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Drivers swap highways for fairways in gripping Audi Quattro Cup n
Drivers swap highways for fairways in gripping Audi Quattro Cup
Drivers swap highways for fairways in gripping Audi Quattro CupKUWAIT: Audi customers in Kuwait showed off driving skills of a different kind at the weekend, tee in golf at the annual Audi Quattro Cup tournament.The prestigious and hugely popular event saw 50 teams of golfers battling it out for much more than bragging rights against fellow Audi owners over the demanding fairways and greens of theS ahara Golf Club.The Audi Kuwait customers...
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OPEC figures show oil output cuts exceed pledge in March
DUBAI/LONDON: OPEC states cut oil output in March by more than they pledged under supply curbs, according to figures the exporter group uses to monitor its supply, extending a record of higher-than-expected adherence to its first production cut in eight years.The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to cut output by about 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) for six months from Jan 1 to prop up prices and reduce a glut.  Russia...
LONDON: Customers browse for fruit and vegetables on a food stall at Whitechapel Market in east London yesterday. Rising clothing and food prices kept British annual inflation at its highest level in three and a half years in March, official data showed yesterday. — AFP
Brexit to trigger UK farm policy overhaul and EU funding gap
Payments to British farmers likely to be cut post-Brexit LONDON: Customers browse for fruit and vegetables on a food stall at Whitechapel Market in east London yesterday. Rising clothing and food prices kept British annual inflation at its highest level in three and a half years in March, official data showed yesterday. — AFPLONDON: Britain is expected to radically overhaul agricultural policy after it leaves the European Union and the bloc may...
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US takes down huge botnet as Spain arrests notorious Russian hacker
WASHINGTON: US authorities moved Monday to take down a global computer botnet behind the massive theft of personal data and unwanted spam emails, as Spain arrested the notorious Russian hacker who operated it. US authorities say the Russian, Piotr or Peter Levashov, had operated the Kelihos network of tens of thousands of infected computers, stealing personal data and renting the network out to others to send spam emails by the millions and...
SOUTH SUDAN: In this photo, Abuk Garang, right, holds her 7-month-old son William Deng, and Adel Bol, 20, left, holds her 10-month-old daughter Akir Mayen, as they and others walk to a food distribution site in Malualkuel, in the Northern Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. —AP photos
'Sliding into catastrophe': South Sudan famine could spread
Conditions to deteriorate as lean season approaches SOUTH SUDAN: In this photo, Abuk Garang, right, holds her 7-month-old son William Deng, and Adel Bol, 20, left, holds her 10-month-old daughter Akir Mayen, as they and others walk to a food distribution site in Malualkuel, in the Northern Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. —AP photosAWEIL, South Sudan: Two months after the world's youngest nation declared a famine amid its civil war, hunger...
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Box Office Top 20: 'The Boss Baby' squashes 'Smurfs 3'
This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows characters Tim, voiced by Miles Bakshi, right, and Boss Baby, voiced by Alec Baldwin in a scene from the animated film, "The Boss Baby." — AP"The Boss Baby" continued to dominate the box office in its second weekend in theaters, adding $26.4 million to take the top spot. The animated flick featuring the voice of Alec Baldwin has earned $89.4 million from North American theaters to date. It...
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Bangladesh stars' secret marriage sparks web sensation
One of Bangladesh's biggest film stars caused an internet sensation yesterday when she revealed she had wed her on-screen lover, but kept the marriage secret for nine years to protect his career. Apu Biswas told a Bangladesh television station she had a seven-month-old child with Shakib Khan, whom she had married in secret in 2008, and was only going public now because of his neglect. She has starred in at least 40 movies alongside her now...
File photos show models walking the runway for the Victoria Beckham presentation during the New York Fashion Week in New York City. — AFP Photos
Posh on a budget: Victoria Beckham teams up with Target
File photos show models walking the runway for the Victoria Beckham presentation during the New York Fashion Week in New York City. — AFP PhotosThe Victoria Beckham clothing range for Target is flying off the shelves, the latest high-fashion, high-street collaboration seeking to widen market appeal-even if not everyone is impressed. From Missoni for Target to Versace for H&M and Kate Moss for Topshop, designers on both sides of the Atlantic...
British DJ Paul Oakenfold plays a set to mountaineers and trekkers at Everest base camp yesterday. — AFP
British DJ hosts world's highest party on Everest
British DJ Paul Oakenfold plays a set to mountaineers and trekkers at Everest base camp yesterday. — AFPTop British DJ Paul Oakenfold braved thinning air and freezing temperatures to host the "highest party on earth" at Everest base camp yesterday, playing to around 100 climbers-all in full mountain gear. The 53-year-old artist, who trekked for 10 days to reach base camp, mixed his beats on a makeshift stone stage set against the spectacular...
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The Great BREXIT
Image made from a video provided shows a passenger being removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago. — AP
Passenger dragged off overbooked US flight
CHICAGO: United Airlines found itself in the middle of a social media storm yesterday, after the US carrier forcefully removed a passenger from a flight due to overbooking. The incident occurred Sunday on a United Express flight bound for Louisville, Kentucky, from Chicago. United Express flights are operated by one of eight regional airlines which partner with United.The airline said it had asked for volunteers to give up their seats on the...
MANILA: Kuwaiti national (2nd left) and Syrian national (2nd right) are escorted by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) personnel after a press conference in Manila yesterday. — AFP
IS cell planned attacks against GIs, husseiniya
KUWAIT: Suspected Islamic State militants arrested in Kuwait and the Philippines were planning to carry out bombings against US military forces in Kuwait, Al-Rai newspaper reported yesterday. The suspects were also plotting a suicide attack on a husseiniya (Shiite meeting hall) in Sulaibikhat, said Al-Rai, which has close ties to security services.Philippine security forces arrested a Kuwaiti and a Syrian for suspected links to Islamic State on...
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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