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KUWAIT: A photo taken from Kuwait's beach showing a cargo ship in the Arabian Gulf waters. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikhn
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KUWAIT: A photo taken from Kuwait's beach showing a cargo ship in the Arabian Gulf waters. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
BERN, Switzerland: Protesters against the current measures to tackle the spread of the coronavirus demonstrate with national and Italian flags under the snow in front of the Swiss House Parliament following the result a nationwide vote on a COVID-19 law, in Bern yesterday. - AFPnn
Swiss voters back COVID pass law
BERN, Switzerland: Protesters against the current measures to tackle the spread of the coronavirus demonstrate with national and Italian flags under the snow in front of the Swiss House Parliament following the result a nationwide vote on a COVID-19 law, in Bern yesterday. - AFPGENEVA: Swiss voters firmly backed the law behind the country's COVID pass in a referendum yesterday, following a tense campaign that saw unprecedented levels of...
LANY, Czech Republic: Newly-appointed Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (center), a former political scientist, gives a press statement in Lany, west of Prague, Czech Republic, yesterday.-AFPnn
Petr Fiala named new Czech PM by COVID-stricken president
LANY, Czech Republic: Newly-appointed Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (center), a former political scientist, gives a press statement in Lany, west of Prague, Czech Republic, yesterday.-AFPPRAGUE: Right-winger Petr Fiala was named the Czech Republic's new prime minister yesterday in an unusual ceremony, with wheelchair-bound President Milos Zeman speaking from behind a plastic barrier because he has COVID-19. Fiala, a bearded, bespectacled...
VILNIUS, Lithuania: (Left to right) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda enter the room to address a joint press conference after their meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, yesterday.-AFPnn
EU and NATO vow action against hybrid threats on Baltic visit
VILNIUS, Lithuania: (Left to right) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda enter the room to address a joint press conference after their meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, yesterday.-AFPVILNIUS, Lithuania: EU and NATO leaders yesterday vowed to step up cooperation against hybrid threats on a visit to Lithuania dominated by talks on the Belarus migrant...
KOY-TASH, Kyrgyzstan: Citizens vote during Kyrgyzstan's parliamentary election in the village of Koy-Tash, outside Bishkek yesterday. - AFPnn
Kyrgyzstan holds parliamentary vote as tensions rise
KOY-TASH, Kyrgyzstan: Citizens vote during Kyrgyzstan's parliamentary election in the village of Koy-Tash, outside Bishkek yesterday. - AFPBISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan went to parliamentary polls yesterday as tensions simmer after claims of a plot to unseat populist President Sadyr Japarov, who rose to power in post-vote unrest last year. In three decades of independence, the impoverished ex-Soviet Central Asian nation has become a byword for volatility,...
YANGON: In this file photo taken on November 5, 2015, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and head of the National League for Democracy (NLD) speaks at a press conference from her residential compound in Yangon. - AFPn
Myanmar's Suu Kyi due to hear first verdict in junta trial
YANGON: In this file photo taken on November 5, 2015, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and head of the National League for Democracy (NLD) speaks at a press conference from her residential compound in Yangon. - AFPYANGON: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to hear the verdict in her incitement trial tomorrow, the first in a catalogue of judgemnts to be handed down in a junta court that could jail her for decades. The...
HOUSTON: A customer shops in a Walmart store during Black Friday on November 26, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Retailers are anticipating a busier holiday season than last year after the COVID-19 pandemic caused the quietest Black Friday in 20 years. – AFPn
Shoppers return for 'Black Friday'
HOUSTON: A customer shops in a Walmart store during Black Friday on November 26, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Retailers are anticipating a busier holiday season than last year after the COVID-19 pandemic caused the quietest Black Friday in 20 years. – AFPNEW YORK: Americans returned to stores for the "Black Friday" kickoff of the holiday shopping season, but online data shows that consumers have been spending big for weeks amid worries over...
VIENTIANE: This frame grab from Lao National TV video footage taken on October 16, 2021 via AFPTV shows the Lane Xang bullet train at the Vientiane Railway Station in Vientiane. A new 6 billion USD Chinese-built railway line opens in Laos on December 3, bringing hopes of an economic boost to the reclusive nation. - AFPnnn
Laos hopes for economic boost from Chinese-built railway
VIENTIANE: This frame grab from Lao National TV video footage taken on October 16, 2021 via AFPTV shows the Lane Xang bullet train at the Vientiane Railway Station in Vientiane. A new 6 billion USD Chinese-built railway line opens in Laos on December 3, bringing hopes of an economic boost to the reclusive nation. - AFPBANGKOK: A new $6 billion Chinese-built railway line opens in Laos this week, bringing hopes of an economic boost to the...
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New COVID variant spurs risk off mode and volatility in markets
KUWAIT: The Federal Reserve released the minutes of their meeting from earlier this month expressing their concern about inflation. Fed officials said they would be willing to raise interest rates if inflation keeps on rising. The minutes also signaled that the Fed could be reducing their stimulus for the pandemic relief. "Various participants noted that the committee should be prepared to adjust the pace of asset purchases and raise the target...
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ABCK-AmCham Kuwait hosts webinar on Kuwait's Future Energy Sector
KUWAIT: ABCK - AmCham Kuwait hosted a webinar on the topic of 'Kuwait's Future Energy Sector' presented by Sarah AlUsaimi, Industrial Engineering Specialist at Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects at the Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), and Fred Shuaibi - Energy Focus Group Chair (ABCK-AmCham Kuwait) and Partner in Charge at KNDR.AlUsaimi spoke on the topic of 'PPP & Renewable Energy Projects in Kuwait', starting with...
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GCC quarterly profits reach a new record high in Q3-2021
KUWAIT: Aggregate net profits reported by companies listed on GCC exchanges reached a new record high during Q3-21 at $55.5bn, an increase of 123.4% y-o-y and 22.7% q-o-q. The increase reflected positive earnings growth across the seven exchanges in the region with Kuwait leading during the quarter led by an aggregate net profit of $5.6bn, an increase of almost six folds. Profits for Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Bahraini companies also more than...
KUWAIT: Al-Arabi's Hassan Hamdan #44 heads a shot against Qadisiya during the two teams' Kuwait Premier League match on Saturday. - KUNAn
Qadisiya beat titleholder Al-Arabi in early Kuwait Premier League showdown
KUWAIT: Al-Arabi's Hassan Hamdan #44 heads a shot against Qadisiya during the two teams' Kuwait Premier League match on Saturday. - KUNAKUWAIT: Titleholder Al-Arabi lost at home to archrivals Qadisiya 1-0 in an early heated match held during the second week of the Kuwait Premier League. Veteran forward Bader Al-Mutawwa scored the visitors' only goal of the match held at the Sabah Al-Salem Stadium on Saturday. The win gives Qadisiya six points...