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BETHLEHEM: An actor dressed up as Queen Elizabeth and Palestinian children from the Al-Aida refugee camp attend an event held by secretive British street artist Banksy to apologize for the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. The queen revealed a plaque carved in stone saying ‘Er, Sorry,’ playing on the common initials for Elizabeth Royal. —AFP
Century-old Balfour declaration hardens Israeli-Palestinian rift
Israelis celebrate it, Palestinians despise it  BETHLEHEM: An actor dressed up as Queen Elizabeth and Palestinian children from the Al-Aida refugee camp attend an event held by secretive British street artist Banksy to apologize for the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. The queen revealed a plaque carved in stone saying ‘Er, Sorry,’ playing on the common initials for Elizabeth Royal. —AFPJERUSALEM: Israelis celebrate it....
Workers repair an electricity pylon in Amritsar in April: India's transmission system is in poor shape AFP
Blast kills 13 at wedding in India
NEW DELHI: At least 13 people including a pregnant woman were killed when an electricity transformer exploded outside a wedding ceremony in western India, police said yesterday. Dozens of guests had assembled for the ceremony outside a family home in the western state of Rajasthan when the transformer exploded, spewing hot oil and metal shards. "Four people died on the spot," local police superintendent Rameshwar Singh said. "We are ascertaining...
nPARIS: Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to South Korea's Hyeon Chung during their second round match at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 indoor tennis tournament yesterday in Paris. - AFPnnn
Nadal seals No 1 ranking for 4th time
Oldest man to finish season at the top PARIS: Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to South Korea's Hyeon Chung during their second round match at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 indoor tennis tournament yesterday in Paris. - AFPPARIS: Rafael Nadal secured the year-end world number one ranking with a 7-5, 6-3 second-round victory over South Korean Hyeon Chung at the Paris Masters yesterday. The 16-time Grand Slam champion is the oldest man to...
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket team players carry their teammate Ashish Nehra during the first T20 cricket match between New Zealand and Indianat Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Stadium in New Delhi. – AFPnn
Sharma, Dhawan gift India first T20 win against Kiwis
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket team players carry their teammate Ashish Nehra during the first T20 cricket match between New Zealand and Indiaat Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Stadium in New Delhi. – AFPNEW DELHI: A record opening partnership between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan powered India to a 53-run win over New Zealand in the first Twenty20 international in New Delhi yesterday. The pair put on 158 runs - India's best for any wicket - to take the...
Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, challenges Olympiacos' Alaixys Romao during the Champions League group D soccer match between Olympiakos and Barcelona at Georgios Karaiskakis stadium at Piraeus port, near Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 - AP
Barcelona held to goalless draw by battling Olympiakos
Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, challenges Olympiacos' Alaixys Romao during the Champions League group D soccer match between Olympiakos and Barcelona at Georgios Karaiskakis stadium at Piraeus port, near Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 - APATHENS: Barcelona's seemingly inevitable passage to the Champions League last 16 was postponed by a determined Olympiakos Piraeus side on Tuesday as the Greek champions held the Spanish giants to a 0-0 draw...
ROME: Roma's Radja Nainggolan, right, challenge for the ball with Chelsea's Marcos Alonso during the Champions League group C soccer match between Roma and Chelsea, at the Olympic stadium in Rome. - AP
El Shaarawy nets double as Roma maul Chelsea 3-0
'Roma showed a hunger and desire to beat us' ROME: Roma's Radja Nainggolan, right, challenge for the ball with Chelsea's Marcos Alonso during the Champions League group C soccer match between Roma and Chelsea, at the Olympic stadium in Rome. - APROME: Stephan El Shaarawy scored a brace as AS Roma mauled Chelsea 3-0 to claim top spot in Champions League Group C on Tuesday at the expense of the English champions. The rematch in Rome's Stadio...
Ali Sabah Al-Salem
Late Sheikh Ali Sabah Al-Salem shooting tourney kicks off today
Ali Sabah Al-SalemKUWAIT: Tournament of the late Sheikh Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah annual tournament will kick off today at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex, with a large number of participating shooters from the club, National Guard in addition to shooters from Bahrain and UAE.Competitions are in the trap, double trap, skeet, 10m air rifle and pistol. Secretary General of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Obeid Munahi...
Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulrahman
VIVA reports net profit of KD 28.3 million
Revenues reach KD 204.2 million during first 9 months of 2017 Dr Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulrahman and Eng Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-BadranKUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait's fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, announced the financial results for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2017. VIVA's revenue in Q3 grew to reach KD 71.2 million recording a growth of 0.7 percent; whereas the revenues during the first nine-month period in 2017 reached KD...
Source: World Bank - Doing Business Report 2017 & 2018
Kuwait surges 6 places, enters top 100 group at 96th position
Source: World Bank - Doing Business Report 2017 & 2018World Bank releases 'Doing Business-2018' reportKUWAIT: World Bank released its latest 'Doing Business - 2018' report that measures the ease of doing business in 190 economies based on 11 business-related regulations. According to the report, a majority of the reforms carried out by the countries were focused on starting a business and getting credit followed by trading across borders. In...
KUWAIT: Dr Yousef Al-Ebraheem (second left) chairs the panel discussion as Stephane Roudet (second right)and Warren Hauck (right) look on during the high-level symposium on “The Economic Policy Challenges Faced by Kuwait and the Arab World” on Tuesday.
Tax reforms could help Kuwait build non-oil revenue base: IMF
Symposium discusses economic challenges in Kuwait, Arab world  KUWAIT: Dr Yousef Al-Ebraheem (second left) chairs the panel discussion as Stephane Roudet (second right)and Warren Hauck (right) look on during the high-level symposium on “The Economic Policy Challenges Faced by Kuwait and the Arab World” on Tuesday.KUWAIT: The IMF Middle East Center for Economics and Finance in Kuwait, jointly with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social...
WASHINGTON:(From left), Facebook’s General Counsel Colin Stretch, Twitter’s Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett and Google’s Law Enforcement and Information Security Director Richard Salgado, are sworn in for a Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.—AP
'We must do better,' social media giants tell Congress
Facebook, Google and Twitter seek to assure lawmakers  WASHINGTON:(From left), Facebook’s General Counsel Colin Stretch, Twitter’s Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett and Google’s Law Enforcement and Information Security Director Richard Salgado, are sworn in for a Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.—APWASHINGTON: American internet giants told Congress...
These images released by Lionsgate shows Laurence Fishburne, Bryan Cranston and Steve Carell in scenes from “Last Flag Flying.” — AP photos
Film Review: In 'Last Flag Flying,' an anti-war tale told again
These images released by Lionsgate shows Laurence Fishburne, Bryan Cranston and Steve Carell in scenes from “Last Flag Flying.” — AP photosIn this era of rampant sequelizing, has any filmmaker more playfully inverted the standard more-of-the-same monotony than Richard Linklater? His Oscar-nominated "Boyhood" was, if nothing else, a compendium of life's chapters, filmed - and lived - year after year. His "Before" trilogy reteamed Julie...
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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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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