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OHIO: Supporters of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump leave a political rally at the James A Rhodes Arena in Akron, Ohio. Trump currently trails Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Ohio, a state which is critical to his election bid. — AFP
Hillary ‘not healthy enough’ to serve as president - Clinton’s health: Trump’s sharpens focus of attack
OHIO: Supporters of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump leave a political rally at the James A Rhodes Arena in Akron, Ohio. Trump currently trails Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Ohio, a state which is critical to his election bid. — AFPNEW YORK: On the skids in the polls and under fire for not releasing his tax returns, Donald Trump’s campaign is sharpening a new attack on Hillary Clinton: claiming she is not...
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Spain balcony-jumping craze: most are drunk Brits: study - 'Balconing' becoming endemic
MADRID: They're young, on holiday, drunk and sometimes high, and they decide to jump from their hotel or apartment balcony into the pool. But some miss and end up in hospital... or worse, dead. The so-called "balconing" craze has taken off to such an extent in Spain's Balearic Islands that doctors at the Son Espases hospital in Palma de Majorca a major trauma centre-decided to study the phenomenon. "It's endemic," says Xavier Gonzalez, head of...
AMRITSAR: Police constable Surjeet Singh, lies under a table displaying the 40 knifes removed from his stomach in a hospital in Amritsar, India yesterday. — AP
Man blames 'spiritual powers' for swallowing 40 knives
AMRITSAR: Police constable Surjeet Singh, lies under a table displaying the 40 knifes removed from his stomach in a hospital in Amritsar, India yesterday. — APNEW DELHI: An Indian policeman who spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them surgically removed said yesterday that "spiritual powers" made him do it. The father of two underwent a successful five-hour operation to remove the knives from his stomach in the northern city of...
LAHORE: Rashid Bhatti (center) - a dance instructor, teaches students dance steps at his dance academy in Lahore. Pakistan’s oldest red light district was for centuries a hub of traditional erotic dancers, musicians and prostitutes-Montmartre with a Mughal twist, deep in the heart of vibrant Lahore. —AFP
How technology killed Pakistan’s historic red light district
LAHORE: Rashid Bhatti (center) - a dance instructor, teaches students dance steps at his dance academy in Lahore. Pakistan’s oldest red light district was for centuries a hub of traditional erotic dancers, musicians and prostitutes-Montmartre with a Mughal twist, deep in the heart of vibrant Lahore. —AFPLAHORE: Pakistan's oldest red light district was for centuries a hub of traditional erotic dancers, musicians and prostitutes-Pigalle with a...
LONDON: Members of the the British Olympic Team pose for a photograph with their medals after they arrive back from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil on a gold-tipped Boeing 747, at Heathrow airport in London yesterday. Twenty years after a stinging Olympic failure, Britain has risen from the ashes to become a sporting “superpower”. Rival nations have been left confounded by Team GB’s cool performance with 27 golds out of 67 won in Rio which gave them second place in the medals table behind the United States. —AFP
Brits return home in gold-nosed plane
LONDON: Members of the the British Olympic Team pose for a photograph with their medals after they arrive back from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil on a gold-tipped Boeing 747, at Heathrow airport in London yesterday. Twenty years after a stinging Olympic failure, Britain has risen from the ashes to become a sporting “superpower”. Rival nations have been left confounded by Team GB’s cool performance with 27 golds out of 67 won in Rio...
Pep Guardiola
Guardiola confirms Bravo on his way to replace Hart
Pep GuardiolaMANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola insisted yesterday that he will continue working with Joe Hart at Manchester City, even as Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo flew in to replace the unwanted England international. Hart has been the most high-profile victim of Guardiola’s new reign as manager of the Premier League club, with the City boss publicly announcing his preference for a goalkeeper who can play better with the ball at his feet....
GREATER NOIDA: ‘India Green’ cricketers appeal for a leg before wicket (LBW) decision against ‘India Red’ batsman Abhinav Mukund during a Duleep Trophy cricket match between ‘India Green’ and ‘India Red’ in Greater Noida yesterday. India’s Duleep Trophy domestic championship began staging its first match under floodlights, experimenting with a pink ball in a likely precursor to the advent of day-night Tests in cricket’s biggest market. —AFP
Floodlight failure mars India’s pink ball debut
GREATER NOIDA: ‘India Green’ cricketers appeal for a leg before wicket (LBW) decision against ‘India Red’ batsman Abhinav Mukund during a Duleep Trophy cricket match between ‘India Green’ and ‘India Red’ in Greater Noida yesterday. India’s Duleep Trophy domestic championship began staging its first match under floodlights, experimenting with a pink ball in a likely precursor to the advent of day-night Tests in cricket’s...
KUWAIT: Al-Safat Investment Company Chairman of the Board Abdullah Hamad Al-Terkait (third left) addresses the ordinary general assembly meeting yesterday. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Al-Safat Investment Co holds general assembly meeting
KUWAIT: Al-Safat Investment Company Chairman of the Board Abdullah Hamad Al-Terkait (third left) addresses the ordinary general assembly meeting yesterday. —Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Al-Safat Investment Company held its ordinary General Assembly yesterday to approve its balance-sheet for the year ending Dec 31, 2015 and elect a new board of directors for the next three years. Chairman of the Board Abdullah Hamad Al-Terkait presided over...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte
Duterte seen setting up economic boom - Philippines president getting high marks from businesses
Philippines President Rodrigo DuterteMANILA: Less than two months in office, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is getting high marks from the business community for policies that could engineer an economic surge and companies say they are making new investments as a result.While Duterte may be getting headlines for a bloody war against drug dealers and users, less attention has been paid to one of Asia's few economic success stories. The...
KUWAIT: Citibank representatives representing the award to NBK.
NBK wins Citi Performance Excellence Award in global electronic payments 2015
KUWAIT: Citibank representatives representing the award to NBK.KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has been awarded by Citibank the prestigious Citi Performance Excellence Award for leadership and excellence in global electronic payments 2015. The award recognizes NBK's exceptional quality in processing payments.A delegation from Citibank presented the award to NBK recently. At the award ceremony held at NBK's head office, Citibank...
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Google rolling out latest Android to Nexus phones
SAN FRANCISCO: Google is ready to start sending out the latest version of its Android operating system to a handful of devices. The release announced Monday means many Nexus-branded devices should receive a free upgrade to Android 7.0, nicknamed "Nougat," during the next few weeks. The first models in line include the Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C and General Mobile 4G. Other smartphones coming out this fall will be...
CHITTAGONG: A Bangladeshi resident (R) is treated in hospital following an explosion at a chemical factory. — AFP
Over 200 people fall sick after ammonia leak in Bangladesh
CHITTAGONG: A Bangladeshi resident (R) is treated in hospital following an explosion at a chemical factory. — AFPCHITTAGONG: An explosion at a chemical fertilizer factory left over 200 people needing medical treatment after toxic gas spread across large parts of Bangladesh's second city Chittagong, officials said yesterday. Police and fire officials said hundreds of residents were also evacuated from their homes near the di-ammonia phosphate...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
Fears of Middle East war grow
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Late Information Minister Bader Al-Ya'agoub checking the damage.-KUNA
Invasion could not confiscate KUNA’s will, national role
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Shereeda Al-Maousherji
CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate
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DHAKA: Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. -- AFP
Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience