwait that forces owners of buildings to allocate a car parking area for tenants at the time of the design and establishment of the structure? If yes, then does the municipality have the power to take legal action against owners who either don't build a car parking area or rent out the basement as a storage area? If not, then we need such a law as soon as possible. A new building opens up for renting, but...
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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos
Alain Delon: Women he loved and left
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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka
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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait swelters amid power cuts
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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP
Hezbollah reveals its military muscle