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SITAPUR: In this picture taken on January 9, 2023, content creator Narendra Verma (C) speaks with his team members during the shooting of a scripted video in Sitapur, in India's Uttar Pradesh state. The acting is dire and the scenarios fake, but staged videos are peddling disinformation and fanning sectarian tensions in India. – AFP
Staged online videos feed Islamophobia in Modi’s India
SITAPUR: The acting is dire and the scenarios fake, but staged videos are peddling disinformation and fanning sectarian tensions in India, which has seen rising Hindu radicalisation under nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi. One such five-minute film purported to show a Muslim man mixing toilet cleaning liquid into a street snack, before being “confronted” by passersby. The video got more than five million views on Facebook. Another,...
UNKNOWN: This handout picture shows a meal made of cultured chicken for JW Marriott hotel. A US regulatory agency has granted its first ever approvals to two companies to sell chicken grown directly from animal cells, paving the way for lab-grown meat to be sold to consumers. - AFP
US approves ‘lab chicken’ for sale
WASHINGTON: The United States has granted its first ever approvals to two companies to sell chicken grown directly from animal cells, becoming only the second country to allow lab-grown meat to be offered to consumers. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved food safety systems at facilities of Upside Foods and Good Meat, a spokesperson for the agency told AFP Wednesday, with the companies adding the products would be available soon at...
LE-BOURGET: Sogitec's drone flight simulator displayed during the International Paris Air Show at the Paris–Le Bourget Airport. - AFP
Drones steal spotlight at Air Show
LE BOURGET: Drones of all shapes and sizes designed to carry more and more weapons or directly deliver explosives are everywhere at the Paris Air Show, matching the scale of their deployment on Ukrainian battlefields. One French firm, Turgis and Gaillard, is showing off an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that it hopes will be snapped up by the country's army - until now reliant on American-made Reaper models. Weighing in at 5.5 tons and able to...
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Kuwait money supply up 0.3%
KUWAIT: Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced on Thursday that the broad money supply (M2) went up by 0.3 percent last May to settle at KD 39.6 billion (around $130.6 billion). Local banks’ private sector deposits increased by 0.6 percent to settle at KD 36.2 billion (around $119.4 billion), said the CBK’s economic research department in a release to KUNA, including statistical tables.Private sector deposits in foreign currency dropped by...
World Bank on glass building. Mirrored sky and city modern facade. Global capital, business, finance, economy, banking and money concept 3D rendering illustration.
IMF, World Bank under pressure to boost climate change financing
WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank officials are joining dozens of economic leaders for a two-day summit in Paris, aiming to tackle the interlinked challenges of poverty alleviation and climate change. The meetings, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, have been billed as an opportunity to refocus the global financial architecture to better address the vast scale of financing needed to meet the world's climate...
LONDON: Shoppers enter a general store in the Soho area of London. The Bank of England on Thursday lifted its key interest rate by a half-point to five percent to tackle stubbornly high UK inflation despite such a move worsening a cost-of-living crisis.- AFP
BoE hikes rate half-point as high inflation persists
LONDON: The Bank of England Thursday lifted its key interest rate by a half-point to five percent to tackle stubbornly high UK inflation despite such a move worsening a cost-of-living crisis. The higher-than-expected hike to a 15-year high was the 13th increase in a row. "There had been significant upside news in recent data that indicated more persistence in the inflation process," the Bank of England (BoE) said minutes from a regular policy...
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NBK ‘the Best Bank for Corporate Responsibility In Middle East’
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) was named "Best Bank for Corporate Responsibility in the Middle East" by Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2023. This award was in recognition of NBK's exceptional contributions to community service, advancement of financial literacy, and dedication to empowering youth and women. NBK's recognition resulted from meeting several criteria, encompassing its dedication to serving the community, advancement of...
Kuwaiti biker Manar Al-Alawi won the gold medal in cycling competition. – KUNA photos
Kuwaitis shine at Special Olympics
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti athletes have won three gold and three silver medals in biking, weightlifting and equestrian contests as part of competitions of the Special Olympics Summer Games held in Berlin. Speaking to KUNA, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Kuwaiti Special Olympics Hana Al-Zawawi said this big achievement came due to intensive training and cooperation of technical and administrative teams with the Kuwaiti athletes to raise the...
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Kuwait’s Disabled Fencing team heads to Warsaw
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s National Disabled Fencing team left for Warsaw, Poland, for a training camp in preparation for the World Fencing Cup Championship that will start July 4th until the 10th. Kuwait’s delegation is headed by Ahmad Al-Mutawa and has 10 players. The players include: Fahad Al-Bastaky, Ayesha Mubarak, Suleiman Al-Tamimi, Khuloud Al-Mutairi, Al-Anoud Hamid, Abdallah Al-Haddad, Farraj Al-Dousary, Salem Abdelhadi, Awrad Al-Saffar, and...
ROME: Hungary’s Kristof Milak competes in the Men’s 100m butterfly final during the LEN European Aquatics Championships in Rome. – AFP
Butterfly king Milak to miss championships
BUDAPEST: Kristof Milak, who won two golds at the 2022 world swimming championships, said Wednesday he will skip this year’s event in Japan claiming: “I am currently neither physically nor mentally in a position to be among the best in the world.” The 23-year-old Hungarian won two butterfly golds last year before home fans. He is also the world record holder and Olympic champion in 200m butterfly and won the 2019 world title in the event....
BERLIN: In this file photo, Hertha Berlin’s flag wavers stand on the pitch near giant letters reading ‘Berlin’ during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Hertha Berlin and VfL Bochum in Berlin.- AFP
Relegated Hertha face daunting future despite financial reprieve
BERLIN: Struggling Hertha Berlin face an uncertain future despite a decision to allow postponed repayment of a high-interest loan, which effectively ensured a German FA (DFB) operating licence next season. Relegated at the end of the season after several years treading water, indebted Hertha face an increasingly competitive second tier. The club negotiated an extension on the 40-million-euro ($43-million) loan, initially due for repayment in...
Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas plays a backhand return to Spain's Carlos Alcaraz Garfia during their men's singles quarter final match on day ten of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris on June 6, 2023.- AFP
Tsitsipas crashes out of Halle as 'alien' Medvedev reaches last 8
BERLIN: Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of the Halle grass court tournament on Wednesday as top seeded Daniil Medvedev made the quarter-finals despite admitting grass court specialists seem like "aliens" to him. World number five Tsitsipas lost 7-6 (9/7), 7-5 to Chilean Nicolas Jarry, ranked 28 in the world. It marks the third consecutive time the Greek has been knocked out in the second round of the Wimbledon warm-up tournament. In Wednesday's...
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Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Meshaan is pictured during a meeting in the presence of a number of representatives of the concerned authorities. - KUNA
New airport project to support Kuwait’s economic growth
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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait’s electricity crisis persists amid power cuts