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High food prices, strong dollar double burden for developing world: UNCTAD
NEW YORK: As food becomes more expensive to import, it becomes even harder for developing countries to keep millions of people from going hungry. Food prices have hit record levels in 2022, creating challenges for food security worldwide, especially for people in the developing countries that import most of their food, according to a report by UNCTAD.An index published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) tracking the prices of the...
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Netanyahu poised to announce new Zionist entity government
JERUSALEM:  Veteran Zionist entity hawk Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to announce Wednesday that he has formed a new government with his far-right allies, but could seek a brief extension for his fraught coalition talks. Following his November 1 election win, Netanyahu secured a mandate to form a government backed by two ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties and an extreme-right Zionist bloc.The prospective government, expected to be the most...
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Saudi Arabia hosts 4th session of Arab Council for Population and Development
RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host and chair the fourth session of the Arab Council for Population and Development in Riyadh, on Thursday, December 22nd, 2022. The session will be attended by ministers and delegates from the 21 member states of the Arab League and will be chaired by Faisal bin Fadhil Alibrahim, Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning.During the session, the council will discuss recent regional and global population...
RABAT: Supporters cheer as Morocco's national football team arrives to the center of the capital Rabat, on December 20, 2022, after the Qatar 2022 World Cup. - AFP
Morocco World Cup squad arrives to heroes' welcome
RABAT: Tens of thousands of Moroccans thronged the capital on Tuesday to welcome home their national football team, the first Arab or African squad ever to reach the semi-final of a World Cup. The team and their coach Walid Regragui waved from an open-topped bus as they were driven from the airport and around central Rabat, accompanied by dozens of police cars and motorbikes with flashing lights and wailing sirens.The crowd cheered and some waved...
PHOENIX: Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver (center) attends the NBA game against the Charlotte Hornets at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. - AFP
American billionaire Ishbia agrees to buy Suns, Women's NBA team
NEW YORK: American billionaire mortgage lender Mat Ishbia has agreed to purchase the Phoenix Suns and Women's NBA team Phoenix Mercury for a record $4 billion, the two parties confirmed on Tuesday. "Mat is the right leader to build on franchise legacies of winning and community support and shepherd the Suns and Mercury into the next era," current owner Robert Sarver said in the joint statement."As a former collegiate basketball player and...
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Group stage of the 2nd Arab Masters Tennis Tournament
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International Tennis Complex welcomed the 23rd Arab Tennis Ranked Players on its courts on Tuesday as they began their competitions in the group stage of the 2nd Arab Masters Tennis Tournament. The tournament will continue until December 27th 2022. In the first day competitions, there were II matches. Essa QabazardKuwait's Mohammad Al-Awadhi defeated Bahrain's Fares Alabdul Kareem...
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Kuwait underlines stability of Iraq as major global concern
SWEIMEH, Jordan: Kuwait on Tuesday said the stability of neighboring Iraq is among the international community's perennial concerns, underlining the region's cognizance of the need to protect security in Baghdad. The entire region will be affected in the event of any form of unrest breaking out in any country, HH the Amir's representative and Prime Minister HH Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah told the French-sponsored Baghdad Conference for...
BANNU, Pakistan: A Pakistani policeman checks a car in front of a shuttered market after Taleban militants seized a police station on Dec 20, 2022. – AFP
Hostages freed, captors killed as Pak siege ends
BANNU, Pakistan: All 33 suspected militant prisoners who seized a Pakistan police station over the weekend were killed and their hostages freed in a clearance operation by special forces on Tuesday, the defense minister said. The hostage takers, who were suspected of being members of various militant groups including the Tehreek-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP), overpowered their jailers and snatched weapons on Sunday."All the hostages have been freed,"...
KUWAIT: Lawmakers attend a National Assembly session on Dec 20, 2022. – Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
MPs pass conflict of interests law, debate housing
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly on Tuesday passed in the second and final reading a law that bars conflict of interests, which stipulates jail terms and hefty fines for ministers, MPs and civil servants who misuse their jobs to make personal gains from graft. MPs also passed in the second reading an amendment to the penal code to include what is called a juridical person, a non-human legal person like corporates, government bodies,...
BEIJING: A woman holds a picture of a loved one at a crematorium on Dec 20, 2022. – AFP
COVID cases soar in China, deaths surge
BEIJING: Crematoriums across China are straining to deal with an influx of bodies as the country battles a wave of COVID cases that authorities have said is impossible to track. Cases are soaring across China, with hospitals struggling and pharmacy shelves stripped bare in the wake of the government’s sudden decision to lift years of lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing. The United States has warned the outbreak is now of concern to the rest...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ pictured with nChairman of the International Islamic Charitable nOrganization Dr Abdullah Al-Matouq. — KUNA
Al-Matouq re-appointed as United Nations chief advisor
KUWAIT: Kuwait's International Islamic Charity Organization (IICO) on Tuesday said that its chairman Dr Abdullah Al-Matouq has retained his position as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' special advisor for the seventh consecutive year. Thankful for the UN chief's trust in him, the Kuwaiti official said it was a recognition of Kuwait's efforts towards regional and global humanitarian endeavors. Al-Matouq, who has served as the UN chief's...
KUWAIT: Diplomats and embassy labor consuls pose for a group photo after the meeting.
Envoys and embassy labor consuls meet
KUWAIT: In the framework of the Public Authority of Manpower helping and caring for expatriate workers' rights in Kuwait, as well as to learn about the most important obstacles they face, a presentation was organized at PAM headquarters with the attendance of a number of diplomatic envoys and embassy labor consuls, where the services of the authority were explained with regards to expatriates.During the presentation, representatives of...
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KUWAIT: H the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs and Managing Director and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Al-Kaabi on Aug 26, 2024.
Kuwait signs 15-year Qatar gas deal