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A general view shows the city skyline in Tokyo on August 17, 2020. - Japan's economy shrank a historic 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter, the worst contraction in the nation's modern history, as the coronavirus deepens the country's economic woes. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
Japan's economic plunge erases Abe era gains
TOKYO: A general view shows the city skyline in Tokyo yesterday. Japan's economy shrank a historic 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter, the worst contraction in the nation's modern history, as the coronavirus deepens the country's economic woes. - AFP TOKYO: Japan was hit by its biggest economic slump on record in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic emptied shopping malls and crushed demand for cars and other exports, bolstering the...
(FILES) This file aerial photo taken on August 1, 2020 shows apartment buildings on the outskirts of Bangkok. - Thailand's growth contracted by 12.2 percent in the second quarter of the year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the steepest drop for the tourism-driven economy since the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
Virus pushes world's leading economies into record slumps
BANGKOK: This file aerial photo shows apartment buildings on the outskirts of Bangkok. The coronavirus pandemic pushed most of the world's major economies into unprecedented contractions in the second quarter, except for China which escaped a recession. - AFP PARIS: The coronavirus pandemic pushed most of the world's major economies into unprecedented contractions in the second quarter, except for China which escaped a recession. Here are...
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Google slams Australia law forcing tech giants to pay for news
SYDNEY: US technology giant Google went on the offensive yesterday against an Australian plan forcing digital giants to pay for news content, telling users their personal data would be "at risk". Australia announced last month that firms such as Google and Facebook would have to pay news media for content, after 18 months of negotiations ended without agreement.The landmark measures would include fines worth millions of dollars for...
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As salons reopen, shops complain of shortages in safety equipment
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: According to a Cabinet decision, barbershops and gyms are finally allowed to reopen today. As salons and spas only had five days to get ready for the reopening, many of them have faced difficulties in getting all the necessary tools to meet the conditions of health authorities.Fatma, owner of a beauty salon in Sabah Al-Salem, complained about the shortage of the required safety equipment. "Due to the new requirements...
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Using public transport today? Don't forget to wear gloves and facemasks
KUWAIT: Public buses return to the road today after a five-month absence, as transportation companies finished preparations to resume operations while observing health guidelines to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In this regard, the Kuwait Public Transport Company (KPTC) released guidelines for passengers to be followed in buses operated by all public transportation companies, which include observance of a...
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Zain launches 'Zain Health' remote patient monitoring platform in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced the launch of Zain Health, a digital healthcare platform for corporate customers. The platform allows doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers to remotely monitor patients using a number of smart medical devices, which contributes to facilitating the efficiency of the healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic over Zain's superfast and nationwide network.Zain...
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Commerce ministry says 99 percent of staff Kuwaitis
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced Sunday that the growth of job rate for Kuwaitis in the ministry has hit 99 percent since it adopted the 'Kuwaitization' policy in 2017, with the total number of employees reaching 3,093. The percentage of Kuwaiti employees in the legal sector in the ministry reached 100 percent, relying on the importance of the nationals' expertise, said a ministry statement.The legal sector is...
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Verdicts issued in Interior Ministry hospitality case
KUWAIT: The criminal court on Sunday passed a number of sentences of imprisonment, fines and reclaiming millions of Kuwaiti dinars against the accused in the 'Interior Ministry hospitality case'. The total value of the sums to be reclaimed is KD 311 million, local dailies reported yesterday.According to the list of verdicts Al-Qabas published yesterday, the court sentenced Brig Adel Al-Hashash and Ayman Al-Sayyed Salamah to 30 years...
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Taxi owners protest 'one passenger' rule
KUWAIT: Around 70 citizens - owners of roaming taxi companies who have been badly affected by the decision to ban taxis from serving more than one passenger at a time - held a sit-in outside the Interior Ministry's headquarters in Subhan in protest against the decision and demanding scrapping it as it has caused considerable losses, Al-Rai reported yesterday.The protesters pointed out that the losses include paying fines in hundreds of cases...
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Agreement on allowing wives to sign medical intervention permission
KUWAIT: In a step towards more government-lawmakers agreement, Al-Qabas daily reported that the parliamentary social and health affairs committee announced that the government prepares to submit a bill to the parliament soon, allowing wives and female relatives of patients to sign documents giving doctors permission to operate on their husbands and children in cases of emergency.In this regard, committee Rapporteur MP Saadoun Hammad said that...
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Kuwait, CDC hold virtual meeting
KUWAIT: The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Kuwaiti Ministry of Health officials met virtually to discuss sharing expertise to address public health challenges and combat COVID-19. This meeting was held as part of the US and Kuwait's ongoing cooperation in the field of health. Both sides hope that this meeting will increase the exchange of research and experts between the United States and Kuwait to improve public health.The meeting...
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Plans to push power plant, landline privatization
KUWAIT: The Supreme Council of Privatization decided to move on with privatizing government facilities, starting with the Ministry of Electricity and Water's main plants and the Ministry of Service's communications sector, including landlines, Al-Qabas reported yesterday quoting government sources.The sources added that the council had accordingly contacted the Cabinet's secretariat general, which decided offering six practices to select...
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TEHRAN: Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (center) flashes the victory sign during a swearing in ceremony of the new president at the parliament in Tehran on July 30 2024. - AFP
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