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ALABAMA: In this Saturday, March 2, 2013, photo, a cigarette burns in an ashtray at a home in Hayneville. A government study released yesterday shows that even though fewer US teens are smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke remains a big problem. —AP
Under-50 smokers face higher heart attack risk
PARIS: Smokers under 50 are eight times more likely than non-smokers of the same age to have a major heart attack, scientists said yesterday. The gap in risk between those who do and don't consume tobacco diminishes with age, dropping to a five-fold difference among 50-to-65 year-olds, and a three-fold gap among over-65s, the team said.The findings are surprising because younger men and women typically do not have as many of the health...
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Review: In 'Jackie,' a fractured Kennedy fable
This image released by Fox Searchlight shows Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy in a scene from the film, "Jackie."History, lately run amok, is ordered with such tidy, forceful finesse by Natalie Portman's Jacqueline Kennedy in in the piercing "Jackie." Summoning a journalist to Hyannis Port in 1963, not long after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, she coolly sets the record for her late husband's legacy, coining "Camelot" and shaping the...
In this photograph taken on October 7, 2011, movie theatre hall watchman Mahendra Pratap Rai, 65, sits at the Eros theatre in Mumbai. — AFP
Indian court orders cinemas to play national anthem
In this photograph taken on October 7, 2011, movie theatre hall watchman Mahendra Pratap Rai, 65, sits at the Eros theatre in Mumbai. — AFPAll cinemas must play the national anthem before screening movies and audiences should stand for it, India's highest court ruled yesterday, drawing angry accusations of an assault on civil liberties. The Supreme Court panel said cinemas should display the national flag on the screen as the anthem was...
This file photo shows actress Evan Rachel Wood arriving for the Gala In The Garden honoring musician Joni Mitchell and artist Mark Bradford at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California. — AP
'Westworld' actress reveals she was raped twice
This file photo shows actress Evan Rachel Wood arriving for the Gala In The Garden honoring musician Joni Mitchell and artist Mark Bradford at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California. — APUS actress Evan Rachel Wood, who plays one of the leading characters in the new hit TV series "Westworld," has spoken out about being raped twice in an open letter she posted on Twitter. The 29-year-old said she had revealed the attacks in an interview...
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KUWAIT: The Azzour North One power and water plant is seen
Operations begin at Azzour electricity and water plant
First independently-owned project to sell output to MEW KUWAIT: The Azzour North One power and water plant is seenKUWAIT: The first independently-owned power and water plant in Kuwait, Azzour North One, launched commercial operations yesterday. Azzour North One will generate 10 percent of Kuwait's power requirements (1,539 MW) and 20 percent of water needs (107 million gallons per day). The KD 519 million ($1.7 billion) project was delayed for...
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Kuwait has sent request for int'l bond proposals
KUWAIT: Kuwait has sent a request for proposals for a potential debut international bond, according to sources. The sovereign is expected to issue next year, most likely in the US dollar market, continuing the spree of Gulf sovereign bond deals. In October, bankers said that Kuwait was in no rush to fund overseas, according to Reuters. Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh had said in July the government planned to sell as much as $10 billion in...
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz heads the Council of Ministers meeting in the capital Riyadh. – AFPn
Saudi King to visit Kuwait; Hope for Khafji
KUWAIT: Saudi King Salman is to visit Kuwait next week as hopes rise in the state of a resumption of production from a jointly run oilfield after a two-year shutdown. The king will travel to Kuwait on Dec 8 after a Gulf summit in Bahrain and stay for three days, Al-Jarida newspaper reported yesterday. His visit comes as the state-owned Kuwait Gulf Oil Co (KGOC) readies for a long hoped-for resumption of production from the offshore Khafji field,...
GENEVA: His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses with a medal presented by President of Geneva University Professor Yves Flueckiger. — KUNA
Switzerland honors Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad
GENEVA: His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses with a medal presented by President of Geneva University Professor Yves Flueckiger. — KUNAGENEVA: Switzerland honored His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait for his efforts to further relations between both nations. He was awarded in a ceremony held to mark 50 years since the inception of bilateral ties between Switzerland and...
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MP Muwaizri says he will contest for speaker post
Opposition factions in search for common ground unity MP Shuaib Al-MuwaizriKUWAIT: Opposition MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri who said during the election campaign he will contest the national assembly speaker post, said yesterday that he will not withdraw from the race. Muwaizri's statements on his Twitter account appear to be in response to calls by opposition figures that opposition MPs must field one candidate for the post to boost their chances of...
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Five contest elections' results
KUWAIT: Lawyer Dowaim Al-Mowaizri announced his intention to file a case at the constitutional court contesting the election results on behalf of his client, second constituency candidate Salman Khaled Al-Azmi. Meanwhile, four contests were filed yesterday at the constitutional court with claims of forgery in the elections results in the first, third, fourth and fifth constituencies. In other news, the comprehensive court yesterday mandated the...
Azzour North One power, water plant construction completed
Azzour North One power, water plant construction completed
Facility started full commercial operation yesterday Azzour North One power, water plant construction completedKUWAIT: Shamal Azzour Al-Oula KSC, the owner and operator of Azzour North One power and water plant, yesterday officially marked completion of the plant's construction phase and announced the commencement of full commercial operation. The $1.7 billion facility that started construction in December 2013 is Kuwait's first independently...
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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters
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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
Why small-scale project visas can be problematic
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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait population hits 4.919 million
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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP
People power rocks Bangladesh
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Al-Sawaber Complex
Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved