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UK nurses stage unprecedented walkout
LONDON: UK nurses on Thursday staged an unprecedented one-day strike as a "last resort" in their fight for better wages and working conditions, despite warnings it could put patients at risk.Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are stopping work from 0800 to 2000 GMT after rejecting a government pay offer. The RCN's industrial action is part of a growing wave of stoppages by public and...
FRANKFURT: File photo shows Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) holds a news conference following the meeting of the governing council of the ECB in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. – AFP
ECB to follow Fed with smaller rate hike
FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank is expected to follow the US Federal Reserve's lead on Thursday and opt for a smaller interest rate hike, analysts said, on signs that red-hot inflation is finally easing. The ECB has been hiking rates at what president Christine Lagarde has called "the fastest pace ever" to bring down record-high inflation after Russia's war in Ukraine sent food and energy costs soaring. But following two straight increases...
BRUSSELS: (From L to R) Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Cambodian Prime minister Hun Sen, President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen hold a press conference during the EU-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. - AFP
EU vows investment in push to boost southeast Asia ties
BRUSSELS: The EU vowed billions of dollars of investment in southeast Asia Wednesday, as leaders looked to bolster ties at a summit in the face of the Ukraine war and challenges from China. The European Union billed its first full summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Brussels as a chance to push trade relations with the region's fast-growing economies."There might be many, many miles that divide us, but there are much...
DOHA: France's defender #22 Theo Hernandez celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup semi-final football match between France and Morocco at the Al-Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, north of Doha on December 14, 2022. - AFP
France train focus on Argentina as World Cup reaches climax
DOHA: France and Argentina are gearing up for a heavyweight World Cup final that pits Kylian Mbappe against Lionel Messi in a hotly anticipated duel, with history on the line. Defending champions France beat Morocco 2-0 on Wednesday without needing to find top gear and now stand 90 minutes away from becoming the first team for 60 years to defend their title.Didier Deschamps' men will approach Sunday's final at the Lusail Stadium with confidence...
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EU legal advisor backs UEFA in battle with Super League
LUXEMBOURG: The European Court of Justice's top legal advisor said Thursday that football governing bodies UEFA and FIFA had acted within the law when they threatened to expel clubs or players who joined a proposed Super League. The opinion of Advocate General Athanasios Rantos is not binding on the court, which is examining a complaint from the company that planned to run the new league, but it will be influential and taken as a sign of the...
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Kuwait ready to host 2nd Arab Masters Tennis Tournament
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Secretary General of Arab and Kuwait Tennis Federations Faleh Al-Otaibi said the 2nd Arab Masters Tennis Tournament will be different and competitions will be of a higher standard as the best top ranked Arab players will participate. The tournament will start Dec 20th and will continue until Dec 27th, as the draw will take place Dec 19th, so that the 24 players will be distributed to four groups. Faleh Al-Otaibi Otaibi...
People follow a video game fighting match projected on the big screen in a cinema in Dakar.—AFP photos 
Going pro: Senegal's young gamers betting on eSport
Avid fans of the best-selling FIFA video game watched on a big screen as leading Senegalese gamers battled it out as virtual iterations of footballing royalty like Cristiano Ronaldo and Olivier Giroud. Some 400 eSports enthusiasts attended Dakar's recent Esport Experience tournament, inspired by local heroes like Mouhamed Thiam, 19, alias "Dex77" -- three-time continental champion -- and by Senegal's real-life football team, the continent's...
This photo shows a woman walking past an old villa in Hanoi. – AFP photos
'Don't want to move': The race to save Hanoi's crumbling villas
In a small corner of a once-grand villa in the heart of Hanoi, Nguyen Manh Tri surveys the home he has loved since childhood but is now giving up as its foundation cracks, roof crumbles and staircase buckles. Tri, 47, lives in three rooms of the subdivided house, one of around 1,200 French-style villas in the city on a list of protected homes published this year. Most of the villas are close to a century old, built during French colonial rule,...
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Henry Cavill won't return as Superman in franchise's next movie
Things are heating up in Metropolis, as DC Studios co-head James Gunn has announced he is writing a new feature film about Superman. In step with the new project, Gunn has also revealed that Henry Cavill will not return as the hero. "Peter & I have a DC slate ready to go, which we couldn't be more over-the-moon about; we'll be able to share some exciting information about our first projects at the beginning of the new year," the...
This undated and unlocated handout picture released by streaming platform Netflix shows Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in a photo booth.— AFP
‘Gloves off’ as Prince Harry takes aim at brother in Netflix series
Prince Harry looked set to turn his fire on his brother William on Thursday, as Netflix airs the final episodes of the docuseries about the disgruntled royal and his wife Meghan. One trailer for the last three installments of “Harry & Meghan”, released last week, already escalated the row between the brothers, who are reportedly now no longer on speaking terms. In an apparent reference to Buckingham Palace, Harry, 38, accused his family of...
KUWAIT: Lawmakers attend a session at the National Assembly on Dec 14, 2022. - KUNA
Assembly forms panel to probe two defense deals
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly on Wednesday approved a request by several lawmakers to form a parliamentary investigation committee to probe allegations of corruption in two multibillion-dollar defense deals. The committee will investigate allegations surrounding the $8 billion deal to purchase around 30 Eurofighter warplanes and another $1 billion deal to purchase 30 Caracal military helicopters from Airbus industries.The two deals were...
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MoI finalizing visit visa rules
KUWAIT: The interior ministry has placed a copy of its plan to deal with procedures regarding granting visit visas on the Cabinet’s agenda. Although the final decision is within its authority, it aims to inform the government of its executive plans - assigned to all government agencies - as part of directions to deal with demographics.“The mechanisms for dealing with granting visit visas indicates the decision will be issued by the interior...
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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