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WASHINGTON, United States: This file photo shows the Marriner S Eccles, US Federal Reserve, building in Washington, DC.-- AFPnn
Fed begins rate talks that could herald end of hikes
Washington: The US Federal Reserve kicked off a two-day meeting Tuesday morning to decide whether to raise its benchmark lending rate for a 10th -- and possibly final -- time to tackle rising prices.The Fed has been on an aggressive campaign of interest-rate hikes since March last year, rapidly raising rates to help target high inflation, which remains above its long-term target of two percent.With the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) widely...
Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwaiti, Saudi FMs discuss bilateral relations, Amman meeting
Kuwait: Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Sabah received on Tuesday a phone call from Saudi counterpart Faisal Farahan Al-Saud and discussed the tightly-knit relations between the two nations.The two also touched on the results of Amman consultative meeting held between Foreign Ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi on the Syrian matter, with the participation of Syrian top diplomat.
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Eurozone inflation sees surprise rise after 5-month fall
Brussels: Annual inflation in the eurozone rose to seven percent in April, the EU's statistics agency said Tuesday, the first increase after five consecutive months of declines.Consumer prices edged up from 6.9 percent in March, which could further encourage the European Central Bank (ECB) to raise interest rates on Thursday. Analysts for FactSet and Bloomberg had predicted the rate would remain stable.The ECB has hiked rates repeatedly since...
TOULOUSE: Photo shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. – AFP
Samsung bans use of ChatGPT for mobile, appliances staff
Seoul: Samsung Electronics is banning employees in its mobile and appliances division from using generative AI services such as ChatGPT, the company said on Tuesday, after instances of "misuse" of the technology.Interest in artificial intelligence chatbots has soared since the Microsoft-backed ChatGPT debuted in November.ChatGPT caused a global sensation for generating essays, songs, exams and even news articles from brief prompts. Critics have...
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Khuder Adnan, Palestinian captive on 86-day food strike, dies
Ramallah: Palestinian captive, Khuder Adnan, who was on food strike for 86 days in protest of detainment, died in Zionist occupation prisons Tuesday morning.Palestinian Prisoner Society affirmed that the 44-year old spent the last few days in Ramla prison's infirmary, adding that occupation authorities refused transporting to a hospital despite critical condition.PPS added that since Adnan went on strike occupation refused family visits, his wife...
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100,000 Russian dead, wounded in 5 months in Ukraine: W.House
Washington: More than 20,000 Russian troops have died and another 80,000 were wounded in five months of fighting in eastern Ukraine, particularly in Bakhmut, a White House official said Monday."We estimate that Russia has suffered more than 100,000 casualties, including over 20,000 killed in action," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters."Russia's attempt at an offensive in the Donbass, largely through Bakhmut, has...
A protestor fires fireworks as they clash with riot police during a demonstration on May Day (Labour Day), to mark the international day of workers, more than a month after the government pushed an unpopular pensions reform act through parliament, in Nantes, northwestern France, on May 1, 2023.
At least 108 police injured, 291 people detained in France May Day protests
Paris: At least 108 police were wounded and 291 people detained across France as violence erupted at May Day protests showing anger at President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform, the interior minister said.Such a high toll of police wounded was "extremely rare" for a May 1 protest day, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters. He added that one policeman who was hit by a Molotov cocktail had received burns to the face and hands but his...
In this file photo taken on September 13, 2021, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres looks on during a conference on aid for Afghanistan, in Geneva. Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on May 1, 2023, in an increasingly desperate bid to find ways to influence Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.
UN holds Afghanistan crisis talks without Taliban
Doha: Afghanistan's Taliban authorities will be absent from UN-led talks that open Monday on how to handle the crisis-stricken country's rulers and press them to ease a ban on women working and girls going to school.Envoys from the United States, China and Russia as well as major European aid donors and key neighbours such as Pakistan are among representatives from about 25 countries and groups called to the two days of talks by UN...
The Kuwaiti shooter Abdullah Malallah.
Kuwait wins three silver medals in Arab Archery Tournament
Tunis: The Kuwaiti team won three silver medals in the 12th Arab Archery Tournament hosted by the Tunisian island of Djerba.The Kuwaiti shooter Abdullah Malallah won a silver medal in the category: Individual men, composite bow, while the Kuwaiti woman athlete, Hanan Al-Mayas, came second in the category: Individual women.In the mixed games, Malallah and Al-Mayas bagged the silver one.The four-day tournament concluded on Sunday. The games...
Permanent Representative to the UN and other international organization in Geneva Ambassador Nasser Al-Hain.
Kuwait's Permanent Representative to UN values ties with IFRC
Geneva: Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva Ambassador Nasser Al-Hain said on Monday that the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) values the distinguished relations with Kuwait.This was in a statement by Al-Hain to KUNA after his meeting with the Secretary General of IFRC Jagan Chapagain at the headquarters of the UN office in Geneva.The meeting dealt with the humanitarian situation in...
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MasterChef presenter Jock Zonfrillo dies aged 46
Sydney: MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo has died at the age of 46, his family said in a message on Monday.Zonfrillo, a Scottish-Australian father of four who was a judge on the popular TV cooking competition, was found dead by police in Melbourne in the early hours of Monday."With completely shattered hearts and without knowing how we can possibly move through life without him, we are devastated to share that Jock passed away," his...
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US regulators seize California's First Republic Bank
San Francisco: US financial authorities have taken possession of California's troubled First Republic Bank, which will be acquired by JPMorgan Chase, government regulators announced Monday in the latest banking failure."To protect depositors, the FDIC is entering into a purchase and assumption agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Columbus, Ohio, to assume all of the deposits and substantially all of the assets of First...
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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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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
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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