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RIO DE JANEIRO: Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after he won the men's 100m final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday. - AFP n

'Lightning' strikes thrice as Bolt wins - First gold for Bahrain

RIO DE JANEIRO: Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after he won the men's 100m final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday. - AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: Usain Bolt roared into Olympic history yesterday, capturing an unprecedented third consecutive 100m crown to confirm his place in the pantheon of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen. The 29-year-old Jamaican legend, competing in his final...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Germany’s Florian Fuchs celebrates his team’s third goal during the men’s quarterfinal field hockey Germany vs New Zealand match of the Rio 2016 Olympics Games at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. — AFP

Germans win epic in field hockey, Dutch crush Aussies

RIO DE JANEIRO: Germany’s Florian Fuchs celebrates his team’s third goal during the men’s quarterfinal field hockey Germany vs New Zealand match of the Rio 2016 Olympics Games at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. — AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: Gold-medal favorite Australia will not medal in Olympic men’s field hockey for the first time in 28 years after being beaten by the Netherlands 4-0 in the quarterfinals on Sunday. And...

SEVILLE: Barcelona’s Luis Suarez, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring the first goal during the Spanish Super Cup first leg soccer match, against Sevilla, at Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium in Seville, Spain, Sunday. — AP

Suarez gives Barcelona edge in Spanish Super cup

SEVILLE: Barcelona’s Luis Suarez, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring the first goal during the Spanish Super Cup first leg soccer match, against Sevilla, at Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium in Seville, Spain, Sunday. — APMADRID: Luis Suarez insisted the Spanish Super Cup is not Barcelona’s yet after helping his team shoot down Sevilla 2-0 to give them a comfortable lead after Sunday’s first leg of the final. The Uruguayan opened...

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KAMCO revenue reaches KD 3.9 million in H1 2016

Faisal M.SarkhouKUWAIT: KAMCO Investment Company yesterday reported its financial results for the first half ended June 30, 2016. The company recorded a net profit of KD 724,000 with earningsper- share (EPS) of 3.04 fils in H1 2016, compared to a net profit of KD 145,000 with EPS of 0.61 fils during the same period in 2015. Revenue stood at KD 3.9 million against KD 3.1 million during the same period in 2015.Fee Income reached KD 3.8 million, a...

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Private sector credit drops, but growth maintains pace

.KUWAIT: Private sector credit declined in April, though growth maintained a healthy pace. Total credit was down by KD 156 million during the month as growth slowed to 7.7 percent year-on-year (y/y). The decline was dominated by a drop in credit for securities purchases, but other sectors were also off. Meanwhile, private deposits saw a large decrease on the heels of two consecutive months of large gains, though this was more than offset by a...

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Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt, IHG hit by malware

NEW YORK: A data breach at 20 US hotels operated by HEI Hotels & Resorts for Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt and Intercontinental may have divulged payment card data from tens of thousands of food, drink and other transactions, HEI said on Sunday.The breach follows similar attacks at Hyatt Hotels Corp and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc in recent months. Norwalk, Connecticut-based HEI, which is privately held, said malware designed to collect...

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, arrives at the rampart of the historical Red Fort to address the nation on Independence Day yesterday. —AP

20 million toilets built in two years: Indian PM

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, arrives at the rampart of the historical Red Fort to address the nation on Independence Day yesterday. —APNEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday that his government had built more than 20 million toilets and brought electricity to thousands of villages as he delivered an Independence Day report card. From the ramparts of Delhi’s 17th-century Red Fort, Modi vowed...

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‘South Park’ game maker invents fart-smelling VR system

The creators of an upcoming “South Park” video game have developed a stinky spin on virtual reality. Ubisoft unveiled plans Friday for a VR mask that will pump fart smells into gamers’ nostrils as they play the game “South Park: The Fractured But Whole.” The system called the Nosulus Rift won’t be available for sale.It was designed for use at live events, such as the Penny Arcade Expo and Gamescom. The latest “South Park” game...

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'Hell or High Water' is the best movie of the Summer, but is there an audience for it?

Hell or High Water"Hell or High Water" is the movie that a lot of people say they've been waiting for this summer: the answer to the sequeled-out, stuck-in-a-rut, been-there, seen-those-awesome-FX, megaplex-formula blues. This one, despite some familiar elements (it's about bank robbers, and one of the characters is a shrewd and wily detective), isn't something you've seen before. It's an original: bold and sharp, enthralling and true, a movie...

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KUWAIT: Olympic gold medalist Fehaid Al-Deehani is welcomed by officials and well-wishers at Kuwait airport’s VIP lounge yesterday. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Champion Deehani arrives home to hero's welcome - Shooter dedicates gold medal to Kuwait's leaders, people

KUWAIT: Olympic gold medalist Fehaid Al-Deehani is welcomed by officials and well-wishers at Kuwait airport’s VIP lounge yesterday. – Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwaiti champion shooter Fehaid Al-Deehani arrived in Kuwait yesterday to a hero's welcome, with many officials and a large crowd greeting him enthusiastically at the airport's VIP lounge. Deehani won the gold medal in the double trap event of the Rio 2016 Olympics on...

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Mustache! Rashidi wins fans' hearts

Abdullah Al-RashidiRIO DE JANEIRO: From the beginning of the men's skeet semifinal on Saturday, there was something about Abdullah Al-Rashidi that grabbed the Brazilian fans. Maybe it was his age, the oldest of the competitors at 52. Maybe it was the fact that the Kuwaiti was competing under the Olympic flag, his country having been banned from competition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).For Brazilian spectator Daniel Grillo, it was...

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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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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

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

US strikes plea deal with 9/11 mastermind