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BASRA: A general view shows pipelines in the newly opened section of the oil refinery of Zubair, southwest of Basra in southern Iraq.
Kuwaiti oil price up $1.04 to $42.88 pb
KUWAIT: The price for Kuwaiti oil went up Friday by $1.04 to settle at $42.88 per barrel (pb) after being at $41.84 pb the day before, said Kuwait Petroleum Cooperation (KPC) yesterday In the global market, prices also went down after a hiked US dollar encouraged investors to sell.The Brent mix price was down nine cents to settle at $48.72 pb, a similar case was with the American crude; down 41 cents, to settle at $47.75 pb. The OPEC daily basket...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA: People pose by Android lawn statues at Google’s headquarters. — AP
Why your phone may never get Android's latest features - If you're an iPhone none of this affects you
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA: People pose by Android lawn statues at Google’s headquarters. — APNEW YORK: Better graphics and the ability to run two apps side by side are coming to Google's latest version of Android, dubbed N. But chances are good that this free software update announced Wednesday won't arrive on your Android phone for some time - if ever. (If you're an iPhone user, rest easy; none of this affects you.)So far, just 7.5 percent...
(From left) A group photo shows Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad, Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Ambassador of Australia to Kuwait Warren Hauck, Abed Al-Kareem Al-Enezi and Svitlana Ardnt . —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Joseph Shagra
KUWAIT BEAUTIFUL & GREEN through children’s eyes
(From left) A group photo shows Kuwait Times Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad, Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Ambassador of Australia to Kuwait Warren Hauck, Abed Al-Kareem Al-Enezi and Svitlana Ardnt . —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Joseph ShagraKuwait Beautiful & Green competition now is in its 11th edition and it is part of Kuwait Times’ communal and social responsibility providing young talents with the proper...
Zaria McDonald, 17, of St Louis, walks the runway during the Lindenwood University Fashion Design program fashion show at Mercedes-Benz St Louis.óAP photos
St Louis teen continued to model as she fought cancer
Zaria McDonald, 17, of St Louis, walks the runway during the Lindenwood University Fashion Design program fashion show at Mercedes-Benz St Louis.óAP photosWithin a month, Zaria McDonald, 17, had surgery, started chemotherapy, signed with a modeling agency and appeared on the cover of a magazine. The teen's diagnosis with a rare form of cancer came as a devastating shock but also vindication. McDonald had been complaining about an ache in her...
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Taiwan's First Female President Walks Tightrope
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Municipality council fires 40 expatriates
KUWAIT: Well-informed sources at Kuwait municipality said that arrangements to lay off over 40 expats employees working in the Municipal Council and Municipality branches in various governorates have been finalized. The sources added that some of the affected employees were notified that their last working day would be 2, June. — Al-Rai
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Dasman Diabetes Institute hosts the MEPI end-of-year ceremony
KUWAIT: Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI), which was established by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, held an end-of-year ceremony in the presence Dr Qais Saleh Al-Duwairi, Director-General of DDI, and George Sarmiento, Deputy Economic Counselor and First Secretary of the US Embassy to celebrate the successful completion of the “Let’s Stay Healthy Today, Kuwait” program.The program, funded by the State Department’s...
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Kuwaiti EgyptAir crash victim Al-Mutairi - a talented actor
KUWAIT: Abdul Mohsen Mohammed Jabber Suhail Al-Mutairi, the Kuwaiti who died in the EgyptAir plane crash on Thursday was an exceptionally talented theatre actor who had acted in several plays like the ‘Um Ali,’ a popular comedy. Al-Mutairi used to work for Kuwait Airways until he retired in 1986. In 2003, he got a PhD in accounting and joined Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA). He was also a professor in PAAET. According to his cousin, Hamad...
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Kuwaiti robs expats
KUWAIT: A citizen in his thirties was recently arrested for robbing expats. The suspect was seen driving a KD 20,000-worth luxury vehicle already reported stolen in Farwaniya, security sources said. Case papers indicate that two expats were robbed by someone driving a luxury black vehicle who claimed to be a police detective. Detectives sealed off the area and arrested the suspect who admitted robbing eight others in the same area.Caught...
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‘Wandering monkey’
KUWAIT: Security forces were recently alerted by some citizens who reported seeing an unattended monkey wandering around Nuzha streets and jumping from one vehicle to another. Security sources said that children were so happy to see the monkey. Kids gave the monkey some nuts and bananas while adults panicked and called the police who caught it and handed it over to PAAAFR.20 bags of heroinAn Asian was recently arrested upon his arrival at Kuwait...
CAIRO: Egyptian film director Osman Abu Laban (center) who lost four relatives, all victims of Thursday’s EgyptAir plane crash, attends prayers for the dead, at Al-Thawrah Mosque, in Cairo, yesterday. — AP
Egypt finds belongings, debris from crash at sea - No clue on cause, but terrorism not ruled out
CAIRO: Egyptian film director Osman Abu Laban (center) who lost four relatives, all victims of Thursday’s EgyptAir plane crash, attends prayers for the dead, at Al-Thawrah Mosque, in Cairo, yesterday. — APCAIRO: The Egyptian navy said yesterday it had found the personal belongings of passengers and other debris floating in the Mediterranean, confirmation that an EgyptAir jet had plunged into the sea with 66 people on board. The military said...
KUSHTIA, BANGLADESH: Bangladeshi investigators look over the body of 58-year-old homeopathic doctor Sanaur Rahman after unknown assailants hacked him to death. — AFP
Bangladesh attackers kill doctor, wound professor
KUSHTIA, BANGLADESH: Bangladeshi investigators look over the body of 58-year-old homeopathic doctor Sanaur Rahman after unknown assailants hacked him to death. — AFPDHAKA: Unknown assailants hacked a doctor to death and seriously wounded a professor in a single attack in western Bangladesh yesterday, local police said. Sanaur Rahman, 58, a homeopathic doctor, was riding a motorcycle in Kushtia town with his friend Saif uz Zaman yesterday...
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Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Duaij Al-Sabah and other officials take a group photo after the 54th session of the Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights. – KUNA photos
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