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PERTH: Australia’s Peter Handscomb bats during the third one-day international (ODI) cricket match between Pakistan and Australia at the WACA. — AFP

Smith century makes weak Pakistan pay for mistakes

PERTH: Australia’s Peter Handscomb bats during the third one-day international (ODI) cricket match between Pakistan and Australia at the WACA. — AFPPERTH: Pakistan was left lamenting missed chances after Australia capitalized on their errors to win the one-day international in Perth yesterday by seven wickets, with skipper Steven Smith scoring a century. Pakistan made 263 for seven after being sent to bat, having looked set to post a much...

MELBOURNE: Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin celebrates his win against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during their men’s singles second round match on day four of the Australian Open tennis tournament. — AFP

Djokovic suffers huge shock, Serena serene

MELBOURNE: Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin celebrates his win against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during their men’s singles second round match on day four of the Australian Open tennis tournament. — AFPMELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic suffered arguably the biggest defeat of his career when he crashed out of the Australian Open to 117th-ranked Uzbek Denis Istomin yesterday, extending his mystifying slump in form. With Istomin inspired, the defending...

MADRID: Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos, center right, heads a ball on goal during a Copa del Rey, quarterfinal, 1st leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Celta at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. — AP

Celta inflict shock Cup defeat on Real Madrid

MADRID: Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos, center right, heads a ball on goal during a Copa del Rey, quarterfinal, 1st leg soccer match between Real Madrid and Celta at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. — APMADRID: After surrendering a record 40-game unbeaten run, Real Madrid suffered a second defeat in four days on Wednesday as Celta Vigo took a 2-1 first leg lead from their Copa del Rey quarter-final at the Santiago Bernabeu.All three goals came in...

Euro 2020 logo unveiled

SAINT PETERSBURG: The UEFA EURO 2020 host city Saint Petersburg logo is seen on a screen during its launch. —AFPSAINT PETERSBURG: UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said yesterday he had no security fears as Russia’s second biggest city Saint Petersburg unveiled its Euro 2020 host city logo. Saint Petersburg is one of 13 European cities that will stage matches for the continental tournament with the logo representing the city’s iconic...

KUWAIT: Police officers round up people during a massive raid in Jleeb Al- Shuyoukh yesterday. — KUNA

MPs slam rising expat numbers, remittances

Assembly panel talks Iran, Trump with govtKUWAIT: Lawmakers who had signed on a motion for a special debate on the rising numbers of expatriates in the country yesterday demanded that the session be held on Feb 2. MPs Abdulkarim Al-Kandari, Riyadh Al-Adasani, Mohammad Al-Dallal, Waleed Al-Tabtabaei and Abdulwahab Al-Babtain signed the motion and said they want to debate the government's failure in checking the number of expatriates in the country...

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Unpaid workers go on strike at Clean Fuel Project's site

KUWAIT: A number of contracted employees at the Clean Fuel Project's site went on strike because of delayed payment of their salaries, according to their statements. Video footage went viral on social media showing expatriate workers staging a demonstration at a location in Ahmadi within the project's construction site. Commenting on the issue, Acting Director of the Public Authority for Manpower Abdullah Al-Motoutah said that a decision was...

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) labor union holds a sit-in yesterday at its headquarters in Ahmadi against the privatization of the oil sector. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

KOC union holds sit-in against privatization

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) labor union holds a sit-in yesterday at its headquarters in Ahmadi against the privatization of the oil sector. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) labor union held a sit-in yesterday evening at its headquarters in Ahmadi in protest over statements made by Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzouq on privatizing the oil sector. The protest was attended by some lawmakers and members of other...

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Letters to Badrya

Madam, I read your column in Kuwait Times. I'm an Indian and work here for only KD 100. We leave our countries and spend a tough life here. We work hard day and night for our families. We feel very bad when someone talks to us rudely or behaves badly with us. Sometimes we feel we are mere slaves and were born only to serve others. But we are happy because this country provides us money for our families. I like it that you spread good...

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A point of view on the demographic imbalance

Statements by Social Affairs Minister and State Minister for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Subaih about the imbalance in the population structure, and what was published on social media about the population data and percentage of non-Kuwaiti residents reaching nearly 70 percent of the total population of 4.4 million, drew many reactions. Most of them were negative, although this imbalance has been present for a long time and continuing for more than...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Gerhard Schroeder, in presence of the President of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ali Al-Ghanem. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

Amir receives former Germany's Chancellor

Company to provide free Wi-Fi around Kuwait KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Gerhard Schroeder, in presence of the President of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ali Al-Ghanem. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday former Chancellor of the...

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22 insured retired women gave birth at private hospitals: official

KUWAIT: Director of the 'Afia' health insurance program at the Ministry of Health Dr Adnan Al-Rasheed announced that 22 retired women had given birth in private hospitals under the program in its first three months. Rasheed added that the total number of private hospital admissions using the system since its inception was 4,441, and that 1,727 patients underwent surgeries, in addition to conducting 8,750 MRIs and CT scans and 2,651...

Dr Wafaa Al-Hashash

27 diagnosed with colon cancer last year

Early detection saves lives: Dr Hashash Dr Wafaa Al-HashashKUWAIT: Head of Gastroenterology and Liver Unit at Al-Sabah Hospital Dr Wafaa Al-Hashash released a statement recently to spread awareness about the importance of early tests for the detection of colon cancer. She quoted international studies and researches which all recommend undergoing examinations before the age of 50.Dr Hashash said colon cancer is widespread in Gulf Cooperation...

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