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Successful power boat run in Kuwait
KUWAIT: In an exciting atmosphere, the power boat run 2016 concluded its activities on Saturday evening, the run started from Marina to Kout, with the participation of more than 15 boats including the champions of Kuwait headed by Dr Tarek Al Kazemi the head of the higher organizing committee of power boat run 2016.The 45 minutes event witnessed great attendance of audience and fans of the sport, there was also a notable security for the event -...
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Salwa Cup kicks off on Wednesday
KUWAIT: Kuwait International Table Tennis Federation 12th Professional Tournament “Salwa Cup”, will kick off under the patronage of HH the Amir on Wednesday March 16th with the participation of 34 countries, 100 men and 85 women, at the late Khalid Yousuf Khalid Al-Marzouq hall at Salwa Sports Club in Qurain area.The Higher Organizing Committee (HOC) was formed under the chairmanship of Sheikh Duaij Fahad Al-Duaij, Sheikha Naeema Al-Ahmad...
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B2 Stealth Bombers to Asia Pacific
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Hackers tried to steal $951m from Bangladesh bank
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s central bank confirmed yesterday that cyber criminals tried to withdraw $951 million from its US bank account, as the country’s finance minister said he first got to know of one of the biggest bank heists in history through the media.Unknown hackers breached the computer systems of Bangladesh Bank, and transferred $81 million from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to casinos in the Philippines between...
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Repercussions and available options as oil prices plunge - GOIC economic report
KUWAIT: The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) has issued an economic report on the repercussions and available options in the face of oil prices decline, noting that oil is the main source of income and the backbone of GCC economies, as its share of the GDP is approximately 47 percent. Without much effort, any researcher can identify the close link between GCC economic growth and oil prices and discover that oil surpluses are the...
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GCC states record budget deficits as oil prices dip - KAMCO GCC Quarterly Economic Report
KUWAIT: Budget deficits were recorded across all GCC states for the first nine months of 2015 as oil revenues plunged and state revenues fell below expenditure. As a result, the GCC is expected to report a deficit in government finances of approximately $160 billion in 2015, a phenomenon not witnessed in the recent past. The current account balance for the GCC is also expected to come in negative for full year 2015, based on our analysis of IMF...
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Qualitynet participates in Capacity Middle East 2016
Sabah MohamedKUWAIT: Qualitynet, Kuwait’s #1 ICT, Data Communications & Internet Services provider participated at Capacity Middle East ‘16, held in Dubai between 1st & 3rd March.The brand is a Gold Sponsor of the event, which marks its 11th anniversary this year. Capacity ME ‘16 attracted over 1,400 Telecom professionals representing more than 430 companies across the globe, the biggest event in their 11 year history. The event has...
BRAZIL: File photo shows a researcher holds a container with female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Pauloís University in Sao Paulo, Brazil. —AP
Mosquitoes' rapid spread poses threat beyond Zika - Invasive species spread diseases to Europe and Americas
BRAZIL: File photo shows a researcher holds a container with female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Pauloís University in Sao Paulo, Brazil. —APLONDON: As the world focuses on Zika's rapid advance in the Americas, experts warn the virus that originated in Africa is just one of a growing number of continent-jumping diseases carried by mosquitoes threatening swathes of humanity. The battle against the...
Dinah-Jane Hansen, from left, Ally Brooke, Lauren Jauregui, Normani Hamilton and Camila Cabello of Fifth Harmony get slimed at the Kids’ Choice Awards at The Forum.
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2016 - Blake Shelton slimes himself to end the show
Dinah-Jane Hansen, from left, Ally Brooke, Lauren Jauregui, Normani Hamilton and Camila Cabello of Fifth Harmony get slimed at the Kids’ Choice Awards at The Forum.The annual ceremony's messy tradition was upheld this year - and host Blake made sure no one was safe Blake Shelton brought the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2016 to a messy end as he slimed himself. The Voice star hosted the annual ceremony, and made sure no one was safe from the...
In this photo provided by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an Indian statue believed to be from the 8th and 10th centuries AD that authorities say was stolen and smuggled out of India is shown. — AP
1,000-year-old Indian statues seized from NYC auction house
In this photo provided by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an Indian statue believed to be from the 8th and 10th centuries AD that authorities say was stolen and smuggled out of India is shown. — APTwo Indian statues that are more than 1,000 years old were seized Friday from Christie’s auction house after investigators discovered they had been smuggled out of the country, eventually landing in New York. The antiquities were...
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Crisis of reducing oil sector labor privileges intensifies
KUWAIT: In a new development regarding the problem of reducing the privileges of oil sector employees, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s (KPC) CEO Nizar Al-Adsani is scheduled to meet tomorrow with heads of labor syndicates to discuss measures made by KPC to cut down expenses and stop the constant growth of payrolls’ cost over the next five years. This comes following an agreement between KPC and oil syndicates to form a special joint committee...
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Trio arrested for forging work permits
KUWAIT: Three Asians were arrested for forging work permits for KD 500 per transaction, said security sources. Case papers indicate that one of the suspects was arrested at a checkpoint in Rabiya with some fake official documents. The suspect confessed to forging work permits along with two other accomplices he led the police to.Remote controlA citizen reported that a smartphone technician at a Hawally workshop hacked his mobile phone and...
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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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
Mideast seethes amid carnage
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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
The impact of oil discoveries
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MoH underlines importance of compact imaging device