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LE BOURGET: This photograph taken on June 18, 2023 shows the cabin of the Boeing 777X during the International Paris Air Show at the Paris–Le Bourget Airport. – AFP
Boeing expecting number of planes in air to double
PARIS: Boeing expects the number of commercial planes in service around the world to double in the next 20 years, according to estimates published on Sunday, anticipating a slightly larger increase than competitor Airbus. The American aircraft manufacturer estimates 48,575 planes will be in service in 2042, compared with 24,500 last year. This will require producing, across all manufacturers combined, 42,595 planes - half to replace existing...
COTONOU: Moto taxi drivers queue at a fuel station in Cotonou. For decades, Nigeria’s cheap gasoline has been transported illegally by road to its neighbors, primarily Benin, where it is then resold on the black market by a multitude of informal sellers. - AFP
Benin feeling the pinch as Nigeria ends fuel subsidies
COTONOU: Sitting on top of a yellow jerry can of fuel, Jeannine waits for customers on a sidewalk in Benin's economic capital Cotonou, but business is slow. The motorbikes and cars she normally supplies are no longer stopping to stock up on her cheap gasoline, which is smuggled in from neighboring Nigeria. Since Nigeria's new president Bola Ahmed Tinubu abruptly ended his country's long-standing subsidy on petrol two weeks ago, prices of black...
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US inflation eases but still sizzles
KUWAIT: US headline inflation fell to a lower than expected 4.0% year-on-year in May from 4.9% in April, largely due to lower energy costs and slowing food inflation. While the headline rate was the lowest since March 2021, core inflation rose 5.3% year-on-year, only a modest improvement from April’s 5.5% reading. Services inflation (excluding energy) remains elevated at 6.6% year-on-year, driven by higher housing and transportation costs. US...
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait has sponsored Kuwait Association for Learning Differences (KALD’s) Persevering Student Award for school year 2022/2023.
NBK sponsors KALD’s student award ceremony
KUWAIT: Pursuing its support of the students with learning difficulties and ADHD, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has sponsored Kuwait Association for Learning Differences (KALD’s) Persevering Student Award for school year 2022/2023. The award’s goals include encouraging students to show tenacity and commitment by honoring outstanding students, promoting the culture of excellence and developing positive attitudes towards teaching and learning...
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Gulf Bank offers women seven exclusive benefits
KUWAIT: As part of its keenness to reward its customers, and women in particular, Gulf Bank announced exclusive benefits and packages for Female Kuwaiti Salary Account customers, when transferring their salary to Gulf Bank. The benefits that women get when transferring their salary to Gulf Bank include:(1) In cooperation with Zain, offers an exclusive offer that includes iPhone 14 pro, free calls, free internet for two years, media subscriptions,...
STREL'NA: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) attending a meeting with delegations of African leaders at the Constantine (Konstantinovsky) Palace in Strelna. – AFP
South Africa’s Ramaphosa tells Putin Ukraine ‘war must be settled’
MOSCOW: South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop. His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed “very difficult to implement”, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out talks with Moscow. The delegation brought the voice of a continent that has badly...
LAUSANNE: A photograph taken in Lausanne on June 18, 2023 shows an electoral poster reading in French 'Invest in our future , Yes, Climate Law June 18'. – AFP
Swiss vote on net-zero climate law
GENEVA: The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, were voting on Sunday on a new climate bill aimed at steering the country towards carbon neutrality by 2050. Recent opinion polls indicate strong support for the proposed law, which would require Switzerland to slash its dependence on imported oil and gas, scaling up the development and use of greener and more homegrown alternatives.But the backing slipped...
BEIJING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) walks with China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang (R) ahead of a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. – AFP
Blinken opens rare Beijing visit in bid to lower temperature
BEIJING: Secretary of State Antony Blinken began talks in China on Sunday on the highest-level trip by a US official in nearly five years as the two powers looked to notch down the temperature in an escalating rivalry. Both sides have voiced guarded hope of improving communication and preventing conflict, with the world’s two largest economies at odds on an array of issues from trade to technology and regional security. Blinken and his aides...
LISBON: Portugal’s forward Diogo Jota (left) fights for the ball with Bosnia-Herzegovina’s defender Sinisa Sanicanin during the UEFA Euro 2024 group J qualification football match between Portugal and Bosnia-Herzegovina at the Luz stadium on June 17, 2023. – AFP
Portugal pound Bosnia 3-0
PARIS: Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Portugal won in Euro 2024 qualifying on Saturday after Scotland produced a stunning late comeback to beat Erling Haaland's Norway in Oslo. Portugal defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-0 in Lisbon to make it three wins out of three in Group J, with Manchester City star Bernardo Silva opening the scoring a minute before half-time. Fernandes headed in the second from a Ruben Neves cross in the 77th minute and...
Australian boxer Tim Tszyu
Tszyu demolishes Ocampo, retains interim super welterweight title
GOLD COAST: Australian power puncher Tim Tszyu scored a stunning first-round knockout over Mexico's Carlos Ocampo to retain his interim WBO super welterweight title Sunday and set up a shot at undisputed champion Jermell Charlo. The 28-year-old, son of renowned former world champion Kostya Tszyu, came out with all guns blazing at Australia's Gold Coast despite needing surgery just weeks ago after a nasty dog bite. He landed some huge...
MELBOURNE: Cameron McEvoy of Australia competes in the men’s 50m freestyle swimming event during the 2023 Australian World Championship Trials in Melbourne.- AFP
McEvoy, Jack send championship warning in lightning fast 50 free
MELBOURNE: A resurgent Cameron McEvoy swam the two fastest 50m freestyles of the year Sunday to emphatically make Australia’s world championship team as Shayna Jack upstaged Olympic champion Emma McKeon to take out the women’s race. McEvoy, a four-time world championship silver medalist, powered to victory at the Australian trials in Melbourne in 21.41 seconds after scorching through his heat in 21.27. His heat time would have won gold at the...
(From left) Britain's Prince George of Wales, Princess Catherine of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after attending the King's Birthday Parade, 'Trooping the Color', in London on June 17, 2023. - AFP photos
Dying Martin Amis accepted knighthood from King Charles
King Charles III announced his first birthday honors list on Friday, awarding a knighthood to British writer Martin Amis, who died from cancer last month. The honors – announced at New Year and to mark the sovereign's official birthday in June – award the famous and ordinary members of the public for excellence. Amis, the author of "Money", "London Fields" and "Time's Arrow" accepted the honor before his death aged 73 at his home in Florida....
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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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Watercolor painting depicting Edaida.
Kuwaiti mythical creatures that can still cast a spell
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KUWAIT: Chief of the Kuwaiti Army Staff Lt Gen Bandar Al-Muzain inspects the 15th Armored Brigade and the 94th Mechanized Brigade – KUNA
Kuwait army chief affirms forces as ultimate deterrent
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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