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Matt Damon, left, and Luciana Barroso
Damon credits Stallone for launching his career at NBR dinner
Matt Damon, left, and Luciana BarrosoThe National Board of Review dinner on Tuesday night in Manhattan doubled as a victory lap for an old Hollywood champ, as Sylvester Stallone was showered with multiple tributes.Matt DamonEarly in the evening, Matt Damon-this year's winner for best actor in "The Martian"-revealed that when he was shopping around 1997's "Good Will Hunting," the fact that Stallone starred in "Rocky," after writing the...
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TURIN: Juventus' Alvaro Morata, center, jumps for the ball during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Verona at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, yesterday. - AP
Juventus continue resurgence, Fiorentina go top
TURIN: Juventus' Alvaro Morata, center, jumps for the ball during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Verona at the Juventus stadium, in Turin, Italy, yesterday. - APROME: Champions Juventus continued their resurgence by beating Hellas Verona 3-0 at home yesterday for an eighth successive Serie A victory as Fiorentina provisionally went top of the table with a 3-1 win at Palermo. Juventus, who took one point from their opening three...
Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein
Ali blasts 'irresponsible' Blatter and Platini
Prince Ali Bin Al HusseinLONDON: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were "totally irresponsible" to agree a payment that has brought ignominy to world football, according to Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, who hopes to take over FIFA next month.The Jordanian crown prince said the global governing body would be heading for a new "catastrophe" if it doesn't elect the right candidate to succeed Blatter in the vote on February 26.Eight year bans against...
Hashim Amla.
Amla quits as S Africa captain
Hashim Amla.CAPE TOWN: Hashim Amla said yesterday he was stepping aside as South Africa’s cricket test captain with immediate effect, a day after a double century rescued his country from possible defeat in the second test against England. The 32-year-old made the surprise announcement just minutes after the test at Newlands ended in a draw and after Amla had led a fight back to haul his team from a precarious position.AB de Villiers will take...
Chris Gayle
Cricketer’s sexism storm worsens with new allegations
Chris GayleSYDNEY: The storm surrounding star cricketer Chris Gayle over an attempt to flirt with an Australian presenter on live TV intensified yesterday as new allegations about his behaviour towards women emerged. More female journalists aired complaints against the West Indian after he was fined US$7,000 on Tuesday for his approach to Network Ten reporter Mel McLaughlin. Gayle apologised and tried to brush off the exchange with McLaughlin as...
Novak Djokovic
Djokovic eases into Qatar quarter-finals
Novak DjokovicDOHA: Novak Djokovic breezed through to the quarter- finals of the Qatar Open yesterday, losing just four games in a comprehensive defeat of Spain’s Fernando Verdasco. The World Number one triumphed 6-2, 6-2, in one hour nine minutes. It matched the score of his first round victory against Dustin Brown and means the Serb has spent just two hours on court in the first two rounds. “Both of the matches went very well,” said the...
KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Sulaiman Al-Jarallah (center right) meets Iranian Ambassador Ali Reda Enayeti (center left) after summoning the envoy at the foreign ministry yesterday. — KUNA
Kuwait recalls envoy as Saudi-Iran crisis widens; Iranian ambassador summoned - MPs demand severing all ties
KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Sulaiman Al-Jarallah (center right) meets Iranian Ambassador Ali Reda Enayeti (center left) after summoning the envoy at the foreign ministry yesterday. — KUNARIYADH: The diplomatic crisis surrounding Saudi Arabia and Iran widened yesterday as Kuwait recalled its ambassador to Tehran and Bahrain severed air links in the face of growing international concern. Joining Riyadh and its Sunni Arab allies in...
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Talk of the town
Badrya Darwish For the last couple of months, we are all hearing rumors here and there in diwaniyas, social media and gatherings about the government's intention to lift all subsidies on fuel, food, water, electricity, etc. Many have questioned whether the impact will be fairly distributed on citizens and expats or if the latter will bear the brunt. First of all, I'm against any price rises or subsidy removals. Because the study that...
KUWAIT: Kuwait City’s landmarks, including Al-Hamra Tower and Kuwait Towers, are seen in a picture taken from a high place in the nation’s capital. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Mixed reaction to forced retirement of expatriates aged over 50 years
KUWAIT: Kuwait City’s landmarks, including Al-Hamra Tower and Kuwait Towers, are seen in a picture taken from a high place in the nation’s capital. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: From March 1, 2016, expats aged above 50 will be forced to retire from public sector jobs under a new measure announced to reduce the number of foreign workers in government establishments. The new measure, to be implemented by the Civil Service Commission...
Yousef Al-Mutaw'ah
Egyptian judges did not ask for raises: Mutaw'ah
Yousef Al-Mutaw'ahKUWAIT: Chairman of the Supreme Judiciary Council and the head of the cassation court Yousef Al-Mutaw'ah said that statements published in some local dailies quoting Egyptian judges working in Kuwait could not be taken seriously because they came from anonymous sources without mentioning specific names. He also noted that heads of various courts had not received any pay hike requests from Egyptian judges. "Such matters cannot...
Khalifa Hamada
Fuel price discrimination unfair: Hamada - 12% of Kuwaiti families deserve subsidies
Khalifa HamadaKUWAIT: Finance Ministry Undersecretary Khalifa Hamada stressed that recommendations made by international advisor Ernst & Young on subsidies were still being reviewed and studied by two committees from the finance ministry and the subsidies committee. "Submitting recommendations and studies to the Cabinet does not mean a decision will be made. The study recommended using the new prices by the beginning January, but what the...
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KUWAIT: Oil Minister Tariq Al-Roumi with the officials of the Ministry of Oil on Sunday. -- KUNA
Al-Roumi urges Kuwait oil sector to focus on innovation, efficiency
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JEDDAH: Kuwait and Saudi Arabia discus arrangements for the annual Haj pilgrimage. – KUNA
Kuwait, Saudi sign agreement on haj arrangements
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RIYADH: Top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe gathered to discuss Syria pose for a picture on Jan 12, 2025. - AFP
Saudi calls to lift Syria sanctions
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LOS ANGELES: Firefighters monitor flames in the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood on Jan 11, 2025, as the Palisades Fire continues to burn. - AFP
Winds threaten to spread LA inferno; Trump lashes out
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The entrance to ‘Makshat 3’ project.
Record turnout for ‘Mikshat 3’ project this year