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BANGALORE: Indian Army personnel carry the coffin of slain National Security Guard Bomb Disposal Squad personnel, thirty-four-year-old lieutenant colonel Niranjan Kumar, who died while defusing a grenade at the scene of a terror attack in Pathankot, after family members paid their last respects at his residence in Bangalore yesterday. — AFP
Indian Air Base attack threatens Pakistan talks, 5th gunman killed
BANGALORE: Indian Army personnel carry the coffin of slain National Security Guard Bomb Disposal Squad personnel, thirty-four-year-old lieutenant colonel Niranjan Kumar, who died while defusing a grenade at the scene of a terror attack in Pathankot, after family members paid their last respects at his residence in Bangalore yesterday. — AFPPATHANKOT: A rapprochement effort between India and Pakistan appeared to be in jeopardy yesterday, as...
IMPHAL: An Indian resident stands among damaged buildings in Imphal yesterday, after a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck north-east India near the country’s borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh. — AFP
9 dead as strong quake hits northeast India
IMPHAL: An Indian resident stands among damaged buildings in Imphal yesterday, after a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck north-east India near the country’s borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh. — AFPGUWAHATI: At least nine people were killed and scores injured yesterday when a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeast India, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets even hundreds of kilometers away in Bangladesh. Six...
SHANGHAI: Two investors chat in a stock firm in Fuyang, east China’s Anhui province yesterday. Trading on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges was ended early yesterday after shares fell seven percent, the first time China’s new “circuit breaker” intervened to curb market volatility. — AFP
China triggers global stocks slump - Shocking start to 2016 as Shanghai plunges 7%
SHANGHAI: Two investors chat in a stock firm in Fuyang, east China’s Anhui province yesterday. Trading on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges was ended early yesterday after shares fell seven percent, the first time China’s new “circuit breaker” intervened to curb market volatility. — AFPLONDON: Fresh evidence of China's economic slowdown sent world stock markets tumbling yesterday, with Europe and the United States following...
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Gold prices low at end of 2015: Report
KUWAIT: Gold prices ended the last session of 2015 at a low rate for the third year in a row, reaching $1,060 per ounce at the US Commodity Exchange (COMEX), according to a specialized economic report released yesterday. Gold prices are affected by the inflation rate, the drop in oil prices, the rise in US profit rates and the continuous rise in international stock markets, said ICN online economic magazine.The report noted that policies adopted...
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US shale industry is wounded but not dead - Asiya Capital Investments Company Analysis
KUWAIT: Low energy prices are taking its toll in the American energy industry. The current environment affected negatively its revenue generating capacity. The cash-flow for a group of 46 leading oil companies tracked by the EIA shrank by 33 percent YoY due to lower income, notwithstanding expenditure cuts in important items such as capital expenditure and dividends. Producers have been able to withstand low prices in 2015 due to high levels of...
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Warba Bank acquires equipment leasing portfolio in United States
KUWAIT: Warba Bank, a leading bank in Kuwait, yesterday announced the acquisition of equipment leasing portfolio managed by ATEL Capital Group, an independent equipment lessor based in the United States of America becoming the first Kuwait enterprise to invest with the company.The acquisition of portfolio is in line with Warba Bank's strategy of capturing attractive sharia compliant investment opportunities regionally and internationally, while...
TEHRAN: Iranian surgeon Javad Amirizad operates on a nose job at his private clinic in the capital Tehran. —AFP
Nose bandages symbolize Iran cosmetic surgery craze
TEHRAN: Iranian surgeon Javad Amirizad operates on a nose job at his private clinic in the capital Tehran. —AFPTEHRAN: Lying on an operating table in northern Tehran, Nazanine says she wants it all: a third nose job, her eyebrows tattooed and liposuction on her thighs to "fix" her figure. The patient in her 40s "had two nose jobs with another doctor, but wasn't happy and asked us to do it again," says her doctor Javad Amirizad, the latest...
WASHINGTON: Meat labels are seen at a grocery store in Washington. It’s now harder to find out where your meat was born, raised and slaughtered. — AP
Consumers won't know meat origin as US ends labeling law
WASHINGTON: Meat labels are seen at a grocery store in Washington. It’s now harder to find out where your meat was born, raised and slaughtered. — APWASHINGTON: It's now harder to find out where your beef or pork was born, raised and slaughtered. After more than a decade of wrangling, Congress repealed a labeling law last month that required retailers to include the animal's country of origin on packages of red meat. It's a major victory for...
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Tarantino's 'The Hateful Eight' wins Best Movie at Capri Hollywood Film Fest
Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" won best movie honors at the Capri Hollywood Film Festival. The Weinstein Co. release also won best actor for Samuel L Jackson, best supporting actress for Jennifer Jason Leigh and best musical score for Ennio Morricone. The awards were announced by Lina Wertmuller, honorary president of the festival, and Pascal Vicedomini, secretary general of the Institute Capri in the World.The festival's board includes...
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'Star Wars' box office surpasses 'Titanic,' 'Jurassic World'
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" marched confidently into the new year, raking in an additional $88.3 million over the New Year's weekend and topping the box office for a third week, according to studio estimates Sunday. In addition to setting a new high mark in New Year's box office history, the record-busting film blew past the domestic grosses of both "Jurassic World" ($652.3 million) and "Titanic" ($658.7 million) to become the second-highest...
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Real Madrid sack Benitez, appoint Zidane
MADRID: Real Madrid’s new French coach Zinedine Zidane (left) poses with Real Madrid’s president Florentino Perez at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium yesterday. — AFPMADRID: Real Madrid have sacked coach Rafa Benitez after less than half a season in charge and promoted former France and Real great Zinedine Zidane from the B team to replace him, president Florentino Perez said yesterday. Perez announced the dismissal of Benitez, who had a...
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