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KFH Capital arranges EQUATE Sukuk, supports economy, says Al-Marzouq
Debut Sukuk for a Kuwaiti corporate in accordance with CMA Law Abdulaziz Al-MarzouqKUWAIT: Chief Executive Officer -KFH Capital, affiliated to Kuwait Finance House Group, Abdulaziz Nasser Al-Marzouq said that KFH Capital acted as a global coordinator and book runner for EQUATE SUKUK SPC Limited's ("EQUATE SPC") in collaboration with different global institutions. In addition, KFH Capital also acted in collaboration with HSBC, as Program Arrangers...
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Zain enters joint venture with car-sharing specialist YOYO
Zain positioning itself to benefit from $30bn global market by 2020BARCELONA: Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator across the Middle East and Africa, announces a joint venture with YOYO, (www.driveyoyo.com) one of the most innovative digital startups in Turkey, to bring an exciting car sharing club model initially to Bahrain, and later expanded across the Zain regional footprint and the MENA region.It is forecasted that the total car...
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Adel El-Labban Named CEO of the Year –Middle East 2016
KUWAIT: The London-based EMEA Finance magazine has named Adel El-Labban, Group CEO and Managing Director of Ahli United Bank, as CEO of the Year, Pan Middle East 2016, in recognition of his vision, leadership and outstanding contributions to the regional banking industry.The announcement was made at EMEA Finance’s Middle East Banking Awards 2016, held in Dubai on March 1st, 2017, and attended by banking and business leaders from across the...
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Jazeera Airways celebrates International Women's Day
Special fares for women travelling in March Jazeera AirwaysKUWAIT: Jazeera Airways, the first private airline in Kuwait and the Middle East, is celebrating International Women's Day by announcing special fares exclusively for women travelling to all destinations during the month of March.Starting March 1st, women of all ages will be eligible to a 25 percent discount when booking Business Class between March 1st and March 9th to travel anytime...
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Flip the script: Cursive sees revival in school instruction
NEW YORK: Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.Alabama and Louisiana passed laws in 2016 mandating cursive proficiency in public schools, the latest of 14 states that require cursive. And last fall, the 1.1 million-student New York City schools, the nation's largest public school system, encouraged the...
Buffalo approach a watering hole after a bowser water tanker delivers water to thirsty wildlife at the Tsavo-west national park, after traveling 70 km from the town of Voi, approximately 400 km southeast of Kenya's capital Nairobi, on Oct 19, 2016. - AFP
Bringing water to Kenya's drought-stricken wildlife
Buffalo approach a watering hole after a bowser water tanker delivers water to thirsty wildlife at the Tsavo-west national park, after traveling 70 km from the town of Voi, approximately 400 km southeast of Kenya's capital Nairobi, on Oct 19, 2016. - AFPVOI, Kenya: In a wildlife sanctuary in southern Kenya the relentless sun has bleached savannah grasses and dried up rivers, turning water holes first into muddy pits and now, dust bowls. Herds of...
KARACHI: In this photograph taken on Jan 24, 2017, Pakistani youths search for their ball as they walk amongst dumped garbage in a residential area of Karachi. —AFP
Finance capital Karachi turned 'into rubbish bin'
KARACHI: In this photograph taken on Jan 24, 2017, Pakistani youths search for their ball as they walk amongst dumped garbage in a residential area of Karachi. —AFPKARACHI: Neighbors forced their way into Mohammad Umair's home battling smoke and flames in a desperate bid to rescue his young family - he and his wife survived, their children did not. The fire began in a heap of garbage which blocked the narrow alley outside the five-storey...
Models present creations by Comme des Garcons during the women's Fall-Winter 2017-2018 ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris. — AFP photos
Fashion designers turn to secondhand shops for inspiration
Models present creations by Comme des Garcons during the women's Fall-Winter 2017-2018 ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris. — AFP photosIt is a humdrum secondhand clothing store in one of the most down-at-heel districts of the French capital. But for designer Francisco Terra and other rising stars of the Paris catwalk, the shop stuffed with shirts and skirts that sell for the price of a coffee is "a temple of fashion research"....
Winner of the 25th Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) Alain Gomis (center) receives the Yennega Stallion trophy from Burkina Faso’s president Roch Marc Christian Kabore (right) and Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara (left) at the Sports Palace in Ouagadougou.
Senegalese film scoops top award at Africa film fest
Winner of the 25th Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) Alain Gomis (center) receives the Yennega Stallion trophy from Burkina Faso’s president Roch Marc Christian Kabore (right) and Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara (left) at the Sports Palace in Ouagadougou."Felicite," a tale about a nightclub singer who has to scrape together funds to pay for her son's treatment after a road accident, scooped the top prize on...
In this file photo, Bollywood film maker Karan Johar poses for photographers at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Rocks Green Carpet for the 17th Edition of IIFA Weekend and Awards in Madrid, Spain. — AP
Bollywood celebrity becomes father to twins via surrogacy
In this file photo, Bollywood film maker Karan Johar poses for photographers at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Rocks Green Carpet for the 17th Edition of IIFA Weekend and Awards in Madrid, Spain. — APBollywood superstar Karan Johar announced yesterday he had become a father to twins through surrogacy, as India moves closer to controversially barring single people from becoming parents.  The 44-year-old filmmaker, who is single,...
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The United States Department of State’s report on Human Rights Practices for 2016: Kuwait
There were numerous reports of police arresting and detaining foreign nationals without a warrantKuwait is a constitutional, hereditary emirate ruled by the Al-Sabah family. While there is also a democratically elected parliament, His Highness the Amir holds ultimate authority over most government decisions. The parliamentary elections held on November 26 were generally free and fair with several members of the opposition winning seats. Civilian...
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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
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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
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