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MATARA, Sri Lanka: In this May 19, 2015 file photo, Sri Lankan police officers march with a ceremonially dressed elephant calf during a Victory Day parade in about 165 km south of Colombo. — AP

Owners of poached Sri Lanka elephants may avoid sanction

MATARA, Sri Lanka: In this May 19, 2015 file photo, Sri Lankan police officers march with a ceremonially dressed elephant calf during a Victory Day parade in about 165 km south of Colombo. — APCOLOMBO: A group of wealthy businessmen, a Buddhist priest and other social higher-ups on trial in Sri Lanka for allegedly keeping illegally captured elephants may get their animals back - legally. Sri Lanka's government says it is ready to forgive the...

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Despicable Me 3 smashes US holiday weekend box office

Despicable Me 3"Despicable Me 3," the latest installment of the animated crime caper series, smashed the North American box office through the US holiday weekend, taking in nearly $100 million, industry figures showed Wednesday. The latest installment of the franchise that opened in theatres last Friday hauled in $99 million through the five-day weekend, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations. Steve Carell stars as the voice of...

This file photo shows French fashion designer for Lanvin, Bouchra Jarrar, left, acknowledging the audience at the end of her women's Fall-Winter 2017- 2018 ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris.

Designer Bouchra Jarrar quits troubled fashion label Lanvin

This file photo shows French fashion designer for Lanvin, Bouchra Jarrar, left, acknowledging the audience at the end of her women's Fall-Winter 2017- 2018 ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris.Designer Bouchra Jarrar has quit Lanvin, the troubled Paris label confirmed Thursday, only 10 months after she showed her first collection there. The 46-year-old closed her own label last March so she could dedicate herself to reviving France's...

This photo shows boutique owner Pyone Thet Thet Kyaw, right, owner and designer of Virya Couture, working in her shop at Yangon. — AFP photos

Made in Myanmar: Designers put ethical twist on local fashion

This photo shows boutique owner Pyone Thet Thet Kyaw, right, owner and designer of Virya Couture, working in her shop at Yangon. — AFP photosWith Myanmar emerging as a manufacturing hub for mass-produced clothes, a crop of young designers are using home-grown fashion to preserve the country's sartorial heritage and reshape the sweatshop model. Inside her boutique in downtown Yangon, Pyone Thet Thet Kyaw crafts her own designs using traditional...

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Green light for visit visas extension - Visit visa violators allowed to adjust status

KUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah gave immigration departments’ directors in all governorates the authority to extend visit visas of expatriates and allow visit visa violators to adjust their statuses after paying fines. The new instructions took effect on Tuesday, according to Al-Anbaa daily.

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Biometric attendance must for all public employees

KUWAIT: All public sector employees will have to use biometric attendance systems to register their arrival and departure from work without exceptions from October 1, according to a decision by the Civil Service Council. As per the decision, the system will become mandatory for department directors, supervisors and staff members with over 25 years of service in the public sector - who are all currently exempted, said Ahmad Al-Jassar, Director of...

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

Opposition MPs threaten to grill premier over 'illegal' spending

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-SabahKUWAIT: Opposition MP Abdulwahab Al-Haroun threatened yesterday to grill His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah over what he claimed spending KD. 3.8 billion without proper records showing where and how they were spent.Babtain gave the prime minister until the start of the next national assembly term in October to explain where the funds have gone and show...

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British Secretary of State to visit Kuwait tomorrow

Boris JohnsonLONDON: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah announced that Britain's Secretary of State Boris Johnson is to pay an official visit to the country tomorrow to discuss recent developments on the Gulf dispute and ways to end it.Jarallah made his remarks after meeting Wednesday with Johnson in London, adding that they both reviewed developments of the Gulf dispute since its beginning, as well as Kuwait's efforts aimed at...

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Avenues Mall fire under control: KFSD

KUWAIT: The fire that erupted earlier yesterday at the construction site of the new Avenues Mall extension project is now under total control, said a statement yesterday. Kuwait Fire Service Directorate’s (KFSD) Deputy Director General Jamal Al-Blaihees said that efforts of five firefighting teams succeeded to contain the fire; adding damage was limited to material only. —KUNA

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Muna Al Fuzai BBC recently reported an incident that occurred in the UK that raised arguments and debate over its legality and importance. Here is what happened: Three people have been arrested by police for investigation due to their connection to the circumcision of a three-month-old boy. The boy's mother complained to police, saying her son was circumcised without her consent while staying with his paternal grandparents in July 2013. The...

Dana Al-Rashid

Dana Al-Rashid I'm always happy whenever I see a family taking a stroll together. An all too usual scene in any other part of the world, indeed, but unfortunately a rare find here. What I often see here are sterile, foreign hands that feed and clean in a machine-like, monotonous way. I see poor, worn out hands that work endlessly for meager pay, taking burdensome responsibilities that they did not sign up for. They are the same hands that...

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BAGRAM: Taleban military vehicles parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base on Aug 14, 2024. - AFP

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah preside over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. - KUNA

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