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Kuwait projects off to a good start in 2017 - NBK ECONOMIC REPORT
KD 1.4 billion worth contracts awarded in Q1 .KUWAIT: Kuwait’s projects pipeline remains robust against a backdrop of improving oil prices and a government commitment to maintain healthy capital spending and move forward with its development projects. KD 1.4 billion ($4.6 billion) worth of contracts were awarded in 1Q17, according to MEED Projects, a figure roughly in line with 2016’s quarterly average. Looking ahead to the rest of 2017,...
AUB Chairman Hamad Al-Humaidhi
AUB reports $159.4 million net profit in Q1 2017
AUB Chairman Hamad Al-HumaidhiKUWAIT: Ahli United Bank B.S.C. (AUB) reported a net profit attributable to its equity shareholders of $159.4 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2017. The net profit reflected an increase of 3.1 percent in Q1/2017 as compared to the comparative net profit figure of $ 154.6 million achieved in Q1/2016. The Q1/2017 net profit also represents a 24.0 percent improvement over the Q4/2016 trailing quarter reported...
Huang Luomeng, Director of Wireless Marketing and Solution Sales, receiving ‘Biggest Contribution to 5G R&D’ award from Toni Eid, CEO of Trace Media International & Editor in Chief of Telecom Review.
Huawei awarded 'Biggest Contribution to 5G R&D'
Recognition at 5G MENA 2017 Summit Huang Luomeng, Director of Wireless Marketing and Solution Sales, receiving ‘Biggest Contribution to 5G R&D’ award from Toni Eid, CEO of Trace Media International & Editor in Chief of Telecom Review.KUWAIT: Leading global ICT provider, Huawei, received the 'Biggest Contribution to 5G R&D' award at the 5G MENA 2017 Summit, being held in Dubai from 30 April to 2 May 2017.The 'Biggest Contribution to 5G R&D'...
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Huawei releases 'Public Safety Solutions at Global Safe City'
.DUBAI: In the onset of global terrorism and various issues on public security and safety, Huawei hosted its Second Global Safe City Summit 2017 themed 'Leading New ICT, The Road to Collaborative Public Safety' in Dubai. The event kicked-of yesterday and continued till today. Huawei admitted to have been servicing more than 350 government customers, industry experts, and partners wherein some of them are also participating in the summit to share...
YANGON: Htar Htar, founder of women’s rights group Akhaya Women, poses for a photo in Yangon. Abortion is banned in Myanmar unless a woman’s life is at risk and doctors who defy the law can face up to 10 years in jail. —AFP
Deadly secret: Illegal abortions killing Myanmar's women
YANGON: Htar Htar, founder of women’s rights group Akhaya Women, poses for a photo in Yangon. Abortion is banned in Myanmar unless a woman’s life is at risk and doctors who defy the law can face up to 10 years in jail. —AFPYANGON: Thiri's heart started pounding and her whole body shook after she swallowed the final dose of pills that would end her unwanted pregnancy in a Yangon hotel. Her boyfriend had abandoned her after finding out she...
In this June 28, 2015, file photo, Janet Jackson accepts the ultimate icon: Music dance visual award at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. — AP
After child and separation, Janet Jackson resumes tour
In this June 28, 2015, file photo, Janet Jackson accepts the ultimate icon: Music dance visual award at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. — APPop superstar and new mother Janet Jackson said Monday she will resume a tour after a nearly two-year break as she confirmed separating from her husband. Jackson, who had abruptly suspended a tour in 2015 amid the surprise news she was pregnant, announced 56 concerts across North America later this year. In...
Celine Dion, Madonna, Monica Bellucci, left, and Valentino
The Met Gala: Rihanna encased in petals, Zendaya in parrots
Celine Dion, Madonna, Monica Bellucci, left, and ValentinoThe color red made a dramatic show Monday night in the grand parade of fashion at the Met Gala, including co-chair Katy Perry's look, as did glittery gold and blue feathers on  the back of Blake Lively. But many of the evening's highlights were courtesy of luminaries who  channeled honoree Rei Kawakubo, including Rihanna encased in fluttery petal-like pieces by the  Japanese designer....
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MP Riyadh Al-Adasani
Opposition MP queries govt over FIFA's corruption case
Lawmaker inquires if Iran is involved in Istanbul assassination MP Riyadh Al-AdasaniKUWAIT: Opposition MP Riyadh Al-Adasani yesterday inquired about government measures with regard to corruption allegations in world football FIFA involving Kuwait. The issue unraveled after the head of Guam Football Federation Richard Lai confessed to US interrogators that he received graft worth $850,000 between 2009 and 2014 from a senior member of Kuwait...
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah
Step back for Sheikh Ahmad, Asia's sporting power broker
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-SabahHONG KONG: After almost a decade as one of the game's main power brokers, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah stepped away from his involvement in world football on Sunday as the US Department of Justice probe into FIFA's affairs claimed another victim. His decision came after US Court documents made reference to a Kuwaiti Olympic official as being involved in the bribery case of FIFA's audit and compliance...
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Our precious sea
Badrya Darwish Our sea is polluted. Thousands of fish are dying on the shore. The air also is polluted. Sandstorms and humidity and no rain. Our streets are polluted. Our systems are corrupt. Our soul is polluted. Everything around us is polluted. People are polluted with greed and discrimination and apartheid. Our society is polluted. This is not the first time that fish are dying on the shores of Kuwait in their thousands. It happened...
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Minister explains why co-ops might have shortages in supply goods
KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry, Acting Minister of Information Khaled Al-Roudhan stressed that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) is committed to insuring the availability of supply goods in Kuwait Supply Company's warehouses, so that they can be delivered to co-op societies and distributed to citizens according to schedule. Roudhan clarified that occasional shortages in some items might happen due to several reasons, mainly...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
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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