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KUALA LUMPUR: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Business and Investment Summit in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. — AP

India's top court throws out case alleging Modi took cash payments

NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court yesterday threw out a case brought by an anti-corruption lawyer that accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of accepting suspicious cash payments, dealing a blow to an opposition leader who had latched on to the case. A panel of judges found that there was too little evidence to go on, deflating Rahul Gandhi's warnings late last year that he would cause an "earthquake" by unveiling proof that Modi was corrupt. In...

SHANGHAI: This file photo taken on January 2, 2017 shows Brazilian football player Oscar (C) receiving flowers as he arrives at Shanghai airport. Brazilian midfielder Oscar landed in Shanghai on January 2, 2017 where the 25-year-old was set to smash the Asian transfer record with a reported 63 million USD deal with Shanghai SIPG. - AFP

Leaving Chelsea for China 'not a step down' : Oscar

SHANGHAI: This file photo taken on January 2, 2017 shows Brazilian football player Oscar (C) receiving flowers as he arrives at Shanghai airport. Brazilian midfielder Oscar landed in Shanghai on January 2, 2017 where the 25-year-old was set to smash the Asian transfer record with a reported 63 million USD deal with Shanghai SIPG. - AFPDOHA: Oscar insisted yesterday that quitting the English Premier League to play in China was not a step...

MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s French striker Anthony Martial (2R) shoots but fails to score during the EFL (English Football League) Cup semi-final football match between Manchester United and Hull City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England on Tuesday. — AFP

Mata and Fellaini give Man Utd League Cup edge

MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s French striker Anthony Martial (2R) shoots but fails to score during the EFL (English Football League) Cup semi-final football match between Manchester United and Hull City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England on Tuesday. — AFPMANCHESTER: Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini struck to give Manchester United a 2-0 victory over injury-ravaged Hull City in Tuesday's League Cup semi-final first leg at...

SYDNEY: Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark plays a shot to Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic during their women’s singles match at the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, yesterday. — AP

Wozniacki’s Sydney ends again at quarterfinals

SYDNEY: Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark plays a shot to Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic during their women’s singles match at the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, yesterday. — APSYDNEY: Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki's streak of not advancing past the quarterfinals in her past seven Sydney Internationals was extended in stifling heat yesterday.In temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees...

MINDANAO: This photo taken on February 15, 2016 shows Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao wearing shorts and shoes with Nike logos during his training session at a gym in General Santos. — AFP

Manny Pacquiao set to return to ring on April 23

BRISBANE: Manny Pacquiao will add another fight to his long career resume when he takes on Australian welterweight Jeff Horn on April 23 at a venue to be decided.Promoter Duco Events said Wednesday the location for the fight involving the 38-year-old Pacquiao could be in one of Australia's major cities, possibly Horn's hometown of Brisbane, or the Middle East or United States."The preference for all parties is for the fight to be held in...

WBA champion Daniel Jacobs

‘Miracle Man’ Jacobs to challenge unbeaten Golovkin

WBA champion Daniel JacobsNEW YORK: Undefeated middleweight slugger Gennady Golovkin will put four world championship belts on the line March 18 against WBA champion Daniel Jacobs, who said on Tuesday that he relished another chance to beat the odds. Golovkin of Kazakhstan is 36-0 with 33 knockouts but Jacobs, known as “The Miracle Man” after winning his battle with bone cancer, is keen for the Madison Square Garden clash.“The creator has...

Rawiah Alateeqi and Osama Bastaki

The Kuwait Motor Show Automoto 17 begins

Over 30 brands, Over 100 cars on display for 10 days in 360 Mall Rawiah Alateeqi and Osama BastakiKUWAIT: EPR Company announced that the Kuwait Motor Show Automoto17 opens its doors for the public under the patronage of His Excellency Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Homoud Al-Sabah yesterday at 10 am at 360 MALL and will continue through the 21st of January. The Kuwait Motor Show Automoto 17 is...

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Burgan Bank announces sponsorship of ‘SPARK Marathon 2017’

KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced today its sponsorship of 'SPARK Marathon 2017', the largest and most anticipated charity race events in Kuwait, for the second consecutive year. Organized by Spark Athletic Centre and scheduled for Saturday January 14th, 2017 at the Marina Crescent, the marathon aims at integrating sports and fitness into the very fabric of the Kuwaiti society as well as at supporting local charities and non-profit organizations by...

Honor President George Zhao during Honor 6X launch.

Honor 6X launches in Middle East

Honor President George Zhao: Kuwait is one of our main markets and we value our target audience there Honor President George Zhao during Honor 6X launch.LAS VEGAS: Built for the cost-conscious yet uncompromising Internet-minded millennial, the Honor 6X is the perfect technological budget beast. It features an innovative dual-lens rear camera offering a wide aperture range (F/0.95-F/16) that gives all the latitude to unleash your creative...

MARSEILLE: Medical personnel work in the emergency room of Hopital de la Timone hospital in Marseille yesterday. —AFP photos

Migraine sufferers at higher surgery stroke risk

MARSEILLE: Medical personnel work in the emergency room of Hopital de la Timone hospital in Marseille yesterday. —AFP photosPARIS: People who suffer migraines are at a higher risk of stroke after surgery, researchers said yesterday. This means that a history of migraines, which affect about one in five people, should be taken into account when weighing the pros and cons of undergoing an operation, said a study in The BMJ medical journal....

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Khan's 'Dangal' becomes highest-grossing Bollywood movie

Indian movie star Aamir Khan's latest blockbuster "Dangal" has become the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time, smashing his own record, trade analysts and producers said on Monday. The wrestling drama, which is based on the true story of an Indian coach who trained his two daughters to become champion grapplers, has made 3.45 billion rupees ($50.59 million) in just three weeks, according to bollywoodhungama.com. That is more than the...

This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Ben Affeck, left, and Sienna Miller in a scene from ‘Live By Night.’ — AP

Review: Affleck's stylish 'Live by Night' is by the numbers

This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Ben Affeck, left, and Sienna Miller in a scene from ‘Live By Night.’ — APBen Affleck is no doubt an ambitious and tasteful filmmaker, but he's gotten himself in a bit of hot water with the bloated period gangster epic "Live by Night ." It looks and sounds right and all the elements are there: A conflicted anti-hero with a granite jaw, a fast-talkin', two-timin' moll, crooked cops, and...

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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA

Kuwait army alert, govt prepared

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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates

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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP

Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh

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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos

Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened

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Video grab taken from a video footage shows rescuers helping a person out of a hotel that partly collapsed on August 7, 2024 in Kroev, western Germany, killing one person and burying eight others. - A floor in the hotel in Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, collapsed for unknown reasons, police said in a statement. Of the 14 people inside at the time, five managed to get out. — AFP

One dead, several buried in German hotel collapse