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YOKOHAMA: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi (L) smiles beside forward Luis Suarez (R) on the podium during the awarding ceremony after winning the Club World Cup football final against River Plate in Yokohama on Sunday. — AFP
River count their losses, Barca count their titles
YOKOHAMA: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi (L) smiles beside forward Luis Suarez (R) on the podium during the awarding ceremony after winning the Club World Cup football final against River Plate in Yokohama on Sunday. — AFPYOKOHAMA: While Barcelona pondered how to jam yet more silverware into their trophy cabinet, River Plate were counting their losses after Sunday's Club World Cup final defeat, which emphasised the difference between club...
In this Dec 17, 2015 photo, a car passes by a pile of garbage in Karantina in east Beirut. —AP
Lebanon's trash disaster continues
In this Dec 17, 2015 photo, a car passes by a pile of garbage in Karantina in east Beirut. —APLebanon's trash collection crisis which set off huge protests this summer is entering its sixth month, but you would hardly know it in Beirut. Not only are the capital's streets kept relatively garbage-free, but the country's politicians appear in no hurry to resolve the catastrophe. Instead, trash is pushed to the periphery, piled in hills near the...
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India Gang Rape Convict Freed
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Supply glut and a stronger dollar keep pressure on oil - NBK ECONOMIC REPORT
KUWAIT: November saw oil prices remained depressed below the $50 per barrel (bbl) level for the fourth month in a row as the crude supply glut showed no sign of easing. A strengthening US dollar, which rallied to an 8-month high during the month, and a 5 percent decline in Chinese equities added further downward pressure to oil prices. ICE Brent crude, the international benchmark, closed November at $44.5/bbl, while NYMEX West Texas Intermediate...
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Takaud, Mirabaud sign partnership to expand wealth management services
Luc Metivier and Olivier HonsbergerKUWAIT: TAKAUD, the specialist savings, investments and pensions provider for the MENA region and MIRABAUD (Middle East) Ltd Associated with Mirabaud & Cie SA founded in 1819, one of the oldest and most distinguished Swiss private banks, today announce the signing of a business partnership that will see both partners join forces to provide TAKAUD's affluent clients in the GCC markets with a richer and appealing...
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Ooredoo, Eureka and EDAM partners in Nojoom Loyalty Program
KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait, a member of the international Ooredoo Group, yesterday announced that its award-winning Nojoom Loyalty Program will offer customers the exclusive opportunity to redeem their points for shopping vouchers from Eureka Electronics & EDAM Group's Restaurants & Entertainment Centers in eMall, one of the largest electronic retailers, Restaurants & Entertainment Centers in Kuwait and the region. Nojoom, Kuwait's biggest telecom...
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A look at the rise of the brand Huawei in 2015
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, is the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world, having overtaken Ericsson in 2012. The company is ranked 228th in the Fortune Global 500 list and netted a sales revenue of 28 billion USD in the first half of 2015. The Huawei Consumer Business Group has had a steady growth in both sales revenue and smartphone shipment. Sales revenue rose from 4.5 billion in 2010 to a targeted 20 billion in 2015...
Israeli film director of Iranian descent Yuval Delshad gestures during an interview with AFP reporters at his house in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, on December 8, 2015. — AFP
Israeli director's latest movie is... in Farsi
Israeli film director of Iranian descent Yuval Delshad gestures during an interview with AFP reporters at his house in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, on December 8, 2015. — AFPDespite Iranian leaders speaking of the Jewish state's destruction and Israel threatening a military strike if Tehran acquires nuclear arms, Israeli director Yuval Delshad's new film is entirely in Farsi. "Baba Joon", the first feature film in Israeli cinema to be shot in...
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Doha Film Institute Financing development of new animation project by Haifaa Al- Mansour
Haifaa Al-Mansour, considered the first female director to come from cloistered Saudi Arabia and known for groundbreaking female empowerment pic "Wadjda," is developing animation feature "Miss Camel," with financing from the Doha Film Institute. "Miss Camel" turns on "a teenage Saudi camel who challenges the deep-rooted restrictions of her culture by travelling across the kingdom to compete in the Miss Camel beauty pageant in Doha," according to...
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'Accidental fur': Boston company turns roadkill into fashion
Pamela Paquin's source for fashion is either "tres chic" or will make you shriek. She creates neck muffs, leg warmers, hats, purses and more from roadkill, or "accidental fur," as she prefers to call it. As owner of Petite Mort Furs, a 2-year-old Boston-area company, she said she's offering the fur industry an alternative to wild fur trapping and large-scale fur farms. "All this fur is being thrown away," Paquin said. "If we can pick that up, we...
Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (center), who was mistakenly named as First Runner-up reacts with other contestants after being named the 2015 Miss Universe.
Miss Universe mistake crowns Colombia before Philippines
Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (center), who was mistakenly named as First Runner-up reacts with other contestants after being named the 2015 Miss Universe.The Miss Universe contestant from the Philippines is this year's winner, but for one brief moment Sunday evening, it appeared as if it might be a repeat win for Colombia. Colombia contestant Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo was already wearing the crown as this year's Miss Universe...
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Anti-graft body scrapped, MPs rush to fill vacuum - Panel cuts additional defense budget to KD 3.2bn
KUWAIT: The constitutional court yesterday ruled that an Amiri decree establishing the Anti-Corruption Authority is not in line with the constitution, which means the existence of the authority is illegal. The court said that the decree was issued in 2012 as an emergency decree in the absence of the National Assembly, adding that there was no urgency in issuing the decree and the government should have waited for the Assembly to meet.The...
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