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MUNICH: Germany’s Shkodran Mustafi, left, and Italy’s Simone Zaza challenge for the ball during a friendly soccer match between Germany and Italy at the Allianz Arena.—AP
Germany wins 4-1, beats Italy, for 1st time in over 20 years
MUNICH: Germany’s Shkodran Mustafi, left, and Italy’s Simone Zaza challenge for the ball during a friendly soccer match between Germany and Italy at the Allianz Arena.—APMUNICH: Mario Goetze scored on his international comeback to help Germany beat Italy for the first time in more than 20 years, a 4-1 drubbing in their friendly on Tuesday. Goetze, who had only played 53 minutes for Bayern Munich since a groin injury sustained against...
NEW DELHI: England’s Jason Roy (L) plays a shot past New Zealand’s wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi during the World T20 cricket tournament semi-final match between England and New Zealand at The Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Ground. — AFP
Roy steers England into World T20 final
NEW DELHI: England’s Jason Roy (L) plays a shot past New Zealand’s wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi during the World T20 cricket tournament semi-final match between England and New Zealand at The Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Ground. — AFPNEW DELHI: Opener Jason Roy’s 78 helped England sail into cricket’s World Twenty20 final with a crushing seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the last four in New Delhi yesterday.Chasing 154 for victory, England...
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Kuwait trap team wins gold at Arab Shooting Championship
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s double trap team won the gold medal, while Hamad Al- Afasi won the individual double trap competition during the 12th Arab Shooting Championship being held in Cairo. Egypt’s minister of youth and sports Eng Khalid Abdelaziz opened the championship earlier in the week.President of the Arab and Kuwait Shooting Federations Eng Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi, President of Egypt Olympic Committee Hisham Hatab, President of the African and...
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Alsalam crowned local handicapped champions
KUWAIT: Alsalam mentally challenged basketball team was crowned champions after beating Al- Ittihad 23-13 in the final match Tuesday evening during the second local handicapped championship. Al-Taawon finished in third place after defeating Shuhada 23-19. Abdallah Al-Haddan won first place in the epee fencing competition, followed by Faisal Al- Kandary in second and Atel Al-Dousaryy in third.Meanwhile in the junior category, Fahad Al- Bastaki...
KUWAIT: KIPCO’s Vice Chairman (Executive) Faisal Al-Ayyar speaks at the annual Shafafiyah (transparency) Investors’ Forum yesterday
KIPCO on track to double its profit by 2018
KUWAIT: KIPCO’s Vice Chairman (Executive) Faisal Al-Ayyar speaks at the annual Shafafiyah (transparency) Investors’ Forum yesterdayKUWAIT: At its annual Investors' Forum, KIPCO - the Kuwait Projects Company - said that while 2016's difficult trading conditions are expected to result in revenue growth in the high single digits for KIPCO, the company remains on track to double its 2014 profits by 2018. This is driven by the continued growth of...
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Global reports KD16.4 million revenues in 2015 - Company posts KD6.6 million net profit, proposes 5% cash dividend
Maha K Al-GhunaimKUWAIT: Global Investment House ("Global" or the "Company"), a regional asset management & investment banking firm headquartered in Kuwait, with offices in major capital markets in the MENA region, yesterday announced its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2015 reporting a net profit of KD6.6 million ($21.7 million) and earnings per share of 8 Kuwaiti fils.Key points of the results:* 2015 net profit of KD6.6...
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NBK increases its capital by 6.5% - Bank to maintain healthy capitalization on Basel 3 rules
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait’s (NBK) board of directors has agreed to increase the bank’s capital through a 6.5 percent rights issue. The bank will issue 343.96 million shares at 400 fils per share. The issuance price includes an issuance premium of 300 fils per share on top of the par value of 100 fils per share. Following the capital increase, NBK’s issued and paid-in capital will reach KD 563.57 million distributed over 5,635.66...
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Infiniti Al-Babtain conducts Infiniti Kuwait national sales competition
KUWAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co (AABC), the authorised distributor of Infiniti in the State of Kuwait, conducted the 2015 Infiniti National Sales Competition. The competition pitted the skills and knowledge of AABC’s top three Infiniti Sales Ambassadors focussing on various sales skills that included product knowledge, general automotive information, sales processes and technology.The day’s program commenced with a written...
WASHINGTON: In this Feb 17, 2016 file photo, an iPhone is seen. —AP
Apple still clueless on how FBI hacked iPhone without help - Complicates Apple's job repairing software flaws
WASHINGTON: In this Feb 17, 2016 file photo, an iPhone is seen. —APWASHINGTON: The FBI's announcement that it mysteriously hacked into an iPhone is a public setback for Apple Inc, as consumers learned that they can't keep the government out of even an encrypted device that US officials had claimed was impossible to crack. Apple, meanwhile, remains in the dark about how to restore the security of its flagship product.The government said it was...
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HONOLULU: Hawaii Rep Cindy Evans, Majority Floor Leader, talks about the need for information on how much marijuana a driver can safely consume before getting behind the wheel of a car. — AP
How much marijuana is OK while driving?
HONOLULU: Hawaii Rep Cindy Evans, Majority Floor Leader, talks about the need for information on how much marijuana a driver can safely consume before getting behind the wheel of a car. — APHONOLULU : Hawaii lawmakers are asking how much marijuana a driver can safely consume before getting behind the wheel of a car. It's an issue they want to tackle now that Hawaii is setting up medical marijuana dispensaries. So Rep Cindy Evans and 15 other...
This file photo taken on March 23, 2010 shows actress Patty Duke speaking during the Social Security Administration Reunites the cast of ‘The Patty Duke Show’ press conference. — AFP
Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke dies at 69
This file photo taken on March 23, 2010 shows actress Patty Duke speaking during the Social Security Administration Reunites the cast of ‘The Patty Duke Show’ press conference. — AFPActress and singer Patty Duke, who won an Oscar at age 16 for her portrayal of deaf-blind political activist Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker," died Tuesday. She was 69. Duke, whose real name was Anna Pearce, had developed sepsis from a ruptured intestine,...
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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
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