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ST PETERSBURG: Relatives and friends of those on the Metrojet flight that crashed in Egypt comfort each other while gathering to grieve at a hotel near St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport outside St Petersburg yesterday. —AP
Shock, denial at Russia airport as plane crashes
ST PETERSBURG: Relatives and friends of those on the Metrojet flight that crashed in Egypt comfort each other while gathering to grieve at a hotel near St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport outside St Petersburg yesterday. —APSAINT PETERSBURG: Irina Semyonova said her friend Natasha last called her from the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh to say she’d bought her a present of perfume from the airport’s dutyfree shop. “She was vacationing...
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for an opening ceremony at the American University of Central Asia yesterday in Bishkek. — AFP
US troops in Syria will only fight IS: Kerry - Special forces don’t mean US entering civil war
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for an opening ceremony at the American University of Central Asia yesterday in Bishkek. — AFPBISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: US Secretary of State John Kerry says American special operations troops being sent to Syria will only fight Islamic State militants and won't become involved in the long-running civil war. Kerry calls IS a threat to every nation and says US policy is clear - the group must be...
Fuhaid Al-Daihani (center) shoot during a training session
13th Asian Shooting Championship on target
KUWAIT: Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex will see the launch of the 13th Asian Shooting Championship, which qualifies the winners to Brazil 2016 summer Olympics, with the participation of 1200 shooters representing 36 countries. Delegations continued to arrive yesterday to participate in the championship which will witness hot competition to get the qualifying quotas for the Olympics, as the Higher Organizing Committee is holding...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation Chairwoman Rasha Al Roumi inspecting the new plane. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
KAC receives new aircraft
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation Chairwoman Rasha Al Roumi inspecting the new plane. — Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: The Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) witnessed on Friday the arrival of the new aircraft 833. The plane, which was received at the Kuwait International Airport, is one of the latest planes leased by the KAC as a part of broad deals to overhaul the national carrier's fleet.KAC Chairwoman Rasha Al Roumi and Engineer Abdullah...
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Halloween horror show for Mourinho
LONDON: Philippe Coutinho struck twice as Liverpool won 3-1 at Chelsea yesterday to ratchet up the pressure yet further on the Premier League champions’ beleaguered manager Jose Mourinho. Ramires put the hosts ahead in the fourth minute at Stamford Bridge, but Coutinho equalised in first-half stoppage time and put Liverpool ahead with a deflected shot in the 74th minute before substitute Christian Benteke rubber- stamped Chelsea’s sixth...
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Carter kicks All Blacks to glory
TWICKENHAM: Dan Carter bowed out as king of rugby yesterday when he kicked the All Blacks to a historic 34-17 World Cup victory over Australia at Twickenham yesterday. Carter kicked a decisive 19 points in his final match for New Zealand as they became the first team to retain the World Cup and the first to win three titles.When the Wallabies had closed to within three points of the All Blacks in the second half, Carter struck with a monstrous...
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Kuwait Stock Exchange ends month with mixed performance - AL BAYAN INVESTMENT MONTHLY REPORT
KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended October with mixed performance. The Price Index closed at 5,775.36 points, up by 0.86% compared to the closings of the month before, the Weighted Index decreased by 0.01% after closing at 388.37 points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at 924.30 points decreasing by 1.15%. Furthermore, last month's average turnover decreased by 6.78%, compared to the preceding month, reaching K.D 12.13 million, whereas...
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Oil prices continues to decline - ALSHALL WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT
KUWAIT: By the end of October 2015, the seventh month of the current fiscal year 2015/2016 ended. Average oil price for most of October scored $43.3 per barrel, which is $ -0.7 per barrel (-1.6%) less than the average of September at $44 per barrel. It is also lower by $ -1.7 per barrel, -3.8%, than the new hypothetical price per barrel estimated for the current budget at $45 per barrel. It is however lower by US$ -31.7 than the hypothetical...
Shane O’Hare, Etihad Airways’ Senior Vice President Marketing (first row - fourth from right); Elizabeth Selby, Etihad Airways’ Head of Social Media (first row - third from right); and the airline’s social media team, celebrate its success at the SimpliFlying Awards.
Etihad Airways named 'best overall in ME' at SimpliFlying Awards 2015
Shane O’Hare, Etihad Airways’ Senior Vice President Marketing (first row - fourth from right); Elizabeth Selby, Etihad Airways’ Head of Social Media (first row - third from right); and the airline’s social media team, celebrate its success at the SimpliFlying Awards.ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has been named 'Best Overall in Middle East' at the SimpliFlying Awards 2015.The awards recognise...
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Time Warner Cable plans for TV on the Internet
NEW YORK: Hate your cable box? In a few weeks, Time Warner Cable is going to start testing in New York City a cable service that doesn't need one and is delivered over their customers' home Internet.And that could one day expand beyond New York as cable companies try to appeal to younger people who have grown comfortable watching TV via Netflix or Hulu without a traditional cable box. The number of people skipping cable service is increasing as...
This image obtained from NASA shows asteroid 2015 TB145, a dead comet, in an image generated using radar data collected by the National Science Foundation’s 1,000-foot Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. —AFP
Dead comet with skull face to hurtle by Earth on Halloween
This image obtained from NASA shows asteroid 2015 TB145, a dead comet, in an image generated using radar data collected by the National Science Foundation’s 1,000-foot Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. —AFPMIAMI: A massive space rock that will shave by Earth on Halloween looks like a dead comet with a skull face, NASA said after gaining a closer look at the spooky space junk. Astronomers initially thought the object was an asteroid when...
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DHAKA: An unidentified man bleeds after being shot during a clash between police and anti-quota protesters on July 19, 2024. - AFP
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KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Sheikh Salem Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah chairs a meeting of the Supreme Traffic Council on July 21, 2024. - KUNA
Smooth flow traffic eyed
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US President Joe Biden
BIDEN DROPS OUT OF RACE
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HODEIDA: This handout satellite image shows a view of burning oil tanks in the port of Yemen’s Houthi-held city of Hodeida on July 21, 2024, a day after Zionist airstrikes. - AFP
Kuwait expresses concern as Zionists attack Yemen