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KABUL: Afghan security forces secure the area after a suicide attack on Tuesday.-AP
Death toll from Taleban attack in Kabul rises to 64
KABUL: Afghan security forces secure the area after a suicide attack on Tuesday.-APKABUL: The death toll from Tuesday's Taliban attack in Kabul rose sharply overnight from 28 to 64, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, Kabul's police chief, said Wednesday during a press conference that two investigative teams have been appointed to investigate the attack in Kabul. He added that most of the casualties were...
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ITF president says hearing scheduled in Sharapova case
Maria SharapovaLAUSANNE: A disciplinary hearing has been scheduled in Maria Sharapova’s doping case, with a ruling possible before Wimbledon starts. International Tennis Federation president David Haggerty said yesterday that the Tennis Integrity Unit typically takes “two to three months” to process a case. That could deliver a verdict in June. Haggerty said he has not been told details by the independent investigation unit, including when...
LAS VEGAS: In this Saturday, March 5, 2016 file photo, Conor McGregor, right, trades punches with Nate Diaz during their UFC 196 welterweight mixed martial arts match in Las Vegas. Conor McGregor has packed a punch on social media rather than inside a UFC cage. One of the UFC’s top draws, McGregor created a stir Tuesday when he tweeted that retirement was on the horizon. — AP
McGregor pulled from UFC 200, tweets retirement talk
LAS VEGAS: In this Saturday, March 5, 2016 file photo, Conor McGregor, right, trades punches with Nate Diaz during their UFC 196 welterweight mixed martial arts match in Las Vegas. Conor McGregor has packed a punch on social media rather than inside a UFC cage. One of the UFC’s top draws, McGregor created a stir Tuesday when he tweeted that retirement was on the horizon. — APWASHINGTON: Conor McGregor is officially out of UFC 200. His...
Secretary General Al-Azmi in a group picture
Al-Nasser defeat Al-Wahda 11-6 in target ball competition
Secretary General Al-Azmi in a group pictureKUWAIT: Competitions of the local tournament for the disabled continued at Kuwait Disabled Sports Club, under an outstanding technical level by player in the three sports being played shooting, athletics and target ball for the blind.Results of the target ball for the blind saw Al-Nasser team defeat Al-Wahda with the score of 11-6, making sure it will win the tournament one day ahead of its conclusion,...
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Saudi close to securing a $10 billion bank loan
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is close to securing a $10 billion, five-year bank loan, the government's first significant foreign borrowing for over a decade, as the world's top oil exporter seeks to fill a record budget gap caused by low crude prices. The kingdom had initially aimed to raise between $6 billion and $8 billion, but the Ministry of Finance increased the amount after drawing substantial demand, sources said yesterday. They said the loan was...
VIVA’s CEO Eng Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Badran
VIVA launches web page for Investor Relations
VIVA’s CEO Eng Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-BadranKUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastestgrowing and most developed telecom operator, launched its web page for Investor Relations. This special page will be the official platform for VIVA to communicate with the shareholders, financial community, stakeholders and third parties.The investor Relations Division has adopt high-end and professional standards to design this page based on VIVA’s financial...
Hamad Abdulmohsen Al-Marzouq
KFH net profits hits KD 34.1 m
Hamad Abdulmohsen Al-MarzouqKUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Hamad Abdulmohsen Al-Marzouq said that "KFH has, by the grace of Allah, realized a KD 34.1 million net profits for the first quarter of 2016 for KFH shareholders compared to KD 29.9 million for the same period last year ie an increase of 14.1%. Net finance revenues for Q1 this year reached KD 96 Million i.e. a growth increase by 7% compared to the same period last year...
Burgan Bank Chairman
Burgan Bank holds Annual General Assembly meeting, Shafafiya Forum
Burgan Bank ChairmanKUWAIT: Burgan Bank held its Ordinary and Extraordinary General Assembly meeting and Al Shafafiya Investors forum yesterday at the KIPCO Tower, wherein the Board of Directors presented the bank's financial earnings report for the year ended December 31, 2015 and agreed to a pay of 18 Fils cash dividends. The bank closed the financial year 2015 with strong results and realized a solid operating & financial performance which...
DEWA MD&CEO H.E. Saeed Al Tayer at the Inauguration (Center), with Frederic Abbal (Left) and Benoit Dubarle (Right)
Schneider Electric promotes IoT, smart cities at tech event
DEWA MD&CEO H.E. Saeed Al Tayer at the Inauguration (Center), with Frederic Abbal (Left) and Benoit Dubarle (Right)DUBAI: IoT-powered smart cities that converge operational technology (OT) with information technology (IT) can provide energy optimization and improve citizen services through analytics, real-time data management and intelligence capabilities. Built around this concept, Schneider Electric’s fourth ‘Power to the Cloud’ was held...
NEW YORK: This undated file image provided by Amgen Inc shows the cholesterollowering drug Repatha.
Breakthrough cholesterol drugs fizzle amid price pushback
NEW YORK: This undated file image provided by Amgen Inc shows the cholesterollowering drug Repatha.WASHINGTON: When a powerful pair of cholesterol-lowering drugs first hit the market last summer, initial excitement in the medical community quickly turned to panic. The new drugs promised to reduce artery-clogging cholesterol by nearly twice as much as older ones. But they came at an eye-popping price: More than $14,000 per year, compared with...
LA CORUNA, Galicia, Spain: Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (R) controls the ball next to Deportivo La Coruna's defender Fernando Navarro during the Spanish league football match RC Deportivo de la Coruna vs FC Barcelona at the Municipal de Riazor stadium in La Coruna yesterday. — AFP
Barca bounce back with 8-0 rout
LA CORUNA, Galicia, Spain: Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (R) controls the ball next to Deportivo La Coruna's defender Fernando Navarro during the Spanish league football match RC Deportivo de la Coruna vs FC Barcelona at the Municipal de Riazor stadium in La Coruna yesterday. — AFPMADRID: Barcelona bounced back from their worst run of La Liga defeats for 13 years in emphatic fashion as Luis Suarez scored four in an 8-0 thrashing of...
Chairman Shafi Al-Hajiri
KDSC president Al-Hajiri to be awarded in Bahrain
Chairman Shafi Al-HajiriKUWAIT: Kuwait Disabled Sports Club (KDSC) President Shafi Al-Hajiri won the social responsibility in the sports sector award at the GCC countries level, by the regional network for social responsibility which is based in Bahrain.The club received a letter from the awarding officials telling that Al-Hajiri was selected for this prize along with other sports personalities. The club said winning this award came after the...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
Prince Mohammed endorses Saudi FIFA World Cup 2034 bid