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Knowledge is wealth
By Abdellatif Sharaasociety has its own unique traditions, customs, behaviors and a certain ways of communicating. What may be alright in one place may not be in another, especially when it comes to local dialects and so on. When I travelled to Morocco, a North African Arab country, for example, I was cautioned not to say certain phrases that we are used to here in the eastern part of the Arab world, because if I say them, I will get in...
In this file photo taken on January 12, 2013 Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan (right) and his son Abhishek Bachchan pose during the inauguration of a furniture showroom by actors Sunil and Mana Shetty in Mumbai. —AFP
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan hospitalized with COVID-19
In this file photo taken on January 12, 2013 Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan (right) and his son Abhishek Bachchan pose during the inauguration of a furniture showroom by actors Sunil and Mana Shetty in Mumbai. —AFP Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, 77, tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday and was admitted to hospital in Mumbai, with his actor son Abhishek—who also announced he had the virus—saying both cases were mild. “I have...
Customers dine near mannequins placed to provide social distancing at a restaurant in old Montreal.
Mannequins do double duty in a chic restaurant in virus-hit Montreal
Customers dine near mannequins placed to provide social distancing at a restaurant in old Montreal. In one Montreal restaurant, patrons are getting a fashion-food two-for-one: Mannequins placed at tables not only ensure social distancing but also sport chic outfits that can be purchased to benefit charity. With Quebec province at the forefront of Canada’s coronavirus pandemic, businesses have been reopening cautiously. Le Monarque, a...
YAS ISLAND: Kamaru Usman of Nigeria celebrates after his victory over Jorge Masvidal in their UFC welterweight championship fight during the UFC 251 event at Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. — AFP
Usman outclasses Masvidal
YAS ISLAND: Kamaru Usman of Nigeria celebrates after his victory over Jorge Masvidal in their UFC welterweight championship fight during the UFC 251 event at Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. — AFP UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Kamaru Usman put on a ‘Fight Island’ masterclass Sunday to retain his Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight world title by grinding down a brave Jorge Masvidal in Abu Dhabi. “I’m at the...
VALLADOLID: Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (C) vies with Real Valladolid’s Spanish defender Kiko Olivas during the Spanish league football match between Real Valladolid FC and FC Barcelona at the Jose Zorrilla stadium in Valladolid on July 11, 2020. —AFP
Messi tees up victory as Barcelona cling on to fading title hopes
VALLADOLID: Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (C) vies with Real Valladolid’s Spanish defender Kiko Olivas during the Spanish league football match between Real Valladolid FC and FC Barcelona at the Jose Zorrilla stadium in Valladolid on July 11, 2020. —AFP MADRID: Lionel Messi made it 20 assists for the season in Barcelona’s stodgy 1-0 win over Real Valladolid on Saturday, even as his team’s La Liga challenge appears...
SOUTHHAMPTON: England’s Ollie Pope is bowled by West Indies’ Shannon Gabriel on the fourth day of the first Test cricket match between England and the West Indies at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, southwest England on July 11, 2020. —AFP
Holder gets Stokes again to spark England collapse
SOUTHHAMPTON: England’s Ollie Pope is bowled by West Indies’ Shannon Gabriel on the fourth day of the first Test cricket match between England and the West Indies at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, southwest England on July 11, 2020. —AFP SOUTHAMPTON: West Indies captain Jason Holder removed opposing skipper Ben Stokes to trigger an England collapse that saw a late flurry of wickets fall on the fourth day of the first Test at Southampton...
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Wall St investors await BlackRock earnings after rally
NEW YORK: Investors will watch next week’s earnings from BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, for a snapshot of how the industry performed during the second quarter’s dramatic rebound in global financial markets. Most expect numbers from industry bellwether BlackRock and other asset managers to reflect the sharp stock market rebound. The S&P 500 rose 20 percent in the second quarter after falling as much in the first three months...
HUAIAN: This file photo shows an employee working on a new energy vehicle assembly line at a BYD factory in Huaian in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. —AFP
China economy rebounds in Q2 after virus hit
HUAIAN: This file photo shows an employee working on a new energy vehicle assembly line at a BYD factory in Huaian in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. —AFP BEIJNG: China returned to growth in the second quarter after the coronavirus pandemic handed the world’s second largest economy its first contraction in decades, according to an AFP poll of analysts. The survey of analysts from 11 institutions pegged China’s growth at 1.3 percent-a...
Big tech CEOs (from left) Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Sundar Pichai of Google, Tim Cook of Apple and Jeff Bezos of Amazon are scheduled to testify in Congress later this month.
Big Tech enthusiasm getting stronger
Big tech CEOs (from left) Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Sundar Pichai of Google, Tim Cook of Apple and Jeff Bezos of Amazon are scheduled to testify in Congress later this month. NEW YORK: Tech stocks were going strong even before COVID-19, but behavioral shifts during the pandemic have lifted the sector further into the stratosphere, leaving the broader stock market far behind. The tech-dominated Nasdaq Composite Index has closed at records in...
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Kuwait registers 836 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health said Sunday 836 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours to raise registered cases to 54,894. Ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, in a statement to the press, said four people died because of the virus to increase fatalities to 390. He added the new cases were of people who came into close contact with infected persons. Dr Sanad said 549 of the new cases were...
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Private businesses, workers hit hard by virus downturn
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Private businesses have been hit hard by a sharp decline in the number of customers that made almost 80 percent of companies unable to cover expenses, the financial and economic affairs committee said in a report to the National Assembly. The committee prepared the report to justify a draft law that would allow private businesses to cut salaries of their staff or ask them to go on leave during the coronavirus crisis.The...
BETHESDA, Maryland: US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday. — AFP
As virus rages, Trump finally wears a mask
BETHESDA, Maryland: US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday. — AFP BETHESDA: US President Donald Trump wore a face mask in public for the first time Saturday, finally yielding to intense pressure to set a public health example as the coronavirus rampages across America. Trump had on a dark mask with the presidential seal as he walked through the corridors of Walter Reed...
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