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Muna Al Fuzai There seems to be a new global trend on how to make quick money and become wealthy overnight! I am not a financial expert, but like everyone else, I heard about bitcoins and read stories about those who became rich in a few months. I kept wondering what is the bitcoin. Can we really trust attractive advertisements promoting it, and what are the guarantees? The idea of becoming a millionaire is definitely seductive, as most of...
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Balloons and icebergs
Icebergs are usually seen floating in a strange manner with the surface that looks like a small mountain while the submerged part may go deeper than one can see and is much larger, thicker and complicated. This wondrous scene teaches us that the real essence of something might not be actually seen just like a humble modest man that looks simple on the surface while he is full of potentials and creativity deep within. The exact opposite of that...
MOGADISHU: Somali men carry the body of a victim who died in truck bomb explosion in the center of the capital yesterday. – AFP nn
231 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia's history
Qatar embassy 'severely damaged' in blast MOGADISHU: Somali men carry the body of a victim who died in truck bomb explosion in the center of the capital yesterday. – AFPMOGADISHU: The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia's capital killed at least 231 people with more than 275 injured, a senator said yesterday, making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation. The toll could continue to rise. Abshir Abdi Ahmed...
KIRKUK: Iraqi forces flash the sign for victory as they drive towards Kurdish Peshmerga positions on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk yesterday. — AFP
Iraqi, Kurdish presidents try to defuse escalating crisis
Iraq, Kurds in crisis talks over Kirkuk standoff - Deadline extended by 24 hours KIRKUK: Iraqi forces flash the sign for victory as they drive towards Kurdish Peshmerga positions on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk yesterday. — AFPSULAIMANIYAH: The presidents of Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan held talks yesterday to defuse an escalating crisis, after a deadline for Kurdish forces to withdraw from disputed positions was extended by 24 hours. Thousands...
INABANGA: Police and soldiers take position as they engage with the Abu Sayyaf group in the village of Napo, Inabanga town, Bolo province, in the central Philippines yesterday. — AFP
Philippines hits militants
MARAWI: Philippine troops yesterday bombed militants loyal to the Islamic State group who have held out for over four months in a southern city and the military said the conflict would be over “very soon”. The army previously set a target to end the fighting in Marawi, which it said has killed more than 1,000 people. Troops have missed previous deadlines to flush out the militants whom authorities said intended to establish a local IS...
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Wild elephants attack Rohingya camp killing four
Bangladesh steps up security at the India borderDHAKA: Wild elephants attacked a new camp where Rohingya refugees were sleeping, killing a woman and her three children in southern Bangladesh, an official said yesterday. A herd of elephants entered the Balukhali camp in Ukhiya town early Saturday and trampled tents where several refugees were sleeping, said district forest official Mohammed Ali Kabir. Four other people, including the woman's...
SHANGHAI: Winner's Roger Federer of Switzerland, left, holding the winner's trophy and Rafael Nadal of Spain pose with their trophies after the award ceremony for the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. – AP
Federer beats Nadal to win Shanghai, extends winning streak to four matches
Showdown between two best players on the planet SHANGHAI: Winner's Roger Federer of Switzerland, left, holding the winner's trophy and Rafael Nadal of Spain pose with their trophies after the award ceremony for the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. – APSHANGHAI: Roger Federer got one over his old rival Rafael Nadal to win the Shanghai Masters 6-4, 6-3 yesterday in a showdown between the two best players on the planet. Federer extended his...
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's Belgian defender Thomas Meunier (C) celebrates scoring a goal with Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe during the French L1 football match between Dijon (DFCO) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). - AFP
PSG wins 2-1 away to Dijon to move 6 points clear in Ligue 1
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's Belgian defender Thomas Meunier (C) celebrates scoring a goal with Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe during the French L1 football match between Dijon (DFCO) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). - AFPPARIS: On a frustrating day for the world's two most expensive players, and with the club's top scorer rested, it was unheralded defender Thomas Meunier who got Paris Saint-Germain's goals in a 2-1 win at...
nMADRID: Barcelona's Andres Iniesta, centre, battles for the ball withnAtletico Madrid's Juanfran, left, and Angel Correa during a SpanishnLa Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. - APnnn
Suarez scores late as Barcelona draws with Atletico Madrid 1-1
Real Sociedad ends five-game winless streak by beating Alaves MADRID: Barcelona's Andres Iniesta, centre, battles for the ball withAtletico Madrid's Juanfran, left, and Angel Correa during a SpanishLa Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. - APMADRID: Atletico Madrid was able to contain Lionel Messi and yet still couldn't top Barcelona in the Spanish league on Saturday. Atletico was a few minutes away from ending a seven-year...
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Gulf Bank encourages entrepreneurs and promotes digital investments
KUWAIT: In line with its commitment to promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in banking in Kuwait, Gulf Bank is a Gold Sponsor of this year's ArabNet conference, set to take place at Arraya Ballroom - Courtyard Marriott tomorrow (17 October 2017).The conference will be held for two days, under the patronage of Khaled Nasser Abdullah Al-Roudan, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, and will include panel...
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Gulf Insurance Group named ‘Insurance Brand of Year’ by World Branding Awards
KUWAIT: Gulf Insurance Group, the leading insurance service providers in the Middle East and North Africa region, was named 'Insurance Brand of the Year'by the World Branding Awards during a prestigious ceremony held in Kensington Palace, London.Receiving the award, Khalid Al-Sanousi, Group Senior Manager at GIG said: "We are pleased to win this international award in recognition of our continuous efforts to ensure excellence for our customers,...
ADELAIDE, Australia: The team members pose near the futuristic Dutch family car that not only uses the sun as power but supplies energy back to the grid was hailed as “the future” yesterday as the World Solar Challenge wrapped up. — AFP
Futuristic solar-powered Dutch family car hailed ‘the future’
ADELAIDE, Australia: The team members pose near the futuristic Dutch family car that not only uses the sun as power but supplies energy back to the grid was hailed as “the future” yesterday as the World Solar Challenge wrapped up. — AFPADELAIDE, Australia: A futuristic Dutch family car that not only uses the sun as power but supplies energy back to the grid was hailed as "the future" yesterday as the World Solar Challenge wrapped up.The...
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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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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
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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA
Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey
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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.
KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya