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BEIRUT: Activists and relatives of the 2020 Beirut port blast victims carry pictures of casualties, in the Lebanese capital's port area on August 4, 2022, on the day that crisis-hit country marks two years since a giant explosion ripped through the capital. - AFP

Crisis-hit Lebanon hits new lows, years after mega-blast

BEIRUT: Crisis-hit Lebanon marked two years Thursday since a massive port explosion ripped through Beirut, with victims' relatives planning protest marches and the country bracing for silos to collapse at the blast site. The dockside blast of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrate, one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions, killed more than 200 people, wounded thousands and decimated vast areas of the capital. Yet an investigation into the...

TOKYO: File photo shows an activist holds a placard of Japanese citizen Toru Kubota, who is detained in Myanmar, during a rally in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo. – AFP

Myanmar junta charges Japanese journalist with encouraging dissent

YANGON: A Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar has been charged with breaching immigration law and encouraging dissent against the military, the ruling junta said Thursday. Myanmar's military has clamped down on press freedoms since its coup last year, arresting reporters and photographers as well as revoking broadcasting licences as the country plunged into chaos.Toru Kubota, who was held while covering a protest in Yangon last week, "has...

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Kuwaitis' private sector allowance will not stop

KUWAIT: Employment support for nationals working in the private sector will not stop according to the Public Authority of Manpower. Sources within the authority clarified that this government allowance is for the support of Kuwaiti employees who work in the private sector. Moreover, this aligns with government policies to localize employment in the private sector, especially since "there are serious plans to increase Kuwaiti employment which...

Kuwait's young and ambitious motocross rider Thunayyan Al-Buloshi.- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Meet Thunayyan Al-Buloshi, Kuwait's young and aspiring motocross rider

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Some parents won't let their kids play sports due to concussion risks, which may prevent the child from developing his self-affirmation, expanding personal boundaries, and evolving his physical courage. Motocross is a dirt-bike racing sport in which riders compete on off-road courses like gravel, mud, or grassy roads. The risks are worth the rewards in a child's development; that is what the father of Thunayyan Al-Buloshi...

KUWAIT: (From left) Reem Al-Eidan, Asrar Hayat and Lulwa Al-Qaoud attend the panel discussion. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Panel discussion highlights importance of raising awareness on women's empowerment

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: The Women's Cultural and Social Society held on Wednesday the second meeting of the Girl's Club, under the title of 'A leader, Empowered and Able to Achieve', in the presence of the counsellor, life coach and society member Reem Al-Eidan, Secretary of Kuwait Transparency Society Asrar Hayat, and Surgeon Lulwa Al-Qaoud.The meeting's main objective was to raise awareness on the importance of women's role in society and to...

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Beat your eyes' allergies

By Dr Ahmad AbbadiKUWAIT: Allergies are the body's immune system reaction to foreign substances, such as dust. The immune system which is your defense system is known to protect the body from anything that might threaten it. As a result, when you come into contact with a foreign substance, your immune system will produce specific materials known as antibodies that will search for those substances and label them as dangerous, even though they are...

LONDON: (L-R) Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy, Ben Broadbent, Executive Director for Communications, James Bell, Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey, and Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking, Dave Ramsden, address the media on the Monetary Policy Report at the Bank of England, in London, on August 4, 2022. – AFP

BoE delivers biggest rate hike in 27 years

LONDON: The Bank of England unleashed Thursday its biggest interest rate hike since 1995 as it forecast inflation topping 13 percent this year and warned of a looming year-long recession. , and forecast inflation will top 13 percent this year, sparking a year-long recession in Britain.The bank's Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 in favour of lifting its key interest rate by 0.50 percentage points to 1.75 percent. The increase tallied with...

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Airbus scraps A350 contract with Qatar Airways in feud

PARIS: European aircraft maker Airbus has cancelled its contract to deliver 19 A350 planes to Qatar Airways, a source close to the matter said Wednesday, amid a feud between the two aviation giants. Airbus had already cancelled a multi-billion-dollar order of 50 planes from Qatar Airways, a major customer, earlier in the year, over the airline's grounding of A350 aircraft.Qatar Airways has been locked in a dispute with Airbus over degradation of...

RABAT, Morocco: Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch seen during a press conference in the capital Rabat. Akhannouch, a billionaire petrol baron, is facing a campaign demanding he step down as fuel prices and energy firms' profits surge. – AFP

Morocco's petro-PM faces heat over soaring fuel prices

RABAT: Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, a billionaire petrol baron, is facing a growing online campaign demanding he step down as fuel prices-and energy firms' profits-surge. The government of the North African kingdom, which is heavily reliant on oil imports, insists it is doing its best to ease the economic impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing shock to crude prices.But that hasn't stopped some 600,000 Facebook...

Rico Lin, CEO, Huawei Kuwait

Smart govt underpins Kuwait's digital future

KUWAIT: You've probably heard terms like 'Smart Government' being used a lot lately -but before we go further into this topic, it's worth spending a moment to better understand what the term means. Smart Government means using technology to enable and support better government planning and decision-making. It is designed to improve democratic processes and transform public service delivery. To be truly effective, this emerging governance method...

BIRMINGHAM: Ghana’s Abigail Kwarteng competes in the women’s high jump qualifying rounds athletics event at the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham on day seven of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England, on August 4, 2022. - AFP

Thompson-Herah and Wightman sprinkle Commonwealth stardust

BIRMINGHAM: Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah and men's 1500 meters world champion Jake Wightman both sailed through their heats at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. Thompson-Herah's hopes of adding 200m gold to the 100m title she won on Wednesday will partly rest on whether Namibia's Olympic silver medalist Christine Mboma shakes off rustiness due to a lack of training.Both came through their heats without a hitch in front...

GREEN BAY: Erling Haaland of Manchester City throws his shirt into the crowd after the pre-season friendly match between Bayern Munich and Manchester City at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. - AFP

Haaland embracing life out of his 'comfort zone' in Premier League

MANCHESTER: Erling Haaland has warned the contenders to Manchester City's title that he will only improve in the competitive environment of English football as the Norwegian prepares for his Premier League debut away to West Ham on Sunday. Haaland is the marquee arrival to the Premier League from over £1 billion ($1.2 billion) spent by the 20 top-flight English clubs so far this summer. The 22-year-old had his pick of top clubs after scoring 86...

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