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PORT-GENTIL: Democratic Republic of the Congo’s midfielder Paul Jose Mpoku (L) scores a free kick goal during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group C football match between Togo and DR Congo in Port-Gentil on Tuesday. — AFP

Holders Ivory Coast ousted from Africa Cup of Nations

PORT-GENTIL: Democratic Republic of the Congo’s midfielder Paul Jose Mpoku (L) scores a free kick goal during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group C football match between Togo and DR Congo in Port-Gentil on Tuesday. — AFPOYEM: Defending champions the Ivory Coast were sent packing from the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday after losing 1-0 to a Morocco side coached by their old boss Herve Renard. A brilliant Rachid Alioui goal gave Morocco...

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Bolt loses gold as IOC strip Jamaica of relay win

Usain BoltLAUSANNE: Usain Bolt lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals yesterday when the International Olympic Committee stripped Jamaica of their 4x100m relay win at the 2008 Beijing Games after a teammate was caught doping.The decision which follows the re-testing of hundreds of samples from the Beijing Games, means that Bolt loses one of the three gold medals he won at that Olympics. Bolt’s relay teammate Nestor Carter, who ran the first...

MELBOURNE: Spain’s Rafael Nadal hits a return against Canada’s Milos Raonic during their men’s singles quarter-final match on day ten of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP

Nadal closes in on Federer final

MELBOURNE: Spain’s Rafael Nadal hits a return against Canada’s Milos Raonic during their men’s singles quarter-final match on day ten of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. — AFPMELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal edged closer to a muchanticipated Australian Open final with his great rival Roger Federer after marching into the semi-finals yesterday. The 14-time Grand Slam champion was too powerful for injury-hit world...

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Male brains ‘overwhelmed’ in multitasking test: Study

PARIS: Are women really better at multi-tasking? A study yesterday said a tricky brain-teaser throws off men’s walking gait but leaves most women unfazed, reopening an age-old debate about mental gender differences. On a treadmill, men-and women over 60 — started swinging their right arm less while grappling with a complicated language test, researchers found.Language function and right arm swing are both thought to be controlled mainly by...

BANGALORE: This photo taken on January 10, 2017 shows garbage clogging up a storm water drain in Bangalore. — AFP

How India’s ‘Garden City’ became its garbage city

Bangalore paying a heavy price for its success BANGALORE: This photo taken on January 10, 2017 shows garbage clogging up a storm water drain in Bangalore. — AFPBANGALORE: The stench of rubbish hanging over swathes of Bangalore is so powerful it rouses residents in the middle of the night, the fetid result of a trash crisis that threatens its reputation as one of India’s nicest places to live. Hailed first as the country’s Garden City and...

Caesars Travel Group CEO P N J Kumar

Caesars Travel Group: Soaring to new heights

Part II of interview with the CEO of Caesars Travel Group Caesars Travel Group CEO P N J KumarIn an industry where biggest is not always the best, Caesars Travel Group incorporated in 1992 started with a small profile. Today, it is heading to become a competitive, innovative company at par with the key players in the aviation industry in Kuwait. We are noticing that they have grown as one of the biggest suppliers now unlike other travel groups,...

KIB Chairman Sheikh Mohammad Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah

KIB records net profit higher by 14% in 2016

KIB Chairman Sheikh Mohammad Al-Jarrah Al-SabahKUWAIT: Sheikh Mohammed Jarrah Al-Sabah, Chairman of Kuwait International Bank (KIB) announced that during 2016, the Bank’s profits have increased by 14% to reach KD 18.2 million compared to KD 16.1 million in 2015. This growth is attributable to an increase in revenues accompanied by an effective cost optimization.The financing income increased by 12% reaching KD 71 million compared to KD 63.2...

Stem cell bank built by KIPCO

Region’s first stem cell bank built by KIPCO to be completed this year

Stem cell bank built by KIPCOKUWAIT: The Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) - and its Group companies will hand over the Sheikha Salwa Sabah Al Ahmad Stem Cell and Umbilical Cord Center in mid- September 2017, with 70 percent of the construction of the building now complete. The center, financed through a KD 7 million donation made to the Ministry of Health by Masharee Al Khair Charity Organization on behalf of KIPCO Group, is the Gulf region’s...

NEW DELHI: The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of a meeting.

India to fill strategic reserve with UAE oil

'This will enable us to meet the nation's growing demand for energy' NEW DELHI: The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of a meeting.NEW DELHI: India signed a deal with the United Arab Emirates yesterday that allows the Gulf OPEC country to fill half of an underground crude oil storage facility at Mangalore that is part of New Delhi's strategic...

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Sundance turns lens on Syrian civil war, jihadism

Mohamad Al-Musari, from left, Hamoud Al-Mousa, director Matthew Heineman and Abdalaziz Al-Hamza pose for a portrait to promote the film, "City of Ghosts", at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. — APIn early 2014, the Islamic State group entered the northern Syrian city of Raqa, declaring it their capital and beginning a reign of terror marked by grisly public executions. Armed sharia police patrolled the...

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KUWAIT: (Top) A general view shows the meeting between members of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the Islamic Cooperation Initiative (ICI) attended by NATO members at the newly-opened NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) Regional Centre in Mishref.

NATO opens new center in Kuwait to boost Gulf ties

FM to deliver letter to Tehran - Trump 'fully' committed to NATO KUWAIT: (Top) A general view shows the meeting between members of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the Islamic Cooperation Initiative (ICI) attended by NATO members at the newly-opened NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) Regional Centre in Mishref.KUWAIT: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg yesterday called for boosting security cooperation with the Gulf states as the Western...

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GAZA: Palestinians surround bodies lying on the ground at the Al-Maamadani hospital after they were killed in a Zionist strike on a school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Aug 8, 2024. - AFP

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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos

Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation

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DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government, administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) on August 8, 2024. - AFP

Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh leader

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Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Jasem Ibrahem Al-Najem with Standing Committee of National Committee of Political Consultative Conference member Cai Guanxin.

China highlights growing investment opportunities in Kuwait