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Workers operating sewing machines in a garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia. - AFPn
COVID, conflict and debt hinder Ethiopia's economic reforms
Workers operating sewing machines in a garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia. - AFPNAIROBI: Shortly after taking office, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised a spectacular overhaul of Ethiopia's tightly-controlled economy: reforms to spur growth, unshackle the country's potential, and lift millions out of poverty. But three years on, with elections on June 21, Abiy's agenda remains largely unrealized, and the...
LONDON: European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic (left) and his UK counterpart David Frost take part in the first meeting of the Partnership Council followed by the eighth meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee in London. - AFPn
UK warns EU of 'steps' over N Irish Brexit trade
LONDON: European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic (left) and his UK counterpart David Frost take part in the first meeting of the Partnership Council followed by the eighth meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee in London. - AFPLONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned yesterday he will take "necessary steps" to unilaterally alter Britain's post-Brexit trade terms unless the EU changes the way it is implementing them in...
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Small UK firms trail big peers on female directors
LONDON: Britain's small listed companies are lagging behind their biggest counterparts when it comes to appointing female board members, a survey showed yesterday. A report by Women on Boards UK showed that bigger progress had been made by the UK's top 350 listed companies than those below the threshold. "While progress has been made over the past several years-much of this has been driven by the largest companies," noted Fiona Hathorn, chief...
DOHA: Kuwait Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah seen with Arab Foreign Ministers in Doha. - KUNAnn
Kuwait FM participates in Arab FMs meeting
DOHA: Kuwait Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah seen with Arab Foreign Ministers in Doha. - KUNADOHA: Kuwait Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah participated in an Arab Foreign Ministers' meeting in Doha yesterday to discuss Arab national security issues, foremost Palestinian cause. Earlier, Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim...
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Info minister stresses importance of Joint Arab media action
KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Culture and Minister of State for Youth Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi stressed yesterday the importance of joint Arab media action to enhance the ability to face the challenges in the Arab region. Al-Mutairi said in a statement to KUNA before traveling to Cairo to head the Kuwaiti's official delegation to the Arab Information Ministers council meeting, which will discuss the enhancement role of Arab media and take the...
Indian Ambassador Sibi George seen with Deputy Director for Manpower Protection Mubarak Al-Azmi.
Indian envoy visits labour shelter of PAM
KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sibi George seen with Deputy Director for Manpower Protection Mubarak Al-Azmi.By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sibi George visited the labour shelter of the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) yesterday. Deputy Director for Manpower Protection Mubarak Al-Azmi, Head of the Shelter Hmoud Al-Dihani and other PAM officials welcomed the ambassador and the accompanying delegation. The purpose of the...
KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Majdi Al-Dhafiri participates in the online meeting. - KUNA nn
Deputy FM par takes in ACD conferencing
KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Majdi Al-Dhafiri participates in the online meeting. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Majdi Al-Dhafiri participated in the celebration held by the Secretary General of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) yesterday, via video conferencing, on the 19th anniversary of the establishment of the organization.Al-Dhafiri delivered a speech in which he stressed the importance of the Asian...
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Zain continues to support KON program in its sixth edition
Waleed Al KhashtiKUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its sponsorship of the KON Social Entrepreneurship Program in its sixth edition. The youth development program, which witnessed tremendous success throughout the past few years, is organized by LOYAC in collaboration with Babson College in Boston.Commenting on the sponsorship, Zain Kuwait's Chief Corporate Communications and Relations Officer Waleed Al...
KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah inaugurates the World Health Organization's new headquarters in Kuwait yesterday. - KUNA nn
WHO: Kuwait headquarters to provide impetus for closer ties
KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah inaugurates the World Health Organization's new headquarters in Kuwait yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that the opening of its new headquarters in Kuwait would serve as a launchpad for better cooperation, with the host country hailing the move as a significant development. Kuwait has been among WHO's "trusted partners" in the fight against the COVID...
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US-led war games underway near Western Sahara
US Air Force mechanics prepare to load an F-16 fighter jet at an airbase in Ben Guerir, about 58 km north of Marrakesh, during the "African Lion" military exercise on Monday. – AFPMOROCCO: US-led forces are carrying out war games near the disputed region of Western Sahara, in exercises jointly organized with Morocco and touted by US Africa Command as its largest. More than 7,000 personnel from nine countries and NATO are taking part in the...
LONDON: In this file photo taken on Feb 18, 2015, an Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft is seen above rooftops as it lands at Heathrow Airport. - AFP n
Emirates posts first annual loss in over 30 years
LONDON: In this file photo taken on Feb 18, 2015, an Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft is seen above rooftops as it lands at Heathrow Airport. - AFPDUBAI: Dubai-based Emirates airline yesterday posted a $5.5 billion annual loss, its first in more than three decades, after the coronavirus pandemic devastated the aviation industry. The carrier said it received a capital injection of $3.1 billion from its owner, the government of Dubai, to help it...
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Iraqi Kurdish speaker fights a man's world
Rewaz FaiqARBIL, Iraq: Rewaz Faiq is just one of two women serving as parliament speaker in the Middle East, where politics is a man's world, but the Iraqi Kurdish mother of two is unfazed. Known for her straight talk, Faiq knew she would face challenges when she was elected in 2019 to the post in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. "In Kurdistan, entering politics is not easy for women," Faiq, 43, told AFP, citing "male domination,...
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
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