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OXON HILL: Vasyl Lomachenko (L) of Ukraine exchanges punches with Jason Sosa during their WBO Super Featherweight World Championship bout at The Theater at MGM National Harbor on Saturday in Oxon Hill, Maryland. – AFP
Lomachenko taunts Sosa en route to 9th rd TKO
OXON HILL: Vasyl Lomachenko (L) of Ukraine exchanges punches with Jason Sosa during their WBO Super Featherweight World Championship bout at The Theater at MGM National Harbor on Saturday in Oxon Hill, Maryland. – AFPWASHINGTON:  Vasyl Lomachenko easily retained his WBO junior lightweight title on Saturday, with a dominating boxing display over Jason Sosa, whose corner pulled the plug at the end of the ninth round.The 29-year-old Ukrainian...
Neymar Jr’s Five National Championship Concludes
‘FCB Remuntada’ to the World Final in Brazil
Neymar Jr’s Five National Championship ConcludesFCB Remuntada team was announced Neymar Jr’s Five Kuwait champion after an intense national final held last Thursday at Al-Kout Mall. The final took place in partnership with Intersport, Acqua Eva, Al-Rai Media Group, Kuwait Times, Al-Kout Mall, and Instituto Projeto Neymar Jr in front a group of spectators. The winners, who won the final match against “Real Madrid”, will be representing...
WASHINGTON: In this Oct 22, 1986 file photo, lawmakers watch closely as President Ronald Reagan signs into law a landmark tax overhaul on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. —AP
Trump seeks consensus on US tax overhaul
Search for Republican accord veers into unexpected corners WASHINGTON: In this Oct 22, 1986 file photo, lawmakers watch closely as President Ronald Reagan signs into law a landmark tax overhaul on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. —APWASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has scrapped the tax plan he campaigned on and is going back to the drawing board in a search for Republican consensus behind legislation to overhaul the US tax...
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Hackers release password to unlock alleged NSA files
NEW YORK: A secretive group that published a trove of hacking tools allegedly used by US spies has released a password that it says can unlock related files. In a Medium post, the “Shadow Brokers” group revealed a password to files associated with the leaked toolkit, purportedly from the US National Security Agency. Some security experts tweeted that the password works, but that couldn’t be independently verified.An October leak by the...
LONDON: This file photo shows traffic queuing in central London.—AFP
Polluted London sets its sights on cars
British capital once again choked by pollution LONDON: This file photo shows traffic queuing in central London.—AFPLONDON: Gone are the days of London's "pea souper" smogs, but like many European cities, the British capital is once again being choked by pollution-and has road traffic firmly in its sights. In 1952, the Great Smog suffocated London for five days, bringing the city to a standstill as soot-filled clouds descended onto the streets...
The Jano band-a rare rock band in Ethiopia-has been playing locally and touring in Europe for the past five years. —AFP photos
Ethiopian band wins fans by melding rock with African sounds
The Jano band-a rare rock band in Ethiopia-has been playing locally and touring in Europe for the past five years. —AFP photosAt a hotel in Addis Ababa well-known for hosting jazz greats, thousands of fans lined up on a Saturday  night to headbang along with what is still a rarity in Ethiopia's diverse music scene-a rock band. Jano, named after a popular item of traditional clothing, has made a name for itself in Africa's second most populous...
Afghan men watch roosters spar in a fighting ring on the outskirts of Kabul. — AFP photos
Cockfighting in Kabul: Once-banned bloodsport takes wing
Afghan men watch roosters spar in a fighting ring on the outskirts of Kabul. — AFP photosA boisterous roar sweeps through the crowd as a pair of roosters spar in a sandy pit, their spurs kicking, wings flapping and beaks pecking. "Bizan! (Hit it)," one spectator barks in Dari. "Bokoshesh! (Kill it)," hisses another. Cockfighting, known in Afghanistan as "Murgh Jangi", has the trappings of a gladiatorial contest. Wings outstretched, the avian...
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Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem
Speaker denounces Stockholm attack
Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-GhanemKUWAIT: Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem sent a cable of condolences to his Swedish counterpart Urban Ahlin on Friday following the deadly truck attack in Stockholm. In his message, Ghanem denounced the attack and expressed full solidarity with the people and government of friendly Sweden in whatever measures they might take to protect the security and stability of their...
Head of the Kuwait Structural Plan at the MunicipalnCouncil Ali Al-Moussa
Meetings to find enough land for housing projects
Head of the Kuwait Structural Plan at the MunicipalCouncil Ali Al-MoussaKUWAIT: Head of the Kuwait Structural Plan at the Municipal Council Ali Al-Moussa said that housing is a top priority issue for all the council members. Moussa added the council members had held several meetings with the municipality's executive body and other relevant authorities to find enough land to be used in building new cities and end the waiting lists at the housing...
Justice Minister Faleh Abdullah Al-Azeb
Gov't to proceed with nationality law in line with state sovereignty: Minister
Justice Minister Faleh Abdullah Al-AzebKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Government will move on with nationality laws according to state sovereignty and the constitution, said Minister of Justice and the Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Dr. Faleh Abdullah Al-Azeb. There's no ban on lawmakers' views on the tabled amendments on referring nationality disputes to the judiciary, Azeb told the National Assembly's Al-Dostoor News Network. He...
KUWAIT: Dr Fatima Al-Shatti, Environment Advisor to the Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), speaks to Kuwait Times at her office in KPCnbuilding. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Landfills in Kuwait not managed properly: Shatti
KUWAIT: Dr Fatima Al-Shatti, Environment Advisor to the Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), speaks to Kuwait Times at her office in KPCbuilding. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Landfills should be banned in Kuwait if the process cannot be managed the right way, says Dr Fatima Al-Shatti, Environment Advisor to the Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC). In an exclusive interview with the Kuwait Times, Shatti said the right way to maintaining landfills...
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