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EIBAR: FC Barcelona's Neymar Jr., tries to control the ball beside goalkeeper Yoel Rodriguez during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Eibar, at Ipurua stadium in Eibar, northern Spain, Sunday. FC Barcelona won the match 4-0. - AP

Messi, Suarez help Barca to down Eibar

EIBAR: FC Barcelona's Neymar Jr., tries to control the ball beside goalkeeper Yoel Rodriguez during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Eibar, at Ipurua stadium in Eibar, northern Spain, Sunday. FC Barcelona won the match 4-0. - APMADRID (AP) - With Lionel Messi's fifth goal in six games this year, Barcelona comfortably defeated Eibar 4-0 on Sunday to keep pace with leaders Real Madrid and Sevilla at the halfway point ...

MELBOURNE: Spain’s Rafael Nadal hits a return against France’s Gael Monfils during their men’s singles fourth round match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday.—AFP

Breathless Nadal, Serena in q-finals

MELBOURNE: Spain’s Rafael Nadal hits a return against France’s Gael Monfils during their men’s singles fourth round match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday.—AFPMELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal struggled into his first Grand Slam quarter-final since 2015 at the Australian Open yesterday, as Serena Williams accelerated towards a record title and the number one ranking. Nadal, searching for a revival after...

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand’s Jeet Raval (C) bats as Bangladesh wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan (L) and Taijul Islam (R) looks on, during day four of the second international Test cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Hagley Park Oval in Christchurch yesterday. — AFP

New Zealand sweep Bangladesh series

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand’s Jeet Raval (C) bats as Bangladesh wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan (L) and Taijul Islam (R) looks on, during day four of the second international Test cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Hagley Park Oval in Christchurch yesterday. — AFPCHRISTCHURCH: A Bangladesh batting implosion saw New Zealand cruise to a comfortable nine wicket win in the second Test at Hagley Oval in Christchurch yesterday. Bangladesh...

NBK Group Chairman Nasser Al-Sayer and NBK's Group CEO Isam Al-Sager

NBK reports net profits of KD 295.2m for 2016

NBK Group Chairman Nasser Al-Sayer and NBK's Group CEO Isam Al-SagerKUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) reported net profits of KD 295.2 million ($964.5 million) for the year 2016 compared with KD 282.2 million ($921.9 million) in 2015, growing 4.6 percent year-on-year. The net profit in 2015 included an accounting gain in respect of the Group exiting its investment in International Bank of Qatar (IBQ). When compared to adjusted net profit for...

Mahmoud Yousef Al-Fulaij and Adel Abdul Wahab Al-Majed

Boubyan Bank reports net profit of KD 41m

Net profit grows 17% in 2016, with an EPS of 17.8fils Mahmoud Yousef Al-Fulaij and Adel Abdul Wahab Al-MajedKUWAIT: Boubyan Bank achieved net profit growth rate of 17 percent, recording a net profit of KD 41 million for the year ended 31 December 2016 with an EPS of 17.8 fils compared with 16.3 fils for 2015.The Board has recommended the distribution of cash dividends of 6 percent per nominal share value (ie, 6 fils per share) and 5 percent in...

Ahli United Bank - Salmiya Boulevard

Ahli United Bank opens its latest branch at Salmiya Boulevard

Ahli United Bank - Salmiya BoulevardKUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB) announced yesterday that it has opened its latest branch located at Salmiya Boulevard, Kuwait's newest shopping and leisure destination. The new opening is in line with the Bank's strategic objective of developing a highly advanced network of branches that are located across the main business and residential districts in Kuwait, providing a host of modern banking and financial...

Mike Weston, Vice-president for Cisco Middle East.

Cloud adoption is going mainstream: Cisco study

Mike Weston, Vice-president for Cisco Middle East.KUWAIT: Cisco released the findings of a global study indicating that while cloud adoption continues to accelerate, few organizations are maximizing the value that cloud can offer. According to the study, nearly 68 percent of organizations are using cloud to help drive business outcomes, a 61 percent increase from last year's study. The increased cloud adoption is being fueled by cloud-native...

LONDON: This file photo shows a man posing for a photograph whilst eating a portion of chips in east London. —AFP

Britons sizzle over chips and toast cancer warnings

LONDON: This file photo shows a man posing for a photograph whilst eating a portion of chips in east London. —AFPLONDON: A government health warning over the potential dangers of toast, roast potatoes and chips-all traditional staples of the British diet-had the country's tabloids hitting out yesterday. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said acrylamide-a chemical substance formed when foods with high starch content are cooked at very high...

DR John Selvan, consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Chest diseases hospital, Kuwait.

Immunization in children with congenital heart disease

DR John Selvan, consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Chest diseases hospital, Kuwait.Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a general term used for a range of birth defects that affect the normal workings of the heart. The term congenital means the condition is present at birth. CHD is one of the most common types of birth defect affecting up to 8 in every 1000 babies born. In an interview held with DR John Selvan, consultant Paediatric...

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Sundance film review: 'Wilson'

Left to right, Laura Dern, Judy Greer, Woody Harrelson and Isabella Amara, cast members in "Wilson," pose together at the premiere of the film at the Eccles Theatre during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday in Park City, Utah. — APGraphic novels, and the movies based on them, work better with certain topics than others. Sixteen years ago, Terry Zwigoff's "Ghost World," based on the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes, centered on a pair of...

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Expats in limbo after insurance contract nixed

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry sources said directors of residency affairs in all six governorates were instructed to issue temporary residencies for one month only for expats applying to renew their residencies. This is due to the cancellation of a contract between the health ministry and the company that provided health insurance that is compulsory for all expatriates in Kuwait.Expatriates under temporary residencies may not leave the country and if...

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