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Spike Lee rips Rahm Emanuel on 'Chi-Raq' orange carpet

This photo provided by Roadside Attractions and Amazon Studios shows Nick Cannon as Chi-Raq in Spike Lee’s film, “Chi-Raq.”Kind words were in short supply for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the premiere of Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" on Tuesday night. Emanuel fired the city's police superintendent Tuesday after tensions flared over the release of a graphic video that showed a black teenager, Laquan McDonald, being shot 16 times by a white police...

View of a fairmined gold bar and balls at Swiss Jeweller’s Chopard workshop, in Meyrin, near Geneva. — AFP photos

Clean mining yields 'green gold' in Colombia

View of a fairmined gold bar and balls at Swiss Jeweller’s Chopard workshop, in Meyrin, near Geneva. — AFP photosGold mining can be a dirty, bloody business, but a village in Colombia has been rewarded for an ethical model-producing clean "green gold" which has seduced big international jewelers. The gold ground out of the gray rocks of the Andes in La Llanada is worn by Hollywood stars at the Cannes Film Festival, in creations by Swiss...

MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s David Silva, right, fights for the ball against Hull City’s Isaak Hayden during the English League Cup soccer match between Manchester City and Hull City at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday. — AP

Man City, Stoke, Everton in Cup semis

MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s David Silva, right, fights for the ball against Hull City’s Isaak Hayden during the English League Cup soccer match between Manchester City and Hull City at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday. — APLONDON: The plucky underdogs were brought down to earth as Manchester City, Everton and Stoke City reached the League Cup semi-finals on Tuesday, ending the hopes of second-tier sides who felled fancied...

ANGERS: Angers’ Guinean midfielder Abdoul Camara (C) vies with Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian defender Maxwell (R) during the French L1 football match between Angers (SCO) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), on Tuesday, at the Jean Bouin stadium, in Angers, western France. — AFP

PSG denied 10th straight win in 0-0 draw with Angers

ANGERS: Angers’ Guinean midfielder Abdoul Camara (C) vies with Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian defender Maxwell (R) during the French L1 football match between Angers (SCO) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), on Tuesday, at the Jean Bouin stadium, in Angers, western France. — AFPPARIS: Paris Saint-Germain’s nine-match winning run in Ligue 1 was brought to a halt on Tuesday as they were held to a 0-0 draw away to promoted Angers. In other...

LONDON: A file combination image shows former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns (L) taken in London on November 30, and ex-Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi (R) taken in London on March 5, 2012. The acquittal of former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns on match-fixing-linked perjury charges is a serious blow for efforts to stamp out corruption in cricket, commentators said yesterday. Charges were brought against Cairns after he sued Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi for libel in 2012 over a 2010 tweet in which the administrator accused him of match-fixing. — AFP

Cairns result hurts fixing fight: Analysts

LONDON: A file combination image shows former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns (L) taken in London on November 30, and ex-Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi (R) taken in London on March 5, 2012. The acquittal of former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns on match-fixing-linked perjury charges is a serious blow for efforts to stamp out corruption in cricket, commentators said yesterday. Charges were brought against Cairns after he sued...

WASHINGTON: Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, delivers the keynote address during the Financial Inclusion Forum yesterday at the Treasury Department. —AFP

Gates to visit Kuwait at Amir's invitation - Philanthropist, tech guru to speak with youth

WASHINGTON: Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, delivers the keynote address during the Financial Inclusion Forum yesterday at the Treasury Department. —AFPKUWAIT: Bill Gates will visit Kuwait on Dec 7 at the invitation of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to participate in a dialogue session with Kuwaiti youth. Gates is one of the founders of Microsoft, the company that revolutionized computer...

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Govt requests extra KD 6bn for weapons

KUWAIT: The government has asked the National Assembly for KD 6.2 billion ($20.5 billion) in additional funds for defense purchases over the next 10 years, local media and a minister said yesterday. Kuwait is looking to upgrade its firepower amid increased security concerns in the region linked to the rise of the jihadist Islamic State group. The state is a member of the US-led coalition that has been bombing IS targets in Syria and Iraq since...

KUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem attend a parliament session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

MPs blast Dow deal as 'theft of century' - Govt to keep selling stakes in firms

KUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem attend a parliament session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: MPs yesterday began a debate over a highly controversial deal with US firm Dow Chemical, which resulted in Kuwait being ordered to pay a huge $2.2 billion penalty. The Assembly agreed to continue the debate today to allow more MPs to talk on the...

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Extradition agreement won't violate rights: minister

KUWAIT: Minister of Justice and Awqaf Yaqoub Al-Sane revealed the basics of an extradition agreement with the United Kingdom, which regulates the extradition process mentioned in the agreement proposal. The two sides agreed to hand over any person wanted for trial or to serve a sentence. Sane explained on his Twitter account that this article calls for handing persons according to the following: Those wanted for trial who are charged by...

KUWAIT: Newly appointed Oil Minister Anas Al-Saleh gestures during a parliament session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait aggrieved party in lawsuits against Raja'an - Authority seeks aid to regulate ports

KUWAIT: Newly appointed Oil Minister Anas Al-Saleh gestures during a parliament session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) has asked the Swiss Public Prosecutor to consider PIFSS as an aggrieved party in the court case against the former director of PIFSS Fahad Al-Raja'an, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister and Acting Oil Minister Anas Al-Saleh said...

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Municipality head's resignation accepted

KUWAIT: Well-informed Cabinet sources yesterday announced that Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmed Al-Subaih's resignation was accepted after he was appointed secretary general of the Arab Cities Organization. The sources said that Subaih had submitted his resignation to Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Essa Al-Kandari, who referred it to the Cabinet for approval. The sources added that the most prominent nominee to succeed Subaih was his...

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KD 43 million courthouse to be completed by 2017

An artist’s rendition for the Hawally Courts Complex.KUWAIT: A Ministry of Public Works official announced yesterday that 18 percent of construction for the Hawally Courts Complex has been completed, with the project costing KD 43 million ($141 million). In a press statement, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works and Assistant Undersecretary of Planning and Development Abdulmohsen Khaled Al-Enezi revealed that the grand project consists...

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BAGHDAD: First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah met with former Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al-Maliki, and leader of the Iraqi National Wisdom Movement Ammar Al-Hakim on Monday. Following his participation in the International Drug Control Conference, Sheikh Fahad Al-Yusuf had friendly discussions with Al-Maliki and Al-Hakim which reflected the deep-rooted brotherly relations between the two nations. – KUNA photos

Kuwait affirms coordination to combat drug trafficking