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This photograph taken on Dec 7, 2022 shows tulips and aloe vera plants growing in a greenhouse heated with bitcoin miners near Amsterdam. - AFP

Cash crops: Dutch use bitcoin mining to grow tulips

Tulips and bitcoin have both been associated with financial bubbles in their time, but in a giant greenhouse near Amsterdam the Dutch are trying to make them work together. Engineer Bert de Groot inspects the six bitcoin miners as they perform complex sums to earn cryptocurrency, filling the air with a noisy whine along with a blast of warmth. That warmth is now heating the hothouse where rows of tulips grow, cutting the farmers' reliance on gas...

French writer Annie Ernaux (on stage) is applauded after having been awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec 10, 2022. – AFP photos

Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux hails Camus

French writer Annie Ernaux hailed Albert Camus as she received her Nobel Prize for literature on Saturday, 65 years after the author of existentialist classic "The Stranger" won the same award. "Finding myself here, 65 years later, leaves me with a deep sense of astonishment and gratitude," Ernaux told 2,000 guests gathered for the ceremony at Stockholm City Hall.She said she felt "astonishment at the mystery represented by the path of life and...

Participants dance and take photos during the Maasai Olympics in Kimana district on Dec 10, 2022, a sports event first held in 2012, in the Amboseli-Tsavo ecosystem. – AFP photos

Kenya's Maasai swap lion hunts for sports to display their prowess

In a Kenyan reserve near Africa's highest mountain, Maasai youths on Saturday swapped traditional lion hunts for a series of sporting events to test and display their prowess and strength. For generations, Maasai warriors had to kill a lion as part of the "Olamayio" rite to prove their skills, identify their leaders, and attract girlfriends.But as the numbers of lions in Kenya plummeted from about 30,000 in the 1970s to just over 2,000 today,...

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden, speaking about strengthening the economy for union workers and retirees, will welcome leaders from across Africa. - AFP

Biden tries to reboot US brand in Africa amid China, Russia inroads

WASHINGTON: When Barack Obama welcomed African leaders to Washington in 2014, many viewed the summit as historic, not just due to the US president's background but for the pledges to make the partnership deeper and such events routine. The sequel took eight years-the equivalent of two presidential terms-but on Tuesday, Joe Biden will host a second US-Africa summit.Since 2014, China-viewed by Washington as its main long-term challenger-has...

ADDIS ABABA: Annual average inflation in Ethiopia is expected to hit 30 percent in 2022 (compared to 26 percent last year), driven by an increase in food costs.

'Everything is increasing except wages': Inflation batters Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA: "Everything is increasing except our wages," Ethiopian porter Zerihun told AFP, summing up the financial crisis facing the Horn of Africa nation as it reels from skyrocketing inflation and an economic slowdown. After a decade of dynamic growth during the 2010s, Africa's second most populous country has suffered multiple shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, a record drought, a two-year war in its northernmost region of Tigray and...

The EU enforced an embargo on Russian crude shipments, the bloc’s latest sanction in retaliation for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Oil embargo on Russia and price cap disrupt maritime transport

BRUSSELS: The European Union embargo on Russia's oil and an international cap on the price of the country's crude are disrupting the maritime transport sector. The EU on Monday enforced an embargo on Russian crude shipments, the bloc's latest sanction in retaliation for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. This week also saw the start of a $60 cap on a barrel of Russian crude, agreed by Western nations.Tanker traffic jamAimed at depriving Russia of key...

DOHA: Morocco's players pose for pictures after qualifying for semifinals by defeating Portugal 1-0 in the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarterfinal at Al-Thumama Stadium on Dec 10, 2022. – AFP photos

Arabs unite, dare to dream as Morocco reaches semifinals

DOHA: The T-shirt on sale at Doha's main market declares "Our blood is Arab", and that is the mood buoying Morocco as it became the first Arab and African nation to reach a World Cup semifinal after Youssef En-Nesyri's first-half goal sealed a tense 1-0 victory over Portugal on Saturday at Al Thumama Stadium.Cristiano Ronaldo has likely played his last World Cup match after making an ineffectual appearance as a second-half substitute, failing to...

GAZA: Palestinian firefighters stand in front of a firetruck at the headquarters of the civil defense unit in Gaza City on Nov 23, 2022. – AFP

Gaza firemen ill-equipped to contain blazes

GAZA: Standing on his street in Gaza, Alaa Habboub looked on in horror as flames engulfed his neighbors' home and screams rang out from the inferno that would claim 21 lives. The disaster last month, in a three-storey residence packed with containers of petrol, may have been less deadly if the Gaza Strip had a better equipped fire service, said the 21-year-old.The densely crowded Palestinian enclave blockaded by the Zionist entity has a shortage...

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Bader Al-Kharafi reaffirms Zain’s values, names region’s first CPO

KUWAIT: Zain Vice Chairman and Group CEO Bader Al-Kharafi, while addressing employees, announced yet another first in the region — the appointment of a Chief Purpose Officer (CPO), a new position created for the fusion of the company’s purpose and mission within all elements of its operation, reaffirming Zain’s values and commitments to improve the communities it operates in. The announcement came during celebration of its diversity and...

RIYADH: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Tunisian President Kais Saied.

Crown Prince meets Tunisian President, Lebanese Premier

RIYADH: Representative of HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, received on Friday Tunisian President Kais Saied at his guests' residence in Riyadh. HH Sheikh Mishal conveyed greetings from HH the Amir to the Tunisian president during their meeting. The two sides discussed developing bilateral relations and joint work. RIYADH: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad...

RIYADH: Leaders of the China-Arab Summit pose for a group picture at King Abdulaziz International Convention Center on Dec 9, 2022. – AFP

Arab-China leaders agree to broaden partnership

RIYADH: Arab and Chinese leaders agreed on Friday at the conclusion of their first summit in Riyadh on strengthening strategic partnership in all domains for a better future for their nations. "We confirm our common keenness to strengthen the strategic partnership between the Arab countries and the People's Republic of China based on comprehensive cooperation and common development for a better future," read the final statement of the summit. The...

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Is freedom of religion guaranteed in Kuwait?

By Atyab Al-Shatti a jurisprudential perspective, it is noticed that there is a serious contradiction between the legislation related to regulating freedom of belief. It does not seem to those who study Kuwaiti laws that there is a clear legislative position that resolves the dimensions and controls of an individual's exercise of his freedom of belief. On the contrary, we find that freedom of belief succeeds in reaching the space of...

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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