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LEICESTER: Leicester’s Jamie Vardy, right, battles for the ball with West Bromwich Albion’s Claudio Yacob during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Tuesday. — AP
Leicester are up for the fight: Ranieri
LEICESTER: Leicester’s Jamie Vardy, right, battles for the ball with West Bromwich Albion’s Claudio Yacob during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Tuesday. — APLEICESTER: Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri said his side were ready to fight for the Premier League title after the setback of a 2-2 home draw against West Bromwich Albion....
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HH the Amir’s Fifth Annual Grand Prix awarding ceremony today
KUWAIT: The first gold medal will be awarded today during HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah, Fifth Annual Grand Prix in the women’s trap event. Competition will start at 9 am, while the finals will be at 3 pm.Today, the pre-event-training for the men’s trap will be on 50 targets, as the finals will be tomorrow on 75 targets. Thirty one countries are participating: Algeria, Bahrain, Czech, Egypt, UAE, Estonia, Hungary,...
DHAKA: Bangladesh's captain Mashrafe Mortaza, right, and Mahmudullah celebrate after winning the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricketnmatch against Pakistan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday. Bangladesh won by five wickets. – APn
Bangladesh beat Pakistan to reach Asia Cup final
DHAKA: Bangladesh's captain Mashrafe Mortaza, right, and Mahmudullah celebrate after winning the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricketmatch against Pakistan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday. Bangladesh won by five wickets. – APDHAKA: Bangladesh qualified for the final of the Asia Cup after beating Pakistan by five wickets. Pakistan recovered from 28-4 to post 129-7, before Bangladesh reached a winning total of 131-5 in 19.1 overs. Mahmudullah...
MUMBAI: Indians walk past closed jewelry shops at Zaveri Bazar — the centre of India’s jewelry trade-in Mumbai yesterday. Jewelers across gold-loving India started a three-day strike yesterday in a bid to force the government to shelve plans for a controversial excise tax announced in this week’s budget. — AFP
Jewelers across gold-loving India strike over ‘excise tax’
MUMBAI: Indians walk past closed jewelry shops at Zaveri Bazar — the centre of India’s jewelry trade-in Mumbai yesterday. Jewelers across gold-loving India started a three-day strike yesterday in a bid to force the government to shelve plans for a controversial excise tax announced in this week’s budget. — AFPMUMBAI: Jewelers across gold-loving India started a three-day strike yesterday in a bid to force the government to shelve plans...
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Ooredoo and Ericsson to address M2M Opportunities and partner on Radio Dot
KUWAIT: Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Ooredoo Kuwait, a telecommunications operator and member of the Ooredoo Group, announced a partnership to expand the established M2M and IoT partnership between both companies during MWC 2016, which took place recently in Barcelona. Ooredoo Kuwait is launching the launching advanced M2M/IoT Connectivity Management Service using Ericsson DCP platform, a service that will promote the creation of IoT business in...
Mike Weston, Vice President for Cisco Middle East
Cisco believes businesses in ME must go digital to stay ahead
Mike Weston, Vice President for Cisco Middle EastKUWAIT: Digital disruption means getting to business outcomes faster. Cisco can help customers transform their businesses and thrive in this 'new normal'. With new solutions enabling Customer Experience, Workforce Experience, and Digital Ceiling - Cisco announces a suite of offers that are taking business models to a whole new level.In this era of digitization, expectations are quickly on the...
KAZAKHSTAN: Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko (left), Sergey Volkov, (center) and US astronaut Scott Kelly rest in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan. — AP photos
International Space Station's 'one year crew' returns home - Preparing for a potential mission to Mars
KAZAKHSTAN: Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko (left), Sergey Volkov, (center) and US astronaut Scott Kelly rest in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-18M space capsule after they landed in a remote area outside the town of Dzhezkazgan. — AP photosDZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan: US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth yesterday after spending almost a year in space in a ground-breaking experiment foreshadowing a...
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Disney’s ‘Zootopia’ is wildly entertaining
Just when it was looking like animated animal movies had run out of anything original to say, along comes the smartly amusing, crisply relevant “Zootopia” to handily demonstrate there’s still plenty of bite left in the anthropomorphic CG menagerie.Boasting a pitch perfect voice cast led by a terrific Ginnifer Goodwin as a righteous rural rabbit who becomes the first cotton-tailed police recruit in the mammal-centric city of “Zootopia,”...
Russell Gipson Shearer displays on his phone how the Whistle pet tracker follows his dog Rocket.
Pet Tech keep animals safe, healthy and connected
Russell Gipson Shearer displays on his phone how the Whistle pet tracker follows his dog Rocket.Technology isn’t just for humans anymore. It’s also for their furry friends. In Silicon Valley and beyond, a growing number of startups are selling devices to keep pets safe, healthy, entertained and connected when their owners are away. “Pet tech” entrepreneurs and investors see a big opportunity as pet ownership grows and owners show a...
KUWAIT: MPs attend a parliament session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
MPs approve extra KD 150m for Eurofighter warplanes; New MP, minister sworn in - Housing body gets more authority
KUWAIT: MPs attend a parliament session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The National Assembly yesterday approved a law allowing the government to withdraw KD 150 million from state reserves to support the defense ministry. Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah said the money will be used to make an advance payment for the purchase of Eurofighter warplanes. Head of the budgets committee MP...
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Police arrests 4,000 in Jleeb crackdown, releases 3,000 later
KUWAIT: Over four thousand people were arrested during a crackdown on lawbreakers in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh yesterday, but around 3,000 were later released, the Ministry of Interior announced. Out of 4,015 people detained during the campaign, only 1,053 were sent for deportation while the remaining 2,962 were released after their papers were inspected, the ministry's Relations and Security Media Department said in a statement. Policemen raided...
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Despite ministry orders, some schools raise fees
KUWAIT: Despite the Education Ministry's orders which bans increasing private school fees for the 2016/2017 academic year, a number of schools are already asking for tuitions with up to 12 percent increases.For example, one school has raised the fees from KD 1,730 to KD 1,900 for the kindergarten stage, from KD 2,775 to KD 3,050 for the preliminary stage, and from KD 4,415 to KD 4,850 for high school, according to sources. Parents were told to...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable