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In this Thursday, June 14, 1990, file photo pro-government coal miners wield clubs against an anti-government demonstrator at University Square. — AP
Romania probes ex-president for ‘crimes against humanity’
In this Thursday, June 14, 1990, file photo pro-government coal miners wield clubs against an anti-government demonstrator at University Square. — APBUCHAREST: A Romanian court has begun a probe into former president Ion Iliescu for alleged crimes against humanity over the violent suppression of protests in 1990, months after the fall of the Communist regime, prosecutors said yesterday.The 85-year-old is accused over the violent crackdown on...
Pope Francis catches a scarf thrown by a worshipper as he greets the crowd from the popemobile before his weekly general audience at St Peter’s square. — AFP
Pope’s brain tumor? Try keeping up with him proclaims Vatican
Pope Francis catches a scarf thrown by a worshipper as he greets the crowd from the popemobile before his weekly general audience at St Peter’s square. — AFPVATICAN CITY: The Vatican yesterday dismissed a report that Pope Francis has a brain tumor as baseless, with a spokesman challenging anyone who thinks the pontiff is seriously ill to try keeping up with him. Quotidiano Nazionale (QN), the newspaper which made the claim, said it stood by...
BISARA: A bruised Asgari Begum, mother of 52-year-old Muslim farmer Mohammad Akhlaq, killed over rumors he slaughtered a cow stands by the entrance of her home. — AP
Mob killing over beef pre-planned
BISARA: A bruised Asgari Begum, mother of 52-year-old Muslim farmer Mohammad Akhlaq, killed over rumors he slaughtered a cow stands by the entrance of her home. — APNEW DELHI: Government investigators said yesterday the mob killing of a Muslim man over rumors he slaughtered a cow was premeditated, and not a spontaneous act stemming from heightened emotion and religious devotion as many Hindu nationalist politicians have claimed. The killing of...
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Pakistan hangs more prisoners
MULTAN: Pakistan yesterday hanged at least five more men for murder, an official said, bringing the total number of people executed in just 24 hours to 14. The latest executions took place in cities of Lahore, Bahawalpur, Toba Tek Singh, Mianwali, Dera Ghazi Khan in central Punjab province. “One convict was hanged in each jail in the five cities,” a senior prisons official, who did not want to be named, told AFP.On Tuesday, Pakistan executed...
Levelyn Alcoriza leaves her flood—submerged house to evacuate to Balzain Elementary School. — AFP
Death toll from storm in Philippines climbs to 39
Levelyn Alcoriza leaves her flood—submerged house to evacuate to Balzain Elementary School. — AFPCABANATUAN: The death toll from a storm that battered the Philippines' main island over the weekend has climbed to at least 39, officials said yesterday. Tropical Storm Koppu, which barreled ashore as a powerful typhoon in the northeastern Philippines on Sunday before weakening, forced more than 100,000 villagers into emergency shelters and...
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Syrian conflict expanded
Britain’s International Development Secretary Justine Greening and China’s Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng shake hands after signing an agreement at Number 10 Downing Street in London Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (front R) and China’s Minister Yu Guangzhou (front L) sign an agreement as Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and China’s President Xi Jinping (rear L) watch at Number 10 Downing Street in London yesterday. —AFP
Xi seals $62bn in deals during UK visit - Cameron, Xi address steel crisis after Britain job cuts
Britain’s International Development Secretary Justine Greening and China’s Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng shake hands after signing an agreement at Number 10 Downing Street in London Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (front R) and China’s Minister Yu Guangzhou (front L) sign an agreement as Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and China’s President Xi Jinping (rear L) watch at Number 10 Downing Street in...
Representatives from Ras Al-Khaimah Tourism Development Authority and Air Arabia seen at a media roundtable yesterday at Crowne Plaza Hotel to discuss opportunities to strengthen travel, tourism and trade ties with Kuwait. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Ras Al-Khaimah tourism board, Air Arabia discuss tourism, trade ties with Kuwait
Representatives from Ras Al-Khaimah Tourism Development Authority and Air Arabia seen at a media roundtable yesterday at Crowne Plaza Hotel to discuss opportunities to strengthen travel, tourism and trade ties with Kuwait. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Representatives from Ras Al-Khaimah Tourism Development Authority and Air Arabia held a media roundtable yesterday at Crowne Plaza Hotel to discuss opportunities to strengthen travel,...
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KAMCO organizes ‘7 Habits’ training session
Mohammed Abdullah Al HubailKUWAIT: KAMCO Investment Company, a leading investment company with one of the largest AUMs in the region, and a winner of the prestigious Kuwait Asset Manager of the Year Award 2015, organized their second training session by the FranklinCovey Company about the key elements of highly effective employees that would strengthen an organization's culture.The FranklinCovey team, once again, held their prominent training...
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AUB acquires full control of Legal & General Gulf
KUWAIT: The Legal and General Group Plc has decided to sell its 50% stake in Legal & General Gulf BSC (LGG), its Bahrain based joint venture with Ahli United Bank BSC (AUB) specializing in the extension of conventional and Sharia compliant life insurance services. This move comes in the context of other corporate divestitures undertaken by the L&G Group Plc in France, Germany and Egypt to focus its business on identified core markets.Following...
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Yahoo loses $42m on 'Community' series
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Reviving "Community" has been a costly adventure for Yahoo-and might spell the end of its foray into big-budget original series.CFO Ken Goldman revealed during Yahoo's third-quarter earnings call Tuesday that the company took a $42 million charge on "Community" and two other original series as it couldn't effectively monetize the programming.Yahoo recorded a $42 million impairment charge in Q3 on the value of its video...
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Hold on to your hoverboard: 'Back to the Future' is now
Welcome to the future. Yesterday was the date "Back to the Future" professor Doc Brown and Marty McFly journey to in their time-traveling DeLorean in the much-loved movie trilogy. The world as imagined by director Robert Zemeckis-with hoverboards, self-lacing sneakers and flying vehicles-seemed a long shot when "Back to the Future II" came out in December 1989. Fans of the series are marking Wednesday's landmark date by celebrating some of the...
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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
Bangladesh court winds back job quotas that sparked unrest
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People call for transparency as concerns mount over food poisoning and safety
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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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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
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BIDEN DROPS OUT OF RACE