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New strike turmoil grips France as Macron remains defiant
PARIS: Fresh strikes and protests roiled France on Tuesday with a record number of police deployed, as President Emmanuel Macron remained defiant over a pensions reform that is sparking turmoil in the country. The day of action is the tenth since protests began in mid-January against the law, which includes raising the retirement age from 62 to 64.Last Thursday saw the most violent clashes yet between protesters and security forces, as tensions...
China ramping up bailout loans to ‘Belt and Road’ countries: Report
BEIJING: China has handed out $240 billion worth of bailout loans to 22 developing countries at risk of default over the past two decades, with the trend accelerating in recent years, a report said Tuesday. Almost all the funds went to Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Turkey—mostly low- and middle-income nations that have received Chinese loans for infrastructure development, according to the study.The...
Qadisiya SC champions of Zain Cup
KUWAIT: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, joined in crowning Qadisiya Sports Club as the champions of the 20th edition of the Kuwait Football Association’s Cup (Zain Cup), after the team beat Salmiya Sports Club on penalties in Kazma Stadium. During the post-match ceremony, Zain presented the tournament cup to Qadisiya Captain Bader Al Mutawa, attended by Chairman of the Kuwait Football Association Abdullah Al Shaheen and Zain...
Jokic lifts Nuggets over Sixers; Timberwolves frustrate Kings
LOS ANGELES: The Denver Nuggets continued their march toward the Western Conference top seed Monday with a 116-111 win over Philadelphia, while the Sacramento Kings' hopes of ending a 16-year NBA playoff drought remained on hold. Two-time reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic had his 29th triple-double of the season for Denver with 25 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists.But he was unhappy that the Nuggets let a 20-point fourth-quarter...
Rybakina, Sabalenka march on as Pegula progresses in Miami
MIAMI GARDENS: Elena Rybakina extended her winning streak to 11 matches as she booked her place in the Miami Open quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Belgium's Elise Mertens on Monday while world number two Aryna Sabalenka powered past Barbora Krejcíkova in straight sets. But there was agony for Canadian former US Open winner Bianca Andreescu, who had to be wheelchaired off court after suffering a left ankle injury and retiring against...
UK's Queen consort Camilla: from palace margins to royal limelight
Queen Consort Camilla is taking her first steps on the international stage as wife of the British monarch, marking the end of a long and sometimes bumpy journey from palace margins to royal limelight. Camilla, 75, will be at King Charles III's side when he makes the first state visit of his reign to Germany on Wednesday. In the turbulent 1990s, Camilla was vilified as "the other woman" in Charles's marriage to his first wife, Princess Diana. But...
Italy curator slams 'ignorance' in US Michelangelo row
The head of the Italian museum housing Michelangelo's David criticised Monday "twisted minds" who equated nudity with pornography, after a US teacher was forced out for showing pupils the statue. Cecilie Hollberg, director of the Accademia in Florence, told AFP the row showed a "huge ignorance" about art history, and was the product of "misplaced puritanism". A school principal in Tallahassee, Florida, was forced to resign last week following...
Danish artist hatches epic global troll hunt
A Danish artist famous for his towering wooden trolls sent fans on a worldwide quest Monday to find his latest creation. Thomas Dambo has created a complex treasure hunt to find "Moon Mother", his 100th troll sculpture, who he said has "crawled into the most secret spot in the forest" to give birth. His giant figures inspired by Scandinavian folk tales are often located off the beaten track to tempt children and adults to venture out into nature,...
NIC holds financial analysts conference for year ended on 31 December, 2022
Al-Muthana Al-MaktoumKUWAIT: On March 21, 2023, the National Investments Company held its Analysts Conference for the fiscal year ending on 31 December 2022. The conference witnessed the participation of Girish Nair, NIC’s Chief Financial Officer; Bashar Khan, Senior Vice President – Investment Banking Sector; Al-Muthana Al-Maktoum, Executive Vice President – Wealth Management Sector, who presented a brief about the company and shed light...
Traffic snarls and closed roads after heavy rain floods Kuwait
By Ahmad Jabr & AgenciesKUWAIT: Kuwait on Monday witnessed closed roads and monster traffic jams after a heavy downpour flooded major highways and areas across the country late Sunday and paralyzed life in the holy month of Ramadan. All state efforts were stymied by the heavy thunderstorm, after the weather department had forecast scattered rain. According to the Kuwait Meteorological Department, rainfall reached up to 36.5 mm in Rabiya, 22.5 mm...
10,000 residency violators deported in three months
KUWAIT: The interior ministry’s trilateral committee’s latest moves to deal with unskilled workers and visa traders resulted in the arrest of around 10,000 violators of residency and labor laws. In cooperation with residency affairs detectives, all violators were deported within three months, with around 3,000 of them arrested last month. The raids targeted masseurs, fishermen, farmers and scrap workers.The trilateral committee affirmed its...
Yousaf becomes Scotland's first Muslim leader
EDINBURGH: Humza Yousaf on Monday won the race to become Scotland’s new leader, the youngest and first from a minority ethnic background, charged with reviving a faltering independence movement after Nicola Sturgeon’s long tenure. Yousaf emerged victorious with 52 percent of Scottish National Party (SNP) members’ preferentially ranked votes, following a divisive leadership battle triggered by Sturgeon’s surprise resignation...
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