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Kim Jong Un sister promoted to top decision-making body
Kim Yo Jong named as alternate in politburo - North Korea's 'princess' now one of the secretive state's top policy makers PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (center) attends the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang. —AFPSEOUL: The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's 28-year-old sister to the country's top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his...
11 Muslims sentenced of causing train fire
Sabarmati Express - Coach S6 of Sabarmati Express train that killed 58 people subsequently leading to Gujarat riots in 2002. (AP File Photo)AHMEDABAD: An Indian court yesterday commuted the death sentences of 11 men convicted of causing a 2002 train fire that sparked anti-Muslim riots in which more than 1,000 people were killed.The 11 men, all Muslims, will instead face life in jail for causing the fire that killed 59 Hindu passengers and set...
Philippine president popularity dips
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has suffered his first major drop in popularity, an independent pollster found, after the deaths of two Manila teenagers in his controversial anti-crime crackdown triggered mass protests. The decline in support shown by the Social Weather Stations survey-down to 67 percent from 78 percent in June who said they were "satisfied" with Duterte's performance as president-came amid growing public outrage...
Transgender couple finds acceptance in rural Nepal
DADELDHURA, Nepal: Nepali transgender person Monika Shahi Nath Yogi and her husband Ramesh Nath Yogi ride a motorbike in Kain Pani village in Nepal’s Dadeldhura district.— AFPDADELDHURA: Born and raised as a boy in rural Nepal, Monika Shahi Nath never dreamed that one day she would be a bride, adored and accepted as a wife and daughter-in-law. But the 40-year-old has made history, becoming Nepal's first transgender person to be issued with a...
Australia aims to halt Syria’s World Cup charge in Sydney
Home fans will clamor for an Australian victory SYDNEY: Syria’s player Tamer Hag Mohd (C) shares a light moment with teammates during a training session in Sydney yesterday, on the eve of their 2018 World Cup football qualifying match against Australia. —SYDNEY:While local support will be firmly behind Australia’s Socceroos, wider sentiment may spur the team from war-torn Syria to keep its World Cup dream alive when the teams meet today...
ICC to approve Test championship this week
WELLINGTON: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to approve plans for its long-awaited World Test Championship at a meeting in New Zealand this week, it was reported yesterday. The sport’s governing body has argued for years that a Test championship is needed to boost the five-day format’s popularity as crowds and television viewers flock to the big-hitting Twenty20 version of the game. But squabbling over formats and fears that...
NBK reports KD 238.4m net profits of for 9M
Al-Sayer: Net operating income grew at 11.7% in 2017 NBK Group Chairman Nasser Al-Sayer and NBK's Group CEO Isam Al-SagerKUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) reported net profits of KD 238.4 million ($788.9 million) for the first nine months of 2017 compared with KD 219.3 million ($725.7 million) for the same period in 2016. NBK's profits during the first nine months of 2017 grew by 8.7 percent compared to the same period last year.NBK's 3Q 2017...
US economist Thaler wins Nobel for 'making economics more human'
'A pioneer on integrating economics and psychology' - Research focuses on behavioral Economics CHICAGO: This photo courtesy of Anne Ryan/University of Chicago Richard Thaler gets ready for an interview with University of Chicago videographer Derek Henkle after winning the Nobel Prize yesterday at his home in Chicago, Illinois. —AFPSTOCKHOLM: US economist Richard Thaler won the Nobel Economics prize yesterday for showing that economic and...
KUFPEC commences production from Wheatstone LNG project in Australia
Kuwaiti company's first investment in LNG production Sheikh Nawaf Al-SabahKUWAIT: Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company k.s.c.c. ("KUFPEC") announced yesterday that its first investment in international liquefied natural gas (LNG) production through the Wheatstone LNG Project in Australia has now commenced production.KUFPEC was a foundation partner in the 2008 exploration success that discovered the significant offshore gas reserves...
Facebook begins ‘human review’ of potentially sensitive ads
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook says it will begin manually reviewing advertisements that target certain groups and address politics, religion, ethnicity and social issues. The company has informed some advertisers about the new “human review” requirement, warning them that it might cause delays before their ads can appear on the social media platform. Facebook has had to apologize amid recent revelations of rampant abuse of its automated advertising...
Armenians urged to value their women as abortions of girls skew population
Armenians see sons as a way to ensure financial stability - For Armenian families, giving birth to at least one boy is a is a must ARENI, Armenia: Young women in traditional attire dance during the Areni Festival, some 120 km from Yerevan. —AFPGAVAR: When Karina Aghalaryan discovered she was going to be the mother of a baby girl, the 35-year-old Armenian was ecstatic. Her family was altogether more lukewarm. Talk swiftly turned to what the baby...
Blade Runner 2049' pulls in older guys but few others
"Blade Runner 2049" had the pedigree, the stars and the stellar reviews. But even though the highly touted sequel had seemingly everything going for it, something didn't click with audiences. The big-budget, handsomely crafted sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic opened surprisingly weak at the North American box office. According to studio estimates Sunday, "2049" grossed $31.5 million, a poor start for a movie that cost at least $150 million to...
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