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Biden to visit Hawaii as wildfire toll tops 100
KAHULUI: President Joe Biden will head to fire-ravaged Hawaii next week to meet with survivors and first responders still hunting for victims, the White House said Wednesday, as the death toll from the devastating blazes surpassed 100. The fire, which levelled the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, is the deadliest in the United States for more than a century, and state Governor Josh Green has repeatedly warned the death toll could yet grow...
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Mob burns churches, vandalizes cemetery over blasphemy in Pakistan
FAISALABAD: Hundreds of Muslim men set fire to churches and vandalized Christian homes during a rampage in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, after Christians were accused of blasphemy. The mob made its way through a predominantly Christian area on the outskirts of the industrial city of Faisalabad after allegations spread that the Koran had been desecrated. “The crowd inflicted heavy damage on the area including to homes of...
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Global household wealth drops for first time since 2008 crisis
ZURICH: For the first time since 2008, global household wealth in US dollar terms decreased on aggregate as well as on a per adult basis, both in nominal and real terms. Wealth per adult also recorded the second-largest reduction since 2000, according to the Global Wealth Report issued jointly by Credit Suisse and UBS. The 3.4 percent household wealth growth in 2022 was the lowest rate recorded in any year this century apart from 2008. It was...
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Neymar ends turbulent PSG stay, six years after record fee
PARIS: Neymar brought an end to a topsy-turvy spell at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday by leaving for Saudi club Al Hilal, six years after great fanfare greeted his arrival in the French capital. The Brazilian was afforded a rock star’s welcome in Paris when he signed from Barcelona for a world-record fee of 222 million euros ($242 million), but left just months after PSG fans protested outside his house, demanding his exit from the club. PSG...
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Syria to Libya to the EU: How people-smugglers operate
BEIRUT: For desperate Syrians, a WhatsApp message saying “I want to go to Europe” can be all they need to start a treacherous journey to Libya and then across the Mediterranean. Twelve years after conflict broke out when President Bashar Al-Assad repressed peaceful pro-democracy protests, Syrians are still trying to escape a war that has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced millions and pulled in foreign powers and global jihadists. At...
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China: Economic recovery ‘will be a bumpy and tortuous process’
BEIJING: China said on Wednesday its economic recovery “will be a bumpy and tortuous process”, but insisted Western critics “will for sure be proven wrong”. The comments follow a raft of recent figures that have stoked concerns over China’s stuttering post-COVID recovery, and after US President Joe Biden said the country’s mounting economic problems made it a “ticking time bomb”.“After the smooth transition of the epidemic...
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Vietnam electric carmaker VinFast debuts on Nasdaq
NEW YORK: Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast made its debut on the Nasdaq Tuesday after being merged into a publicly traded investment vehicle. Shares of VinFast, trading under the ticker “VFS,” jumped more than 31 percent to $28.90 shortly after midday, after entering the market at $22 a share. Prior to its debut, VinFast had priced the shares at $11.50 apiece, according to a securities filing Monday night. The company estimates...
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England shatter Australian dreams
SYDNEY: Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo did the damage late on in Sydney as England shattered Australian dreams Wednesday with a clinical 3-1 win to set up a Women’s World Cup final against Spain. The Lionesses had stumbled at the same stage twice before but the European champions made no mistake this time to silence most of the 75,000 crowd and reach the final for the first time. They took the lead nine minutes before the break with Manchester...
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Red Bull Hattrick arrives in Kuwait for the first time
KUWAIT: The 3v3 FIFA tournament, Red Bull Hattrick, debuted in Kuwait on August 8, 2023 and now all eyes are on the national final, set to take place on Thursday, August 17, at 5pm at Al Assima Mall. The event kicked off with 16 teams competing against each other in qualifiers that took place over the span of two days, on August 8 and 9, in House of X. Now, the remaining top 8 teams of 3 players are gearing up for the national final and the team...
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Alcaraz battles through rain, holder Garcia out
CINCINNATI: Carlos Alcaraz battled through a rain interruption to claim his 50th win of the season, defeating Jordan Thompson 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Wednesday at the Cincinnati Open. The top-seeded Spaniard is bidding for his seventh trophy of 2023 as he prepares for a US Open title defense in less than a fortnight. His victory took three hours, with the world number one breaking open the third set as he delivered two love games and moved through on a...
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Push to free chained elephants at Hanoi zoo
Legs in iron chains and unable to roam freely, the treatment of two elderly elephants at the Hanoi public zoo has drawn outrage in Vietnam, with animal rights groups demanding the pair be relocated. The groups are calling for the two female elephants—Thai and Banang—to be released to a national park, and close to 70,000 people have signed an online petition in support. State media has also covered the story widely in recent weeks. On...
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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27% of expat workers domestics
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’