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MADRID: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo jubilates during a celebration event held at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium after the team won the UEFA Champions League football match final. — AFP
Adoring Madrid fans demand Ballon d’Or for hero Ronaldo
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo jubilates during a celebration event held at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium after the team won the UEFA Champions League football match final. — AFPMADRID: Thousands of delirious Real Madrid fans called for Cristiano Ronaldo to win a fifth Ballon d’Or on Sunday as the Spanish giants paraded the Champions League trophy for a record 12th time. Ronaldo scored twice in Real’s 4-1...
PARIS: Britain’s Andy Murray returns the ball to Russia’s Karen Khachanov during their tennis match at the Roland Garros 2017 French Open yesterday in Paris. — AFP
Emotional Murray in French Open q-finals with 650th win
PARIS: Britain’s Andy Murray returns the ball to Russia’s Karen Khachanov during their tennis match at the Roland Garros 2017 French Open yesterday in Paris. — AFPPARIS: Andy Murray racked up his 650th career win to reach the French Open quarter-finals yesterday before paying an unscripted, emotional tribute to the victims of the London and Manchester terror attacks. World number one Murray, the runner-up in Paris to Novak Djokovic in...
BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir winces in pain after an injury during the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham. — AP
Pakistan overhaul urged after ‘shameful defeat’
BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir winces in pain after an injury during the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham. — APISLAMABAD: Pakistan faced calls for a total overhaul yesterday after slumping to a “shameful defeat” against arch-rivals India at the Champions Trophy in England. The highly anticipated match at Edgbaston proved anti-climactic as Pakistan were thrashed by 124 runs, extending...
BIRMINGHAM: India’s Yuvraj Singh bats during the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Sunday. — AP
Kohli and Yuvraj lead India rout of Pakistan
BIRMINGHAM: India’s Yuvraj Singh bats during the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Sunday. — APBIRMINGHAM: India captain Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh made Pakistan pay for fluffing catches with quickfire fifties as the holders launched their Champions Trophy titledefence with a 124-run thrashing of their arch-rivals at Edgbaston on Sunday. After India made 319 for three in 48 overs,...
KUWAIT: Kuwait traders follow the stock market at the Kuwait Stock Exchange(KSE) in Kuwait City after the Kuwait Boursa Company began managing the KSE operations as of yesterday.— Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait picks EY to value stock exchange for potential listing
KUWAIT: Kuwait has picked accounting firm EY to do a valuation of its stock exchange, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.The country has been considering an initial public offering of its stock market for years, but political infighting and entrenched bureaucracy have held up the process. The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has asked EY to complete a valuation of Boursa Kuwait’s assets and prepare a timetable for a listing,...
BEIJING: Restaurant workers carry a big pot out from a restaurant on the outskirts of Beijing yesterday. Recent indicators have pointed to slowing growth in the Asian economic giant as it grapples with weaker global demand, excess industrial capacity and a burgeoning debt problem. — AFP
Silk Road hub or tax haven?
China’s new border trade zone may be less than it seems BEIJING: Restaurant workers carry a big pot out from a restaurant on the outskirts of Beijing yesterday. Recent indicators have pointed to slowing growth in the Asian economic giant as it grapples with weaker global demand, excess industrial capacity and a burgeoning debt problem. — AFPHORGOS, China/KHORGOS, Kazakhstan:  On the border of China and Kazakhstan, an international free trade...
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Global markets remain upbeat, GCC flat
KUWAIT: May was a green month for most of the world, not including the GCC. Global equities ended the month on a positive note, up 1.9 percent. The MSCI Emerging Market Index also continued to perform well, up 2.8 percent. The FTSE 100 was the best performing, rallying to 4.4 percent. The British market reached an all-time high of 7,547.63 during the month. Other major markets ended the month with gains, whereas the GCC region was down 1.3...
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KFH holds 20 workshops on customer protection in 2017
KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has organized over 20 workshops during the first half of 2017 to introduce and train various levels of administrative staff on the 'Customers Protection Guide' issued by the Central Bank of Kuwait to highlight general principles used to enhance customer protection in the banking sector.In this regard, KFH's head of customer's complaints unit, Abdullatif Saad Al-Fadhli said that the workshops and training...
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Internet extremism and how to combat it
DETROIT: In the wake of Britain's third major attack in three months, Prime Minister Theresa May called on governments to form international agreements to prevent the spread of extremism online. Here's a look at extremism on the web, what's being done to stop it and what could come next.Q. What are technology companies doing to make sure extremist videos and other terrorist content doesn't spread across the internet?A. Internet companies use...
SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) communication satellite GSAT-19, carried onboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-mark III), launches at Sriharikota yesterday.—AFP
India shows off space prowess with launch of mega-rocket
Mission takes India closer to next generation launch vehicle SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) communication satellite GSAT-19, carried onboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-mark III), launches at Sriharikota yesterday.—AFPNEW DELHI: India yesterday successfully launched its most powerful home-produced rocket, another milestone for its indigenous space program which one day hopes to put a human into...
MYANMAR: This file photo shows a vendor, left, attempting to sell a chunk of dried elephant skin and an ivory tusk at a traditional medicine shop in the sprawling grounds of Golden Rock pagoda in Mount Kyaikhteeyoe, a major religious pilgrimage site for Myanmar Buddhists.—AFP
Skin cure fad driving Myanmar elephant poaching surge: WWF
MYANMAR: This file photo shows a vendor, left, attempting to sell a chunk of dried elephant skin and an ivory tusk at a traditional medicine shop in the sprawling grounds of Golden Rock pagoda in Mount Kyaikhteeyoe, a major religious pilgrimage site for Myanmar Buddhists.—AFPYANGON: Myanmar's wild elephants are being poached in record numbers with at least 20 killed this year due to surging demand for their hide, WWF said yesterday, warning...
In this photograph released by One Love Manchester US musicians will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Ariana Grande and Taboo performnat the One Love Manchester benefit concert for the families of the victims of the May 22, Manchester terror attack,nat Emirates Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. — AP/AFP photos
Music stars unite in Manchester as fans face down fears
In this photograph released by One Love Manchester US musicians will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Ariana Grande and Taboo perform at the One Love Manchester benefit concert for the families of the victims of the May 22, Manchester terror attack, at Emirates Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. — AP/AFP photosCheers drowned out tears in Manchester on Sunday as Ariana Grande was joined by fellow music stars for a charity concert where fans vowed to face down...
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Boats are moored in waters in front of the Auckland city skyline, New Zealand. People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. – AFP
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