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US Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner (second left) posing with his three girl friends: Holly Madison (left), Bridget Marquardt (second right), and Kendra Wilkinson , during a press conference to introduce the new season of Hefner’s TV show “Girls of the Playboy Mansion” on E! Entertainment. — AFP photos
Playboy to stop publishing nude photos
US Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner (second left) posing with his three girl friends: Holly Madison (left), Bridget Marquardt (second right), and Kendra Wilkinson , during a press conference to introduce the new season of Hefner’s TV show “Girls of the Playboy Mansion” on E! Entertainment. — AFP photosPlayboy will stop publishing the photographs of the fully nude women so closely associated with it, declaring such pictures have...
NBK Chairman Nasser Al-Sayer
NBK reports net profits of KD 227.9m for 9M 2015
NBK Chairman Nasser Al-SayerKUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) reported net profits of KD 227.9 million ($754.5 million) for the first nine months of 2015 compared with KD 203.9 million ($675.0 million) for the same period in 2014, growing 11.8 percent year-on-year.Net profits for the 3Q 2015 reached KD 64.5 million ($213.6 million), a year-on-year increase of 9.1 percent.Total assets as of end-September 2015 reached KD 23.8 billion ($78.7...
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Kuwait oil price falls to $46.56 pb
KUWAIT: Kuwait oil price dropped $1.06 to $46.56 per barrel in Monday’s trades from $47.62 pb on Friday, according to Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). In international oil markets, crude prices fell on Monday by five percent amid reports stating that OPEC continued hiking output after traders generated profits, following last week’s prices’ rise-the highest since 11 weeks ago. Brent crudes dropped $2.79 reaching $49.86 pb. The American...
Adel Abdul Wahab Al-Majed, Boubyan Bank’s Vice Chairman and CEO
Boubyan reports net profit of KD 25 million for 9 months - Net profit growth of 24% until Sept 2015, indicators reflect solid growth
KUWAIT: Boubyan Bank witnessed an increase in its net profit by 24 percent during the first nine months of the current year, amounting to KD 25 million compared to KD 20 million of the same period in 2014.The earning per share amounts to 12.2fils compared with 9.83filsduring the same period last year.Vice-Chairman & CEO of Boubyan Bank, Adel Abdul-Wahab Al-Majed said: "Q3 indicators make us more confident that the current year will be remarkable...
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Tokyo fashion: A-bombs and equality on the runway
Most fashion designers try to stand out from the crowd by developing their own individual niche. Takafumi Tsuruta wants to appeal to everybody, especially those fashion often forgets. His show yesterday on the second day of Tokyo Fashion Week featured models from all different walks of life-throwing in ample references to nuclear weapons along the way. On the runway, a dancer with developmental disabilities who said he effectively stopped...
Real Madridís striker Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo wins fourth Golden Boot
Real Madridís striker Cristiano RonaldoMADRID: Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo admitted yesterday he felt no satisfaction despite winning a record fourth Golden Boot as the top scorer in Europe’s domestic leagues last season. “It’s a special moment,” said the 30- year-old Portuguese striker during a ceremony in the Spanish capital. “But I’m not satisfied, I always want more. “I know I’m the only one to have won four Boots but...
Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain
Federer stunned by world number 70
Albert Ramos-Vinolas of SpainSHANGHAI: Seventeen-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer crashed out to little-known Spanish left-hander Albert Ramos-Vinolas in a major shock in his opening match at the Shanghai Masters yesterday. Defending titleholder Federer was stunned 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, 6-3 by the world number 70, who is yet to claim his first career title and has only won three matches in total at the Grand Slam tournaments. Federer, 34, gave a...
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Perfect 10 for England after Lithuania victory
VILNIUS: England made it a perfect 10 wins out of 10 in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign as they completed the road to France with a 3-0 defeat of Lithuania on Monday. Roy Hodgson’s side had long since booked their place in next year’s tournament, but they were keen to finish with an impressive 100 percent record before focusing on the December draw for the finals. And even with an under-strength team, there was never any doubt England...
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Russia claim Euro 2016 berth
MOSCOW: Russia secured their qualification for Euro 2016 with a confident 2-0 Group G win over Montenegro in Moscow on Monday. A goal by right-back Oleg Kuzmin and an Alexander Kokorin penalty set Russia on their way to a fourth win in as many matches since Leonid Slutsky took over in August from sacked Italian Fabio Capello. Russia had needed just a point to go through as Group G runners-up behind already-qualified Austria, who thrashed...
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Malik leads Pakistan charge in first Test
ABU DHABI: Shoaib Malik hit a fighting hundred to cap an impressive return to Test cricket after five years as he led Pakistan’s charge in the first Test against England in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Malik was unbeaten on 124 for his third Test hundred-his first against England-to guide Pakistan to 286-4 at close on the opening day at Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Malik added an invaluable 168 for the second wicket with opener Mohammad Hafeez who missed his...
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HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Sabah (center) cuts the ceremonial ribbon as Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi (right) looks on during the inauguration of the new Al-Razi Hospital
Premier inaugurates new Al-Razi Hospital - Dr Obaidi says opening marks development strategies
HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Sabah (center) cuts the ceremonial ribbon as Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi (right) looks on during the inauguration of the new Al-Razi HospitalKUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday inaugurated the new Al-Razi Hospital in the specialized health Al- Sabah area. The ceremony was attended by a number of sheikhs, ministers and high ranking state...
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LYON: A photo shows containers being loading and unloading onto barges on the Rhone at the Edouard Herriot Port in Lyon, eastern France. A new French cargo fret shipowner CMA-CGM is established in the port of Lyon. - AFP
Credit ratings agency hands France surprise downgrade
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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)
Syria too exhausted for Zionist conflict amid Hezb warning
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Kuwait, US reaffirm strong ties
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SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks with his neurosurgeon Dr Marcos Stavale in the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP
Lula says he’s ‘strong’ after surgery
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Dr Hamed Al-Shaibani
Khaleeji Zain preparations complete