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India crush Bangladesh in day-night Test to sweep series
KOLKATTA: Paceman Umesh Yadav claimed five wickets as India thrashed Bangladesh in just over two days of their first day-night Test to sweep the series 2-0 yesterday. Bangladesh were bowled out for 195 in less than an hour of the first session on day three in Kolkata, as India won by an innings and 46 runs to record their 12th-straight Test series triumph on home soil. It was a memorable pink-ball international debut for India, who become the...
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Paine wants Gabba kickoff to all Test series after crushing win
Magnificent century by Babar Azam as Pakistan head for second Test in AdelaideBRISBANE: Australian captain Tim Paine said he would prefer all home Test series to begin at the Gabba after his side recorded a dominant win over Pakistan in the first Test yesterday. The Australians went one up in their two-Test series when they won the opening match at the Brisbane fortress by an innings and five runs late on the fourth day for their 29th consecutive...
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East Africa storms kill 39 in Tanzania and Kenya
NAIROBI: Heavy rains lashing East Africa have caused of dozens of deaths, with 29 buried by landslides in Kenya, and 10 people drowned in a river in Tanzania, officials said Saturday. The landslides and floods come amid weeks of destructive rains and flooding across the wider East African region. At least 29 people were killed in Kenya when their homes were swept away in landslides during ferocious overnight rainstorms. Their homes were hit in...
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British PM promises Brexit for Christmas in manifesto
Conservatives vow not to raise taxesLONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will promise to bring his Brexit deal back to parliament before Christmas when he launches his Conservative Party's manifesto yesterday, the cornerstone of his pitch to voters to "get Brexit done". With less than three weeks before Britain heads to the polls on Dec 12, the governing Conservatives and opposition Labor are trying to tempt voters with different visions...
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Ooredoo Kuwait organizes the 'Business to Digital' conference
KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait, the first to launch innovated digital services in Kuwait, organized the "Business to Digital" conference in its second year yesterday, under the Patronage of Minister Khaled Al-Roudhan and with the attendance of Deputy Director-General of the Central Agency for Information Technology, Dr Ammar Al-Hussaini. This event was held under the supervision of Ooredoo Business and FASTtelco Business, a subsidiary of Ooredoo Kuwait....
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Oxford Business Group launches 'publication' on country's economy
KUWAIT: Kuwait's plans to move to a knowledge-based, private sector-ledeconomy with reduced reliance on oil and gas revenue are mapped out in a new report by the global research and advisory firm Oxford Business Group (OBG). The Report: Kuwait2019 explores the measures that the country is introducing to enhance its business environment in a bid to attract a targeted $200bn in FDI between 2020 and 2035 as part of a broader diversification drive....
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Pope assails 'crime' of nuclear weapons
Pontiff visits Hiroshima and Nagasaki, meets elderly survivorsNAGASAKI: Pope Francis yesterday described the use of nuclear bombs as "a crime", as he took his appeal for an end to atomic weapons to Hiroshima in an emotional meeting with survivors. The visit came hours after a highly symbolic stop in the city of Nagasaki, where Francis railed against all nuclear weapons, including their use as a deterrent. At least 140,000 people died after the...
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For cancer patients, Nobel's medical research far more than prize-worthy
BOSTON: Photo shows Dr William G Kaelin (right) and Dr Toni K Choueiri (left) posing with patient Shaun Tierney at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. — AFP WASHINGTON: When Shaun Tierney was diagnosed with an aggressive form of kidney cancer in 2007, the prognosis was grim. Twelve years on, the 64-year-old is still living an active life, and even participating in marathon walks for cancer research - an outcome made...
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Over 2,600 participants recorded for FSHN's ninth RunKuwait race
RunKuwait 2019 to offer more than 500 free treatment sessions for children with special needs at CERCKUWAIT: Fawzia Sultan Healthcare Network (FSHN) concluded yet another successful RunKuwait race in support of children with special needs for the ninth year on Saturday, 23rd November. More than 2,600 participants registered to the race to support one cause, raising awareness and funds towards the treatment of children with special needs. The...
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem (right) condoles former MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei during his mother’s funeral at Sulaibikhat cemetery yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Tabtabaei returns to Kuwait to attend mother's funeral
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem (right) condoles former MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei during his mother’s funeral at Sulaibikhat cemetery yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Former MP thanks Amir on arrival; will turn himself in and seek pardon KUWAIT: Fugitive former MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei attended his mother's funeral yesterday at Sulaibikhat cemetery, which was also attended by a number of current and former lawmakers....
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KD 130 health insurance fees eyed from 2020
KUWAIT: The health ministry and the Health Assurance Hospitals Company (Dhaman) have started coordinating to prepare a work plan to implement new health insurance fees on expats by the beginning of 2020, said official sources. The sources added that a media campaign will be rolled out to explain the new health insurance mechanism to expats, bearing in mind that the new fee would be KD 130 per expat working in the private sector and the same for...
LILLE: A person works on a protective cybersecurity system yesterday in Lille, during the International Cybersecurity Forum. — AFP
Kuwait, UK governments launch 'Gulf Women in Cyber Security Fellowship'
KUWAIT: Salem Al-Othaina, Chairman and CEO of the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA), and Tim Voase, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy, launched the inaugural meeting of the 'Gulf Women in Cyber Security Fellowship' yesterday. The Fellowship is sponsored by the UK Government and brings together 22 of the most talented female cyber security professionals working in government, academic, critical...
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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Today in Kuwait’s history
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Uruguay's midfielder #05 Manuel Ugarte scores in a penalty shoot-out to win the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament quarter-final football match between Uruguay and Brazil at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 6, 2024. — AFP
Uruguay beat Brazil on penalties to reach Copa America semi-finals
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A man looks at campaign posters for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in Tokyo on July 7, 2024. - Polls opened on July 7 to elect a new Tokyo governor with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in Japan's male-dominated political sphere. — AFP
Women fight Tokyo election in male-dominated Japan