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UK must fix budget hole after COVID crisis: Sunak
LONDON: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks with members of staff as he visits the headquarters of Octopus Energy, in London yesterday.-Reuters LONDON: British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak said yesterday he would protect the public finances after a surge in spending, and also defended Prime Minister Boris Johnson whose handling of the coronavirus crisis has come under fire.Britain is on course for its biggest budget deficit...
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UK growth slowed less than thought in September: PMI
LONDON: Britain's economy proved more resilient than initially thought last month, despite a tightening of lockdown restrictions and an end to a temporary government subsidy for businesses such as restaurants and bars, a major survey showed yesterday. - Reuters LONDON: Britain's economy proved more resilient than initially thought last month, despite a tightening of lockdown restrictions and an end to a temporary government subsidy for...
Nobel Committee members Patrik Ernfors (L) and Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam sit in front of a screen displaying the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (L-R) American Harvey Alter, Briton Michael Houghton and American Charles Rice during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 5, 2020. - Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, the Nobel jury said. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
Trio win Nobel for discovery of Hepatitis C
STOCKHOLM: A screen displays the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (from left) American Harvey Alter, Briton Michael Houghton and American Charles Rice during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute yesterday. - AFP STOCKHOLM: Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton won the Nobel Medicine Prize yesterday for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, paving the way for a cure, the...
TOPSHOT - A car with US President Trump drives past supporters in a motorcade outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4, 2020. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP)
Trump slammed for leaving hospital to greet supporters
BETHESDA, Maryland: A car with US President Trump drives past supporters in a motorcade outside Walter Reed Medical Center on Sunday. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash from the medical community Sunday with a protocol-breaking visit to his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for the highly-infectious, potentially deadly new coronavirus. He was masked as he waved from inside his...
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Devils released on Aussie mainland
BARRINGTON TOPS, Australia: This undated handout photo shows actors Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky releasing Tasmanian devils into a wild sanctuary in New South Wales state. - AFP SYDNEY: Tasmanian devils have been released into the wild on Australia's mainland 3,000 years after the feisty marsupials went extinct there, in what conservationists described Monday as a "historic" step. Aussie Ark, along with a coalition of other conservation...
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI - OCTOBER 04: Sergio Garcia of Spain celebrates with the trophy after winning the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 04, 2020 in Jackson, Mississippi. Sam Greenwood/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Garcia closes with birdie to win the PGA Sanderson Farms title
MISSISSIPPI: Sergio Garcia of Spain celebrates with the trophy after winning the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 04, 2020. - AFP WASHINGTON: Sergio Garcia made a tap-in birdie on the 72nd hole to win the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday, taking his first US PGA title since capturing the 2017 Masters. The 40-year-old Spaniard dropped his approach inside 3 1/2 feet and eagled the par-5 14th to match US...
A picture taken on March 18, 1995, in Paris shows Paris-based Japanese designer Kenzo (L) posing with a model at the end of his Fall-Winter 1995-96 ready-to-wear collection show. - Japan's most famous fashion designer Kenzo Takada, founder of the global Kenzo brand, died in the French capital on October 4, 2020 aged 81 after contracting coronavirus. (Photo by Gerard JULIEN / AFP)
Kenzo, first Japanese designer to conquer Paris fashion dies
File photo shows Paris-based Japanese designer Kenzo (left) posing with a model at the end of his Fall-Winter 1995-96 ready-to-wear collection show. Japan's most famous fashion designer Kenzo Takada, founder of the global Kenzo brand, died in the French capital on October 4, 2020 aged 81 after contracting coronavirus. - AFP photos Japan's most famous fashion designer Kenzo Takada, founder of the global Kenzo brand, died in the French capital on...
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Netflix India releases 3 episodes of 'Bad Boy Billionaires'
Netflix has partially released its much-awaited series on four Indian tycoons facing fraud allegations after a state court lifted an injunction over the weekend, a lawyer representing Netflix said yesterday. The "Bad Boy Billionaires: India" documentary series about liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, Subrata Roy of the Sahara group, IT executive Ramalinga Raju and jeweler Nirav Modi was set for release last month. Netflix, the world's largest...
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US evictions surge amid virus despite federal ban
Despite a federal ban, thousands of eviction filings went forward in the weeks leading up to and following the start of the moratorium, brought by some of the largest landlords in the country. - Reuters WASHINGTON: When single mother Khalyah Jackson-Rivers lost her job in May, she fell behind on her rent despite a payment plan, eventually owing thousands of dollars to her building's management company in South Carolina. "Then I got an eviction...
TOPSHOT - People gather to release white balloons near the seaport of Beirut on October 4, 2020, to commemorate the second month after the August 4 massive explosion there that killed at least 190, injured more than 6500 and ravaged entire neighbourhoods of the Lebanese capital leaving scores of residents homeless. - Dozens of demonstrators gathered near what remains of Beirut's port today to mark two months since a huge explosion widely blamed on Lebanon's political class.nTwo months later, an investigation into the disaster has yet to make public its results, further stoking public anger in a country mired in economic crisis and battered by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
Lebanon emergency services reeling
BEIRUT: People gather to release white balloons near the seaport of Beirut on Sunday to commemorate the second month after the Aug 4 massive explosion. - AFP photos BEIRUT: Fierce forest fires, a monster explosion that killed friends, then more Beirut blazes; Lebanon's emergency services are reeling from a devastating year, but are determined to press on. Lebanese firefighter Afraa Obeid, a 27-year-old woman with long black hair, recounted how...
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New York seeks shutdowns in 9 neighborhoods
NEW YORK: People cross the street near Time Square in New York City, which now faces potential re-imposition of virus restrictions in some neighborhoods. NEW YORK: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday he planned to reimpose restrictions on nine neighborhoods as COVID-19 cases rise in parts of the city, which had largely controlled the virus after a catastrophic outbreak. The proposal, which must be approved by state Governor Andrew...
This photo taken on October 4, 2020 shows students looking at displays about the Thammasat University massacre at an exhibition commemorating the event at the university in Bangkok. - The October 6, 1976 Thammasat massacre stands out for its brutality by security forces and royalist militias against the pro-democracy students, who had been demonstrating for weeks over the return of an ousted ex-dictator from exile. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / TO GO WITH Thailand-politics-history-unrest, FOCUS by Dene-Hern CHEN
Specter of university massacre looms over Thai student protests
BANGKOK: Students looking at displays about the Thammasat University massacre at an exhibition commemorating the event at the university in Bangkok. The October 6, 1976 Thammasat massacre stands out for its brutality by security forces and royalist militias against the pro-democracy students, who had been demonstrating for weeks over the return of an ousted ex-dictator from exile. - AFP BANGKOK: Relentless gunfire, lynched bodies, frenzied...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story