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In this file photo, a worker dries organic coffee beans produced at the Fortaleza Environmental Farm in Mococa, some 300km northeast of Sao Paulo. - AFP n
Coffee froths to new highs as Brazil frost hits crops
In this file photo, a worker dries organic coffee beans produced at the Fortaleza Environmental Farm in Mococa, some 300km northeast of Sao Paulo. - AFPLONDON: Coffee prices surged this week to multi-year peaks, extending stellar gains this year after frost damaged crops in the world's biggest producer Brazil. The futures price for arabica coffee, one of the South American nation's top commodity exports, soared Friday to just over $2 a pound,...
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COVID woes and chip shortages keep Tata Motors in the red
MUMBAI: Losses at India's Tata Motors narrowed between April and June, boosted by a 108-percent jump in revenues, the company said yesterday, even as COVID-19 lockdowns and semi-conductor shortages hit its bottom line. Consolidated net losses at the owners of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands reduced by 47 percent to 44.50 billion rupees ($598 million) in the quarter ending June 30, compared to 84.43 billion rupees in the same period last...
TOKYO: USA's Kathleen Ledecky (right) reacts after breaking the Olympic record next to second-placed China's Wang Jianjiahe after heat for the women's 1500m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPnn
Ledecky bounces back to lead pack into 1500m free final
TOKYO: USA's Kathleen Ledecky (right) reacts after breaking the Olympic record next to second-placed China's Wang Jianjiahe after heat for the women's 1500m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: Ultra-fit Katie Ledecky powered through a major physical test yesterday, backing up from missing gold in the Olympic 400m freestyle to post the quickest time in the...
CHIBA: USA's Kolohe Andino crides a wave during the men's Surfing third round at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, in Chiba, yesterday during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. - AFPn
Andino beats Florence in heavyweight US surfing match-up at Olympics
CHIBA: USA's Kolohe Andino crides a wave during the men's Surfing third round at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, in Chiba, yesterday during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. - AFPICHINOMIYA: Kolohe Andino ousted fellow American John John Florence in the third round of the surfing competition at the Tokyo Olympics yesterday, as Australia's Stephanie Gilmore suffered a shock exit in the women's event. The heavyweight US pair were forced into an early...
TOKYO: Japan's Momiji Nishiya competes in the skateboarding women's street final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn
Japan's Nishiya, 13, first women's Olympic skateboard champion
TOKYO: Japan's Momiji Nishiya competes in the skateboarding women's street final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Japan's Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women's skateboarding gold at the age of 13 years and 330 days yesterday. Nishiya finished ahead of Brazil's Rayssa Leal -- who at 13 years and 203 days could have...
TOKYO: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's singles second round tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn
Djokovic, Osaka cruise at Olympics as women's seeds tumble
TOKYO: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's singles second round tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Novak Djokovic strolled into the third round of the Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament yesterday as Japanese star Naomi Osaka's path to gold opened up further after a host of leading women's seeds exited. Djokovic smacked 14...
TOKYO: This picture taken on May 30, 2021 shows members of the high school baseball team Ota Dreams huddled together after their baseball game against the Michiduka team at the Tamagawa Green Zone Baseball Field in Tokyo. - AFPn
'Every kid plays' - how Japan fell in love with baseball
TOKYO: This picture taken on May 30, 2021 shows members of the high school baseball team Ota Dreams huddled together after their baseball game against the Michiduka team at the Tamagawa Green Zone Baseball Field in Tokyo. - AFPTOKYO: Every spring and summer, baseball fever hits Japan. But it's not a professional league keeping people glued to their screens -- it's high-school baseball, in a country where the sport borders on a religion. It's no...
TOKYO: Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt celebrates finishing first to win gold in the men's individual triathlon competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPnn
Norwegian Blummenfelt wins chaotic Olympic triathlon
TOKYO: Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt celebrates finishing first to win gold in the men's individual triathlon competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway won the men's triathlon Olympic title yesterday in a race marred by a bizarre false start. The 27-year-old -- the first Norwegian to medal in the triathlon -- crossed the line in a time of 1hr 45min...
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Cabinet likely to ease COVID curbs amid drop in cases
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet is expected today to ease coronavirus restrictions after health authorities said efforts to contain the disease witnessed good results amid a sharp drop in cases. Dr Khaled Al-Jarallah, head of the consultative committee to counter the coronavirus, said yesterday the success of the health system in containing the Delta variant wave is an indication for more easing of curbs."The continuation of the health system in...
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Staycation is the answer in Kuwait as COVID-19 renders vacation 'a dream'
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Despite the opening of the airport to incoming residents from August 1, many are opting to stay in Kuwait during their scheduled annual vacations. Jason Banawa, a restaurant manager from Batangas City in the Philippines, said he planned to go on vacation last year, but he couldn't because of the coronavirus pandemic. This year too, a vacation is still a dream."I had two months of accumulated leave. I was very much willing to...
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COVID affecting more children
KUWAIT: A senior pediatric consultant said in a TV interview sponsored by the health ministry that a number of children have died in Kuwait from the coronavirus, adding the number of infected children admitted to intensive care units has increased recently. Younger, unvaccinated populations are enduring the effects of the rapidly spreading Delta variant of COVID-19, with children representing a higher percentage of positive cases than in the...
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Kuwait Navy plans drill with live ammunition
KUWAIT: Kuwait Naval Force announced yesterday they will perform a drill with live ammunition tomorrow and Wednesday from 7 am to 7 pm at sea locations shown in the map. Kuwait Naval Force advised nationals and residents to avoid approaching the identified locations in order to ensure safety. - KUNA 
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah