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Australia strike back after Taylor’s epic 290
PERTH: Steve Smith and Adam Voges scored the fifth and sixth centuries of the second test to give Australia a lead of 193 after Ross Taylor’s epic 290 brought New Zealand back into the contest on day four yesterday. Smith hit his eighth century in 13 tests over the last 12 months, and his fourth in five tests as captain, while western Australian Voges delighted the WACA crowd with his first on home soil to take the hosts to 254 for two. The...
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Djokovic and Federer stroll to easy wins
LONDON: Novak Djokovic looked unstoppable when trouncing Kei Nishikori but for sheer swagger Roger Federer remains unrivalled as he demonstrated again when dismantling Tomas Berdych as the ATP World Tour Finals began on Sunday. World number one Djokovic extended his latest winning sequence to 23 with a 6-1 6-1 hammering of world number eight Nishikori who was powerless to stop the rampant Serb.Far from easing up with the finish of his best ever...
In this March 8, 2012 file photo FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, left, and All Nepal Football Association President Ganesh Thapa
FIFA ethics committee bans executives from Nepal, Laos
In this March 8, 2012 file photo FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, left, and All Nepal Football Association President Ganesh ThapaZURICH: World soccer body FIFA announced yesterday it had banned two officials from Nepal and Laos for taking cash during FIFA elections, extending moves to root out corruption that has shaken the international game. Ganesh Thapa, president of the All-Nepal Football Association (ANFA), was banned for 10 years and...
Arne Sorenson, President and CEO of Marriott International Inc.
Marriott becomes world's largest hotelier - Marriott International buys rival Starwood for $12.2bn
Arne Sorenson, President and CEO of Marriott International Inc.NEW YORK:  Marriott International is buying rival hotel chain Starwood for $12.2 billion in a deal that will catapult it to become the world's largest hotelier by a wide margin. The stock-and-cash deal, if completed, will add 50 percent more rooms to Marriott's portfolio and give it more unique, design-focused hotels that appeal to younger travelers.The new company would have 5,500...
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Kuwait inflation eases to 3.1% in September - NBK ECONOMIC REPORT
KUWAIT: Inflation in consumer prices slowed in September, from 3.8 percent year-on-year (y/y) in August to 3.1 percent y/y, as inflation in most of its components, including housing, retreated. Housing inflation eased for the first time in a year. As a result we saw core inflation (excludes food) slip from 3.4 percent y/y to 2.8 percent y/y during the same period. Food price inflation also reversed its upward trend in September. Slowing inflation...
ANTALYA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) arrives for the Working session-1 on the “Inclusive Growth: Global Economy Growth Strategies, Employment and Investment Strategies” during the G20 Turkey Leaders’ Summit yesterday in Antalya. —AFP
World leaders agree to close multinationals’ tax loopholes - G20 approves crackdown on tax avoidance
ANTALYA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) arrives for the Working session-1 on the “Inclusive Growth: Global Economy Growth Strategies, Employment and Investment Strategies” during the G20 Turkey Leaders’ Summit yesterday in Antalya. —AFPANTALYA, Turkey:  World leaders yesterday approved a crackdown on tax avoidance by multinationals such Google, Apple and McDonalds whose rock-bottom tax bills have provoked widespread...
Habib Mahakian Vice President, Gulf and Pakistan and Samer M Saber Country Manager, Kuwait
EMC participates in third e-govt forum
Habib Mahakian Vice President, Gulf and Pakistan and Samer M Saber Country Manager, KuwaitKUWAIT: EMC is participating in the third E-Government Forum (EGOV3) that is being held in Kuwait from Nov 15-17 to discuss the future of effective and secure government services. Held under the patronage of HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the third edition of the largest e-government event in Kuwait brings together over 3,500...
NEW YORK: This combination of Aug 15, 2015 to Nov 11, 2015 photos provided by the New York University Langone Medical Center shows the recuperation of Patrick Hardison after his facial transplant surgery.—AP photos
Transplant gives new face, scalp to burned firefighter
NEW YORK: This combination of Aug 15, 2015 to Nov 11, 2015 photos provided by the New York University Langone Medical Center shows the recuperation of Patrick Hardison after his facial transplant surgery.—AP photosNEW YORK: A volunteer firefighter badly burned in a 2001 blaze has received the most extensive face transplant ever, covering his skull and much of his neck, a New York hospital announced yesterday. The surgery took place in August...
A worker of the Israel Antiquities Authority cleans a 1,700-year-old mosaic, which served as pavement for the courtyard in a villa during the Roman and Byzantine periods, as it is presented to the public and the press for the first time yesterday, in the Israeli central city of Lod. — AFP photos
Israel accidentally finds ‘impressive’ ancient mosaic
A worker of the Israel Antiquities Authority cleans a 1,700-year-old mosaic, which served as pavement for the courtyard in a villa during the Roman and Byzantine periods, as it is presented to the public and the press for the first time yesterday, in the Israeli central city of Lod. — AFP photosIsrael will present to the public for the first time this week an “impressive” mosaic accidentally discovered in what was a wealthy neighborhood in...
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Veteran Indian-British actor Saeed Jaffrey dies aged 86
Saeed JaffreySaeed Jaffrey, one of the best-known faces of British-Indian cinema and television, has died at the age of 86, his family said. The Indian-born British actor appeared in the biopic “Gandhi” as well as many Bollywood films and British television productions Among his screen credits in a career spanning more than 50 years, were roles in director John Huston’s “The Man Who Would Be King” and Indian director Satyajit Ray’s...
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Igor Moiseyev Ballet vows to wow Kuwait
Kuwait's National Council for Cultural Arts and Letters and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kuwait present the Igor Moiseyev Ballet by artistic director Elena Shcherbakova. The event will take place at the Abdulhusain Abdduridha Theatre in Salmiya on November 24th and 25th at 7 pm. Kuwait Times interviewed Shcherbakov to learn more about the event. Excerpts from the interview.Kuwait Times:...
Photo shows Sheikha Bashayer Nayef Jaber Al-Sabah (center), Rabab Mouhamad, Marketing and Public Relation Manager and event consultant of ‘Kuwait Fashion week’(right), Tarek Ammar, Director of Sales and Revenue Generating at Symphony Style Hotel (second left) and Peter Sculler, General Manager of Symphony Style Hotel at a press conference in Symphony Style Hotel on Sunday. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
‘Kuwait Fashion Week’ kicks off next Monday at Symphony Style Hotel - Under the patronage of Sheikha Bashayer Nayef Jaber Al-Sabah
Photo shows Sheikha Bashayer Nayef Jaber Al-Sabah (center), Rabab Mouhamad, Marketing and Public Relation Manager and event consultant of ‘Kuwait Fashion week’(right), Tarek Ammar, Director of Sales and Revenue Generating at Symphony Style Hotel (second left) and Peter Sculler, General Manager of Symphony Style Hotel at a press conference in Symphony Style Hotel on Sunday. — Photos by Joseph ShagraAfter huge fashion events held recently in...
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani poses with ministers and delegates from the region, including Kuwaiti Deputy PM and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, attending an anti-drug trafficking conference on July 22, 2024. - AFP
Iraq becoming major drug conduit
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Defense praises Arifjan, Beuhring military chief
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Inner seasons of a woman
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(Left) Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Fatah, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Musa Abu Marzouk, senior member of Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. - AFP photos
Palestinians to form unity govt
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Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education, Lamia Al-Melhem holds talks with the Omani Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation, Dr Rahma Al-Mahruqiya. - KUNA
Kuwait, Oman discuss education, research