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Leicester seal victory at Palace
Everton deny Tottenham long-awaited away winLONDON: Leicester City underlined their Premier League top-four credentials as goals by Caglar Soyuncu and Jamie Vardy sealed a clinical 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace yesterday. Soyuncu, who has replaced centre back Harry Maguire this season, broke the deadlock when he headed in James Maddison's 57th-minute corner for his first Leicester goal. Leicester never looked like relinquishing their lead and...
Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim (R) celebrates his victory at the end of the first T20 international cricket match of a three-match series between Bangladesh and India, at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in New Delhi on November 3, 2019.
Mushfiqur leads Bangladesh to first T20 win over India
NEW DELHI: Mushfiqur Rahim hit an unbeaten half-century to power Bangladesh to their first-ever Twenty20 international victory over India in pollution-hit New Delhi yesterday. Mushfiqur made 60 to anchor Bangladesh's chase of 149 as the tourists achieved their target with three balls to spare. They won by seven wickets to lead the three-match series 1-0. Bowlers Shafiul Islam and Aminul Islam claimed two wickets each to play a key part in...
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Saudi oil giant Aramco heads for record-setting market debut
Foreign float on hold - IPO plans to create world's most valuable listed company DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia: President and CEO of Saudi Aramco Amin Nasser (left) and Aramco's chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan attend a press conference in this eastern Saudi city yesterday. - AFP DHAHRAN: Saudi Arabia announced yesterday the stock market debut of energy giant Aramco in what could be the world's biggest IPO, underpinning Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's...
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Khannah gets 'Amiri pardon'
KUWAIT: A number of lawmakers yesterday congratulated jailed ex-MP Fahd Al-Khannah after he reportedly received an Amiri pardon that will free him from the central prison, barely a week after returning from Turkey. Khannah is one of a number of former opposition lawmakers who were sentenced to several years in jail for breaking the law after they stormed the National Assembly building eight years ago. The convicted former MPs left the country...
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National Assembly panel to discuss bedoons' proposed bill next week
Ministry of Health exempted from 'ban on unaccredited certificates'KUWAIT: A proposed bill discussed by National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, the head of the central apparatus for illegal residents affairs Saleh Al-Fadhalah and the government will be referred to the parliament's legislative affairs committee next week to make sure it is constitutional, well-informed sources said. It will then be referred it the parliamentary defense and...
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Man questioned for 'indecent' contest video
KUWAIT: Police questioned a man who was arrested after posting a video online to announce hosting a contest deemed 'in violation of public morals.' The interior ministry's relations and security information department said in a statement released to the press yesterday that as soon as a video clip of a Kuwaiti launching a contest that is alien to Kuwait's traditions was posted online, criminal detectives identified the man and he was summoned. He...
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Supporting local products serves Kuwait's income diversification goals: Govt official
Kuwait funded 1,035 SMEs in 3 years with total cost of KD 177 million KUWAIT: Mohamed Al-Adwani, Deputy Director-General of the Public Authority for Industry (PAI), speaks during the forum. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Supporting local products is a main focus for the Kuwaiti government to achieve its strategic goal of diversifying sources of income, a government official said yesterday. "The government has prioritized industry for...
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Kuwait regional leader in fight against IS, extremist ideologies: US Report
US State Department's report on terrorism highlights Kuwait's efforts in this fieldKUWAIT: The United States Department of State released its Country Reports on Terrorism 2018, highlighting each country's efforts in the global fight against terrorism. The following is a transcript of Kuwait's efforts in this field during the past year, which credits the Kuwaiti government for improving its counterterrorism measures, being a regional leader in the...
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Kuwait City’s skyline captured at sunrise from Shuwaikh beach
KUWAIT: Kuwait City’s skyline captured at sunrise from Shuwaikh beach. — Photo by Renjish Sasinath (KUNA)
UMM QASR, Iraq: Iraqi protesters block the highway leading to Umm Qasr port during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in southern Iraq yesterday. - AFP
Iraq protests ramp up, shutting roads, offices and schools
UMM QASR, Iraq: Iraqi protesters block the highway leading to Umm Qasr port during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in southern Iraq yesterday. - AFP BAGHDAD: Protesters in Iraq's capital and the country's south shut down streets and government offices in a new wave of civil disobedience yesterday, escalating their month-long movement demanding wholesale change of the political system. Demonstrations broke out on October 1 in outrage over...
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Bangladesh calls for worker return after sex abuse claim
DHAKA: Bangladesh called yesterday for a migrant worker to be repatriated from Saudi Arabia after her tearful video alleging sexual abuse highlighted the exploitation faced by poor Asians working abroad. Since 1991, some 300,000 Bangladeshi women have travelled to the Gulf nation to work, according to the ministry of expatriates' welfare. Those workers account for the largest amount of wages sent home to Bangladesh. In a Facebook video which was...
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A year before 2020 election, a divided and 'angry' America
WASHINGTON: America yesterday kicks off the one-year countdown to Election Day 2020, with President Donald Trump betting an "angry" Republican surge can deliver him a second term, as the Democratic battle to win back the White House heats up. The building political clash - dramatically fueled by the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry into Trump - appears to virtually guarantee another year of sharp division in a nation long weary of...
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
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KUWAIT: Interior ministry officials have monitored and conducted several inspection campaigns across the country.
MoI continues crackdown on traffic, residency law violators
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Scholarship acceptance rates: By the numbers
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HATHRAS, India: Mourners gather as the deceased who died in a stampede during a sermon are kept at a mortuary at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
‘Miracles’ and hope: Fatal stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen