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KINGSTON: Usain Bolt (C) of Jamaica reacts after winning his final race in home country during the Racers Grand Prix at the national stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday. Bolt partied with his devoted fans in an emotional farewell at the National Stadium on June 10 as he ran his final race on Jamaican soil. Bolt is retiring in August following the London World Championships. — AFP

Bolt shakes off nerves to win final race on Jamaican soil

KINGSTON: Usain Bolt (C) of Jamaica reacts after winning his final race in home country during the Racers Grand Prix at the national stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday. Bolt partied with his devoted fans in an emotional farewell at the National Stadium on June 10 as he ran his final race on Jamaican soil. Bolt is retiring in August following the London World Championships. — AFPKINGSTON: Usain Bolt partied with his devoted fans in an...

BIRMINGHAM: England's Ben Stokes celebrates reaching 100 during the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham, central England on Saturday. Australia made 277 for 9 off their 50 overs. – AFP

Stokes can 'go through roof' after downing Australia: Morgan

BIRMINGHAM: England's Ben Stokes celebrates reaching 100 during the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham, central England on Saturday. Australia made 277 for 9 off their 50 overs. – AFPBIRMINGHAM: Eoin Morgan said the potential of Ben Stokes is "through the roof" after having the best view in the house as the all-rounder's stunning century helped England knock Australia out of the Champions...

MADRID: In this May 8, 2017, file photo, Maria Sharapova hits a return to Eugenie Bouchard, of Canada, during a Madrid Open tennis tournament match in Madrid, Spain. Sharapova has pulled out of Wimbledon qualifying because of an injured left thigh. — AP

Injured Sharapova out of Wimbledon

MADRID: In this May 8, 2017, file photo, Maria Sharapova hits a return to Eugenie Bouchard, of Canada, during a Madrid Open tennis tournament match in Madrid, Spain. Sharapova has pulled out of Wimbledon qualifying because of an injured left thigh. — APLONDON: Maria Sharapova withdrew from Wimbledon on Saturday after failing to recover from a thigh injury, dealing another blow to the superstar’s bid to rebuild her career following a doping...

DOHA: Customers are seen shopping at the Al-Meera market in the Qatari capital Doha on Saturday. — AFP

Qatari food factories seek to fill gap amid crisis

Import-dependent Qatar still vulnerable ● Local meat, dairy factories boost output DOHA: Customers are seen shopping at the Al-Meera market in the Qatari capital Doha on Saturday. — AFPDOHA: At a meat processing plant in Doha's sprawling industrial zone, masked workers toil through the night heaving boxes of raw chicken across a pristine factory floor. They have been working extra shifts since Monday when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab...

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Social media back in Ethiopia after block

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia re-activated cellphone data services and unexpectedly allowed access to social media sites that had been blocked since a wave of anti-government protests last year, a government spokesman said on Thursday. Africa’s second most-populous country shut down internet access even to diplomatic installations last week in a move the government said was necessary to keep students from being distracted during annual exams. Deputy...

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Plastics remain the major source of ocean pollution

THE HAGUE: Plastic that is dumped in rivers and then ends up in the world’s oceans is one of the major sources of marine pollution, a new study said this week, with Asian waterways the main culprits. Researchers at The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch foundation developing new technologies for ridding the oceans of plastic, say rivers carry an estimated 1.15- 2.41 million tones of plastic into the sea every year, an amount that need between 48,000 to...

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Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi

Ministry of Health to raise expats' health insurance fee

Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-HarbiKUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harabi said yesterday that he will meet with Ministry of Health (MoH) undersecretaries after Eid holidays to discuss the increase in health insurance fees for expatriates. Al-Harbi added that the meeting will discuss gradual fee increases - starting with imposing health insurance fees on visitors (those arriving on visit visas) - and then on expatriates. Al-Harbi stressed that...

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Muna Al Fuzai The world is busy these days following up the current crisis between Saudi Arabia and Qatar as an important case on the global level. But the question remains - is what's happening now lead to a possible outbreak of a new war in the region, or is it just a passing crisis? Although the severing of Saudi-Qatari relations was a surprise and bad news for the public, differences between countries, both within the organization of...

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks about Qatar at the State Department in Washington, Friday June 9, 2017. —AP

US supports Kuwait mediation efforts in GCC dispute involving Qatar: Tillerson

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks about Qatar at the State Department in Washington, Friday June 9, 2017. —APWASHINGTON: The US supports mediation efforts of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait to bring about a peaceful resolution to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) dispute with Qatar, as well as progress toward eliminating all forms of support for terrorism-military, financial, moral or ideological, Secretary of State Rex...

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Cooperation to control prices

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor's (MSAL) assistant undersecretary for cooperatives affairs Shikhah Al-Adwani said that cooperation was in progress amongst MSAL, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) and Kuwait Union of Consumer Co-operative Societies (KUCCS) to control goods' prices in various co-ops during Ramadan. KUCCS Chairman Ali Al-Kandari stressed that the union is keen on controlling prices in various coops and...

KUWAIT: Dr Mohammad Al-Habib makes a presentation on his study at Kuwait University.

Researcher talks about history of trading in weapons in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Dr Mohammad Al-Habib makes a presentation on his study at Kuwait University.KUWAIT: Trading in weapons is part of Kuwait's pre-oil history. Dr Mohammad Al-Habib, a researcher in Kuwait's history, has conducted detailed academic research on this issue, and shared the information with Kuwait Times. He also addressed a presentation on this study titled 'Arms Trafficking between Muscat and Kuwait during Mubarak's Reign (1896-1915)' at Kuwait...

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