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NANTONG, China: Workers produce footballs at a factory in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province on November 29, 2022. - AFP

China factory activity contracts as COVID disruptions spread

BEIJING: China's factory activity shrank for a second straight month in November, official data showed Wednesday, as large swathes of the country were hit by COVID-19 lockdowns and transport disruptions. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) -- a key gauge of manufacturing in the world's second-biggest economy-came in at 48.0, down from October's 49.2 and well below the 50-point mark separating growth from contraction, according to data from the...

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Teenagers make money using social media platforms, but at what cost?

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Have you ever thought teenagers who are earning money through social media platforms and neglecting their studies are being exploited, whether by media platforms that seduce them, parents who are using them as a source of income, or even the society that appreciates these teenagers more than those who are studying and building their future with things that benefit them.Kuwait Times spoke to Dr Hassan Al-Mosawi,...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Meghan faced death threats as a royal: Senior UK police officer

The UK's most senior police officer of color has said the duchess of Sussex faced "disgusting" threats to her life during her time in the royal family. Neil Basu said that as head of counter-terrorism, he had to deal with credible threats from far-right extremists against Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry. His comments, in an interview with Channel 4 News broadcast late Tuesday, appear to reinforce Harry's claims about security...

In this file photo fans of Brazil watch the live broadcast of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group G football match between Brazil and Switzerland, at the FIFA Fan Fest in Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.— AFP photos

Yellow the new black as World Cup fashion sweeps Brazil

In a yellow-and-green outfit with matching shoes, eye glitter and fingernails, Julia Barbosa is on her way to watch Brazil's big match in a Sao Paulo bar. But she looks like she could be strutting her stuff on a runway modeling Brazil's latest fashion trend: World Cup style. As the five-time champions wage their campaign to bring home their sixth world title, the 24-year-old marketing student is waging a campaign of her own. "I'm going to have a...

Photo shows Managing Editor Mustafa Darwish (left), Kuwait Times’ reporter Faten Omar (second left), Deputy Managing Editor Islam Al-Sharaa (center) and Kuwait Times’ reporter Majd Othman (right) posing with English School Fahaheel students and teachers at Kuwait Times and Kuwait News offices. - Photos by Abdul Raheem Abdeen

English School Fahaheel students tour Kuwait Times, Kuwait News

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: The English School Fahaheel students on Wednesday visited Kuwait Times Newspaper and Kuwait News offices during a field trip to explore more about journalism and to learn how it has developed over the years. Deputy Managing Editor, Islam Al-Sharaa, explained to the students about the processes and the publishing stages - starting from the work of reporters, editors, page makers and designers.The students visited Kuwait...

A falconer trains the bird to be agile in hunting.

Al-Milwah trains falcons for hunting

KUWAIT: Kuwaitis are probably the world's finest falcon trainers. Falcons are so admired in the country that they appear on the state's coat of arms, and one optometrist's shop in Kuwait City has a stuffed falcon in its window, apparently as a symbol of good vision. In Kuwait, falcon owners and their retainers train the birds themselves before dispatching them against the hubaras, which migrate through Kuwait in the fall and winter.Al-Milwah is...

The National Assembly.

Kuwaitization of consultants at the Municipality a success, nears 100%

By B Izzak & KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwaitization covering consultants at the legal department of Kuwait Municipality will hit 100 percent in less than a year, Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Abdulaziz Al-Mojel said on Tuesday. The minister, speaking during a parliamentary session, revealed the number of advisors at the Municipality reached 127, in addition to three expatriates, adding the contracts of the foreigners will expire in less than a...

DOHA: Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar's Energy Minister and CEO of QatarEnergy, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, exchange documents during a press conference on Nov 29, 2022. - AFP

Qatar signs gas deal for Germany

DOHA: Qatar on Tuesday announced its first major deal to send liquefied natural gas to Germany as Europe scrambles to find alternatives to Russian energy sources. Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said up to two million tons of gas a year would be sent for at least 15 years from 2026, and that state-run QatarEnergy was discussing other possible deals for Europe’s biggest economy.Kaabi, who is also QatarEnergy’s chief executive,...

RAMALLAH: Mourners gather around the bodies of Palestinians killed by the Zionist army forces outside a morgue in the occupied West Bank on Nov 29, 2022. - AFP

Zionists kill 5 Palestinians

RAMALLAH: Zionist troops shot dead four Palestinians in the occupied West Bank Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, and a Palestinian motorist was killed after wounding a Zionist soldier, Zionist medics and the army said. The West Bank has suffered spiraling violence this year, with near daily Zionist army raids leading to scores of deaths of Palestinians.In Kafr Ein, near Ramallah, two brothers were killed by Zionist fire, the Palestinian health...

TEHRAN: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi meet Iraq's Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani on Nov 29, 2022. - AFP

Khamenei takes Iraq PM to task over security

TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cast doubt on Baghdad's commitment to secure their common border during talks Tuesday in Tehran with new Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani. Ties between the two neighbors have lately been strained by tensions over Iran carrying out cross-border strikes against exiled Kurdish opposition groups it accuses of fomenting unrest at home.Responding to a pledge by Sudani that he would not...

Zahraa Al-Mousawi

Children increasingly exposed to negative media content

By Zainab BehbehaniKUWAIT: Children's cartoons and media programs play an important role in forming children's personalities while growing up. As these programs include many ideas that vary between negative and positive, especially with the availability of media channels that are not supervised, the negative ideas may affect the child's personality, particularly in relation to human and educational principles and values, so the child is more...

KUWAIT: KFAED and UNHCR officials sign the deal.

KFAED inks accord with UNHCR, Kuwait charity raises $1m

KUWAIT: Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) inked on Tuesday an agreement worth KD 645,000 ($2.1 million) with the UN Higher Commissioner for Refugees to fund utilities for the displaced in the Yemeni governorate of Aden.KFAED Director General Marwan Al-Ghanem said in a press release that the grant is part of the fund contributions to honor Kuwait’s pledge made on sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 75th session to present KD...

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