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Gulf Bank's concludes Annual General Meeting - Chairman Omar Alghanim: "Gulf Bank is well placed to continue to develop and innovate"

Omar Kutayba Alghanim (Center)KUWAIT: Gulf Bank today held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Movenpick Hotel, Kuwait, where shareholders approved the company's audited financial results for the year ended 31 December 2015 and endorsed the recommendation of Gulf Bank's Board of Directors for a cash dividend of 4 fils per share.For the year ended 31 December 2015, Gulf Bank's operating profit before provisions reached KD 108 million and net...

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan bin Salman stands for pictures with a group of young Arab students at the Global Aerospace Summit. — AP

Saudi job creation dries up as oil prices slump

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan bin Salman stands for pictures with a group of young Arab students at the Global Aerospace Summit. — APRIYADH: Saudi Arabia's plans for economic reform foresee winding down 'jobs for life' in an inefficient state bureaucracy and replacing them with new careers in a dynamic private sector. That's the theory, at least. But in the short term, there is a problem: 2016 is set to be an abysmal year for job...

KIPCO Vice ChairmannFaisal Al Ayyar

KIPCO completes $500m bond issue

KIPCO Vice ChairmanFaisal Al AyyarKUWAIT: KIPCO - the Kuwait Projects Company - has announced that it has successfully completed the issue of a US$ 500 million (KD 151.8 million) bond under its US$ 3 billion Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) Program. The issue was 2.5times oversubscribed. The seven year fixed rate notes are listed on the London Stock Exchange and carry a fixed rate coupon of 5%. The issue extends the maturity profile of KIPCO’s...

SEOUL: South Korean professional Go player Lee Sedol, right, prepares for his second stone against Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, as Google DeepMind’s lead programmer Aja Huang, left, sits during the Google DeepMind Challenge Match in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday. Google’s computer program AlphaGo defeated its human opponent, South Korean Go champion Lee Sedol, yesterday in the first game of a historic five-game match between human and computer. —AP

Machine beats top Go player in win for artificial intelligence

SEOUL: South Korean professional Go player Lee Sedol, right, prepares for his second stone against Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, as Google DeepMind’s lead programmer Aja Huang, left, sits during the Google DeepMind Challenge Match in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday. Google’s computer program AlphaGo defeated its human opponent, South Korean Go champion Lee Sedol, yesterday in the first game of a historic five-game match...

George Martin

‘Fifth Beatle’ George Martin dies at 90

George MartinLegendary British record producer George Martin, who turned the Beatles into the best-selling band in history, has died aged 90, his family said yesterday, as tributes poured in for "a giant of music". Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was the first to give the news, tweeting a picture of the "Fab Four" with Martin and saying: "God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and his family... George will be missed". Paul McCartney-the only...

Willow Smith does a kick boxing move before Chanel’s Fall-Winter 2016-2017 ready to wear fashion collection presented in Paris.—AP

Willow Smith, 15, becomes new face of Chanel

Willow Smith does a kick boxing move before Chanel’s Fall-Winter 2016-2017 ready to wear fashion collection presented in Paris.—APWillow Smith, the 15-year-old daughter of the US actor Will Smith, was named Tuesday as an ambassador for French fashion house Chanel. The actress and singer, who made her screen debut at seven in the 2007 film “I Am Legend” which starred her father, was on the Paris front row Tuesday to see Chanel’s...

DHARMSALA: Oman's Ajay Lalcheta, left and Munis Ansari react after they won the ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket tournament against Irelandnat the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium in Dharmsala, India, yesterday. Oman won by two wickets. – AP

Oman stun Ireland at World Twenty20 - Tamim heroics guides Bangladesh to win

DHARMSALA: Oman's Ajay Lalcheta, left and Munis Ansari react after they won the ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket tournament against Irelandat the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium in Dharmsala, India, yesterday. Oman won by two wickets. – APDHARAMSALA: World Twenty20 debutants Oman stunned Ireland by two wickets in a thrilling last-over finish yesterday with lower-order batsman Aamer Ali's 32-run blitz achieving the target...

LONDON: Paris Saint-Germain's French midfielder Adrien Rabiot (L) scores the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg football match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. -- AFP

Ibrahimovic leaves Chelsea KO again

LONDON: Paris Saint-Germain's French midfielder Adrien Rabiot (L) scores the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg football match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. -- AFPLONDON: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored one and created another as Paris Saint-Germain won 2-1 at Stamford Bridge yesterday to eliminate Chelsea from the Champions League for the second season running....

Players in action

Exciting competition in Kuwait 9-ball Championship

Players in actionKUWAIT: Director of Kuwait Annual 9 Ball Tournament being held at Hot Shot Plazio Hall in Hawally expressed his pleasure at the launch of the 33rd tournament in which more than 160 players both professional and juniors, also for the large crowd that contributed to the tournament’s success.He expected the tournament to see a strong competition in upcoming games as many players have shown outstanding performance and wished the...

Don Bosco

UGC holds Inter-School Soccer tourney for U-14 - ‘Friendship through Sports’

Don BoscoKUWAIT: On the turn of the season, when the cold winds refused to make way for a warmer weather, the United Goans Center held the Inter-School Soccer tournament for kids under the age of 14 at the Surra ground. Since its initiation in 1976, the UGC has always promoted the beautiful game among children. In 2000, UGC had also organized a similar tournament on Sour Grounds which saw Jabriya Indian School lift the Inter School trophy that...

File photo, the then vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Craig Reedie speaks at a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey

Sharapova drug prevalent in tennis: Ex WADA chief

File photo, the then vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Craig Reedie speaks at a news conference in Istanbul, TurkeyLONDON: The use of meldonium, the drug taken by Maria Sharapova, was common in tennis before it was banned, Dick Pound, chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency's investigation into Russian athletics, said yesterday. Five-times grand slam champion Sharapova tested positive for the drug at this year's...

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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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