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QNB showcases its edge e-banking solutions - Cash management seminar held for corporate clients
KUWAIT: QNB, the leading financial institution in the Middle East and North Africa held a cash management seminar for its top corporate clients. The seminar focused on QNB’s leading e-Business Online Banking services. Organized by QNB’s Corporate Banking Division, the seminar showcased the corporate banking solutions, such as E-Channels (SWIFT for corporates, and ebusiness - corporate online), automated cheque solutions and electronic cheques...
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Huawei brings flagship Honor 7 to Middle East
DUBAI: Huawei Honor, the number one smartphone e-brand brought Honor 7 to the Middle East on Oct 12 as part of its hugely successful global rollout. Having already made waves around the world after reaching more than 9 million pre-orders and selling out in just one day in Europe, Honor 7 will help catapult the Honor brand to achieve $5 billion by the end of this year.Honor is already on track to achieve its target of 10 percent market share in...
Cattle farmer Juan Carlos Eiras (right) speaks on the mobile phone as the cattle eat a meal prepared with wheat, corn, sorghum, soy and other grains in a feedlot farm near Pipinas, some 160 km south Buenos Aires. — AFP
Australia: Linking sausages to tobacco risk 'a farce' - IARC issues report after analyzing 800 studies
Cattle farmer Juan Carlos Eiras (right) speaks on the mobile phone as the cattle eat a meal prepared with wheat, corn, sorghum, soy and other grains in a feedlot farm near Pipinas, some 160 km south Buenos Aires. — AFPSYDNEY: One of the world's top meat exporters Australia yesterday ridiculed a landmark UN report linking sausages and ham to cancer, saying it was "a farce" to suggest they could be as lethal as cigarettes. The World Health...
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Nestle restarts Maggi noodle production in India
MUMBAI: Nestle said yesterday it had restarted production of Maggi noodles in India after a government ban was overturned, in a major step towards getting the hugely popular brand back on shelves. "We have resumed manufacturing of Maggi Noodles at three of our plants, at Nanjangud (Karnataka), Moga (Punjab) and Bicholim (Goa)," the Swiss food giant said in a statement.India's food safety watchdog slapped a nationwide ban on the noodles in June,...
In this Sept 14, 2015 file photo, from left: Brian d’Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, and John Slattery pose for photos on the red carpet for the film ‘Spotlight,’ during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. — AP
'Spotlight' film illuminates Boston clergy abuse scandal
In this Sept 14, 2015 file photo, from left: Brian d’Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, and John Slattery pose for photos on the red carpet for the film ‘Spotlight,’ during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. — APIt was a scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church to its core: Hundreds of priests molested children for decades and got away with it because church leaders covered it up. More than a decade...
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After ‘Happy,’ Pharrell dedicates ‘Freedom’ to migrants
Pharrell Williams on Monday dedicated his song "Freedom" to refugees fleeing to Europe, hailing immigrants' contributions around the world. The US pop star, best known for his viral global hit "Happy," on Sunday performed his jazzy new track at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Milan, interjecting the phrase, "Let them in!" Elaborating a day later at a forum in New York, Williams said he did not consider himself an activist but added: "We should use...
Italian actress Monica Bellucci and British actor Daniel Craig
Monica Bellucci finds ageing sexy
Monica Bellucci thinks ageing is sexy. The 51-year-old brunette beauty is the oldest ever Bond girl, thanks to her role in upcoming movie ‘SPECTRE’ and says that there is a certain type of beauty that comes with getting older. She told United Airlines’ Rhapsody Magazine: “In Europe, I think we’re lucky. Look at Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Rampling, Juliette Binoche. “There are a lot of women getting beautiful roles...
A combination of handout pictures released by English Heritage on October 26, 2015 shows carved turnip faces at Dover Castle, southern England ahead of Halloween. — AFP photos
Halloween turnips? Britons urged to return to tradition
A combination of handout pictures released by English Heritage on October 26, 2015 shows carved turnip faces at Dover Castle, southern England ahead of Halloween. — AFP photosBritons should go back to the indigenous tradition of carving turnips instead of pumpkins for Halloween, even though they are harder to cut, the conservation charity English Heritage said on Monday. "English Heritage is calling on people to rediscover the original carved...
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Kuwait, India ink accord on recruitment of nurses - Hiring will be done only through govt agencies
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Indian Embassy yesterday signed an agreement finalizing the modalities of recruitment of nurses from India and paving the way for hiring nurses only through three government agencies. Dr Mahmoud Al-Abdulhadi, assistant undersecretary for legal affairs at the MoH, and Dr Jamal Mansour Al-Harbi, assistant undersecretary for medical services affairs at the MoH, and Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain signed the...
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United Airlines drops Kuwait flights
KUWAIT: American carrier United Airlines will stop providing flight services to Kuwait as of January. United will also stop services to Bahrain. The announcement comes only a few weeks after the US Department of Transportation found Kuwait Airways guilty of discrimination for refusing to allow Israeli nationals to fly its New York to London route.A United Airlines spokesperson Luke Punzenberger told the aviation blog View from the Wing that the...
KUWAIT: The opening of every new parliamentary session is an event that is eagerly awaited by citizens because they are building big hopes and aspirations on the parliament. The previous parliamentary sessions have constituted a unique political event embodying the Kuwaiti democratic experience under the dome of the parliament. — KUNA
Cabinet, parliament members meet in a cordial atmosphere
KUWAIT: The opening of every new parliamentary session is an event that is eagerly awaited by citizens because they are building big hopes and aspirations on the parliament. The previous parliamentary sessions have constituted a unique political event embodying the Kuwaiti democratic experience under the dome of the parliament. — KUNAKUWAIT: A number of Cabinet members have praised their 'brotherly and cordial' meeting with MPs during a dinner...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah pictured during the inauguration of the second half of the Fourteenth Season of the National Assembly. — KUNA photos
Amir opens new Assembly term with first grilling on the agenda - MP Turaiji files graft case against customs chief
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah pictured during the inauguration of the second half of the Fourteenth Season of the National Assembly. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah today opens the new term of the National Assembly which is expected to start with a discussion of a grilling against the Social Affairs and Labor Minister over alleged irregularities. The Amir will address...
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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
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