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SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a return against Vasek Pospisil of Canada during the men’s singles match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai yesterday. — AFP
Djokovic drops Becker hint, Kyrgios fined - Djokovic dismantles Canadian qualifier Pospisil
SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a return against Vasek Pospisil of Canada during the men’s singles match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai yesterday. — AFPSHANGHAI: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic dropped a hint that he may split with coach Boris Becker yesterday, as Nick Kyrgios was hit with a big fine for his Shanghai Masters meltdown. Djokovic, who says he is taking a fresh mental approach after struggling in recent...
ZURICH: FIFA President Gianni Infantino poses for a picture during an interview with AFP at the world football’s governing body headquarters in Zurich. — AFP
Bigger World Cup is ‘complete insanity’, says Dortmund CEO - FIFA President proposes a bigger World Cup
ZURICH: FIFA President Gianni Infantino poses for a picture during an interview with AFP at the world football’s governing body headquarters in Zurich. — AFPBERLIN: FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s proposal for a bigger World Cup is complete insanity, putting more pressure on already stretched players and risking damage to the sport’s showcase event, Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said yesterday.FIFA President Gianni...
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 5, 2009 shows Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej waving to a crowd of well-wishers as he leaves the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej has died after a long illness, the palace announced on October 13, 2016, ending a remarkable seven-decade reign and leaving a divided people bereft of a towering and rare figure of unity. / AFP / Christophe ARCHAMBAULT
Thai King Bhumibol, world's longest-reigning monarch, dies
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 5, 2009 shows Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej waving to a crowd of well-wishers as he leaves the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej has died after a long illness, the palace announced on October 13, 2016, ending a remarkable seven-decade reign and leaving a divided people bereft of a towering and rare figure of unity.-  AFP BANGKOK: Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was...
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MoI raises minimum wage for family visa to KD 450
KUWAIT: The interior ministry yesterday raised the minimum salary required for expatriates to be able to sponsor their wives and children from KD 250 to KD 450 in a move expected to cut the number of foreign families in the country. Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah issued a decision amending the foreign residency law to raise the salary requirement for dependent visas, a step that will prevent thousands of low-paid expatriates...
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MPs to file requests to grill PM, finance minister
KUWAIT: MPs Abdullah Al-Turaiji, Ahmad Al-Azemi and Ali Al-Khamees are expected to file a joint request today to grill finance minister Anas Al-Saleh over the government's decision to raise petrol prices, amid reports that the Assembly is highly expected to be dissolved and fresh elections called. Khamees said he and his two colleagues will go ahead and file the request, adding that they will not be affected by reports that the Assembly could be...
GCC Ministers of Tourism and Culture pose for a group photo. — KUNA photos
GCC adopts tourism vision
GCC Ministers of Tourism and Culture pose for a group photo. — KUNA photosRIYADH: Kuwait’s Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said yesterday that the meeting of the GCC tourism ministers had adopted a single strategic vision for joint tourism cooperation. Speaking to KUNA and TV following the meeting, he said an executive team would be set up to put this vision in...
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Kuwaiti women married to non-Kuwaitis ‘marginalized’
KUWAIT: Municipal council member and head of Farwaniya committee Nayef Al-Sour said Kuwaiti women married to non-Kuwaitis are marginalized in various laws. He called for amending such laws to help these women get proper housing and income to help them face livelihood burdens.KD 2,669,000 contractMPW Undersecretary Awatef Al-Ghunaim said that she has signed a contract to build and maintain the Civil Public Authority building in Ahmadi at a total...
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Brunei backs Kuwait's UNSC non-permanent membership - Kuwait, Brunei cement bilateral ties, cooperation
Assistant Foreign Minister AmbassadorGhanim Sagr Al-GhanimBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Wad'daulah expressed full support for Kuwait's non-permanent membership at the UN Security Council for the 2018-2019 term. The support was affirmed in a joint statement released yesterday on the sidelines of the official visit of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Brunei from 11 to 12 October....
KISR launches a campaign on enriching fish wealth
KISR launches a campaign on enriching fish wealth
KISR launches a campaign on enriching fish wealthKUWAIT: The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) has launched the 2016 second campaign on enriching fish wealth in the territorial sea waters, said KISR Director General Dr Sameera Ahmad Al-Sayyed Omar yesterday. She added that the campaign will continue during October and November, stressing the need to raise awareness of citizens and residents on preserving fish. Dr Omar noted that...
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70 percent of GCC youths prefer government jobs - 'Private sector needs to match salaries, benefits, holidays'
Click To View LargerDUBAI: More than two-thirds of young national Arabs in the Gulf states still hope to land jobs with government, despite initiatives to encourage them to seek out careers in the private sector. This new finding from the eighth annual ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey was unveiled by Sunil John, the CEO of ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller, at a presentation to the third Global Islamic Economy Summit, being held in Dubai on the...
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'Take it or leave it' parliament
The historic decision resulting from the meeting of executives and the legislatives at the speaker's office to discuss fuel price increases is supposed to be good news, as they decided granting every citizen holding a valid driving license 75 liters of free petrol monthly. Observers are disagreeing whether the value of this 'achievement' is KD 6, 7 or 8 every month! It is obvious that the 2013 parliament's message is outstanding, unique,...
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Stop This Farce
Neither the government nor the parliament has shown any sign of confrontation with the reality of the disastrous drop in the state's sole source of income. They even co-starred in a farcical play of granting 75 liters of free petrol to each citizen. Both of them proved how hollow their political approaches are when they naively promoted such a proposal to grumbling citizens as if they were putting pacifiers in babies' mouths to stop them from...
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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
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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
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CHATEAUROUX: Turkey’s Yusuf Dikec competes in the shooting 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre. – AFP
‘Cool’ Turkish marksman unruffled by viral Olympic fame
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Ministries of Awqaf discuss ways to counter extremism, terrorism