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Trousers go baggy as men's fashion gets supersized
The world is about to go all baggy. As stock markets tumble and economists talk of more tightening of belts, fashion has gone supersized, with Paris catwalks overflowing Wednesday with outsized overcoats and baggy trousers.If the first day of the menswear catwalks shows is anything to go by, men will be flapping around in too-long trousers and enormous ankle-length coats when the new autumn-winter designs hit the shops in six months' time. Most...
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IMF revises its global growth estimates lower - KAMCO Investment Research Report
KUWAIT: IMF revised its global growth estimates lower, in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) released in January-16, after slashing growth expectations three times in 2015. Global growth was revised downwards, albeit marginally by 20 bps for both 2016 & 2017, and current growth expectations are projected at 3.4 percent for 2016 and 3.6 percent for 2017.Global GDP growth in 2015 remained modest at 3.1 percent. The subdued growth in 2015 was largely...
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Fascinating perfection: All-New 2016 KIA Optima unveiled at Marina Mall
KUWAIT: The evolution of KIA's best-selling model continued on Wednesday, Jan 20 with the unveiling of the All-New 2016 Optima at a breathtaking event at Marina Mall's main dome area in the presence of Ahmad Al-Mutawa, Chairman & CEO of Abdulaziz Al-Ali Al-Mutawa Group of Companies, Kenny Kim, Deputy GM at KIA HQ for the ME & Africa, a delegation from the embassy of the Republic of Korea to Kuwait, business partners & members of the...
BEIJING: A man walks past a branch of the Hu Da hot pot restaurant chain. —AP
China busts 35 restaurants using opium as seasoning
BEIJING: A man walks past a branch of the Hu Da hot pot restaurant chain. —APBEIJING: Thirty-five restaurants across China, including a popular Beijing hot pot chain, have been found illegally using opium poppies as seasoning, one of the more unusual practices bedeviling the country’s food regulators.Five restaurants are being prosecuted while 30 others, ranging from Shanghai dumpling joints to noodle shops in southwestern Chongqing, are...
LEICESTER: Leicester's Danny Simpson (left) and Stoke's Mame Biram Diouf battle for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Stoke City at the King Power Stadium yesterday. - AP
Vardy strikes as Leicester go top again
LEICESTER: Leicester's Danny Simpson (left) and Stoke's Mame Biram Diouf battle for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Stoke City at the King Power Stadium yesterday. - APLEICESTER: Jamie Vardy rediscovered his Midas touch to extend Leicester City's fairytale season as they regained top spot in the Premier League with a 3-0 win at home to Stoke yesterday. The England striker had not scored for...
MALAGA: Barcelona's Turkish midfielder Arda Turan (left) vies with Malaga's Argentinean defender Marcos Alberto Angeleri during the Spanish league football match Malaga CF vs FC Barcelona yesterday. - AFP
Barcelona back on top after Messi stunner
MALAGA: Barcelona's Turkish midfielder Arda Turan (left) vies with Malaga's Argentinean defender Marcos Alberto Angeleri during the Spanish league football match Malaga CF vs FC Barcelona yesterday. - AFPMADRID: Lionel Messi scored a spectacular winner as Barcelona moved to the top of La Liga with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Malaga yesterday. The European champions were handed the perfect start when Munir El Haddadi tapped home the opener after...
MANCHESTER: Southampton's English striker Charlie Austin (2nd left) heads the ball to score the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Southampton yesterday. - AFP
Debutant Austin punishes desperate Man United
MANCHESTER: Southampton's English striker Charlie Austin (2nd left) heads the ball to score the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Southampton yesterday. - AFPMANCHESTER: Debutant Charlie Austin's late goal earned Southampton a 1-0 victory at Manchester United yesterday that put the pressure back on beaten manager Louis van Gaal. Austin joined Southampton for £4 million ($5.7 million, 5.2...
SYDNEY: Manish Pandey of India bats during the fourth one-day international cricket match between India and Australia in Sydney yesterday. - AFP nn
Pandey heroics give India thrilling ODI win
SYDNEY: Manish Pandey of India bats during the fourth one-day international cricket match between India and Australia in Sydney yesterday. - AFPSYDNEY: Manish Pandey scored a brilliant unbeaten 104 as India beat Australia by six wickets in a thrilling one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. After Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl, Australia scored an imposing 330 for seven off their 50...
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Kuwait keen to help Lebanon on refugees' file: KRCS Chairman
BEIRUT: The visiting chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Dr Hilal Al-Sayer yesterday reiterated support to Lebanon regarding the Syrian refugees in the country. In a statement to KUNA following talks with Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Samir Mokbel, Sayer said that the KRCS would carry on with their efforts offering aid and relief supplies to the Syrian refugees.He added that the meeting with Mokbel offered an...
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Kerala minister holds talks in Kuwait on nurse recruitment - MoH delegation to visit India next month
KUWAIT: A two-member delegation from Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) will visit the Indian state of Kerala next month to follow up the agreement reached between Kuwait and India in October last year streamlining the recruitment of Indian nurses to Kuwait through three government agencies.The delegation consisting of Dr Jamal Mansour Al-Harbi, assistant undersecretary for medical services affairs, and Dr Mahmoud Al-Abdulhadi, assistant...
Bahraini men look at a Kuwaiti Airways plane during the opening of the Bahrain International Airshow 2016, in Sakhir, south of the capital Manama, on January 21, 2016. / AFP / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH
KAC to provide modern medical services onboard
Bahraini men look at a Kuwaiti Airways plane during the opening of the Bahrain International Airshow 2016, in Sakhir, south of the capital Manama, on January 21, 2016. / AFP / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKHMANAMA: Kuwait Airways announced Thursday that it will equip its new planes with modern medical services, including connecting the plane with a medical system that enables the pilot to follow the health condition of any ill passenger with a medical center...
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Britain's King Charles III (L) welcomes Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, in London, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt / POOL / AFP)
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