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Incompetent managers
By Abdellatif Sharaaare some people who when they assume authority, especially if they become heads of departments, they become totally different and start dealing with those around including employees as if they are working for them personally and not the company or the government.You find them sometimes very arrogant due to a lack of knowledge of how to manage, and they cover this deficiency by mistreating the staff and yelling at them to...
MELBOURNE: Carlton Aussie Rules player Eddie Betts (2/L) trains with teammates in Melbourne yesterday. Australian Rules teams came together to take a knee in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, but ongoing racist attacks show there’s still work to do. This month veteran Eddie Betts, in his 16th season, was depicted as a monkey in a Twitter post on the very weekend all teams united in support of Black Lives Matter. — AFP
Australian Rules teams take a knee
MELBOURNE: Carlton Aussie Rules player Eddie Betts (2/L) trains with teammates in Melbourne yesterday. Australian Rules teams came together to take a knee in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement, but ongoing racist attacks show there’s still work to do. This month veteran Eddie Betts, in his 16th season, was depicted as a monkey in a Twitter post on the very weekend all teams united in support of Black Lives Matter. — AFP SYDNEY:...
PACOS DE FERREIRA: FC Porto’s Portuguese midfielder Danilo Pereira (L) challenges Pacos Ferreira’s Portuguese midfielder Pedrinho (R) during the Portuguese League football match between Pacos Ferreira and Porto at the Capital Do Movel stadium in Pacos de Ferreira. — AFP
Porto win away to open up six point lead in league race
PACOS DE FERREIRA: FC Porto’s Portuguese midfielder Danilo Pereira (L) challenges Pacos Ferreira’s Portuguese midfielder Pedrinho (R) during the Portuguese League football match between Pacos Ferreira and Porto at the Capital Do Movel stadium in Pacos de Ferreira. — AFP LISBON: Chancel Mbemba’s early goal proved enough to hand Porto a 1-0 away win over Pacos Ferreira on Monday and extend their lead at the top of Portugal’s Primeira...
HAMILTON: File photo taken on June 26, 2017 Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton (L) and Team Principal Matteo de Nora at the final press conference as winners of the America’s Cup, 2017 in Hamilton, Bermuda. Team New Zealand have fired a number of employees for leaking confidential information about next year’s America’s Cup defence, Dalton said yesterday. —AFP
Spying claims hit America’s Cup in New Zealand
HAMILTON: File photo taken on June 26, 2017 Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton (L) and Team Principal Matteo de Nora at the final press conference as winners of the America’s Cup, 2017 in Hamilton, Bermuda. Team New Zealand have fired a number of employees for leaking confidential information about next year’s America’s Cup defence, Dalton said yesterday. —AFP WELLINGTON: Team New Zealand said it has fired a number of employees...
GENEVA: This file photo shows a press day of the Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva. The annual Geneva International Motor Show was cancelled earlier this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. —AFP
Geneva auto show 2021 cancelled over virus crisis
GENEVA: This file photo shows a press day of the Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva. The annual Geneva International Motor Show was cancelled earlier this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. —AFP GENEVA: Geneva’s auto show was cancelled this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, and organizers said Monday they were also scrapping the 2021 edition as the auto sector reels from the crisis. The executive committee of the foundation that...
TOKYO: People wearing face masks walk across a street at Kabukicho district of Tokyo. Japan’s unemployment rate rose to 2.9 percent in May, official data showed yesterday. —AFP
Japan jobless data mask woe for millions
TOKYO: People wearing face masks walk across a street at Kabukicho district of Tokyo. Japan’s unemployment rate rose to 2.9 percent in May, official data showed yesterday. —AFP TOKYO: Unlike most major global powers, Japan has been spared an explosion in unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic, despite the world’s third-biggest economy suffering its first recession in more than five years.However, economists say the situation is not...
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Kuwait reports 671 new coronavirus infections, four deaths
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 671 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, raising the country's caseload to 46,195. Health authorities recorded four related deaths during the same period, putting the overall count of fatalities due to infection with the pathogen at 354 since its outbreak in the country months ago. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, Dr Abdullah...
KUWAIT: Mask-clad shoppers walk inside the Avenues Mall yesterday as Kuwait entered the second phase of easing restrictions imposed due to the spread of COVID-19. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
People flock to malls as more virus curbs eased
KUWAIT: Mask-clad shoppers walk inside the Avenues Mall yesterday as Kuwait entered the second phase of easing restrictions imposed due to the spread of COVID-19. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: Thousands of people headed to malls and traffic jams returned yesterday as Kuwait entered the second phase of easing of coronavirus restrictions. Malls, restaurants and cafes, in addition to public parks, reopened following a closure that...
Zain Vice-Chairman and Group CEO Bader Al-Kharafi
Zain Bahrain launches 5G commercial services
Zain Vice-Chairman and Group CEO Bader Al-Kharafi MANAMA:  Zain Group announces that its mobile operation in Bahrain has launched 5G commercial services, creating substantial change for the kingdom’s telecom industry, fostering new innovative business models and unlocking opportunities for many sectors. The state-of-the-art 5G network built in partnership with global solutions provider, Ericsson, will enable customers to benefit from super...
WASHINGTON: In this photo taken on June 26, 2020, US President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting in the East Room of the White House. — AFP
Trump briefed on bounties by Russia in Feb
WASHINGTON: In this photo taken on June 26, 2020, US President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting in the East Room of the White House. — AFP WASHINGTON: Donald Trump received a written briefing about alleged Russian bounties offered to Afghan militants to kill American troops as early as February, The New York Times said Monday in a new report undercutting the US president’s assertion that he was not told of the threat. Trump has come...
FARIDABAD, India: This photo illustration shows a person using the social media video-sharing app TikTok yesterday. — AFP
India bans 59 Chinese apps
FARIDABAD, India: This photo illustration shows a person using the social media video-sharing app TikTok yesterday. — AFP DELHI: India on Monday banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, including the wildly popular TikTok and WeChat, over national security and privacy concerns two weeks after a deadly Himalayan border clash between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Relations between the world’s two most populous nations have been strained following the...
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South Pole warmed three times the global rate in last 30 years: Study
Temperature data shows that the South Pole has warmed at three times the global warming rate over the last three decades.-File photo BUENOS AIRES: At the South Pole, considered the coldest point on Earth, temperatures are rising fast. So fast, in fact, that Kyle Clem and other Climate researchers began to worry and wonder whether human-driven climate change was playing a bigger role than expected in Antarctica. Temperature data shows that the...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
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