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Fire engulfs warehouse in Rai

Fire engulfs warehouse in Rai

Fire engulfs warehouse in RaiKUWAIT: A huge fire broke out in the early hours of yesterday in a foodstuff warehouse in Rai over an area of 2,000 sq m, including a basement and two floors. Security sources said six fire teams were dispatched to the scene where they managed to contain the flames and prevent the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings. No casualties were reported. Security sources added that various safety violations were...

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Britisher blames her husband in suicide note

KUWAIT: Following up the case of a British legal advisor who was found hanging in her apartment in Salwa, security sources said the woman left a note blaming her husband for "ruining her life" and urged him to take care of their children.A big hole in a wallThe owner of a women's accessories store in Fahaheel reported finding a big hole in a wall separating his store and a money exchange next door. Security sources said that on examining the...

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a France’s national tribute to victims of terrorism at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris yesterday.—AFP

France’s Hollande claims ‘problem with Islam’

PARIS: President Francois Hollande speaks of "a problem with Islam" in French society, in excerpts published Wednesday of a book in which he also suggests that immigration needs to be curbed. "There is a problem with Islam because Islam requires (holy) sites and recognition," Hollande told two journalists from Le Monde newspaper for the book which will be published Thursday."It's not Islam that poses a problem in the sense of its being a religion...

HIT, IRAQ: Iraqi government forces drive in the al-Bakr neighborhood north of Hit in Iraq’s Anbar province after they cleared the area of Islamic State (IS) group fighters on October 10, 2016. —AFP

As offensive nears, Islamic State rigs Mosul with bombs

HIT, IRAQ: Iraqi government forces drive in the al-Bakr neighborhood north of Hit in Iraq’s Anbar province after they cleared the area of Islamic State (IS) group fighters on October 10, 2016. —AFPERBIL/BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of an offensive to dislodge the jihadists from their Iraqi stronghold, Iraqis and US officials...

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA: In this Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, photo, Manasi Gopala prepares for her sculling class at Lake Wheeler. —AP

The evolving face of US immigration - Land where dreams come true

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA: In this Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, photo, Manasi Gopala prepares for her sculling class at Lake Wheeler. —APRALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA: When Manasi Gopala immigrated to America, she finally got the chance to row crew. As a child in India, she had dreamed of the sport from watching Olympic telecasts. Now, twice a week, she pulls a pair of oars as her scull glides along tree-lined Lake Wheeler, far from her birthplace of...

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Polish official: French ‘learned to eat with a fork from us’

WARSAW: Poland's deputy defense minister yesterday described the French as "people who learned to eat with a fork from us a few centuries ago," but denied the two countries are embroiled in a diplomatic war over a failed defense deal.While rejecting the suggestion that France and Turkey are at odds, Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kownacki said during an interview with the private broadcaster TVN24 that the French had compromised themselves and...

JAKARTA: In this file photo taken in Jakarta on October 5, 2016 Indonesian murder suspect Jessica Kumala Wongso (C) enters the courtroom prior to her trial at the Central Jakarta court to hear the indictment of the public prosecutor. —AFP

Woman tearfully denies ‘poisoned coffee’ murder

JAKARTA: In this file photo taken in Jakarta on October 5, 2016 Indonesian murder suspect Jessica Kumala Wongso (C) enters the courtroom prior to her trial at the Central Jakarta court to hear the indictment of the public prosecutor. —AFPJAKARTA: An Indonesian woman accused of murdering her college friend by slipping cyanide into her coffee broke down in tears yesterday as she took the stand to deny carrying out the crime. Prosecutors are...

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Sick Indian leader hands over powers as fans hold vigil

CHENNAI: Ailing south Indian politician Jayalalithaa Jayaram has handed many of her responsibilities to her deputy, her party said, as desperate fans held vigils for her recovery, with some resorting to self-harm.The hugely popular chief minister of southern Tamil Nadu state, a former movie star, was admitted to hospital on September 22 suffering from fever and dehydration and is on respiratory support.Authorities have said little about the state...

Trevor Liu, Chief Executive Officer of Huawei Technologies Kuwait.

Huawei launches ICT training center, Seeds for the Future - CSR initiative by Chinese technology company

Trevor Liu, Chief Executive Officer of Huawei Technologies Kuwait.KUWAIT: Huawei Kuwait announced the creation of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training center as well as the Seeds for the Future program, a corporate social responsibility initiative promised by the company to Kuwait as a long term feedback. Huawei, a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and services and fastest growing smartphone company,...

Company celebrates achievement of selling 10,500 Actros trucks in Kuwait

Mercedes-Benz 'Commercial Vehicles' takes part in Big5 2016 exhibition in Kuwait - Company celebrates achievement of selling 10,500 Actros trucks in Kuwait

Company celebrates achievement of selling 10,500 Actros trucks in KuwaitKUWAIT: With a distinguished and exceptional participation of Mercedes-Benz 'Commercial Vehicles' in Big5 2016 exhibition in Kuwait, where the biggest event in the field of building and construction in Kuwait took place in the Kuwait International Fairground (KIF) in Mishref and opened in a special attendance of Sheikh Faisal Al-Homoud Al-Sabah, Governor of Farwaniya.A R...

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Kuwait’s INC Technologies achieves Microsoft’s Gold standard

KUWAIT: Microsoft yesterday called for businesses in Kuwait to use cloud services to innovate and compete in the Gulf nation's still-growing economy, as the company awards Kuwaiti based INC Technologies with Gold competency in Microsoft Dynamics and Cloud Productivity."While it is certainly true that the oil crisis cannot be ignored, strong SME sectors across the GCC have a huge role to play in growing non-oil GDP," said Charles Nahas, General...

MANILA, PHILIPPINES: A Filipino smokes a cigarette on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. —AP

The Philippine president’s next campaign: Public smoking ban

MANILA, PHILIPPINES: A Filipino smokes a cigarette on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. —APMANILA, PHILIPPINES: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is turning to another battle aside from illegal drugs: smoking. Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial told the Associated Press on Tuesday that she hopes the president can sign the draft executive order banning smoking in public nationwide before the end of the month.The department is pushing for the ban to start...

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Ministries of Awqaf discuss ways to counter extremism, terrorism