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MANILA: This file photo taken on August 8, 2018 shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (R) reviewing policemen along with national police chief Oscar Albayalde (L) in a sudden downpour during the 117th police anniversary celebration at the national headquarters. — AFP
Philippine drug war chief quits amid narcotics scandal
MANILA: In other news, the Philippines' top policeman, who leads the nation's deadly drugs crackdown, quit yesterday as he faces allegations of protecting officers accused of selling a huge haul of seized narcotics. Though the scandal dates from before Oscar Albayalde's time as national police chief, it has raised fresh criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte's signature anti-narcotics campaign, which is key to his massive popularity among...
SRINAGAR: Women look on as they use mobiles phones in Srinagar on October 14, 2019, following Indian government’s decision to restore mobile phones network in Indian-administered Kashmir. — AFP
Mobile phones back in Kashmir, but internet still down
SRINAGAR: Mobile phone networks were restored in Indian Kashmir yesterday after a 72-day blackout, authorities said, but the internet remains off-limits to the region's seven million-plus people. India cut access to mobile networks in the restive Kashmir Valley in early August citing security concerns as it scrapped the region's semi-autonomous status and imposed a lockdown. The easing yesterday covers around four million post-paid mobile phone...
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NBK, the only Kuwaiti bank among the world's 50 safest banks in 2019
Recognition demonstrates NBK's exceptionally strong ratings, and successful strategy KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) maintained its listing in The World's 50 Safest Banks in 2019 list by Global Finance for the 14th consecutive time; topping international financial heavyweights. NBK is the only Kuwaiti bank in Global Finance's list. According to the new ranking, NBK ranks 46st on Global Finance's list of the World's 50 Safest Banks for 2019...
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Global stock markets added to BBYN brokerage platform
Boubyan Capital upgrades Boubyan online and mobile brokerage service Badria Hamad Al-Humaidhi and Suliman Khalifah Al-Enazi KUWAIT: Boubyan Capital Investment Company "BCIC", Boubyan Bank's investment arm, has announced an upgrade of Boubyan Brokerage Service thereby giving customers access to global stock markets in the US, Europe and the UK. Boubyan Brokerage underwent improvements so as to provide customers with the best customer experience...
INDIA: In this file photo, a health worker administers a polio drop to an infant in Kolkata, India. —AP
Philippines begins mass vaccinations after polio returns
MANILA: Parents lined up from sunrise holding sleeping infants as the Philippines launched a campaign on Monday to vaccinate millions of children against polio, which has re-emerged nearly two decades after the nation's last cases. Years of falling vaccination rates, made worse by the botched rollout of a dengue vaccine, culminated in an outbreak of the preventable disease in September. "This is for the welfare of my child," Ruth Miranda told AFP...
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50 years after internet conception, dark side stirs fear
Dr. Leonard Kleinrock poses in his new lab under construction at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, one month ahead of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of the internet. — AFP On October 29, 1969, professor Leonard Kleinrock and a team at the University of California at Los Angeles got a computer to "talk" to a machine in what is now known as Silicon Valley. The event gave birth...
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The Joker: A social commentary
"The worst part of having a mental illness is people expect you to behave as if you don't." Todd Phillips's long awaited "The Joker" finally hit theaters worldwide last weekend, and for the first time, in the longest time, massive number of people lined up, rushing to buy the tickets. This psychological thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, sets the clown prince in his pre-revelation days, before he became the universally known "The...
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Afghan museum restores Buddhist history, one broken piece at a time
KABUL: Restoring Afghanistan's Buddhist artifacts that were destroyed by the Taleban 18 years ago is like working on a 1,500-year-old jigsaw puzzle, say conservators working on the latest restoration project. The militant Islamic group in 2001 destroyed artifacts dating from the third century when many Afghans practiced Buddhism, including two towering Buddha statues in Bamyan province and scores of smaller ones excavated from monasteries and...
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Lawmaker vows to grill Finance Minister Hajraf
MP Ashour urges measures against JordanKUWAIT: MP Riyadh Al-Adasani said yesterday that his planned grilling against Finance Minister Nayef Al-Hajraf will likely be one of the largest in Kuwait’s history and will include wide-ranging issues. The lawmaker said in a statement that the grilling will be more than 100 pages and will include issues regarding the country’s fiscal position, state budget, sovereign fund investments, the pension agency...
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Residential areas littered with trash
KUWAIT: For many days, Kuwait residents have noticed huge amount of trash around the trash bins. People have been calling the hotline of Kuwait Municipality to complain about the bad smell coming from the trash across Kuwait residential areas. The areas include; Salwa, Salmiya, Khaitan, Mahboula, and Hawally. Along the street in Salwa (Block 4), there is a huge trash which has been there for over two weeks. When Kuwait Times called Hawally...
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Kuwait City air quality 'unhealthy'
KUWAIT: Kuwait City ranked seventh worldwide yesterday in the global index that measures the most polluted cities and those with the worst air quality levels. Air Visual - an international air quality monitor, showed that Kuwait City scored 157 in the air quality index (AQI), and described the city's air quality as 'unhealthy.' Meanwhile, the US Embassy's air quality monitor also recorded 164 AQI for Kuwait City, which classified it 'unhealthy'....
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Kuwait govt rejects parliamentary request to discuss reducing gas, energy prices
Civil aviation workers stage sit-in to demand 'financial rights'KUWAIT: In a step that precedes the convening of the first session of the National Assembly's new term on October 29th, the government rejected a parliamentary request to discuss restoring the previous prices of gas and energy to their original rates before they were hiked back in 2016. "The government maintains belief that the gas price increase came after a comprehensive market...
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KUWAIT: Interior ministry officials have monitored and conducted several inspection campaigns across the country.
MoI continues crackdown on traffic, residency law violators
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LONDON: Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria wave as they pose on the steps of 10 Downing Street on July 5, 2024. - AFP
‘Restless’ Starmer seeks ‘reset’, axes Rwanda scheme
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HATHRAS, India: Mourners gather as the deceased who died in a stampede during a sermon are kept at a mortuary at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
‘Miracles’ and hope: Fatal stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen
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Row erupts over foreign scholarships
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Scholarship acceptance rates: By the numbers