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Milan menswear designers pay tribute to David Bowie
Milan designers paid tribute to music and fashion icon David Bowie as Milan Fashion Week menswear previews for next fall and winter continued on Saturday. Costume National designer Ennio Capasa and Roberto Cavalli's Peter Dundas both said that the musician had often been a font of inspiration, apparent also in these collections previewing just a week after Bowie's death. Donatella Versace saluted the singer with a single burst of Bowie's hit...
LIVERPOOL: Manchester United's English striker Wayne Rooney (R) tackles Liverpool's Spanish defender Alberto Moreno (L) during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield yesterday. — AFP
Liverpool felled by Rooney sucker-punch
LIVERPOOL: Manchester United's English striker Wayne Rooney (R) tackles Liverpool's Spanish defender Alberto Moreno (L) during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield yesterday. — AFPLIVERPOOL: It was only three weeks ago that Manchester United was on an eight-match winless streak, Wayne Rooney was so out of form he was dropped to the bench, and manager Louis van Gaal appeared to be...
UDINE: Juventus’s Kwadwo Asamoah, center, and Udinese's Molla Wague, left, challenge for the ball during the Serie A soccer matchnbetween Udinese and Juventus at the Friuli Stadium in Udine,Italy, yesterday. – APn
Juventus beat Udinese, Roma held by Verona
UDINE: Juventus’s Kwadwo Asamoah, center, and Udinese's Molla Wague, left, challenge for the ball during the Serie A soccer matchbetween Udinese and Juventus at the Friuli Stadium in Udine,Italy, yesterday. – APMILAN: Juventus beat 10-man Udinese 4-0 to move back into second spot in Serie A yesterday, while Luciano Spalletti's second spell in charge of Roma began with a 1-1 draw against bottom side Hellas Verona. Paulo Dybala scored twice,...
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NZ beat Pakistan by 10 wickets in 2nd T20
Corey AndersonHAMILTON: Martin Guptill made 87 and Kane Williamson 72 in an unbroken record partnership of 171 that steered New Zealand to a 10-wicket win over Pakistan in the second Twenty20 cricket international yesterday, leveling the three match series at 1-1.New Zealand took four leg byes from the fourth ball of the 18th over to win the match with eight balls to spare. In doing so Guptill and Williamson surpassed the Twnety20 record...
MELBOURNE: Australia’s batsman Glenn Maxwell (R) plays a shot as India’s wicketkeeper MS Dhoni looks on during the third one-day international cricket match between India and Australia at the MCG in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP
Maxwell heroics guide Australia to victory
MELBOURNE: Australia’s batsman Glenn Maxwell (R) plays a shot as India’s wicketkeeper MS Dhoni looks on during the third one-day international cricket match between India and Australia at the MCG in Melbourne yesterday. — AFPMELBOURNE: Glenn Maxwell blasted 96 from just 83 deliveries to lead Australia to a thrilling three-wicket win over India in the third one-day international yesterday and a series victory. After Australian captain Steve...
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647 arrested in Mirqab crackdown
KUWAIT: The Capital security directorate launched a wide scale inspection campaign in Mirqab in search of illegal residents, said security sources, noting that the campaign headed by Capital security director Maj Gen Ibrahim Al-Tarrah resulted in the arrest of 647 illegal residents including five who had infiltrated into Kuwait. The sources explained that the arrested expats included 35 with expired residencies, 25 wanted people, 40 in violation...
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Maids' recruitment company almost ready
KUWAIT: MP Kamel Al-Awadhi said the establishment of a Kuwaiti company for recruiting domestic helpers is about to be completed and only final touches are still needed before it is officially launched. Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh has already approved the company's founding committee's formation, capital, share value and distribution to shareholders, the lawmaker said. The parliament last year approved the creation of a shareholding company to...
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India's Astrosat
India's launch of its first dedicated space observatory from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh indicates its quantitative and qualitative competitiveness in world races where everyone always fights to take the lead. Confirmations made by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman AS Kiran Kumar that "the locally-made Astrosat was launched into space onboard a locally-made rocket carrying six satellites, including four...
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Municipality set to allow barbequing in parks, beaches
KUWAIT: Acting Municipality Director Ahmed Al-Manfouhi told Al-Rai newspaper yesterday that the municipality will soon make an announcement allowing barbequing at certain locations that have been environmentally regulated and readied.The locations include parks and other spots along the seafront that will be available for free. Manfouhi said that the municipality formed a special committee including representatives from TEC, PAAAFR and EPA to...
Aston Villa's French midfielder Aly Cissokho (R) vies with Leicester City's Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki during the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Leicester City at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England on January 16, 2016. AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRKnnRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
Aguero double fires Man City to easy win
Manchester City's Ivorian midfielder and captain Yaya Toure (2R) vies with Crystal Palace's English defender Joel Ward (R) and Crystal Palace's English defender Scott Dann (2L) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on January 16, 2016. AFP MANCHESTER: Sergio Aguero scored twice as Manchester City got their Premier League title...
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Iran, US swap prisoners as sanctions set to end - Tehran to buy 114 jets from Airbus, eyes oil deals
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, on what is expected to be "implementation day," the day the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies that Iran has met all conditions under the nuclear deal. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)VIENNA: Iran and the US announced yesterday a prisoner swap in an apparent gesture of goodwill...
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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos
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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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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III