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This handout photo provided by the Shenyang Municipal Information Office shows late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's wife Liu Xia (right in black) and family members standing next to Liu Xiaobo's body at a funeral parlor in Shenyang in Liaoning province yesterday. (Inset) Liu Xia prays as relatives bury Liu's ashes at sea off the coast of Dalian in Liaoning province. - AFP

China dissident's ashes buried at sea

This handout photo provided by the Shenyang Municipal Information Office shows late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's wife Liu Xia (right in black) and family members standing next to Liu Xiaobo's body at a funeral parlor in Shenyang in Liaoning province yesterday. (Inset) Liu Xia prays as relatives bury Liu's ashes at sea off the coast of Dalian in Liaoning province. - AFPSHENYANG, China: The ashes of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were...

NEW DELHI: This photo taken on June 23, 2017 shows Ram Nath Kovind (left), the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government's candidate for the upcoming presidential election, gesturing as he leaves an NDA meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and top Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani (center). - AFP

India set to get head of state from lowest caste

NEW DELHI: This photo taken on June 23, 2017 shows Ram Nath Kovind (left), the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government's candidate for the upcoming presidential election, gesturing as he leaves an NDA meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and top Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani (center). - AFPNEW DELHI: India's next president will emerge from the Dalit caste - a community so marginalized they were once known as...

SHANGHAI: This picture in Shanghai shows a girl riding bicycle from a sharing company.-AFP

China's economy slows in Q2

SHANGHAI: This picture in Shanghai shows a girl riding bicycle from a sharing company.-AFPBEIJING: China's economy lost momentum in the second quarter, a survey shows, as Beijing's efforts to curb risky lending and investment took a toll on the Asian powerhouse. The world's second-largest economy expanded by 6.8 percent in the April-June period, compared with a year ago, according to the median forecast of 12 analysts polled by AFP. That follows...

Spain's Garbine Muguruza holds up The Venus Rosewater Dish as she celebrates beating US player Venus Williams to win the women's singles final on the twelfth day of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 15, 2017. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USEn / AFP / FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

Muguruza stuns Venus to win first Wimbledon

Spain's Garbine Muguruza holds up The Venus Rosewater Dish as she celebrates beating US player Venus Williams to win the women's singles final on the twelfth day of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 15, 2017. LONDON: Garbine Muguruza stormed to her first Wimbledon title and shattered Venus Williams' history bid with a majestic 7-5, 6-0 victory in yesterday's final....

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Manpower denies 18 year limit on working in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Acting Director General of Kuwait's Manpower Public Authority Ahmad Al-Mousa said the authority is continuing the renewal of work permits as per decision 839/2015 regarding labor organization in the private and oil sectors, and that there is no change in this regard.He said that what was mentioned in a newspaper that there is an intention to stop issuing work permits for those who spent 18 years in the country, is totally untrue, and that...

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Arrested illegal workers to be deported

KUWAIT: A total of 88 foreigners recently arrested in labor crackdowns in Ahmadi will be deported for violating residency and labor laws. Many of those arrested are either violating labor laws by working for people other than their sponsors or did not have valid residencies. Several of the arrested were also listed as absconding from their previous employers.Employers found to be employing absconding workers will have their files closed at the...

KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al- Hamad Al-Sabah receives US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday. — Photo by KUNA

Foreign Minister, US Sec. of State discuss ways to resolve Gulf crisis

KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al- Hamad Al-Sabah receives US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday. — Photo by KUNAKUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, in the presence of Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and acting Information Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- Sabah yesterday received at Bayan Palace US Secretary of State Rex...

KUWAIT: Stateless Arabs, (known locally as bedoon), protested to demand citizenship in this 9 November 2013 file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Government to study case of bedoons with fake passports

KUWAIT: Stateless Arabs, (known locally as bedoon), protested to demand citizenship in this 9 November 2013 file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The government has agreed to form a committee to look into cases of stateless people, known locally as bedoons, who have obtained fake passports from a number of foreign countries, head of the national assembly human rights committee said yesterday.MP Adel Al-Damkhi said the committee will be...

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Heat, humidity to prevail all day, night during weekend

KUWAIT: Kuwait Meteorological Department expected a hot humid climate to prevail all day and night during weekend due to the India’s seasonal low tide, Abdulaziz Al-Qarawi, superintendent of weather forecast, said yesterday.Maximum temperature will be between 46 and 48 Celsius by day tomorrow, and minimum between 30 and 32 by night with light to moderate wind over sea areas. Meanwhile, he expected a very hot weather tomorrow, with maximum...

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Wasta and deportation order video

KUWAIT: Two days ago, a Syrian expat living in Kuwait posted a video on social media alleging that he used wasta to cancel a deportation order against him. He claimed that he was facing deportation for driving a motorbike without a license. Yesterday, the Interior Ministry issue a statement commenting on the video and refuting the claims. The Interior Ministry states: "The clip had many lies and false claims including:First: The violation took...

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JACC wins int’l awards

Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural CenterKUWAIT: The Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center (JACC) has been chosen as the winner of the Arabia and Africa Best Project and Best Interior Design by the International Property Award. Handing the awards will take place on September 7 in Dubai, UAE. This win secured JACC qualification to compete in the world buildings' category for next December.Inaugurated by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah...

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Man dies in court

KUWAIT: A 47 year-old Egyptian doctor died while in a Jahra court and his body was recovered by the coroner. The doctor reached the upper floors of the court then collapsed. Police and paramedics rushed to the court and took the doctor to hospital but he was pronounced dead.Suffocation caseA youth suffered from suffocation when a neighbor threw ambers out of his apartment window. The youth's family took him to Adan hospital, and told the hospital...

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