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This undated handout picture shows a rare violet uncut diamond discovered in August 2015 at Australia’s remote Argyle mine. — AFP
‘Impossibly rare’ violet diamond found in Australia
This undated handout picture shows a rare violet uncut diamond discovered in August 2015 at Australia’s remote Argyle mine. — AFPA rare violet diamond, the largest of its kind ever found at Australia’s remote Argyle mine, will be the centrepiece of Rio Tinto’s annual pink diamonds showcase, the company said Tuesday.The rough gem, discovered in August 2015 at a mine where more than 90 percent of the world’s pink and red jewels are...
A Sotherby’s employee holds Lesedi La Rona Diamond on Tuesday 3, 2016 in New York City. — AP
Diamond the size of a tennis ball could fetch $70 million
A Sotherby’s employee holds Lesedi La Rona Diamond on Tuesday 3, 2016 in New York City. — APA London auctioneer says a diamond the size of a tennis ball that is the largest discovered in more than a century could sell for more than $70 million. Sotheby's says it will offer the Lesedi la Rona diamond in London on June 29. The diamond was unearthed in November in Botswana at a mine owned by Canada's Lucara Diamond Corporation. It measured...
In this file photo, Chinese singer Song Zuying performs during the ‘Cultures of China, Festival of Spring’ concert at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. — AP
China military tries musical approach to image building
In this file photo, Chinese singer Song Zuying performs during the ‘Cultures of China, Festival of Spring’ concert at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. — APChina's military has a bulging arsenal of ships, warplanes and missiles, but this week, music is its weapon of choice. A new recruiting video aimed at Chinese millennials raised on pop tunes and video games features a rap-rock soundtrack with lyrics such as "just waiting for the...
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, center, attends the presentation of his ‘cruise’ line for fashion house Chanel, at the Paseo del Prado street in Havana, Cuba
Fashionistas, celebrities jam Chanel fashion show in Havana
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, center, attends the presentation of his ‘cruise’ line for fashion house Chanel, at the Paseo del Prado street in Havana, CubaWealthy fashionistas and celebrities from around the world flocked beneath klieg lights Wednesday night on a grand Havana colonial avenue transformed into a private runway for French fashion house Chanel. With hundreds of security agents holding ordinary Cubans behind police lines...
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No visa transfer from govt contracts to private sector - Talks held over school fee hike; Govt defers debate on reforms
Hind Al-SubaihKUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih yesterday denied reports that the door was open to transfer workers on government projects to the private sector. The minister added those holding domestic helper residencies are also not allowed to transfer to the private sector. She announced that meetings will take place before the holy month of Ramadan, which begins early June, to take new decisions and determine...
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Prime Minister in Bangladesh
DHAKA: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is received by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed at the airport yesterday. Bangladesh is the first leg of an Asian tour that will take Sheikh Jaber and his accompanying delegation to Vietnam, South Korea and Japan. - KUNA
KUWAIT: Minister of Communications and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Essa Al-Kandari tours Kuwait International Airport yesterday. - KUNA
Minister urges extensive preps for travel season
KUWAIT: Minister of Communications and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Essa Al-Kandari tours Kuwait International Airport yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: Touring airport preparations for the onslaught of the summer travel season, Minister of Communications and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Essa Al-Kandari stressed yesterday the imperative to have all airport-related streamlining projects completed in record time.This came out in a...
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Expat contract oil workers end strike
KUWAIT: More than 1,200 contract oil workers, all expats, who downed tools and stopped work Monday over unpaid allowances ended the strike yesterday. The men all work on a KOC project site in Rawdatain, northern Kuwait.The Ministry of Labor’s Public Authority for Manpower convinced the workers to return to work after the company agreed to pay them their dues.Industrial action including strikes and work stoppages by expatriates are illegal in...
Scene from a security crackdown carried out in Khaitan
Hundreds arrested in Khaitan crackdown
KUWAIT: A security campaign took place in Khaitan in the presence of Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Operations Affairs Maj Gen Jamal Al-Sayegh and participation of Assistant Undersecretary for General Security Maj Gen Ibrahim Al-Tarrah. The area's surroundings were cordoned off and suspicious places were raided. The campaign resulted in the arrest of 255 persons in violation of residency laws, seven wanted on criminal cases, nine...
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Rents to drop soon?
KUWAIT: A number of real estate experts detected a 10 percent drop in apartment rentals in investment areas such as Salwa, Fahaheel, Mahboula and Fintas, and stressed that an increase of vacant newly-built buildings has helped reduce prices even beyond 10 percent in some cases.However, the experts remarked that the new buildings were not the only reason behind the drop, adding that laying off and deporting thousands of expats had played a major...
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Bachelors in Salmiya Block 12 must leave
KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Municipality Eng Ahmad Al-Manfouhi formed a team from the municipality, Interior Ministry and residents from block 12 in Salmiya, and gave them two weeks to solve the problem of having bachelors living in the area.Manfouhi said the process of interrupting power to violating homes rented to bachelors had already started, as direct orders were given to Hawally branch director and emergency team in cooperation with...
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Probe in gold seals ‘theft’
KUWAIT: Sources said that the precious metals sector at the ministry of commerce and industry discovered during an inventory that four seals used to mark gold were missing, besides the loss of quantities of platinum that were in six systems for marking this highly expensive metal.The ministry sent complaints to the public prosecution on suspicion of thefts and public funds squandering, as the missing items are considered public fund crimes.The...
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