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Police probe coin attack on girl, 15, at Man City-Liverpool tie

MANCHESTER: Police said they had launched an investigation after a 15-year-old female Manchester City fan suffered head injuries during Thursday's League Cup tie against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium. Daniel Cornwell told the Daily Telegraph his teenage daughter had been left with "a scar for life" following the "horrible" incident after being hit by a full plastic pint pot "weighted with coins" thrown from the Liverpool section at the Etihad.A...

WASHINGTON, United States: This file photo shows the Marriner S Eccles, US Federal Reserve, building in Washington, DC.-- AFPnn

US Fed's preferred inflation gauge eases in November

Washington: A key indicator of US inflation edged down from a year ago in November, according to government data released Friday, in welcome news to households grappling with soaring costs although food prices remained elevated.This extends a downward trend in recent months as officials try to cool the world's biggest economy, though it is unlikely to bring quick reprieve from an aggressive campaign to rein in prices.The US Federal Reserve's...

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Two dead, four injured in Paris shooting: prosecutor

Paris: Two people were killed and four injured in a shooting in central Paris on Friday, police and prosecutors said, adding that the shooter, in his 60s, had been arrested.The motives of the gunman remain unclear, with two of the four injured left in a serious condition, the French officials said.

Facebook agrees to pay $725 million to settle privacy suit

San Francisco: Facebook parent Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that accused the social network of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' private data.The amount was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday."The proposed settlement of $725,000,000 is the largest recovery ever achieved in a data privacy class action and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a private...

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Kuwaiti FM: Al-Wafra power plant "important" for GCC-Iraq grid linkage

Kuwait: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah affirmed, Thursday, the importance of Al-Wafra power-station in the plan to link the GCC grid with southern Iraq. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the GCC power linkage project, an event patronized by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Sheikh Salem said that Al-Wafra power-station would provide around 3,000 megawatts of electricity to...

Ministry of Oil work team with the Arab Planning Institute team

MoO, API discuss new five-year plan

Kuwait: The Ministry of Oil (MoO) discussed with the Arab Planning Institute (API) its new strategic plan for the next five years, in accordance with the best practices, through the aim of providing a comprehensive and integrated roadmap to achieve its idea derived from Kuwait's 2035 Vision.MoO said in a press statement Thursday that its work team received notes on the ministry's strategy from API, studying it and adding any applicable...

Al Musaibeeh and Kanjo with the winners.

Zain Strategic Partner of Kuwait Times Art Competition

Kuwait: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, announced its strategic partnership with the student art competition “Kuwait, Years from Now,” organized by Kuwait Times newspaper. The competition featured the participation of over 1000 students from 80 public, private, and special needs schools who showed their skills, talents, and vision for Kuwait’s sustainable future.Zain joined the awarding ceremony held at Kuwait Times Print...

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NASA retires InSight lander after four years on Mars

Washington: NASA said farewell on Wednesday to the InSight lander that spent four years probing the interior of Mars.The US space agency said mission control had been unable to contact the spacecraft on two consecutive attempts, leading to the conclusion that its solar-powered batteries have run out of energy."InSight may be retiring, but its legacy -- and its findings from the deep interior of Mars -- will live on," NASA said.The space agency...

Chairperson of the Audit Bureau Faisal Al-Shayea

Kuwait Audit Bureau chief briefs MPs about office works

KUWAIT: Chairperson of the Audit Bureau Faisal Al-Shayea, during the parliament follow-up session on Wednesday, presented the MPs with the bureau report for examining budgets of government, affiliate and independent departments and issues related to the 2021-2022 fiscal year. Al-Shayea briefed the legislators about the bureau operations namely advance oversight, analyses of financial data of departments of affiliate and independent budgets. His...

Kuwaiti, Iraqi security officials discuss cooperation

Kuwaiti, Iraqi security officials discuss cooperation

BAGHDAD: Director General of Kuwait Interior Ministry's Land Borders Department Major-General Mejbel Al-Reshidi has held talks with commander of Iraq's federal police Gen Saleh Al-Ameri on further strengthening security cooperation. This came during Al-Reshidi's visit to the Federal Police Command in Baghdad, where Al-Ameri briefed the Kuwaiti official and his delegation about the mandate of the federal police as well as humanitarian services the...

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Ambulance workers join widening UK strikes

London: UK ambulance workers went on strike Wednesday, widening a dispute with the government over its refusal to increase pay above inflation after recent walkouts by nurses.A series of stoppages are causing misery Britain in the run-up to Christmas, with railway workers and passport control officers also threatening to ruin festive holiday getaways as the government refuses to cede on pay demands.On Wednesday, ambulance staff at the state-run...

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US agency orders Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 bn for shoddy banking practices

New York: US officials announced Tuesday a $3.7 billion settlement with Wells Fargo over an array of "illegal activity" that burdened customers with wrongful home foreclosures and other problems.Wells Fargo will pay $2 billion to compensate customers and $1.7 billion in civil fines under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau settlement.Wells Fargo called the agreement an "important milestone" in the bank's progress after a series of scandals.

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

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