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MUMBAI: Indian travellers use a free WiFi service to browse the net at Mumbai Central Train Station in Mumbai on Friday. Google Inc has begun offering free WiFi to Mumbai train passengers in hopes of boosting its role in the Indian market, the first of 400 stations the company plans to eventually reach with the service. — AP
Mumbai travelers log on as Google starts train station Wi-Fi
MUMBAI: Indian travellers use a free WiFi service to browse the net at Mumbai Central Train Station in Mumbai on Friday. Google Inc has begun offering free WiFi to Mumbai train passengers in hopes of boosting its role in the Indian market, the first of 400 stations the company plans to eventually reach with the service. — APMUMBAI: Google Inc has begun offering free Wi-Fi to Mumbai train passengers in hopes of boosting its role in the Indian...
John Krasinski, left, and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the Academy Awards nominations for best performance by an actor in a leading role at the 88th Academy Awards nomination ceremony in Beverly Hills. — AP
Academy vows to double women, minority members by 2020
John Krasinski, left, and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the Academy Awards nominations for best performance by an actor in a leading role at the 88th Academy Awards nomination ceremony in Beverly Hills. — APThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday promised sweeping reforms designed to help diversify its membership in the face of a major controversy over the second straight year of all-white Oscar acting...
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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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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: 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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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones