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NBK Capital Partners, EBRD enables the growth of Kaumeya Language Schools

.KUWAIT: NBK Capital Partners has partnered with the founders of Kaumeya Language Schools (KLS or the Company) to support the school in the next phase of its growth. The Company will also be supported by financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). KLS intends to expand its campus, upgrade its facilities and modernize its classrooms while enhancing students' academic and personal experience.The education sector is...

Ahli Capital Investment Company completes Issue of NIG's Bonds

.KUWAIT: Ahli Capital Investment Company (ACIC), a fully owned subsidiary of Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK), hereby announces the successful completion of the closing of bonds issuance of National Industries Group (NIG), in collaboration with ABK.This Bond marks the first KD denominated Senior Asset-Backed Bond to be issued in Kuwait. The KD 25 million Senior Bonds are backed by assets with coverage up to 120% and not less than 112%. ACIC was...

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Russian cybergang scored millions in fake-ad scam

NEW YORK: A Russian criminal group is running a massive fraud that has been siphoning off millions of digital advertising dollars a day for a couple of months, a firm that specializes in detecting online-ad fraud says. The scam may have cost brands, and potentially media companies, hundreds of millions of dollars.The New York-based firm White Ops said in a report yesterday that the "Methbot" scam made it appear that hundreds of thousands of...

SAPTARI DISTRICT, Nepal: In this Wednesday, Nov 23, 2016 photo, a woman breaks down after seeing the body of her son Balkisun Mandal Khatwe, a migrant worker who died in his sleep in Qatar, at Belhi village. —AP

At soaring rate, Nepalis seeking jobs abroad come home dead

While still promoting foreign labor SAPTARI DISTRICT, Nepal: In this Wednesday, Nov 23, 2016 photo, a woman breaks down after seeing the body of her son Balkisun Mandal Khatwe, a migrant worker who died in his sleep in Qatar, at Belhi village. —APKATHMANDU, Nepal: A tiny young woman crouches just outside the airport, crying softly into her thin shawl. It's cold out, but her sleeping toddler is heavy and warm in her arms.Travelers swarm around:...

In this file photo, musician James Taylor performs in Manchester, New Hampshire. — AP Photos

James Taylor cancels Manila show over drug war killings

In this file photo, musician James Taylor performs in Manchester, New Hampshire. — AP PhotosGrammy award-winning singer James Taylor said yesterday he has cancelled a February 2017 concert in the Philippines in protest at the alleged extrajudicial killings in President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal drug war. "I don't think of my music as being particularly political but sometimes one is called upon to make a political stand," the US star said in...

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Is England captain’s goose cooked before Christmas?

CHENNAI: England captain Alastair Cook heads home for Christmas with calls for his resignation ringing in his ears after what turned into an embarrassing subcontinental tour.Cook flagged his possible departure before the five-Test tour of India and it was a question that became more pointed after England's capitulation on the final day in Chennai.England lost six wickets for just 15 runs in a final-session collapse to lose the series 4-0, after...

DORTMUND: Dortmund's Christian Pulisic jumps for the ball in front of Augsburg goalkeeper Marwin Hitz during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Augsburg in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday. – AP

Dortmund ends 2016 to whistles from fans after another draw

DORTMUND: Dortmund's Christian Pulisic jumps for the ball in front of Augsburg goalkeeper Marwin Hitz during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Augsburg in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday. – APBERLIN: Borussia Dortmund ended 2016 with whistles from its own fans after being held to a 1-1 draw in the Bundesliga by gritty Augsburg on Tuesday.Not even the news of midfielder Julian Weigl's contract extension to 2021...

KUWAIT: Four Kuwaitis who were arrested several days ago in Iran are welcomed at Kuwait airport by family andnfriends and senior officials yesterday. — KUNA

Freed Kuwaitis return home from Iran

KUWAIT: Four Kuwaitis who were arrested several days ago in Iran are welcomed at Kuwait airport by family and friends and senior officials yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: Four Kuwaitis arrested several days ago in Iran’s southwestern region of Ahvaz returned to Kuwait yesterday. The four were released on Monday and handed over to the Kuwaiti Embassy in Tehran. They were welcomed yesterday at Kuwait airport by family and friends, along with senior...

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MPs submit draft law to cut expat numbers

KUWAIT: Five Kuwaiti lawmakers yesterday submitted a draft law calling to cut the number of expatriates in Kuwait in order to reach a demographic balance within five years. The bill – signed by MPs Khalil Abul, Oudah Al-Oudah, Abdulwahab Al-Babtain, Omar Al-Tabtabaei and Ahmad Al-Fadhl – the last three being first-time lawmakers, calls to establish a higher national committee for the demographic structure to be headed by the interior...

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MP Fadhl demands holiday on Christmas, erect large tree on Safat Square; 200 Kuwaiti Christians living in Kuwait

KUWAIT: MP Fadhl yesterday strongly criticized a decision by the Social Affairs and Labor Minister Hind Al-Subaih ordering the removal of a Christmas tree from Dasma Cooperative Society, which is run by a private investor. Fadhl also called for declaring Christmas a public holiday and for erecting a very large Christmas tree on Safat Square, the largest square in downtown Kuwait City that has important historical significance.He made the proposal...

KUWAIT: Doctors and paramedics work with the new equipment, Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (Abdsorb). — Photo by Joseph Shagra

Extra day off for bedoon, Gulf nurses

KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi agreed to grant bedoon and Gulf nurses two days off like their Kuwaiti counterparts during his meeting with the president and members of Kuwait Nursing Society (KNS). Harbi agreed to write to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh to approve the amendment, KNS President Bandar Al-Enezi said.Harbi also agreed to form a committee with the ministry and KNS members to evaluate certificates...

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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

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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP

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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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