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PARIS: Inflation will continue to rise in the first half of 2023 in France before dropping back to 4.0 percent by end-2023 and 2.0 percent at end-2024, the BdF said. - AFP

French growth to slow in 2023 due to energy crisis, inflation: CB

PARIS: French economic growth will slow considerably in 2023 due to the energy crisis and inflation, before bouncing back in 2024 and 2025, the central bank forecast on Saturday. GDP growth will slow from 2.6 percent in 2022 to 0.3 percent in 2023, according to the Bank of France's "most probable" macroeconomic scenario for the next three years.The slowdown in growth will be followed by a 1.2-percent rebound in 2024. That is lower than the 1.8...

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Once a free icon, indy game Dwarf Fortress finds new life on Steam

Dwarf Fortress, a quirky independent video game that has been free since its 2006 release, is now among the online marketplace Steam's best-sellers-to the surprise of its US creators. Set in a medieval fantasy world, Dwarf Fortress is what's known in the gaming world as a "construction and management simulation," in which players supervise a group of dwarves in building a mighty castle. The classic, bare-bones version of the game remains...

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Iran actor arrested after voicing support for protests

Iran arrested a prominent actor Saturday after she voiced support for the three-month-old protest movement triggered by the death of a woman in custody, the judiciary said Saturday. Taraneh Alidoosti, 38, was arrested "by order of the judicial authority" as she "did not provide documentation for some of her claims" about the protests, reported the judiciary's Mizan Online news website. It added "some figures and a number of celebrities" including...

Newly elected Miss France Indira Ampiot (left) is crowned by Miss France 2022 Diane Leyre (center) during the Miss France 2023 beauty contest in Deols, central France.— AFP photos

Miss France 2023 crowned after tweaked pageant fails to sway critics

Indira Ampiot, an 18-year-old communications student, was crowned Miss France 2023 on Saturday night after a parade of swimsuits, evening gowns and heels, concluding a pageant that had sought to update its image with newly expanded eligibility criteria.Ampiot, the reigning Miss Guadeloupe, said she was living "a waking dream" after she was given the silver and blue tiara by beauty queen Diane Leyre. During the contest, Ampiot had championed women...

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Rihanna shares first video of her baby boy

Megastar Rihanna has for the first time shared a video of her baby son, who was born to her and boyfriend rapper A$AP Rocky in May. The 45-second video on TikTok, the singer's first on the social media platform, has already attracted 11.5 million views and 3.4 million likes since it was posted on Saturday. In the video titled "hacked," the baby boy smiles and gurgles and makes a grab for her phone as Rihanna says "You're trying to get mommy's...

Video grab from a NASA feed obtained Dec 15, 2022 shows liquid spraying from the aft end of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. – AFP

Temperature rises on Soyuz, but crew safe

MOSCOW: The temperature on the Soyuz capsule docked at the International Space Station has risen but the crew are not in danger, the Russian space agency said Friday as it assesses a leak. Roscosmos said a number of tests had been conducted following the discovery of a coolant leak on the Soyuz MS-22, and the temperature in the capsule had increased to 30 degrees Celsius. On Wednesday, the leak forced the last-minute postponement of a spacewalk...

JERASH, Jordan: Jordanian military personnel take part on Dec 16, 2022 in the funeral procession of a senior police officer who was killed in riots. – AFP

Jordan arrests 44 after deadly fuel protests

AMMAN: Jordan has arrested dozens of people accused of involvement in protests against rising fuel prices in which a senior police officer was gunned down, the country's security agency said Saturday. Colonel Abdul Razzaq Dalabeh, the deputy police chief of Maan province, died of a gunshot to the head in the town of Al-Husseiniya on Thursday while confronting what the authorities called "riots"."Forty-four people who participated in the riots in...

WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany: (From left) German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German Finance Minister Christian Lindner pose during the opening ceremony of the Uniper LNG terminal at the Jade Bight on Dec 17, 2022. – AFP

Germany cuts ribbon on first LNG terminal

WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany: Germany on Saturday inaugurated its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, built in record time, as the country scrambles to adapt to life without Russian energy. The rig in the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven was opened by Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a ceremony on board a specialist vessel known as an FSRU, named the Hoegh Esperanza. "It's a good day for our country and a sign to the whole world that the German economy...

Atyab Al-Shatti

Women are their own enemies

By Atyab Al-Shatti Orwell furnishes a true and transparent take on how your enemy can be one of your own. While the "animals" gave their own lives to protect and maintain liberty of the "farm", the conspiracy theory was machinated by one of their own, dividing the nation and weakening them to achieve their own greed and benefit to finally take power and control. The concept of feminism is hard for many women in Arab countries to...

Tawheed Al-Kandari

Kuwait dealing firmly with drug smugglers and dealers

KUWAIT: Director General of the Interior Ministry's General Department of Security Relations and Media Maj Gen Tawheed Al-Kandari affirmed the ministry's keenness to confront, with all force, firmness, and direct preemptive strikes, drug smugglers and dealers. Based on directives of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Undersecretary Lt Gen Anwar Al-Barjas, fighting drugs and protecting...

Kuwait’s Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations, Minister plenipotentiary Abdulaziz Al-Jarallah

Kuwait: G77 and China can play a crucial role

NEW YORK: Kuwait has re-affirmed that the G77 and China can play a key role in implementing the 2030 sustainable development objectives and finding solutions to global issues. Such challenges have been undermining "our national and collective potentials for attaining the sustainable development by 2030," said Kuwait's Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations, Minister plenipotentiary Abdulaziz Al-Jarallah during a ministerial...

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Diplomatic women committee celebrates Xmas and New Year

KUWAIT: The members of a diplomatic women committee celebrated Christmas and the New Year in Al-Nakheel Hotel with the attendance of a number of ambassadors and friends. The celebration commenced with a message from consultant of the committee Narjas Al-Shatti who congratulated everyone and prayed for committee's success and prosperity. Organizing committee members thanked Fawzia, the head of the public relations department and Yolanda for their...

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Four new ministers in Cabinet

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Khalifa Abdullah Dhahi Al-Ajeel Al-Askar
Minister of Commerce and Industry

Biographies of the new ministers

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Brig Yousef Al-Ayoub

Over 65,000 iqama violators benefited from grace period

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Kuwait-based high school students secure patent for healthcare robot

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VIENNA: Representatives of OPEC member countries attend a press conference after the 45th Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee and the 33rd OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting in Vienna, Austria in this file photo. – AFP

OPEC+ faces moment of truth on planned output increase