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HOBART: South Africa’s Temba Bavuma (R) runs for a quick single as Australia’s wicketkeeper Peter Nevill (L) looks on during day one of the second Test cricket match between Australia and South Africa in Hobart yesterday. — AFP

South Africa lead by 86 after Australia collapse

HOBART: South Africa’s Temba Bavuma (R) runs for a quick single as Australia’s wicketkeeper Peter Nevill (L) looks on during day one of the second Test cricket match between Australia and South Africa in Hobart yesterday. — AFPHOBART: South Africa routed Australia for 85 and then weathered a batting crisis of their own before pushing to a lead of 86 runs after a bowler-dominated opening day of the second test in Hobart yesterday.Temba...

—Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

RunQ8: Over 2,000 take part in annual event

Kuwait's most prominent charity sporting event celebrates its sixth year —Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: RunQ8, the iconic non-profit initiative organized by Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute (FSRI) with the support of Founding Partner Agility, returned for its sixth year with a massive show of support from across the community in Kuwait.More than 2,000 people gathered at The Scientific Center Kuwait yesterday morning, coming together...

ALLAHABAD: Indians crowd inside a bank to deposit and exchange discontinued currency notes in Allahabad yesterday. —AP

Anger as millions in India run out of cash

People crowd banks amid growing despair and chaos ALLAHABAD: Indians crowd inside a bank to deposit and exchange discontinued currency notes in Allahabad yesterday. —APNEW DELHI: Anger intensified in India yesterday as banks struggled to dispense cash following the government's decision to withdraw large denomination notes in an attempt to uncover billions of dollars in undeclared wealth. Chaotic scenes played out across India yesterday, with...

SMEs continue to drive regional growth: Report

.KUWAIT: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) continue to reinforce their position as one of the key pillars in the Middle East and North African region's (MENA) economic landscape. In a recent study published by BLOOVO Middle East, 90 per cent of the total registered companies in MENA are SMEs. Currently in the GCC, SMEs employ approximately 17 million people and forecasts note that this number is expected to reach 20 million by 2020 at an...

Ahli United Bank selected as second safest Islamic bank in Kuwait in 2016

.KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank Kuwait has been selected as the "Second Safest Islamic Bank in Kuwait 2016", and the fourth across the GCC. The Bank's recent award was announced for the second consecutive year by Global Finance magazine, one of the world's most influential financial publications.Richard Groves, the Bank's Chief Executive Officer said, "This is an award of which we can feel justifiably proud, especially as the selection for the award...

VIVA wins ‘Business Innovation in Risk Management 2016’ Award

.KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait's fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, is pleased to announce that it has been recognized under the category "Business Innovation in Risk Management" for the year 2016 during the Annual Excellence Awards for Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management (RAFM) sponsored by Subex Ltd at their 13th edition of Global User Conference held at Jaipur, India on 26th October 2016.Subex Operator excellence awards are one of...

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Al-Nahedh: KFH supports KMC to execute development projects

Al-Shalfan: $750 million KMC's projects size in Kuwait, GCC Mazin Al-Nahedh and Mohammad AlshalfanKUWAIT: KFH-Group CEO, Mazin Saad Al-Nahedh stressed the importance of the strategic diversification of KFH businesses, indicating KFH general strategy aims to achieve strong performance and sustainable profitability. KFH supports The Kuwaiti Manager Holding Company (KMC) and its subsidiaries to efficiently take part in executing the development...

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Zain Group wins CommsMEA's Best Overall Operator award

Focus on customer experience and digital innovation win praisesKUWAIT/DUBAI: Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa was awarded the highly coveted Best Overall Operator of the Year award at the 2016 edition of the CommsMEA Awards ceremony. Zain Iraq was also awarded the best Marketing Campaign of the Year accolade for its 'Hassa Eliya' (Now for Me) multi-faceted campaign that focused on...

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Facebook tweaks race-based ad targeting policy

NEW YORK: Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to use ethnicity as a filter when it comes to targeting or hiding ads offering housing, employment or credit. The changes come after ProPublica reported that , besides hobbies and interests, advertisers could exclude specific races from seeing their ads.This could be illegal in some circumstances, such as with housing ads. Although Facebook doesn’t actually ask users their race, the...

Images Med Clinic holds specialized seminar

.KUWAIT: Images Med Clinic conducted a twoday seminar and workshop focusing on the importance of Cardiac CT and MRI imaging under the management of Dr Yehia Sulaiman, Images Med Clinic owner and MRI and CT imaging consultant; partnering up with Dr Laurent Macron from the George Pomedo Hospital in Paris, and Salah Elzaaneen Senior Imaging technologist at Images Med Clinic.This conference and workshop focused on the importance of the most modern...

Leslie Mann and Robert De Niro attend the press room at the 2016 Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Nov 6, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. — AP

‘Depressed’ De Niro backs anti-Trump protests

Leslie Mann and Robert De Niro attend the press room at the 2016 Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Nov 6, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. — APRobert De Niro gave anti-Donald Trump protesters across the United States his backing Friday as he spoke about how "depressed" the tycoon's win in the presidential election had made him. The 73-year-old star was on the red carpet at the world premiere of his new film "The Comedian" in Los...

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