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KATY, TEXAS: Officers respond to reports of a deadly shooting at the Knight Transportation office yesterday.-AP
Fired employee kills co-worker, self at Houston-area company
KATY, TEXAS: Officers respond to reports of a deadly shooting at the Knight Transportation office yesterday.-APKATY, Texas: A recently fired employee opened fire at a transportation company near Houston on Wednesday, killing one employee and injuring another before fatally shooting himself, sheriff's officials said.The gunman was fired earlier in the day and then returned with a shotgun to the Knight Transportation office in Katy, about 20 miles...
PYEONGTAEK, SOUTH KOREA: Residents, including U.S. servicemen, use a blanket as they catch a woman and her three children as they jump to escape a fire. — AP
People holding blanket save mom, kids from fire in S. Korea No one was killed
PYEONGTAEK, SOUTH KOREA: Residents, including U.S. servicemen, use a blanket as they catch a woman and her three children as they jump to escape a fire. — APSEOUL: Residents and US military personnel in a South Korean city rescued a woman and her three children from a fire by safely catching them with a blanket as they fell four floors, fire officials yesterday.About 10 people held the blanket and persuaded the woman to drop her children from...
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (right) vies with Manchester City’s Argentinean defender Nicolas Otamendi (center) and Manchester City’s French defender Eliaquim Mangala during the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg football match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium yesterday. — AFP
Real edge City to set up all-Madrid final
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (right) vies with Manchester City’s Argentinean defender Nicolas Otamendi (center) and Manchester City’s French defender Eliaquim Mangala during the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg football match at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium yesterday. — AFPMADRID: Real Madrid will face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final for the second time in three years after...
WASHINGTON: Bangladeshi blogger and social activist Ashif Entaz Rabi stands outside the White House on Tuesday. — AP
Bangladesh blogger seeks US help as threats escalate
WASHINGTON: Bangladeshi blogger and social activist Ashif Entaz Rabi stands outside the White House on Tuesday. — APWASHINGTON: When Bangladeshi blogger and social activist Ashif Entaz Rabi hosted a TV talk show about a slaying of a publisher by Islamic extremists, he faced a torrent of threatening phone calls. He says young men with earpieces started loitering outside his workplace, and a militant website urged followers to "send this Ashif...
Bayern Munich’s coach Pep Guardiola
Guardiola rues another Champions League exit
Bayern Munich’s coach Pep GuardiolaMUNICH: Pep Guardiola views his three-year reign at Bayern Munich as a failure having again failed to steer the Bavarians to the Champions League final. But the Spaniard insisted after the Bavarian giants went out to Atletico Madrid on away goals that he has "given his life" to Bayern whom he will leave at the end of the season for Manchester City. Bayern lost the semi-final first leg 1-0 in Spain, and went...
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CBK sponsors AUK teams
KUWAIT: Within its activities in community service and those designed to boost sports awareness amongst various communal sects and university students, Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) has continued to support and sponsor sport teams at the American University in Kuwait (AUK) in the second semester of 2015-2016. Sports activities include; soccer, indoor soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis and table tennis teams. Speaking on the occasion,...
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AUB Chairman Hamad Al-Humaidhi
Ahli United Bank reports a profit of $154.6 million
AUB Chairman Hamad Al-HumaidhiKUWAIT: Ahli United Bank BSC (AUB) reported a net profit attributable to its equity shareholders of $154.6 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2016. The net profit reflected an increase of 5.0% in Q1/2016 as compared to the net profit figure of $147.2 million achieved in Q1/2015. The Q1/2016 net profit also represents a 31.0% improvement over the Q4/2015 trailing quarter reported profit of $118.0 million. The...
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Mezzan Holding’s quarterly revenue hits KD 55.7 million
KUWAIT: Mezzan Holding KSC, one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of food, beverage, FMCG and pharmaceutical products in the Gulf yesterday announced the company's financial results for Q1 2016. Quarterly revenue increased to KD55.7 million, representing a 5.3% increase on the same period in 2015 and the highest quarterly revenue in the company's history. Net profit was 4.8% lower at KD5.2 million for the three months ended March 31,...
LAS VEGAS: Michael S Dell, founder, chairman and CEO of Dell and EMC Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci
Dell and EMC combine to form Dell Technologies
LAS VEGAS: Michael S Dell, founder, chairman and CEO of Dell and EMC Chairman and CEO Joe TucciLAS VEGAS: Dell Inc and EMC Corporation have signed a definitive agreement under which Dell, together with its owners, Michael S Dell, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell, MSD Partners and Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, will acquire EMC Corporation, while maintaining VMware as a publicly-traded company. The...
ALABAMA: In this Saturday, March 2, 2013, photo, a cigarette burns in an ashtray at a home in Hayneville. A government study released yesterday shows that even though fewer US teens are smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke remains a big problem. —AP
Public smoking ban in Ethiopia’s capital
ADDIS ABABA: A ban on smoking at public gatherings has been announced by the mayor of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, according to local media reports yesterday.The new law makes smoking illegal in bars, cafés, restaurants, schools, hospitals and stadiums as well as cultural and religious events, but smoking on the streets is still permitted. Tobacco advertising is also banned, according to the state-controlled Fana Radio."Due to tobacco, people...
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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $55 mln in talc-powder trial
MISSOURI: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) was ordered by a US jury on Monday to pay $55 million to a woman who said that using the company's talc-powder products for feminine hygiene caused her to develop ovarian cancer.The verdict, which J&J plans to appeal, was the second straight trial loss for the company, which is facing about 1,200 lawsuits accusing it of not adequately warning consumers about its talc-based products' cancer risks.Following a...
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