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KAWIT, Philippines: People wade through a flooded street in Kawit, Cavite province after Tropical Storm Nalgae hit Philippines. - AFP

More rain on the way as Philippine death toll hits 150

MANILA: The death toll from a powerful storm that triggered flooding and landslides across the Philippines has reached 150, disaster officials said Thursday, as more rain was forecast in some of the hardest-hit areas. More than 355,400 people fled their homes as Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae pounded swathes of the archipelago nation late last week and over the weekend. Of the 150 deaths recorded by the national disaster agency, 63 were in the...

ZHENGZHOU: In this file photo, passengers crowd Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou in China’s central Henan province.- AFP

iPhone factory lockdown shows the risks of China dependence: Analysts

BEIJING: The lockdown of Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory, the world's biggest producer of iPhones, has highlighted some of the risks of relying on zero-COVID China's manufacturing sector, analysts told AFP. Foxconn, Apple's principal subcontractor, has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases at its Zhengzhou site, leading the company to lock down the vast complex in a bid to keep the virus in check.Images then emerged of panicking workers fleeing the site on...

LONDON: (Left to right) Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, Bank of England Secretary Sebastian Walsh and Bank of England Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking, Dave Ramsden address the media on the Monetary Policy Report at the Bank of England, in London, on November 3, 2022. – AFP

Bank of England warns UK 'faces two-year recession'

LONDON: The Bank of England on Thursday announced its biggest interest rate hike since 1989 to combat sky-high inflation that it warned was pushing Britain into a recession set to last until mid-2024. Following a regular meeting, the BoE said it was lifting borrowing costs by 0.75 percentage points to three percent - the highest level since the 2008 global financial crisis - to cool UK inflation that it sees shortly peaking at a four-decade high...

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Philip Morris International eyes a 'smoke-free future'

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Tobacco is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year, including around 1.2 million deaths from exposure to second-hand smoke, according to World Health Organization. Although the majority of smokers know the risks, yet many plan to never quit. With their message 'If you don't smoke, don't start. If you smoke, quit. If you don't quit, change.' Kuwait Times...

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Casts found of 'fish lizard' skeleton bombed in WWII

The first complete ichthyosaur skeleton, believed to have been found by the fossil hunter Mary Anning, was thought to have been lost forever when German bombs rained down on London in World War II. But two plaster casts of the distinctive dolphin-like reptile have now been unearthed, even though there was no record of them ever being made.Researchers Dean Lomax, from the University of Manchester in northwest England, and Judy Massare, from New...

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Rare US Constitution original copy to be auctioned in Dec

An original copy of the US Constitution-one of only two known to be in private hands-will be auctioned off in December with bidding estimated to go as high as $30 million, Sotheby's announced Tuesday. Five hundred first printings were made of the US Constitution's final text and provided to participants at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, including George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin, but almost all have been lost to...

KUWAIT: Ministers and MPs attend a National Assembly session on Nov 2, 2022. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

MPs amend charter to speed up laws

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly on Wednesday amended its internal charter to allow committees to discuss draft laws directly without going through the legal and legislative committee in a bid to accelerate approving legislation. Under the existing system, all draft laws must go through the Assembly’s legal and legislative committee to ensure that bills and proposals are in line with the constitution and other laws.After clearing them,...

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Qatar rejects workers' fund, slams 'racism'

DOHA: Qatar has rejected calls for a compensation fund for migrant workers killed or injured during World Cup preparations, with the country's labor minister calling it a "publicity stunt". Labor Minister Ali bin Samikh Al-Marri told AFP that Qatar is already handing out hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid wages, and accused the Gulf state's critics of "racism".Marri said Qatar already has a fund to deal with worker deaths and injuries....

AWALI, Bahrain: Workers clean the outdoor arena in front of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia on Nov 1, 2022, ahead of the Pope's visit to the kingdom. - AFP

From a few to many Catholics in Bahrain

MANAMA: Before Bahrain established the Gulf's first church in the 1930s, priests would visit from Iraq to perform services for a small Catholic community. Now, its ranks swollen by foreign workers, mostly from India and the Philippines, the community is preparing to welcome the pope, the leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics.Pope Francis' visit this week, his second to the Arabian Peninsula, will be especially emotional for Najla Uchi,...

KUWAIT: (From left to right) Nabeel Al-Obaidi, Dr Khaled A Mahdi, Dr Mishaal Al-Shaheen Al-Rubaie, Dr Ammar Al-Hussaini and Eng Ahmad A Ghareeb during the Kuwait Digital Transformation Conference and Exhibition on Wednesday.

Digital transformation is a tool to achieve Kuwait Vision 2035: CAIT

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Digital Transformation Conference and the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) welcomed attendees on Wednesday to immersive sessions and panel discussions, with experts sharing insights on adopting smart and digital technologies in line with Kuwait Vision 2035 at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Resort & Spa.More than 500 specialists and executives in the field of digitization in the country, ICT experts, solution...

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Sheikh Mubarak hosts top Cyprus delegation

KUWAIT: Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah hosted a dinner at the White Palace yesterday evening in honor of the CEO of the Direct Investment Promotion Authority of the Republic of Cyprus, George Campanellas, and the Director of Investment Promotion, Sarris Demetriou, during their official visit to the State of Kuwait. The dinner was also attended by the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the State of Kuwait, Michael Mavros.Sheikh...

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CAN concludes awareness campaign

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The National Campaign for Cancer Awareness (CAN) concluded its awareness events in cooperation with Al-Ahli Bank under the theme 'Your Health is a Crown', with two awareness exhibitions at The Gate Mall and Hamad Al-Saqer Specialized Health Center in Adailiya. "Our cooperation with the bank was part of our strategy to support health programs to promote health awareness about breast cancer and early signs of tumors,"...

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