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Robert Kyncl, YouTube Chief Business Officer, speaks as YouTube unveils ‘YouTube Red,’ a new subscription service, at YouTube Space LA Wednesday in Los Angeles. — AP

YouTube to launch $10-a-month ad-free video, music plan Red

Robert Kyncl, YouTube Chief Business Officer, speaks as YouTube unveils ‘YouTube Red,’ a new subscription service, at YouTube Space LA Wednesday in Los Angeles. — APYouTube on Wednesday unveiled a new $10-a-month subscription plan in the US called Red that combines ad-free videos, new original series, movies from top YouTubers, and on-demand unlimited streaming music. Red builds on Google’s existing music streaming service by providing...

Boxing robes from the Sylvester Stallone film ‘Rocky IV’.

Stallone puts ‘Rocky’ and ‘Rambo’ props up for sale

Boxing robes from the Sylvester Stallone film ‘Rocky IV’.Costumes and props worn by Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone in the box-office smash hit “Rocky” and Rambo” movies went on public view in New York Tuesday before being offered for auction. Die-hard fans with deep pockets can snap up more than a thousand pieces of Stallone memorabilia at auction in Los Angeles in December, which will help benefit veterans charities.The top valued...

A picture shows mannequins dressed with Fendi fur coats at the Palazzo della Civilta Italiana (Great House of Italian Civilisation).

Fashion firm puts Rome’s ‘Square Colosseum’ to work

A picture shows mannequins dressed with Fendi fur coats at the Palazzo della Civilta Italiana (Great House of Italian Civilisation).A boxy monument to Italy’s Fascist era is filling with workers for the first time in its 70-year history as fashion brand Fendi opens its new headquarters at the restored “Square Colosseum”. The travertine structure, formally known as the “Great House of Italian Civilisation” or the “Great House of the...

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A small taste of Japan

Ambassador Toshihoro TsujiharaOne of my favourite characteristics about film as an art form is the ability to completely engross you into another world. When the lights go dim in a cinema, and the only thing you see is the massive screen in front of you - it's difficult not to feel completely engulfed sensually for the next few hours. And like all great cinema experiences, the recent Japan Film Festival in Kuwait transported the audience into a...

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Brazil's women get their kicks in MMA fighting

SAO PAULO: The black eyes, scrapes and sweat get a little in the way of Poliana Botelho's smile but her euphoria after winning a Mixed Martial Arts title fight in Sao Paulo is unmistakable. Although the Brazilian gets battered in the September 19 clash in Brazil's biggest city, she wins the MMA's Xtreme Fighting Championships franchise belt and her opponent is left semi-conscious and receiving medical attention.Botelho's compatriot Bethe Correia...

Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (right) vies with Paris Saint-Germain’s Ivorian defender Serge Aurier during the UEFA Champions League football match Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Real Madrid on October 21, 2015. —AFP

Real and Celta Vigo play for Spanish league lead

Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (right) vies with Paris Saint-Germain’s Ivorian defender Serge Aurier during the UEFA Champions League football match Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Real Madrid on October 21, 2015. —AFPMADRID: Celta Vigo will be under the spotlight again tomorrow when it hosts Real Madrid with a chance to move into the Spanish league lead. Celta is tied with Madrid with 18 points from eight matches and a...

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13th Gulf Shooting Tournament kicks off

KUWAIT: HH The Crown Prince Shooting event and the 13th Gulf Shooting Tournament continues with increasing intensity in the competitions as shooters moved to the final stages at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting complex. 200 shooters from all six GCC countries are participating. Several gold medals will be distributed today - particularly in the 10m Pistol for women, 50m Prone Rifle. Trap and Skeet competitions (75 shots) for men and women...

Haitian human rights and victims of Cholera protestors in Haiti rally in front of the Log Base of Minustah (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti), in Port-au-Prince to demand justice and reparation.—AFP

Nearly 5,000 cholera cases, 74 deaths in Tanzania

Haitian human rights and victims of Cholera protestors in Haiti rally in front of the Log Base of Minustah (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti), in Port-au-Prince to demand justice and reparation.—AFPGENEVA: Tanzania is facing a major cholera outbreak, counting nearly 5,000 cases and dozens of deaths, the World Health Organization said yesterday, calling for urgent action to stop the disease from spreading to neighboring countries....

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Budget jitters hurt Saudi; Kuwait, Dubai edge down - MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS

DUBAI: Worries that Saudi Arabia may cut subsidies and state spending and raise taxes to cover its budget deficits in an era of cheap oil once again hurt its stock market yesterday, with a negative effect on neighboring markets. Kuwait stocks edged down 0.2 percent to 5,781 points.The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Riyadh was considering a wide range of fiscal reforms - many of which could hurt corporate profits, at least...

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Japan offers India soft loan for $15 billion bullet train - 505-km project will link Mumbai with Ahmedabad

NEW DELHI: Japan has offered to finance India’s first bullet train, estimated to cost $15 billion, at an interest rate of less than 1 percent, officials said, stealing a march on China, which is bidding for other projects on the world’s fourth-largest network. Tokyo was picked to assess the feasibility of building the 505-kilometre corridor linking Mumbai with Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state,...

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stands next to Kuwaiti Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah as France's Defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) signs an agreement with Kuwaiti Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah during a meeting at the Hotel Matignon yesterday. - AFP n

Kuwait, France sign €2.5bn chopper deal - A slew of other joint agreements also inked

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stands next to Kuwaiti Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah as France's Defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) signs an agreement with Kuwaiti Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah during a meeting at the Hotel Matignon yesterday. - AFPPARIS: Kuwait signed €2.5 billion ($2.8 billion) worth of military fixed and provisional deals led by the purchase of 24...

Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi

GCC approves joint guidelines for medical reserves

Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-ObaidiDOHA: The GCC countries approved a joint guideline for strategic medical reserves including medicines and equipment, said Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi.The guideline aims to create further cooperation between the GCC states during disasters and crises, the minister said after heading the Kuwaiti delegation at the second meeting of the GCC Committee of Health Ministers yesterday.The meeting...

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