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GHAZIABAD: This photo taken on October 5, 2021 shows 20-year-old college student Ishan Srivastava checking stocks online on his computer, while actively trading on apps on his smart phone, at his residence in Ghaziabad. - AFPn
From Nigeria to India, Gen Z taps apps to invest
GHAZIABAD: This photo taken on October 5, 2021 shows 20-year-old college student Ishan Srivastava checking stocks online on his computer, while actively trading on apps on his smart phone, at his residence in Ghaziabad. - AFPMUMBAI: There's a new generation of investors in town. They're young, they get their tips on YouTube, and they're armed with apps that make the stock markets more accessible than ever before. US investment app Robinhood has...
STARA ZAGORA, Bulgaria: A picture taken on October 29, 2021 shows a shepherd with his sheep in front of the Maritsa East II, the largest thermal power plant in Bulgaria. Bulgaria which joined the EU in 2007 but remains one of the bloc's poorest and also one of the most coal-dependent countries had long refrained from setting a deadline to end electricity production from coal. – AFPnn
Bulgaria coal miners brace for 'disaster' as phaseout looms
STARA ZAGORA, Bulgaria: A picture taken on October 29, 2021 shows a shepherd with his sheep in front of the Maritsa East II, the largest thermal power plant in Bulgaria. Bulgaria which joined the EU in 2007 but remains one of the bloc's poorest and also one of the most coal-dependent countries had long refrained from setting a deadline to end electricity production from coal. – AFPSTARA ZAGORA: Nikolay Dinev, 34, has worked as a coal miner for...
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Meet the finfluencers: TikTok's investment gurus
SYDNEY: This picture taken on October 13, 2021 shows Australian "finfluencer" Queenie Tan posing for pictures inside a studio at her apartment in Sydney. - AFPSYDNEY: Trying to figure out how the stock markets work? These days you're as likely to turn to a social media influencer for advice as a financial adviser dressed in a suit. Across the globe, baby-faced investment gurus in their twenties are building huge followings on YouTube, Instagram...
HOUSTON: Manager Brian Snitker #43 of the Atlanta Braves hoists the commissioner's trophy following the team's 7-0 victory against the Houston Astros in Game Six to win the 2021 World Series at Minute Maid Park on Tuesday in Houston, Texas. - AFPn
Braves rout Astros to win World Series
HOUSTON: Manager Brian Snitker #43 of the Atlanta Braves hoists the commissioner's trophy following the team's 7-0 victory against the Houston Astros in Game Six to win the 2021 World Series at Minute Maid Park on Tuesday in Houston, Texas. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Max Fried hurled six shutout innings and Jorge Soler smashed a towering home run as the Atlanta Braves captured their first World Series since 1995 with a 7-0 rout of the Houston Astros on...
ABU DHABI: India's captain Virat Kohli gestures to Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz during the ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup cricket match at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium yesterday. - AFP n
India thrash Afghanistan; Kiwis edge Scotland
ABU DHABI: India's captain Virat Kohli gestures to Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz during the ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup cricket match at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium yesterday. - AFPABU DHABI: Rohit Sharma smashed 74 and Ravichandran Ashwin returned figures of 2-14 as India hammered Afghanistan by 66 runs to stay alive at the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday. Sharma and KL Rahul, who made 69, put on 140 runs for the opening wicket to guide...
KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah meets Sven Simon, head of the delegation of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the Arab Peninsula. - KUNA photosn
Acting Prime Minister affirms strong ties between Kuwait, EU
KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah meets Sven Simon, head of the delegation of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the Arab Peninsula. - KUNA photosKUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah affirmed yesterday the strong ties between Kuwait and the European Union, saying that both sides were seeking more cooperation and mutual...
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Capacity of 47,000 weekly PCR tests at health centers
KUWAIT: The health ministry announced yesterday that it has increased the capacity of weekly PCR tests to 47,000 at the ministry's healthcare centers. The ministry's public health department director Dr Fahad Al-Ghimlas told KUNA that the ministry worked on increasing the number of primary health centers that test for COVID-19 to reach 12 around the country.Furthermore, Dr Ghimlas said in addition to the 12 primary healthcare centers, the Jaber...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation officials are seen touring Terminal 4 (T4).n
KAC officials inspect Terminal 4 preparations
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation officials are seen touring Terminal 4 (T4).By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: As part of Kuwait Airways Corporation's (KAC) preparation to resume full operations of Terminal 4 (T4), KAC CEO Ma'an Ruzouqi, Assisting CEO for Operation Affairs Eissa Al-Haddad and other directors toured the new terminal to check the facilities offered to passengers. This procedure came after the Cabinet's announcement of launching phase...
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Sahel app offers integrated govt services: Minister
Dr Rana Al-FaresKUWAIT: Kuwait's Minister of Public Works and State Minister for Communications and Information Technology Dr Rana Al-Fares said yesterday the Sahel application offered multiple services by different state authorities to facilitate procedures. During the opening of Integration and Standardization in Governmental Applications conference, organized by Kuwait Information Technology Society (KITS), Dr Fares stated that Sahel platform...
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, President of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Court of Cassation Justice Ahmad Al-Ajeel, and Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah meet at Seif Palace yesterday. - Amiri Diwan photon
Three authorities' heads meet again at Seif Palace
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, President of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Court of Cassation Justice Ahmad Al-Ajeel, and Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah meet at Seif Palace yesterday. - Amiri Diwan photoKUWAIT: The heads of the three authorities held a meeting at Seif Palace yesterday for the fourth time in as many days, upon His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf...
KUWAIT: UK Ambassador to Kuwait Belinda Lewis is seen during her visit to Kuwait Red Crescent Society yesterday. - KUNA photosn
UK Ambassador praises KRCS's relief of stricken people
KUWAIT: UK Ambassador to Kuwait Belinda Lewis is seen during her visit to Kuwait Red Crescent Society yesterday. - KUNA photosKUWAIT: The United Kingdom's Ambassador to the State of Kuwait Belinda Lewis yesterday hailed Kuwait Red Crescent Society's distinctive role in relieving afflicted people worldwide. The ambassador, in a statement to journalists after a meeting with KRCS Chairman Dr Hilal Al-Sayer, affirmed that the society, through its...
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Kuwait voices support for promotion of peace
Talal Al-FassamNEW YORK: Kuwait has voiced support to all steps promoting peace and preventing conflicts, including a new peace plan to eliminate strategic threats posed by nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) while boosting regional prevention policy. This came in a speech by minister plenipotentiary Talal Al-Fassam before a General Assembly's informal meeting of the plenary on the report of the Secretary General entitled "Our...