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Pound sinks 2% against dollar
London: The British pound tumbled two percent against the dollar Friday, as recession fears intensified following poor data despite UK government efforts to drive growth.Following Britain's tax-cutting budget, sterling plunged to $1.1042, the lowest level since 1985, also after survey data showed the UK economy was likely in recession.
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73 dead in migrant shipwreck off Syria coast
Damascus: At least 73 migrants have died after a boat they boarded in Lebanon sank off Syria's coast, Syria's health minister said Friday, in the deadliest such migrant journey from Lebanon."The number of victims from the shipwreck has reached 73 people," Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabash said in a statement, adding that 20 survivors were being treated in hospital in the Syrian port of Tartus.
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Awqaf Ministry forms truth-seeking cmte to examine stalled projects
Kuwait: Minister of Awqaf (Endowment) and Islamic Affairs, Jamal Al-Jalawi, stated Thursday that a truth-seeking committee was formed to examine stalled projects within the ministry.Minister Al-Jalawi, also Minister of Justice and State Minister for Nazaha (Integrity) Enhancement, added in press release that delay in projects goes against the instructions of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah who urged for quick...
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Inflation-hit Turkey cuts rate for second month
Istanbul: Turkey's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the second straight month despite an annual inflation rate that has reached 80 percent and is still moving higher.The central bank said it was cutting its one-week repo rate to 12 percent from 13 percent and blamed skyrocketing consumer prices on external factors such as the global jump in the cost of energy and food caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The decision highlights...
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Federer teams up with Nadal at Laver Cup for final match
London: Roger Federer will team up with long-time rival Rafael Nadal for the final match of his glittering career, Laver Cup organisers announced on Thursday.The 20-time Grand Slam champion will play doubles with the Spaniard, who has won 22 majors, at the O2 arena in London on Friday.
His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait Crown Prince congratulates Saudi counterpart on National Day
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has addressed a cable of congratulations to His Royal Highness Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, on the kingdom national day.His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal wished the kingdom further progress and prosperity under th sagacious leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait Amir congratulates Saudi Arabia on National Day
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of congratulations to the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on his country's national day.In the cable, His Highness the Amir praised the kingdom's blessed development and civil accomplishments, wishing King Salman good health and for the Kingdom progress and prosperity.
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Kuwait security personnel arrest persons involved in illegal "votes purchase"
Kuwait: Security personnel have arrested a number of persons who were engaged in illegal votes' purchases, the Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday.The offenders were apprehended red-handed in a house that had been turned in a secret place for buying votes, said the MoI in a statement.Personnel of the criminal security sector (the directorate general of criminal inspection), after obtaining an arrest warrant from the public prosecution,...
Residents stand in a street after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Mexico City on September 22, 2022
Strong quake shakes Mexico days after deadly tremor
Mexico City: A strong earthquake jolted Mexico on Thursday, sending people rushing out into the streets of the capital in the middle of the night, days after a powerful tremor left at least two people dead.The epicenter of the 6.9-magnitude quake was near the Pacific coast, 84 kilometers (52 miles) south of Coalcoman in the western state of Michoacan, the national seismological agency reported.The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimated the...
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UK to pay half of business winter energy bills
London: Britain on Wednesday launched a six-month plan starting in October to pay about half of energy bills for businesses, as Prime Minister Liz Truss seeks to stop companies going under as a result of rocketing prices.The news precedes a mini-budget Friday when finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to unveil tax cuts to help a nation struggling with decades-high inflation.Wholesale electricity and gas prices for businesses -- except the...
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Kuwait hlt. Min.: Private sector partner in developing healthcare system
Kuwait: The private sector is an important partner in developing the healthcare system in Kuwait, said Minister of Health Dr. Khaled Al-Saeed Wednesday.Speaking to the press after visiting the National Bank of Kuwait Hospital for Children, the minister commended the private sector role in providing healthcare and treatment.The NBK and the ministry are working together to open a new hospital, revealed Minister Al-Saeed, saying that such...
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf
GCC chief: Racism's part in triggering violence, conflicts in society
Riyadh: Racism plays a major role in triggering violence and conflicts between groups of society and countries, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf underscored on Wednesday.This was in a statement by Al-Hajraf at a time coinciding with the International Day of Peace, which falls on September 21 annually, under this year's theme, "Ending racism. Build peace." GCC is satisfied with the international...
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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Stampede at India religious event kills 116
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP
Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic
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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott
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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
Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding