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US court tells Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees
LOS ANGELES: Rideshare drivers demonstrate against rideshare companies Uber and Lyft during a car caravan protest in Los Angeles. - AFP SAN FRANCISCO: A California court has given Uber and Lyft until the middle of next week to reclassify drivers as employees in compliance with a new state law. The order came Monday when a judge granted a restraining order in a lawsuit filed by California attorney general Xavier Becerra and three cities including...
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Google turning smartphones into quake detectors
The Google logo displayed on a tablet in Paris. Google launched an earthquake alert system in California on Tuesday, saying it is working on letting Android-powered smartphones double as tremor detectors. - AFP SAN FRANCISCO: Google added an earthquake alert system in California on Tuesday, saying it is working on letting Android-powered smartphones double as tremor detectors. Android phones will receive warnings triggered by a "ShakeAlert"...
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75,000 iqamas lapse; curbs on expats over 60
KUWAIT: The total number of residents who lost their Kuwait residency visas because they failed to renew them online while out of the country has increased to around 75,000, security sources told Al-Rai daily, blaming the residents themselves or their sponsors for losing their visas as they had not seized the opportunity when the interior ministry opened online renewals.Responding to a question about families holding dependent visas sponsored...
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Deputy Amir congratulates Finance Minister on house trust
KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah congratulated Finance Minister Barrak Al-Sheetan for winning the parliament's confidence yesterday. He commended Sheetan for his answers of queries in an interpellation held on August 4, as...
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Kuwait ready to help re-operate three Lebanese ports in wake of explosion
KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) Sheikh Yousef Abdullah Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Sabah meets with Lebanese Charge d'Affairs to Kuwait Basil Oweidat. - KUNA KUWAIT/BEIRUT: Director General of Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) and President of the Arab Sea Ports Federation Sheikh Yousef Abdullah Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Sabah said Tuesday the KPA is ready to provide all necessary assistance for the re-operation of the ports of Tripoli,...
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Zain recognizes winners of KON social program
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, participated in recognizing the winners of the KON Social Entrepreneurship Program during the virtual ceremony held online to commemorate the conclusion of the program's first phase. Zain's participation came as part of the company's Gold sponsorship of the program and its extended strategic partnership with LOYAC, a non-profit organization that aims at developing youth's talents and...
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Preparations underway for Kuwait-Iraq committee meeting
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah yesterday underlined the importance of the Kuwait-Iraq Joint Committee meeting, due at the end of this month.Jarallah made the remarks while chairing a meeting that gathered representatives of state departments to coordinate for the committee meeting, a foreign ministry statement said. He called for boosting partnership between Iraq and Kuwait to serve interests of the two countries...
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Beach-side residents demand action against repeated violations
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Residents of homes built along Kuwait's coastal areas are facing numerous issues related to the public's use of beaches. Kuwait Times spoke to some of the residents to learn more about the problems they encounter.Laila and her family moved to a seaside home in Messila in 1975, one of the first families to move to the area. "When we moved to this area, we didn't have neighbors. Even the roads were not built yet and...
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Drunk man assaults girlfriend, police
KUWAIT: An inebriated Kuwaiti man was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend and policemen, said security sources. Case papers indicate that a Kuwaiti woman called the police reporting that a drunken man had barged into her apartment and assaulted her. Reporting to the scene and knocking at the woman's door, policemen were surprised by the assailant who opened the door and assaulted them as well. Backup was dispatched to control the situation....
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Finance minister comfortably survives no-confidence vote
KUWAIT: Finance Minister Barrak Al-Sheetan gestures after surviving a no-confidence motion yesterday at the National Assembly. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: Finance Minister Barrak Al-Sheetan comfortably survived a no-confidence motion yesterday despite a concerted campaign to unseat the minister, who has only been in office for the past few months and has already faced two grillings. Thirty-two MPs renewed their confidence in...
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris speak on September 12, 2020, in Houston, Texas, after the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by ABC News in partnership with Univision at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. - Biden named Harris, a high-profile black senator from California, as his vice presidential choice on August 11, 2020, capping a months-long search for a Democratic partner to challenge President Donald Trump in November. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
Biden picks Harris as White House running mate
HOUSTON: Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris speak in this Sept 12, 2019 file photo after the third Democratic primary at Texas Southern University. - AFP WASHINGTON: US presidential hopeful Joe Biden named Senator Kamala Harris, a former rival in the White House race, as his running mate Tuesday, marking a historic first for American women of color. Biden's announcement capped a months-long search for a Democratic partner...
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 11: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) elbow bumps with supporters at a campaign stop in the Dinkytown neighborhood on August 11, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Omar retained her seat as the representative for Minnesota's fifth congressional district after defeating her main challenger, attorney Antone Melton-Meaux, in today's primary election. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
'Squad' sweep as Omar holds off challenger
MINNEAPOLIS: Rep Ilhan Omar bumps elbows with supporters at a campaign stop in the Dinkytown neighborhood on Tuesday. - AFP WASHINGTON: US Representative Ilhan Omar held off a well-funded challenger Tuesday and won the Democratic primary in her congressional district, putting her on track for re-election in November along with other members of the "Squad" of four liberal freshmen. Omar defeated attorney Antone Melton-Meaux, who had accused her...
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