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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris depart after US President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan on March 11, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. - AFPn
US stimulus checks could end up in stock markets, bitcoin
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris depart after US President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan on March 11, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. - AFPWASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus will start flooding into the US economy soon, and some analysts say much of that money could end up invested in stocks or even bitcoin. Over the weekend, the government began...
YANGON: People donate watermelons to protesters as they prepare to take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon. - AFPn
Myanmar unrest driving up food, fuel prices: WFP
YANGON: People donate watermelons to protesters as they prepare to take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon. - AFPROME: The political unrest in Myanmar is driving up food and fuel prices, risking pushing the country's most vulnerable people further into poverty, the UN's World Food Program warned yesterday. The price of palm oil is up 20 percent in the areas around the biggest city, Yangon, compared to the start of...
BEIJING: This photo illustration shows the encrypted messaging app Signal (center) pictured on a smartphone home screen in Beijing yesterday.-AFPn
Messaging app Signal no longer working in China
BEIJING: This photo illustration shows the encrypted messaging app Signal (center) pictured on a smartphone home screen in Beijing yesterday.-AFPBEIJING: The encrypted messaging app Signal, recommended by Tesla's Elon Musk, appeared to have been blocked in China yesterday, closing off one of the last US social media platforms still freely available in the country. Users of the free app, which has surged in popularity globally after rising...
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Damascus hikes fuel prices by more than 50%
DAMASCUS: Damascus has raised petrol prices in government-held parts of Syria by more than 50 per cent after the Syrian pound hit record lows in the black market. The cost per liter of subsidized petrol rose from 475 to 750 Syrian pounds (officially 60 US cents, or 17 US cents at black market rates), the trade ministry said late Monday.Syrian motorists are allocated 75 liters of subsidized petrol per vehicle per month, then must pay unsubsidized...
Employees of Rechapados Ferrer make chessboards in La Garriga near Barcelona.-AFP n
Spain chessboard maker's sales soar on 'Queen's Gambit' success
Employees of Rechapados Ferrer make chessboards in La Garriga near Barcelona.-AFPAt David Ferrer's factory, workers are busy cutting, trimming and stitching together fine sheets of wood to make chessboards to meet a surge in orders in the wake of the runaway success of the Netflix series, "The Queen's Gambit". Rechapados Ferrer, a small family-run business, is struggling to keep up with demand since its boards appeared in the award-winning...
People walk on a new public art installation at Domino Park in Brooklyn on March 15, 2021 in New York City.-AFP n
Online sales save art market
People walk on a new public art installation at Domino Park in Brooklyn on March 15, 2021 in New York City.-AFPA surprisingly rapid shift online helped cushion the art market from the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic although sales still fell by a fifth last year, an Artprice report said Monday. Artprice, the France-based leader in art market data, said the digital transformation of auctions amounted to a "revolution" in the way fine...
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Venice, Florence look ahead to tourist returns
The mayors of Venice and Florence, Italy's world-famous cradles of art and history, published plans Monday to help them rebuild after the coronavirus crisis on a "new model" of tourism. They want more police to ensure safety and more funds for public transport, but also better regulation for guides and for short-term accommodation rentals, which they said provide "unfair competition". The two cities urged the government to give them more powers...
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'Mank' leads Oscars nominations in record year for women
In this file photo US director David Fincher poses as he arrives at the Italian premiere of the film "The Girl with the Dragoon Tattoo" directed by David Fincher in Rome.-AFP photos"Mank," David Fincher's black-and-white ode to "Citizen Kane," comfortably led this year's Oscars nominations Monday with 10 nods including for best picture and best director, as female filmmakers and streamers smashed Academy records. The Netflix reimagining of...
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Tunisia film-maker hails 'historic' Oscar nomination
In this file photo Tunisian film director Kaouther Ben Hania poses during a photo session in Paris following the 26th "Ceremonie des lumieres" cinema award ceremony.—AFPThe director of the first ever Tunisian film to be tipped for an Oscar has hailed the "historical" nomination and urged the North African country's authorities to support homegrown cinema. Kaouther Ben Hania's film "The Man Who Sold His Skin" was put forward for best foreign...
Actor Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Kotto, first Black Bond villain and 'Alien' actor, dies at 81
Actor Yaphet KottoActor Yaphet Kotto, who rose to fame in the 1970s fighting James Bond in "Live and Let Die" and an extraterrestrial stowaway in "Alien", has died, his agent told AFP. He was 81. In a statement Monday on Facebook, wife Sinahon Thessa described her late husband as a "legend". "You played a villain on some of your movies but for me you're a real hero and to a lot of people also," she said. Agent Ryan Goldhar confirmed his passing...
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Kuwait, Manila still in talks over recruitment of domestic helpers
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The Philippines and Kuwait are close to signing a final agreement on the recruitment of Filipino domestic helpers. Meanwhile, an official from the Philippine Embassy's labor office in Kuwait denied a report that hundreds of contracts have been signed for the recruitment of domestic helpers. "No, there is no truth to that. We are still holding (online) meetings to finalize documents and some more issues," the official said.The...
MP Musaed Al-Mutairin
Lawmaker says grilling against premier ready
MP Musaed Al-MutairiBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Opposition MP Musaed Al-Mutairi said yesterday he will file to grill Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah after the National Assembly resumes regular sessions. He said the planned grilling will focus on a proposed general pardon for ex-opposition MPs and activists who have been living in self-exile for almost three years to escape harsh jail terms after being convicted of storming the Assembly...
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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait army alert, govt prepared
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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP
No end in sight for UK riots
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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates
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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP
Hamas names Sinwar new chief
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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP
Musk fans flames of anti-Muslim riots, spars with UK govt