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TOKYO: Kei Komuro, center, is interviewed by reporters in Tokyo yesterday. Princess Mako, the granddaughter of Japan’s emperor, is getting married to the ocean lover who can ski, play the violin and cook, according to public broadcaster NHK TV. — AP
Japan's Princess to marry her ocean-loving legal assistant
TOKYO: Kei Komuro, center, is interviewed by reporters in Tokyo yesterday. Princess Mako, the granddaughter of Japan’s emperor, is getting married to the ocean lover who can ski, play the violin and cook, according to public broadcaster NHK TV. — APTOKYO: Princess Mako, the granddaughter of Japan's emperor, will marry an ocean-loving legal assistant who can ski, play the violin and cook. Japanese nuptials tend to be highly ritualized,...
MANAMA: A member of staff walks towards the building hosting the AFC, Asian Football Confederation Congress 2017, in Manama. The specter of fresh corruption scandals hangs over the annual gathering of world soccer leaders, two years after the FIFA Congress was shaken by the exposure of far-reaching fraud. _ AP
Asian soccer body probes claims of Kuwaiti bribery
MANAMA: A member of staff walks towards the building hosting the AFC, Asian Football Confederation Congress 2017, in Manama. The specter of fresh corruption scandals hangs over the annual gathering of world soccer leaders, two years after the FIFA Congress was shaken by the exposure of far-reaching fraud. _ APKUALA LUMPUR: A new investigation into claims that Kuwaiti leaders of the Olympic Council of Asia bribed the region's soccer officials has...
MADRID: Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema(R) vies with Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan defender Diego Godin (C) and Atletico Madrid's Montenegrin defender Stefan Savic during the UEFA Champions League semifinal second leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Real Madrid CF at the Vicente Calderon stadium. - AFP
Valbuena accuses 'impotent' Benzema over sex-tape saga
MADRID: Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema(R) vies with Atletico Madrid's Uruguayan defender Diego Godin (C) and Atletico Madrid's Montenegrin defender Stefan Savic during the UEFA Champions League semifinal second leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Real Madrid CF at the Vicente Calderon stadium. - AFPPARIS: Lyon midfielder Mathieu Valbuena yesterday launched an emotional attack on Karim Benzema over the sex-tape saga,...
LONDON: Arsenal's Olivier Giroud kicks the ball across goal, from which teammate Alexis Sanchez scored their side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium. - AP
Sanchez keeps Arsenal in Race, City all but there
LONDON: Arsenal's Olivier Giroud kicks the ball across goal, from which teammate Alexis Sanchez scored their side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium. - APLONDON: Alexis Sanchez sank Sunderland to keep Arsenal in the hunt for Champions League qualification on Tuesday, while Manchester City all but secured a top-four place by beating West Bromwich Albion. Sanchez...
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Pakistan board bans, fines spinner Nawaz
Mohammad NawazISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz for two months and fined him 200,000 rupees ($1,900) for violating its anti-corruption code. The PCB said in a statement yesterday that the ban, starting from May 16, could be reduced to one month if Nawaz fulfills certain conditions that include no further breach of its anti-corruption code.Nawaz admitted to the PCB's vigilance and security department...
ATHENS: Members of the ‘All Workers militant front’ (PAME), a Trade Union coalition, take part in a demonstration marking a 24-hour general strike against a new round of austerity cuts imposed by the country’s international creditors in Athens yesterday. — AFP
Thousands demonstrate in Greece over new cuts
Hooded youth throw firebomb, smash TV van windows ATHENS: Members of the ‘All Workers militant front’ (PAME), a Trade Union coalition, take part in a demonstration marking a 24-hour general strike against a new round of austerity cuts imposed by the country’s international creditors in Athens yesterday. — AFPATHENS: Thousands of Greeks demonstrated yesterday against a new round of austerity cuts in a 24-hour general strike that disrupted...
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Ford to cut 1,400 salaried jobs in North America, Asia
DETROIT: Ford will cut 10 percent of its salaried jobs in North America and Asia Pacific this year in an effort to boost profits. The company will offer voluntary early retirement and separation packages to its workers. It expects 1,400 positions to be affected by the end of September. Ford believes it will meet its targets by voluntary means and doesn't expect involuntary layoffs, spokesman Mike Moran said yesterday."We remain focused on the...
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Kuwait Airways cutting over to Amadeus Inventory
.KUWAIT CITY: After nine months of preparation, data-transfers, operations and staff training, testing (and re-testing), Kuwait Airways has announced that on Friday May 19, it will implement its cut-over to the world-leading, Amadeus AltéaSuite - for its new inventory, reservations, ticketing and loyalty systems. According to Kuwait Airways' Director of IT and Project Director for the Amadeus Implementation, Abdulmunim Abdulsalam, the cut-over...
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Smart bangle delivers pregnancy tips to wrists
MUMBAI:A high-tech bangle that alerts pregnant women to toxic fumes and issues audio tips promises to boost maternal health in South Asia, as smart devices deliver ever more services to remote communities. The colorful, lightweight bangle also bypasses phone-owning men - feeding information directly to expectant mothers - and is built to withstand the rigors of village life."In rural areas, mobile connectivity - and mobile access for women - is...
SANAA: A Yemeni child, suspected of being infected with cholera, receives treatment at a hospital in Sanaa. — AFP
Yemen cholera death toll mounts to 209: UNICEF
SANAA: A Yemeni child, suspected of being infected with cholera, receives treatment at a hospital in Sanaa. — AFPSANAA: A cholera outbreak in Yemen has killed 209 people in recent weeks with 17,200 suspected cases across the war-torn country, the United Nations children's agency said yesterday. UNICEF's Yemen mission said that there had been an "alarming increase" in cholera-related deaths. The agency's Yemen spokesman Mohammed Al-Asaadi told...
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Name sought for rare albino orangutan rescued in Indonesia
INDONESIA: A keeper examines an albino orangutan at a rehabilitation center in Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan, IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia: A conservation group is asking the public to name a rare albino orangutan that was rescued from villagers on Borneo island last month, hoping it will become a symbol of efforts to save the critically endangered species. The 5-year-old female great ape is being kept in a dimly lit quarantine enclosure with...
(From left) French actress and director and member of the Feature Film jury Agnes Jaoui, Chinese actress and member of the Feature Film jury Fan Bingbing, US actress and member of the Feature Film jury Jessica Chastain, US actor and member of the Feature Film jury Will Smith, Spanish director and President of the Feature Film Jury Pedro Almodovar, Italian director and member of the Feature Film jury Paolo Sorrentino, French music composer and member of the Feature Film jury Gabriel Yared, South Korean director and member of the Feature Film jury Park Chan-wook and German director and member of the Feature Film jury Maren Ade pose during a photocall ahead of the opening ceremony.
Will Smith, Almodovar open a testy Cannes Film Festival
(From left) French actress and director and member of the Feature Film jury Agnes Jaoui, Chinese actress and member of the Feature Film jury Fan Bingbing, US actress and member of the Feature Film jury Jessica Chastain, US actor and member of the Feature Film jury Will Smith, Spanish director and President of the Feature Film Jury Pedro Almodovar, Italian director and member of the Feature Film jury Paolo Sorrentino, French music composer and...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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