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Kuwait Cabinet lauds stock exchange growth: positive step to lure investments
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's meeting yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait stock exchange's indices have recorded collective gains before the national bourse is set to shift to "emerging market" status on investment research firm Morgan Stanley's rankings next year, Commerce Minister Khaled Al-Roudhan told the Cabinet yesterday. The Cabinet hailed the progress as a "positive...
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Filipino Christians in Kuwait welcome Christmas with 9-day dawn masses
KUWAIT: Members of the Filipino community attend a dawn mass at a church in Kuwait. - Photo by Ben Garcia By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: One of the best known Filipino traditions during Christmas is Simbang Gabi (dawn mass), a nine-day ritual from Dec 16 to 24 to welcome the Christmas season. This year, the first day of Simbang Gabi was officiated by Pope Francis, where he led the Filipino congregation at the Vatican for dawn Mass. In Kuwait, three...
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Boursa Kuwait promotion contributes to supporting national economy: Amir
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan, as well as officials from the Kuwaiti Capital Markets Authority, Boursa Kuwait, Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority and Permanent Committee for Streamlining Business Environment and Enhancing Competitiveness in Kuwait. - Amiri Diwan KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah...
Israeli troops are pictured in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on the border with Syria on December 23, 2019. - A war monitor said today that air raids in Syria the previous night, blamed on Israel, killed at least three foreign pro-regime fighters south of the war-torn country's capital.  The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday night's attack hit Syrian regime and Iranian positions south of Damascus. It said three non-Syrian loyalist fighters were killed by a rocket blast between the suburb of Aqraba and the nearby Sayyida Zeinab neighbourhood, home to a shrine revered by Shiite Muslims. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP)
Israeli strike on Syria kills 3 regime men
Israeli troops are pictured in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on the border with Syria yesterday. A war monitor said yesterday that air raids in Syria the previous night, blamed on Israel, killed at least three foreign pro-regime fighters south of the war-torn country's capital. - AFP BEIRUT, Lebanon: A war monitor said yesterday that air raids in Syria the previous night, blamed on Israel, killed at least three foreign pro-regime fighters...
Supporters and activists of Trinamool Congress (TMC) take part in a rally against India's new citizenship law in Siliguri on December 23, 2019. - The wave of protests across the country marks the biggest challenge to Modi's government since sweeping to power in the world's largest democracy in 2014. (Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP)
Indian states propose land rights amid citizenship fears
SILIGURI: Supporters and activists of Trinamool Congress (TMC) take part in a rally against India's new citizenship law in Siliguri yesterday. The wave of protests across the country marks the biggest challenge to Modi's government since sweeping to power in the world's largest democracy in 2014. -- AFP MUMBAI: Authorities in the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal have vowed to protect the land rights of indigenous people and refugees amidst...
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Mystery of missing 15-year boy found in closet grips Germany
The house in Recklinghausen where the boy was found FRANKFURT: The case of a missing 15-year-old boy found in a closet at the flat of a suspected paedophile has gripped Germany, but his mother says she just wants to celebrate Christmas with her son. Marvin had been missing for over two years when he was found hiding in a cupboard last Friday as police searched the home of a 44-year-old man suspected of distributing child pornography.The stunning...
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NBK increases its human capital investment in 2019
Annual group photo KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) conducted various training programs during 2019 as part of the Bank's strategy to develop its human cadres, in cooperation with the most prestigious universities and educational institutions around the world. The Bank pays paramount attention to uplifting the capabilities of its human cadres by providing a unique environment in training and development area, which contributes to enhancing...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 16, 2019 Debris including a charred part of an onboard safety instruction card are is seen at the crash site of an Ethiopian airways operated Boeing 737 MAX aircraft at Hama Quntushele village near Bishoftu in Oromia region. - Boeing could on December 16, 2019 announce whether to further cut or suspend production of its grounded 737 MAX plane, The Wall Street Journal reported on December 15, 2019. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP)
After Ethiopia crash, victims' relatives say they were hounded by US law firms
In this file photo taken on March 16, 2019, debris including a charred part of an onboard safety instruction card are is seen at the crash site of an Ethiopian airways operated Boeing 737 MAX aircraft at Hama Quntushele village near Bishoftu in Oromia region. - AFP NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA: Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board, strangers began calling or visiting bereaved...
Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Willian (C) vies with Tottenham Hotspur's Ivorian defender Serge Aurier (R) during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on December 22, 2019. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / IKIMAGES / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 45 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
Racism scars Chelsea win at Spurs
LONDON: Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Willian (C) vies with Tottenham Hotspur's Ivorian defender Serge Aurier (R) during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, yesterday. - AFP LONDON: Frank Lampard out-witted Jose Mourinho as Chelsea powered to a 2-0 win at Tottenham yesterday that featured a double from Willian, a red card for Son Heung-min and allegations of...
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a rally in New Delhi on December 22, 2019. - Modi fired up delirous party supporters on December 22 as a wave of protests and clashes that has killed at least 25 put the Indian leader and his Hindu nationalist government under pressure like never before. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP)
Modi seeks to soothe Muslims as protests rage
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a rally yesterday. - AFP NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought yesterday to reassure India's Muslims as a wave of deadly protests against a new citizenship law put his Hindu nationalist government under pressure like never before. At least 25 people have died in almost two weeks of demonstrations and violence after Modi's government passed the law criticized as anti-Muslim....
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MPs demand probe into 'torture' death
MPs Osama Al-Shaheen By B IzzakKUWAIT: Five lawmakers yesterday demanded the formation of a three-MP panel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a handicapped Kuwaiti citizen in police custody allegedly as a result of torture. MP Mohammad Al-Dallal, one of the signatories on a request to be filed in the Assembly tomorrow, said the lawmakers are also demanding that the committee should complete its work within one month.Other...
A general view taken on December 20, 2019 shows the skyline of the Qatari capital Doha. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP)
Qatar claims success of World Cup test
DOHA: A general view taken on Dec 20, 2019 shows the skyline of the Qatari capital. - AFP DOHA: The man in charge of organizing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has labelled this month's club equivalent a "great success" as a test event but admitted the Gulf state has plenty still to learn over the next three years leading up to the controversial tournament. Hassan Al-Thawadi, secretary general of the supreme committee for the World Cup, also...