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Qatar announces ‘work-related’ World Cup stadium death
DOHA: A worker on a Qatar World Cup stadium site has died in the first work-related fatality to be announced by organizers of the 2022 soccer tournament that has been dogged by concerns about labor conditions. Qatar has previously reported three deaths at stadium construction sites but said they were not “work-related.” The tiny, gas-rich country is relying on its large workforce of Asian laborers to build stadiums and related infrastructure...
Group picture of officials and winners in women category.
HH the Crown Prince shooting tourney concludes - Strong competition from shooters as participants reach over 300
Group picture of officials and winners in women category.KUWAIT: Information Minister, State Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al- Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah represented HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah at the closing ceremony of Crown Prince Annual Shooting Tournament which came to conclusion on Saturday evening.The closing ceremony was also attended by President of Arab and Kuwait Shooting Federations...
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh Sabbir Rahman (L) and captain Mushfiqur Rahim run between wickets during the fourth day of the first Test match between Bangladesh and England at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Cricket Stadium in Chittagong yesterday. — AFP
Bangladesh needs 33 runs for victory vs England
CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh Sabbir Rahman (L) and captain Mushfiqur Rahim run between wickets during the fourth day of the first Test match between Bangladesh and England at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Cricket Stadium in Chittagong yesterday. — AFPCHITTAGONG: The first test between England and Bangladesh remains finely poised with Bangladesh requiring 33 runs with two wickets remaining to take the lead in the two-match series.Before bad light brought a...
MOHALI: India’s Virat Kohli plays a shot during the third one day international (ODI) match between Indian and New Zealand at The Punjab Cricket Stadium Association Stadium in Mohali yesterday. — AFP
Kohli ton powers India to 7-wicket win over NZ
MOHALI: India’s Virat Kohli plays a shot during the third one day international (ODI) match between Indian and New Zealand at The Punjab Cricket Stadium Association Stadium in Mohali yesterday. — AFPMOHALI: Virat Kohli struck a magnificent hundred as he joined forces with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to power India to a comprehensive seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the third one-day international in Mohali yesterday.Kohli (154 not out)...
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Moody's maintains GIC's A2 ratings and stable outlook
Ibrahim Al-QadhiKUWAIT: The Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) announced yesterday that Moody's Investor Service, in their recently published Credit Analysis report, have maintained its Long Term rating at A2 and Short Term rating at P-1. The Stable outlook was maintained as well.Earlier this year, in June 2016, Fitch Ratings reaffirmed GIC's Long Term rating, Short Term rating and Stable outlook. These affirmations, from leading international...
Al Tamimi & Co takes home awards from IFLR
Al Tamimi & Co takes home awards from IFLR
Al Tamimi & Co takes home awards from IFLRKUWAIT: The Kuwait office of Al Tamimi & Company, the largest independent law firm in the Middle East, was recently awarded by the International Financial Law Review "IFLR", the market leading financial law publication for lawyers, the "Debt & Equity-Linked Deal of the Year 2016" for its involvement as legal counsel for Boubyan Bank K.S.C.P. (Bank), a leading Kuwaiti Islamic Bank, in its issuance of...
JAKARTA: Sales staff waiting for customers at a smartphone store in a shopping mall in Jakarta. Apple is battling to gain a foothold in Indonesia after nationalistic regulations hit the US tech giant’s efforts to compete in the booming emerging market against Samsung and other rivals. — AFP
Indonesian nationalism takes a bite out of Apple
JAKARTA: Sales staff waiting for customers at a smartphone store in a shopping mall in Jakarta. Apple is battling to gain a foothold in Indonesia after nationalistic regulations hit the US tech giant’s efforts to compete in the booming emerging market against Samsung and other rivals. — AFPJAKARTA: Apple is battling to gain a foothold in Indonesia after nationalistic regulations hit the US tech giant's efforts to compete in the booming...
In this photograph taken on April 19, 2016, an Afghan farmer harvests opium sap from a poppy field in the Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province. — AFP
Afghan opium cultivation up as eradication collapses - Addiction levels have risen sharply
In this photograph taken on April 19, 2016, an Afghan farmer harvests opium sap from a poppy field in the Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province. — AFPKABUL: Afghanistan saw a 10 percent jump in opium cultivation this year because of bumper harvests, collapsing eradication efforts due to growing insecurity and declining international aid to combat drugs, the UN said yesterday. Cultivation dropped last year due to drought but it has been on...
In this image released by Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions, Tom Cruise appears in a scene from, “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.” — AP
Review: ‘Jack Reacher’ sequel not as good as 2012 original
In this image released by Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions, Tom Cruise appears in a scene from, “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.” — APIt's not the acting or the action that makes "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" inferior to the original 2012 hit. It's the story. The first film, "Jack Reacher," established the title character as a brilliant, brutal loner dedicated to justice. He's a former military officer turned drifter, unfettered by...
Indian Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, Indian Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Indian writer-producer and director, Karan Johar
Bollywood film set to screen after Pakistani actor ban
Indian Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, Indian Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Indian writer-producer and director, Karan JoharA top Bollywood movie mired in controversy for featuring a Pakistani actor will open as scheduled in India after an industry body agreed to ban actors from across the border in future. A hardline Hindu nationalist party had threatened to attack cinemas that showed prominent Indian director Karan Johar's...
Daniel Friedman, founder of the tailoring shop Bindle & Keep, does a fitting with Ashley Merriman, a client of the shop who came to try on a new custom-made androgynous suit in Brooklyn, New York. —AFP
Bespoke Brooklyn tailor evolves with trans clients
Daniel Friedman, founder of the tailoring shop Bindle & Keep, does a fitting with Ashley Merriman, a client of the shop who came to try on a new custom-made androgynous suit in Brooklyn, New York. —AFPIt's a suitable tale of metamorphosis: a tailoring shop for businessmen in Brooklyn transforms into a bespoke company in full bloom thanks to its gay and transgender clientele. The agent of change is Daniel Friedman, a 37-year-old...
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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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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters
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GAZA: A woman mourns over the bodies of children killed in Zionist bombardment on the Hassan Salama and Al-Nasser schools housing displaced Palestinians on Aug 4, 2024 at the at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City. - AFP
Bloodbath in Gaza as region boils
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DHAKA: A garment store is set ablaze amid protests on Aug 4, 2024. - AFP
Calls for PM to quit as 77 killed in Bangladesh