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JAMMU: A homeless Indian sleeps covered with a blanket under a flyover on a cold winter day in Jammu yesterday. Some 800 million people in the country live in poverty, many of them migrating to big cities in search of a livelihood and often ending up on the streets. —AP

Mumbai hawker law targets migrants

JAMMU: A homeless Indian sleeps covered with a blanket under a flyover on a cold winter day in Jammu yesterday. Some 800 million people in the country live in poverty, many of them migrating to big cities in search of a livelihood and often ending up on the streets. —APMUMBAI: India's western Maharashtra state has passed a law requiring street hawkers to have lived in the state for 15 years before they can apply for a license, in a move...

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Indian lawmaker held for raping minor girl

NEW DELHI: Indian police have arrested a lawmaker from northeastern Meghalaya state on charges of raping a 14-year-old trafficked girl, an officer said yesterday.Julius Dorphang, a militant commander turned legislator, was arrested in neighboring Guwahati city late Friday after evading police for several days. "He was arrested last night and has been charged with raping a minor girl and human trafficking," Vivek Syiem, a police officer in...

HAMBANTOTA: A Sri Lankan police personnel leads a monk from a protest in the southern port city of Hambantota yesterday. Sri Lankan nationalists, monks and local residents are protesting the creation of an industrial zone for Chinese investments on the island. —AFP

Port deal with China fuels fierce clashes in Sri Lanka

Police tear gas protesters; 21 injured HAMBANTOTA: A Sri Lankan police personnel leads a monk from a protest in the southern port city of Hambantota yesterday. Sri Lankan nationalists, monks and local residents are protesting the creation of an industrial zone for Chinese investments on the island. —AFPAMBALANTOTA, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan police used tear gas and water cannons yesterday to break up violent clashes between government supporters...

MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney (R) has a shot saved by Reading’s Omani goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi (L) during the English FA Cup third round football match between Manchester United and Reading at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFP

Rooney equals record as Man beat Reading

MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney (R) has a shot saved by Reading’s Omani goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi (L) during the English FA Cup third round football match between Manchester United and Reading at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFPLONDON: Wayne Rooney stands one goal away from becoming Manchester United's outright record goal-scorer after equaling club great Bobby Charlton's mark of...

PERTH: (L-R) Richard Gasquet and Kristina Mladenovic of France celebrate with their trophy after defeating Coco Vandeweghe and Jack Sock of the US in the mixed doubles final on day seven of the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth yesterday. – AFP

Mladenovic, Gasquet give France its second Hopman Cup title

PERTH: (L-R) Richard Gasquet and Kristina Mladenovic of France celebrate with their trophy after defeating Coco Vandeweghe and Jack Sock of the US in the mixed doubles final on day seven of the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth yesterday. – AFPPERTH: Kristina Mladenovic and Richard Gasquet clinched France's second Hopman Cup title, beating Americans CoCo Vandeweghe and Jack Sock 4-1, 4-3 in the deciding mixed doubles match in the...

Zain officials seen with Ibrahim Al Rubaian.

Zain sponsors Kuwaiti motorbike champion Ibrahim Al Rubaian

Zain officials seen with Ibrahim Al Rubaian.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, announced its sponsorship of Kuwaiti motorbike champion Ibrahim Al Rubaian during his participation in Dakar Rally 2017. Al Rubaian is the first Kuwaiti racer to participate in this rally, considered the biggest and most challenging in the world, which commenced from Paraguay, South America.Zain expressed its pride in supporting the...

SYDNEY: The Australian team pose for a photo with their trophy after defeating Pakistan in their cricket Test match in Sydney, Australia,nyesterday. - AP

Australia romp to emphatic victory for series sweep

SYDNEY: The Australian team pose for a photo with their trophy after defeating Pakistan in their cricket Test match in Sydney, Australia,yesterday. - APSYDNEY: Australia ended Pakistan's resistance before the scheduled tea break on the final day of the third test to claim an emphatic victory by 220 runs and a 3-0 series sweep yesterday. Two months after being plunged into crisis and overhauling their side in the wake of a series humiliation at...

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Boursa Kuwait selects Alsaqqaf as chairman

Mohammed Ahmed AlSaqqafKUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait announced that Mohammed Ahmed AlSaqqaf was selected uncontested to assume the role of Boursa Kuwait's Chairman of the Board of Directors. AlSaqqaf succeeds Essam Abdul Mohsen AlMarzouq who occupied the Chairmanship role from April 2016 until his official resignation from the Board following his appointment to a Ministerial office.Khaled Abdulrazak AlKhaled, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of...

A group picture of Gulf Bank employees at the event

Gulf Bank's Al-Danah Account sets Guinness World Records

Achievement during annual millionaire draw event A group picture of Gulf Bank employees at the eventKUWAIT: Gulf Bank is pleased to have successfully completed the biggest annual draw event in Kuwait, on Thursday, 5 January at The Avenues Mall. In exciting news, this year Gulf Bank was honored to receive a well-respected and esteemed international recognition from Guinness World Records live during its draw event, in addition to naming Kuwait's...

Al Baker and Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner following the announcement of Qatar Airways’ landmark order in October

Qatar Airways celebrates solid growth of 2016

Airline launches 14 new destinations, welcomes 19 new aircraft into fleet Al Baker and Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner following the announcement of Qatar Airways’ landmark order in OctoberDOHA: Qatar Airways is celebrating a successful year of continued growth achieved in 2016 through strategic network, fleet and partnership expansions.At a time when a number of airlines are downsizing, Qatar Airways continued to see...

Abdullah Eissa Al-Ali

KFH Financial Brokerage wins 'Best Islamic Brokerage Company 2016'

World Finance recognizes contributions to Islamic finance Abdullah Eissa Al-AliKUWAIT: KFH Financial Brokerage, a subsidiary of KFH-Capital has been awarded "Best Islamic Brokerage Company" for the year 2016 by London based WORLD FINANCE magazine that underlines the institutions that demonstrate remarkable contributions to Sharia-compliant investing across the world. The Islamic Finance Awards celebrate the brightest names in the Islamic Finance...

LAS VEGAS: Mayfield Robotics CEO Michael Beebe poses with his Kuri robot, launched at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday. — AFP

Robots show their 'personality' at Consumer Electronics Show

LAS VEGAS: Mayfield Robotics CEO Michael Beebe poses with his Kuri robot, launched at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday. — AFPLAS VEGAS: Professor Einstein rolls his eyes, sticks out his tongue, and can give a simple explanation of the theory of relativity. With his lifelike rubbery "skin" and bushy mustache, he can almost make you forget he's a robot.The Einstein robot is among dozens roaming the Consumer...

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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

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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