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BAGHDAD: An Iraqi policeman directs traffic in the streets of the capital on May 31, 2022. - AFP
Life in the slow lane for Iraq's jammed traffic
BAGHDAD: Five years ago, Iraqi taxi driver Osama Mohammed would make about six trips a day across Baghdad. Today, traffic is so bad he feels lucky to do three. "The first thing you see in the morning is traffic jams," said 40-year-old Mohammed, describing his "exhaustion" at the stop-and-go traffic he endures across the sprawling capital.It has become so bad that he now often turns down fares. "It is better to forget about it because you will...
KUWAIT: Passengers queue to check in in the departure hall of Kuwait International Airport on June 15, 2022. - Xinhua
MoH: Health situation stable
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti health authorities said Wednesday that despite an increase in COVID-19 infections, the health situation in Kuwait remains stable, and taking precautionary measures will reduce the chances of infection. Health Ministry Spokesman Abdullah Al-Sanad said the recent increase in COVID-19 infections around the world and in the Gulf region including Kuwait should not cause any alarm in the country, adding that none of the COVID patients...
KUWAIT: People fish from a pier at sunset in Kuwait City, on June 13, 2022. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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DOHA: The official poster of Qatar¡¯s FIFA World Cup is unveiled at Hamad International Airport in Doha on June 15, 2022. - AFP
Qatar to house fans in 'traditional tents'
DOHA: Qatar hopes to house some of the 1.2 million fans expected to attend the FIFA World Cup later this year in 1,000 "traditional tents", organizers said on Tuesday. "This is one of the options that will go live in the next two weeks," said Omar Al-Jaber, an official responsible for accommodation at the supreme committee organizing the tournament. "It is real camping," he said during a press briefing. "We need to give people the experience of a...
WOLVERHAMPTON: Hungary's midfielder Roland Salai (center) celebrates after scoring their second goal during the UEFA Nations League, league A group 3 football match between England and Hungary at Molineux Stadium on June 14, 2022. - AFP
England suffer worst home defeat in 94 years; Southgate 'chastened'
WOLVERHAMPTON: England manager Gareth Southgate accepted responsibility for the Three Lions' worst home defeat since 1928 as Hungary stormed to a 4-0 win in Wolverhampton on Tuesday. Southgate's men are staring at relegation from the top tier of the Nations League after a fourth consecutive game without a win. But he called for fans to stand by his players ahead of the World Cup in five months' time."I totally understand tonight is a chastening...
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Yorkshire charged by ECB over cricket racism row
LONDON: Yorkshire and a "number of individuals" have been charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following the governing body's investigation into how the county dealt with racism allegations made by former player Azeem Rafiq. The ECB did not name any of the people involved in a statement issued on Wednesday. The board said the charges arose from alleged breaches of the ECB's anti-discrimination code as well as rules concerned with...
BERLIN: A woman passes by a booth of Google at the re:publica 2022 digital media convention in Berlin. - AFP
It is (not) alive! Google row exposes AI troubles
SAN FRANCISCO: An internal fight over whether Google built technology with human-like consciousness has spilled into the open, exposing the ambitions and risks inherent in artificial intelligence that can feel all too real. The Silicon Valley giant suspended one of its engineers last week who argued the firm's AI system LaMDA seemed "sentient," a claim Google officially disagrees with. Several experts told AFP they were also highly skeptical of...
LOMUSIAN, Uganda: A boy looks on as goats grazing in Lomusian, Karamoja region, Uganda. More than half a million people are going hungry in the Karamoja region of Uganda, some 40 percent of the overall population eking out survival in an often-overlooked region between South Sudan and Kenya. - AFP
As climate impacts grow, so do calls for 'loss and damage' funds
BONN: From crop-wilting drought to the creeping devastation of rising seas, climate change is already bringing death, destruction and hefty costs to vulnerable nations, spurring growing calls for richer countries to help them cope in a warming world. The contentious issue of "loss and damage" has been a major focus of an ongoing United Nations climate talks in Germany tasked with laying the groundwork for the COP27 summit later this year. "The...
NANTONG: A worker produces silk products that will be exported at a textile factory in Nantong in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on June 15, 2022. - AFP
China factory output, retail sales weak as COVID shadow persists
BEIJING: China's factory output and retail sales remained weak in May, official data showed Wednesday, with tepid demand and lingering COVID restrictions putting a damper on growth in the world's second-largest economy. The government is persisting with a zero-COVID strategy to stamp out clusters as they emerge, but this has placed companies and consumers at the mercy of snap, economically damaging lockdowns.Retail sales sank 6.7 percent on-year...
KUWAIT: Muslim pilgrims circle around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Makkah in this file photo. - AFP
Hajj prices in Kuwait sky high amid limited availability
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Kuwait has among the highest prices for hajj in the Gulf, with hajj tour operators charging up to KD 7,000 per pilgrim. This led hundreds of citizens who want to perform hajj to travel to Saudi Arabia to register with local hajj campaigns there at prices of only KD 50 to KD 290, with KD 900 being the highest price.Kuwait Times spoke to hajj tour operators to learn more about the reasons behind the steep increase in prices....
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Kuwait's Boresly elected to UN committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
NEW YORK: Rehab Boresly, the candidate of Kuwait, was elected as member of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The ballot, held on Tuesday as part of the 15th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP-15) at the UN Headquarters in New York, resulted in Boresly winning 150 votes, or 82.4 percent of the total 182 votes. Coming second to the frontrunner candidate...
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Kuwait oil price up $2.98 to $123.03 pb
KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil went up by $2.98 to $123.03 per barrel on Tuesday as opposed to $120.05 pb the day before, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said Wednesday. The price of the Brent crude globally went down by $1.10 to $121.17 per barrel, the same occurred to the West Texas Intermediate, which went down by $2.00 to $118.93 pb. The Price of OPEC's basket of oils rose by $3.7 to reach $123.73 per barrel on Tuesday against $120.66 pb...
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