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KARACHI: Pakistani security officials examine a damaged vehicle in which a Chinese National was travelling, following a roadside bomb attack. — AFP
Chinese worker wounded in Pakistan bomb attack
KARACHI: Pakistani security officials examine a damaged vehicle in which a Chinese National was travelling, following a roadside bomb attack. — AFPKARACHI: A Chinese worker and his driver were wounded in Pakistan yesterday in a bomb attack claimed by ethnic nationalists opposed to plans for extensive Chinese investment, police said. The attack is likely to raise concern about a planned China Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC), involving $46...
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Mumbai police ask websites to block parody Tendulkar video
MUMBAI: Indian police said Monday they had asked YouTube and Facebook to block a video poking fun at cricket great Sachin Tendulkar, sparking the country's latest row over freedom of expression. Comedian Tanmay Bhat posted the clip, which also mocked famous Indian movie singer Lata Mangeshkar, on his Facebook page last week, angering right-wing politicians in Mumbai who complained to police.Police in the western Indian city received two...
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Rashford signs new Man United contract
Marcus RashfordLONDON: Teenage breakthrough star Marcus Rashford has signed a new contract committing him to Manchester United until 2020 with an option for a further year, the club announced yesterday. In the first major squad announcement since Jose Mourinho was appointed manager last week, Rashford and fellow academy graduate Cameron Borthwick-Jackson have both committed their futures to the club.Rashford, 18, has scored eight goals in 18...
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo acknowledges supporters during Real celebrations for their 11th UEFA Champions Cup at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium . — AFP
Ronaldo rests to show the 'jealous' who's best
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo acknowledges supporters during Real celebrations for their 11th UEFA Champions Cup at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium . — AFPMADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo will not play in Portugal's pre-European Championship friendly against England on Thursday as he rests from his third Champions League triumph but he insists those who doubt his talents are "jealous".The 31-year-old, who looked jaded in...
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Kuwait Disabled Sports club member wins 2 gold medals
KUWAIT: Kuwait Disabled Sports Club has said Kuwait Disabled Athletics National Team member Ahmad Naqa Al-Mutairi won the Swiss Disabled Athletics tournament in Switzerland in the 100 meter and 400 meter wheel chair running in the T33 category, winning two gold medals.Club President Shafi Al-Hajiri said the win is considered a continuation of the players outstanding achievements, who won three gold medals and set a new world record in the Grand...
CHESTER LE STREET: England’s Alastair Cook stands in middle after reaching 10,000 test runs during the match against Sri Lanka on day four of the second cricket Test match at the Emirates Riverside. — AFP
Record-breaker Cook leads England to series victory
CHESTER LE STREET: England’s Alastair Cook stands in middle after reaching 10,000 test runs during the match against Sri Lanka on day four of the second cricket Test match at the Emirates Riverside. — AFPCHESTER-LE-STREET: Alastair Cook became the first England batsman to score 10,000 Test runs as his side sealed a series win over Sri Lanka at the Riverside yesterday. England won the second Test by nine wickets with more than a day to spare...
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Kuwait’s inflation eases to 2.9% as food prices drop - NBK ECONOMIC REPORT
KUWAIT: Inflation in consumer prices eased to 2.9 percent year-on-year (y/y) in April, on the back of a slowdown in food inflation. Core inflation (which excludes food prices) was slightly higher at 2.9 percent y/y, as inflation in the clothing & footwear and furnishings segments continued to gather some pace in April. Inflation is projected to hold steady in the near-to-medium term, amid low global commodity prices and a stronger dinar.As a...
ZIMBABWE: File photo shows a game ranger walks by a rotting elephant carcass, in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. — AP
Poachers in Zimbabwe use cyanide to kill 5 elephants
ZIMBABWE: File photo shows a game ranger walks by a rotting elephant carcass, in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. — APHARARE, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean officials say poachers killed five elephants by poisoning them with cyanide. Rangers discovered the carcasses of the elephants with their tusks removed in a western forest last week, Violet Makoto, spokeswoman for Zimbabwe’s forestry commission, said yesterday. No arrests have been made, she...
Actress Amber Heard leaves Los Angeles Superior Court after giving a sworn declaration that her husband Johnny Depp threw her cellphone at her during a fight Saturday, striking her cheek and eye. — AP
Amber Heard says Depp is 'Scary,' struggles with drug and alcohol abuse
Actress Amber Heard leaves Los Angeles Superior Court after giving a sworn declaration that her husband Johnny Depp threw her cellphone at her during a fight Saturday, striking her cheek and eye. — APAmber Heard detailed her husband Johnny Depp's history of drug and alcohol abuse, saying that she feared for her safety in papers filed during her appearance in Los Angeles County Court early Friday morning. "I am extremely afraid of Johnny and...
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Gorilla shot dead
KUWAIT: This image combo shows suspects Ali Abdullah Al-Shemmari (left) and Mohammed Owais (center), and victim Ashraf Abu Al-Yameen (right).
Rights body slams mistreatment of worker, urges amending laws - Authorities arrest two over abuse video that went viral
KUWAIT: This image combo shows suspects Ali Abdullah Al-Shemmari (left) and Mohammed Owais (center), and victim Ashraf Abu Al-Yameen (right).KUWAIT: The interior ministry's security media and relations department yesterday announced that security forces have arrested a 40-year-old bedoon named Ali Abdullah Al-Shemmari, who appeared in a video circulating on social media networks assaulting, insulting and humiliating his Egyptian employee,...
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MP: Govt unwilling to cut spending
KUWAIT: Head of the National Assembly's budgets committee MP Adnan Abdulsamad yesterday criticized the finance ministry's reluctance to cut spending to face the budget shortfall caused by low oil prices. He said that despite repeated calls by HH the Amir for rationalization of expenses, the government does not appear to be ready to reduce spending, while the Assembly is pushing in that direction.Abdulsamad said according to the law, if the...
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