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LEICESTER: Liverpool's German manager Jurgen Klopp (center) and Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah react at the final whistle during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Liverpool at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on February 13, 2021. -AFPn

Energy-sapped Liverpool could learn from Leipzig

LEICESTER: Liverpool's German manager Jurgen Klopp (center) and Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah react at the final whistle during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Liverpool at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on February 13, 2021. -AFPLONDON: Liverpool are badly in need of a Champions League lift to save their season, but with Jurgen Klopp's men seemingly devoid of confidence and...

A yellow cab taxi driver walks between cars as he waits in line at a taxi hold at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. - AFPn

Pandemic threatens New York's iconic yellow taxis

A yellow cab taxi driver walks between cars as he waits in line at a taxi hold at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. - AFPNEW YORK: They were omnipresent on the streets of New York day and night, as emblematic of the Big Apple as the Empire State Building or Yankees caps. But the pandemic has made yellow taxis scarce and facing an uncertain future. On a February morning in a parking lot near La Guardia Airport, a few dozen of the yellow cabs...

Google and Facebook face a crackdown in Australia over using content from media organizations. - AFPn

Tech giants 'close' to deals with Australian media

Google and Facebook face a crackdown in Australia over using content from media organizations. - AFPSYDNEY: Google and Facebook are "very close" to deals with major Australian media to pay for news, a top government official said yesterday, as the tech giants scramble to avoid landmark regulation. Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said talks with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai had made "great progress" in resolving...

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Cronies, corruption: How Algeria's auto sector hit the wall

ALGIERS: Shuttered assembly plants, jailed bosses, laid-off workers. Algeria's once ambitious plans to create a flagship auto industry have turned into a fiasco. The country's recent years of political turmoil have also seen its foreign joint venture factories close and cronies of its ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika end up behind bars.Algeria's dream of creating thousands of jobs has collapsed and the country is in dire need of new...

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World's biggest wealth fund makes push for more women on boards

OSLO: Norway's sovereign wealth fund, one of the world's biggest investors, wants to see more diversity, especially gender equality, on the boards of the companies in which it invests, a document published yesterday showed. "The board (of a company) should have a diversity of competences and backgrounds," read a new policy document from the fund, the world's biggest with more than $1.3 trillion in assets. "Boards where either gender has less than...

Skaters glide on the ice near windmills in the village of Kinderdijk.-AFP photosn

Skating-mad Dutch seize rare chance to hit icy canals

Skaters glide on the ice near windmills in the village of Kinderdijk.-AFP photosThe Dutch, who love to ice skate, on Sunday had a rare chance to hit the canals after they froze over for the first time in almost three years. Some however hit the ice a bit too hard, taking tumbles that landed them in hospital despite an official plea to spare overstretched emergency services. In Amsterdam, dozens of skaters took to the Prinsengracht, an iconic...

French chef Helene Darroze poses in her restaurant during a photo session in Paris.-AFP n

French chef Darroze credits femininity for her five Michelin stars

French chef Helene Darroze poses in her restaurant during a photo session in Paris.-AFPIn a business still dominated by men, French chef Helene Darroze credits a feminine, "emotional" touch for her unprecedented leap from three to five Michelin stars this year. Darroze is already a household name in France thanks to her appearances on "Top Chef"-famous enough even to have a Barbie doll in her image. And when the latest Michelin guide was...

In this file photo Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex return in a horse-drawn carriage after attending the Queen's Birthday Parade, 'Trooping the Color' on Horseguards parade in London.-AFP photosn

Prince Harry, Meghan expecting second child

In this file photo Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex return in a horse-drawn carriage after attending the Queen's Birthday Parade, 'Trooping the Color' on Horseguards parade in London.-AFPBritain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are expecting their second child, a spokesman said in a Valentine's Day announcement. The couple released a black-and-white image of them under a tree, all smiles,...

In this file photo US rapper Nicki Minaj arrives for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.-AFP n

Nicki Minaj's father killed in hit-and-run

In this file photo US rapper Nicki Minaj arrives for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.-AFPThe father of rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver near New York City, police said Sunday. Robert Maraj, 64, was walking on a road in Mineola, Long Island at 6:15 pm (2315 GMT) on Friday when he was hit, Nassau County Police Department said in a statement. The driver left the scene of the...

KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Municipality Ahmad Al-Manfouhi speaks to reporters after a tour at Murooj Complex in Sabhan yesterday. - KUNAn

Surge in Kuwait COVID-19 cases big challenge: Municipality chief

KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Municipality Ahmad Al-Manfouhi speaks to reporters after a tour at Murooj Complex in Sabhan yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Municipality Ahmad Al-Manfouhi said yesterday that the surge in coronavirus cases "has placed us before a big challenge" to heed health conditions. He made his remarks to reporters after a tour at Murooj Complex in Sabhan to see first-hand compliance of restaurants and...

KUWAIT: Fish displayed at Souq Mubarakiya's fish market yesterday. - Photos by Ben Garcian

Ministry sets prices at fish market after auctions halted

KUWAIT: Fish displayed at Souq Mubarakiya's fish market yesterday. - Photos by Ben GarciaBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: After halting daily auctions of local fish at Souq Sharq in Kuwait City and Souq Al-Kout in Fahaheel, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is setting the prices of all fish available in the market. The price of Hamour was set at KD 4 per kilo, baloul KD 6, nuwaibi KD 2, sha-em KD 3, sheem KD 5, nagrour KD 5, qubqub KD 2.500, biyya KD 2,...

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MP proposes jail term for harassment

The National AssemblyKUWAIT: MP Mohammad Al-Huwailah submitted a proposal to combat harassment at public places. The proposal says any person who harasses a woman at a public place will be punished by six months in jail and a maximum fine of KD 1,000, or either of the two penalties.The court can rule for more than the maximum punishment limit - but not more than double - in the following cases: If the offender is a security officer; if the...

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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP

Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters

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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait population hits 4.919 million

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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP

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Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved