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UK unemployment climbs as inflation weighs on economy
LONDON: UK unemployment rose back to four percent in the three months to the end of May, official data showed Tuesday, as the economy struggles with stubbornly-high inflation. The unemployment rate increased from 3.8 percent in the three months to the end of April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement. The rate was back at four percent for the first time since the start of 2022. Analysts’ consensus had been for...
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Britain’s water crisis pollutes its decades of privatization legacy
LONDON: Britain’s biggest water supplier staving off renationalization, trains derailed by strikes and consumers suffering huge energy bills—the nation’s vital sectors are mired in chaos decades after their controversial privatization. Sold off in the 1980s and 90s under Conservative prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, state-run utilities and British Rail were split into several companies, unleashing fresh investment but also...
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Gulf Bank promotes financial literacy among staff’s children
KUWAIT: As part of its continuous efforts to consolidate the principles of social sustainability and believing in the importance of work-life balance, Gulf Bank welcomed its employees’ children on an ordinary working day, where plenty of educational and recreational activities were organized for them. On this occasion, the Assistant General Manager of Human Resources at Gulf Bank Hanan Al-Khalifa said: “Allowing employees to accompany their...
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Svitolina, Vondrousova books semis
LONDON: Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova beat fourth seed Jessica Pegula in a topsy-turvy match to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals on Tuesday. The Czech player, ranked 42 in the world, clawed her way back from 4-1 down in the deciding set to win 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Pegula was quickly out of the blocks, breaking the former French Open finalist at her first opportunity but that proved a false dawn as she lost three service games in the first set, landing...
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Revolt, missing stars hurt Spain’s World Cup title bid
BARCELONA: Spain should be among the favorites for the Women’s World Cup but without several key players because of a dispute they are taking the hard path. La Roja will still be a threat in Australia and New Zealand this month, but they are undoubtedly weaker for the absences of stars protesting against the Spanish football federation (RFEF) and coach Jorge Vilda. Patri Guijarro, who struck twice for Barcelona as they won the Champions League,...
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Australia, New Zealand revive 'football's Ashes'
SYDNEY: Australia and New Zealand will play this year for the "Soccer Ashes", sporting officials said Tuesday, a long-forgotten trophy recently rediscovered almost 70 years after it was lost. The ornate wooden trophy houses a silver razor case carried during the treacherous Gallipoli landing of World War I, and has been dubbed the "greatest domestic treasure" in Australian football. Missing since a fixture in 1954, the trophy was rediscovered...
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Kuwait Special Olympics team praised
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Head of the Disabled Friends team, Dr. Essa Al-Jassim, lauded the achievements of Kuwait Special Olympics at the World Games Berlin 2023 as achievements that surpassed expectations. Tomooh Sports Club provides the best services and opportunities for the mentally challenged, especially in the sports field, by forming a distinguished base of athletes. These athletes have succeeded in presenting an honorable image for...
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Rome’s historic bakery to the popes closes
The Arrigoni bakery has made bread for the popes for almost a century, from rosetta rolls to wholewheat loaves—but mass tourism has proved deadly and no prayers can save it now. “We turned the oven off on Tuesday,” said Angelo Arrigoni, 79, whose father opened the little shop in 1930 during Pius XI’s papacy, and who would hand-deliver bread to the papal household. Each time a new head of the Catholic Church was elected, the “Panificio...
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‘Succession’ and strikes: What to expect from Emmy nominations
Can any TV show topple “Succession” at the Emmys? Will Amazon’s lavish “Lord of the Rings” prequel rule them all? And, with ongoing Hollywood strikes, will television’s finest even be honored this year? Nominations for television’s equivalent of the Oscars will be announced in a live-streamed ceremony Wednesday starting at 8:30 am Pacific time (1530 GMT), after which final-round voting begins for the 75th Emmy Awards, tentatively...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lauryn Hill to headline concert urging foreign aid
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and rapper-singer Lauryn Hill will headline this year’s Global Citizen festival in New York on September 23, organizers announced Tuesday. Artists including Megan Thee Stallion, Conan Gray and Stray Kids will join them at the stage in Central Park for the event, which is aimed at drumming up support for preserving international aid to eradicate extreme poverty, in addition to a number of other causes. Singer Lauryn...
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‘Like a mirror’: Most reflective planet identified
A scorching hot world where metal clouds rain drops of titanium is the most reflective planet ever observed outside of our Solar System, astronomers said on Monday. This strange world, which is more than 260 light years from Earth, reflects 80 percent of the light from its host star, according to new observations from Europe’s exoplanet-probing Cheops space telescope. That makes it the first exoplanet comparably shiny as Venus, which is the...
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KD 6.8bn budget deficit seen
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Kuwait budget for the 2023/2024 fiscal year is projecting a huge deficit of KD 6.8 billion as a result of a slide in the country’s oil production and conservative prices of oil, the rapporteur of the National Assembly budgets committee said on Monday. MP Osama Al-Zaid said the committee began studying the draft budget as approved by the government, which projects revenues at KD 19.4 billion, around 18 percent lower than the...
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program
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SUN VALLEY, US: Anderson Cooper walks with Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, after attending the morning session during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. -- AFP
OpenAI and Meta flex muscles as competition in AI sector heats up
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’