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Chelsea and Pochettino ink 2-year contract deal

LONDON: Chelsea hired Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager on Monday as the Argentine accepted the daunting task of reviving the troubled Premier League club. Pochettino agreed a two-year contract with an option for an additional year and will return to the Premier League four years after being sacked by Chelsea’s London rivals Tottenham. The 51-year-old had been out of work since being dismissed by Paris Saint-Germain in July 2022....

PAS-DE-CALAIS: Employees monitor control screens at the gigafactory of Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a joint venture of Stellantis, TotalEnergies and Mercedes, during its inauguration on May 30, 2023. – AFP

France to open first electric car battery factory

BILLY-BERCLAU: France launched its first battery factory for electric cars on Tuesday, taking a big step in its race to build up a sector dominated by China. Building up the battery industry is at the heart of President Emmanuel Macron’s “reindustrialization” plan for France, with a clutch of factories set to emerge in the north of the country over the next three years.The “gigafactory” opening in Billy-Berclau is owned by Automotive...

TOKYO: Visitors watch a demonstration of a Unitree Go1 robot dog at a booth by Japanese AI company Automagi during the three-day 7th AI Expo, part of NexTech Week Tokyo 2023, Japan’s largest trade show for artificial intelligence technology companies, at Tokyo Big Sight.- AFP

World at ‘tipping point of new computer era’

TAIPEI: Nvidia chief Jensen Huang said the world was at “the tipping point of a new computer era” as he unveiled a raft of AI-related products Monday in his first public speech in four years at a Taiwan tech trade show. The US firm, which specializes in chips coveted in the artificial intelligence boom, saw its value surge to nearly $1 trillion last week, after the company’s quarterly earnings report blew past expectations. Nvidia is known...

BEIJING: Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang on May 30, 2023. —AFP

Elon Musk meets Chinese minister

BEIJING: Elon Musk met China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing on Tuesday, the ministry said, on the Tesla CEO’s first trip to the country since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. China is the world’s biggest electric vehicle market, and Tesla announced in April it would build a second massive factory in Shanghai. Qin told Musk that China was “committed to creating a better market-oriented, rule-of-law-based and internationalized...

MADRID: A woman waits to get food in front of the Aluche neighborhood association local in Madrid in this file photo. – AFP

Spanish government gets inflation boost

MADRID: Spanish inflation slowed in May due mainly to lower fuel costs, preliminary data showed Tuesday, boosting the government ahead of an early general election in July. Inflation reached 3.2 percent year-on-year in May, down from 4.1 percent in April and 3.3 percent in March, according to INE, the national statistics institute. The drop was mainly due to lower fuel prices and a more moderate rise in the price of food, INE said in a statement....

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Institute of Banking Studies honors 17 NBK employees

KUWAIT: The Institute of Banking Studies (KIBS) honored 17 employees from National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) who participated in a number of training programs provided by the KIBS for the banking sector employees, as part of the Professional Certification Programs for year 2021-2022. These programs are accredited by The London Institute of Banking and Finance, which is one of the leading international institutions in professional banking and finance...

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Gulf Bank provides instant sign language interpreting services

KUWAIT: As part of its efforts to consolidate the principles of sustainability in the society and following the requirements of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Gulf Bank announced its cooperation with SignCom, to provide instant translation services using sign language, for people with special needs, which provides Video Relay Services (VRS) as a mean of communication for deaf people, which is now accessible across six branches. The bank provides an...

CAR OKs law to implement the use of digital currency

BANGUI: The Central African Republic (CAR) has passed a law that allows foreign investment in cryptocurrencies, after last year adopting Bitcoin and its own digital currency, the Sango as legal tender. A bill was passed by acclamation, National Assembly president Simplice Mathieu Sarandji announced late Monday. The law comes after the CAR - one of the poorest countries in the world - suddenly announced in April 2022 that it had adopted Bitcoin as...

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Is Mediterranean diet right for you?

Delicious food that stood the test of time and helps keep you healthy for years to come. That’s at the heart of the traditional Mediterranean diet. There’s no single Mediterranean diet plan, but in general, you’d be eating lots of fruits and vegetables, beans and nuts, healthy grains, fish, olive oil, small amounts of meat and dairy. This lifestyle also encourages daily exercise, sharing meals with others, and enjoying it all. What you...

A woman picking up her darts as she competes in a dart competition in Port Moresby.

Darts craze hits the bullseye in Papua New Guinea

At a smoky sports club in Papua New Guinea’s rough-and-tumble capital, security guards check for weapons as players with smiles stained betel-nut red throw darts at the wall. Around 150 Port Moresby locals have flocked to the Sports Inn to play or watch a game with origins in Middle Ages England that, half a millennium later, is setting a poor Pacific island nation alight. Dreadlocked slinger Baxter Torie of the Telpepe Snipers pumps his fist...

This undated photo released by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency on May 30, 2023, shows a Chinese vessel after anchoring near Tanjung Siang on the waters of the Malaysia’s Johor state. – AFP

Malaysia search ship suspected of looting WWII wrecks

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s coast guard said on Tuesday authorities were questioning the crew of a Chinese vessel detained on suspicion of looting two British World War II shipwrecks. Officers discovered unexploded shells upon boarding the Chinese-registered vessel, which was detained for illegal anchorage at the weekend, said Nurul Hizam Zakaria, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency chief in Johor state.“Our investigation is now directed to...

ZVECAN: NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers, wearing full riot gear, place metal fences around the municipal building in Zvecan, northern Kosovo on May 30, 2023, a day following clashes with Serb protesters demanding the removal of recently elected Albanian mayors. – AFP

Serbs gather again in northern Kosovo after violent clashes

ZVECAN: The situation in northern Kosovo remained tense Tuesday as ethnic Serbs continued to gather in front of a town hall in Zvecan after violent clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers left 30 soldiers injured. The NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers wearing full riot gear have put a metal barrier around the municipal building in Zvecan and are stopping several hundred Serbs from entering, an AFP journalist at the scene said.Three armored...

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Crackdown on visa violators

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Kuwait expands ‘open door’ policy to virtual domain

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Minister of Municipal Affairs Dr Noura Al-Mashaan and Head of the Municipal Council Abdullah Al-Mahari inspect the Darwazat Abdulrazzaq project. – KUNA photos

Darwaza Abdulrazzaq project set to reopen

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Interior cracks down on residency violators

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Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman

Saudi energy minister announces discovery of multiple oil, gas fields