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Cricket great Tendulkar’s life brought to silver screen
MUMBAI:  A hotly anticipated film about the life of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar hits cinemas this week but the batting great says he might find watching it an unsettling experience."I am used to seeing myself on a big screen inside the stadium, not inside a movie theatre," Tendulkar told AFP ahead of Friday's release of "Sachin: A Billion Dreams"The docudrama, directed by Emmy-nominated British filmmaker James Erskine, took four years...
This photo combination of images shows the 10 highest paid women CEOs in 2016, according to a study. Top row, from left: IBM CEO Virginia Rometty; Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer; PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi; General Motors CEO Mary Barra, and General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic. Bottom row, from left: Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson; Mondelez International CEO Irene Rosenfeld; Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good; Mylan CEO Heather Bresch; and Reynolds American CEO Susan Cameron. — AP
Women CEOs earned more last year, but few were in top job
Number of women in CEO roles barely budged: Data This photo combination of images shows the 10 highest paid women CEOs in 2016, according to a study. Top row, from left: IBM CEO Virginia Rometty; Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer; PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi; General Motors CEO Mary Barra, and General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic. Bottom row, from left: Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson; Mondelez International CEO Irene Rosenfeld; Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good;...
Eman Al-Awadhi receives award on behalf of KIPCO
KIPCO among 'Top 50 Listed Companies in Kuwait 2017'
Forbes Middle East's award announced during gala event Eman Al-Awadhi receives award on behalf of KIPCOKUWAIT: KIPCO - the Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) - was recognized by Forbes Middle East as a 'Top 50 Listed Company in Kuwait 2017'. The award was announced during a gala dinner held at the J.W. Marriott in Kuwait.The event recognizes publicly-listed companies that, through dynamic and strong leadership, are making an impact on Kuwait's...
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NBK successfully issues $750m senior unsecured notes
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), the largest and highest-rated bank in Kuwait (Aa3 by Moody's, A+ by S&P and AA- by Fitch), successfully issues $750 million five-year Senior Unsecured securities under Rule 144A/Regulation S. This debut issue comes under NBK's new $3.0 billion Global Medium-Term Note (GMTN) Program.  The issued Notes came at a re-offer yield of 2.860 percent (mid-swap plus 100 bps). The notes are expected to carry a rating...
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KAMCO wins 'Middle East Sukuk Bookrunner of the Year 2017'
Mergermarket award in sukuk issuance category .KUWAIT: KAMCO Investment Company KSC (Public), a leading investment company with one of the largest AUMs in the region, won the prestigious title, "Middle East Sukuk Bookrunner of the Year 2017" by Mergermarket, the world's leading news and intelligence service for mergers & acquisitions and debt capital markets.KAMCO received the award in the sukuk issuance category based on a number of technical...
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Microsoft appoints new GM for Gulf Region
Sayed HashishKUWAIT: Microsoft yesterday announced the appointment of Sayed Hashish as the Regional General Manager for Microsoft Gulf.In his new role, Sayed will be overseeing the company's operations across the Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE, driving strategic planning and shaping growth initiatives to enable digital transformation across sectors in the region through developing youth capabilities, encouraging local innovation,...
UPPSALA, Sweden: Photo shows a seed beetle’s penis, as seen through a microscope in a laboratory at the Uppsala University. — AFP
Weaponised sex organ drives sexual 'arms race' in beetles
UPPSALA, Sweden: Photo shows a seed beetle’s penis, as seen through a microscope in a laboratory at the Uppsala University. — AFPPARIS: Evolution works in mysterious ways, especially when it comes to sex. Behold the humble and homely seed beetle, an insect that has successfully spread to every continent on the planet except Antarctica. The male of the species, it has long been known, boasts an imposing member resembling a medieval,...
Amateur Iraqi painter Mustafa Al-Tha’i talks to AFP in Hammam Al-Alil, south of Mosul. — AFP photos
Iraqi artist secretly chronicled IS brutality
Amateur Iraqi painter Mustafa Al-Tha’i talks to AFP in Hammam Al-Alil, south of Mosul. — AFP photosMustafa Al-Tha'i worked in secret at night, using his brushes and pencils to record the violence he saw during the day under the Islamic State group's brutal reign in Iraq. The bloodied body of a man suspended by a foot, another lying in a pool of blood with his severed head on his back, a woman with her face burned by acid-these are just some...
Indonesian comedian Sakdiyah Maruf (left) performing at a bar in Jakarta. — AFP photos
The female Muslim comic standing up to extremism
Indonesian comedian Sakdiyah Maruf (left) performing at a bar in Jakarta. — AFP photosWearing a red hijab and all-encompassing gown, Sakdiyah Maruf cuts an unusual figure in a dark, smokey Jakarta bar as she reels off taboo-breaking jokes to laughter from a rapt audience. She is a rare character in Indonesia-a female Muslim stand-up using humor to challenge prejudice against women and rising religious intolerance. Despite resistance from those...
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Local Kuwaiti heavy metal band Divine Disorder shortlisted for a chance to perform in Dubai
.KUWAIT: Local Kuwaiti heavy metal band Divine Disorder has been shortlisted for a chance to perform in Dubai as the opening act for a heavy metal concert. Founded in March 2010, Divine Disorder represents the only ‘extreme’ metal band in Kuwait and one of only a handful in the region. The Kuwait band is among seven regional bands shortlisted to perform as the opening act for heavy metal pioneers, Nile, in Dubai on August 5, 2017. Divine...
KUWAIT MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri speaks during yesterday’s session.— Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Assembly begins debating budgets amid attack on agriculture authority
MPs vote to grant exceptional pensions to ex-servicemen KUWAIT MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri speaks during yesterday’s session.— Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The national assembly began yesterday debating budgets of state-owned bodies as lawmakers launched a scathing attack on officials at the public authority for agricultural affairs and fisheries and the Public Institutions for Social Security. The assembly decided to continue debating the...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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Iran rejects calls to ‘stand down’
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MoI: No transactions without biometrics