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Sebastien Ogier (FRA) performs during the FIA World Rally Championship 2017 in Bastia, France on April 9, 2017
Highlights of the Tour de Corse
FIA World Rally Championship 2017, stop 4 in Corsica, France Sebastien Ogier (FRA) performs during the FIA World Rally Championship 2017 in Bastia, France on April 9, 2017KUWAIT: Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville from Belgium made it four manufacturers (and four nationalities) winning the first four rounds of the 2017 World Rally Championship, following one of the most intense rounds seen so far this year. Red Bull TV was there to capture all the...
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OPEC says oil deal bearing fruit, but US pumping more
PARIS: World oil production fell in March thanks to a deal to cut output, OPEC said yesterday but the cartel's efforts to fight a global glut are threatened by American firms pumping oil with gusto.The world produced a total of 95.82 million barrels per day (mb/d) last month, a fall of 230,000 barrels from February, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in its monthly report.The production by OPEC itself, which accounts for...
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Oil drops on crude stocks, US shale output - NBK ECONOMIC REPORT
KUWAIT: Oil prices fell to their lowest level in more than 3 months in March amid swelling global crude stocks and rising US shale production. March saw oil prices finally break out of their narrow trading range and fall to their lowest level in more than three months. By the end of March, Brent, the international benchmark, had fallen by 5.0 percent to $52.8 per barrel (bbl) and West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US marker, had declined by 6.3...
TOKYO: A model demonstrates how the rehabilitation-assist robot Welwalk WW-1000, developed by Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation, helps to assist in flexing and extending the knee while walking on a treadmill during a press preview in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP
Toyota shows robotic leg brace to help paralyzed people walk
Sensors in the device monitor, adjust to help out TOKYO: A model demonstrates how the rehabilitation-assist robot Welwalk WW-1000, developed by Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation, helps to assist in flexing and extending the knee while walking on a treadmill during a press preview in Tokyo yesterday. — AFPTOKYO: Toyota is introducing a wearable robotic leg brace designed to help partially paralyzed people walk. The Welwalk WW-1000 system is...
MANILA: This file photo shows a member of the Smokey Mountain baseball team tying his shoelace during practice at the former dumpsite in Manila. —AFP
Catastrophic failure: Why shoelaces come undone
MANILA: This file photo shows a member of the Smokey Mountain baseball team tying his shoelace during practice at the former dumpsite in Manila. —AFPPARIS: A mystery as old as laced shoes was unraveled yesterday by experiments that reveal how shoestrings come undone when we are on the move. "The failure of the knot happens in a matter of seconds, often without warning, and is catastrophic," scientists reported in the journal Proceedings of the...
This photograph received from the Federal University of Goias yesterday, shows the newly-discovered bright pinkclawed pistol shrimp which has been named as 'Synalpheus pinkfloydi' in the scientific description of the species. — AFP
New sonic blast shrimp named after Pink Floyd
This photograph received from the Federal University of Goias yesterday, shows the newly-discovered bright pinkclawed pistol shrimp which has been named as 'Synalpheus pinkfloydi' in the scientific description of the species. — AFPA newly-discovered shrimp species with a bright pink claw and the ability to produce one of the loudest sounds in the ocean has been named after legendary British band Pink Floyd, zoologists said yesterday....
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Trump-Kim Jong-un collision course
KUWAIT: Opposition MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei hands a grilling request against HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah yesterday to National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, who refused to accept it. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Assembly rejects crucial citizenship law revision
Opposition MPs announce two grillings against premier KUWAIT: Opposition MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei hands a grilling request against HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah yesterday to National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, who refused to accept it. – Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The National Assembly yesterday rejected an opposition-sponsored amendment stipulating to allow the judiciary to look into the cases of Kuwaitis...
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Miraj off on Apr 27
KUWAIT: Kuwait will observe April 27 as the official holiday marking the annual religious occasion of Israa and Miraj, the Civil Service Commission said yesterday. Israa and Miraj falls on April 24 but the country will observe it on April 27 in line with a government resolution to observe it, along with the Prophet's (PBUH) birthday, on Thursday if they fall between two working days.Regular work will resume on April 30. Authorities and...
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Beyond justification
Badrya Darwish How fair is the airline business? The whole world was shocked and horrified to see a passenger pulled by force from his seat on the United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky. The guy was humiliated and dragged from his seat as if he was a criminal. Even criminals are protected by laws not to be humiliated, beaten or physically assaulted. There is a basic respect for a human being. I felt sorry for the man...
Bader Nasser Al Kharafi, Zain Group Vice-Chairman and Group CEO
Zain 2nd most powerful brand in region
Bader Nasser Al Kharafi, Zain Group Vice-Chairman and Group CEOKUWAIT/LONDON: Every year, leading valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance based in London, values the brands of thousands of the world's biggest companies. The Middle East's 50 most valuable brands, classified by both their industry and their nation, are featured in the Brand Finance Middle East 50 ranking.As part of its overall assessment of brand value, Brand Finance...
TURIN: Juventus’ forward from Argentina Gonzalo Higuain (2nd L) heads the ball next to Juventus’ forward from Croatia Mario Mandzukic (C) and Barcelona’s Argentinian defender Javier Mascherano (L) during the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg football match Juventus vs Barcelona, yesterday at the Juventus stadium in Turin. — AFP
Dybala stars as Juventus outclass Barcelona
TURIN: Juventus’ forward from Argentina Gonzalo Higuain (2nd L) heads the ball next to Juventus’ forward from Croatia Mario Mandzukic (C) and Barcelona’s Argentinian defender Javier Mascherano (L) during the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg football match Juventus vs Barcelona, yesterday at the Juventus stadium in Turin. — AFPTURIN:  Paulo Dybala upstaged his fellow Argentine Lionel Messi by scoring two exquisitely taken...
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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
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
Brazil plane crash kills 62