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GCC Chambers Federation holds 58th meeting
MUSCAT: The Federation of GCC Chambers Council held Wednesday its 58th meeting in the Omani Capital, Muscat, with participation of a delegation from Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry headed by the Chambers' General Director Mohammad Al-Saqr. In a statement, the Kuwait Chamber said the participating delegation included office member Osama Al-Nasf, board member Fahd Al-Dabbous, general director Rabah Al-Rabah, assistant general director Imad...
Calls in UK to ditch European rights pact
LONDON: Furious Conservatives called on Britain's government Wednesday to abandon a European human rights pact after a judge dramatically blocked its plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda. The last-gasp intervention by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) forced the government to abandon the first flight, after the number of claimants aboard had already been whittled down by legal challenges in the UK.Cabinet member Therese Coffey said the...
Ultra-fast delivery firms face pandemic hangover
PARIS: By Joseph Boyle and Corentin Dautreppe with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco, Thomas Urbain in New York and Cat Barton in Seoul Prathamesh Jathar is one of many brightly dressed riders zipping through the streets of Berlin, dropping off groceries just minutes after the orders come in. The 25-year-old Master's student from Mumbai could be a poster-child for the multibillion-dollar "quick commerce" sector, but instead he symbolizes the...
More crew of grounded plane prevented from leaving Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: The Venezuelan crew of a cargo plane grounded outside Buenos Aires since last week may not leave Argentina, a judge ruled Tuesday after their hotel rooms were searched in a probe into possible Iran terror group links. Police raided the 14 Venezuelan and five Iranian crew members' rooms the day after officials raised suspicions of a link to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, listed as a foreign "terrorist organization" by the...
China's middle class looks to flee as COVID policies bite
BEIJING: Alan Li no longer sees any future for his family in China after harsh COVID rules decimated his business, upended his son's education and left his country out of step with the rest of the world. He has given up hope of a return to normal after months of lockdowns in Shanghai, and now plans to close his firm and move to Hungary, where he sees better opportunities and his 13-year-old son can attend an international school."Our losses this...
'Lightyear' banned in 14 markets after same-sex kiss controversy
Disney's latest animation "Lightyear," which features a same-sex kiss, has been denied release in more than a dozen mainly Muslim countries, a source close to the company told AFP on Tuesday. Countries across Asia and the Middle East have refused to give Pixar's "Toy Story" spinoff a showing, in the latest development for parent company Disney as it tries to navigate differing public and political attitudes on LGBTQ issues.Regulators in the...
Emotional BTS tell fans they're taking a break to 'figure things out'
K-pop megastars BTS told fans they were taking a break from the supergroup to focus on their solo careers, citing exhaustion and the pressures of stratospheric success in an emotional video appearance. But the Grammy-nominated septet's label HYBE pushed back on Wednesday as their share price went into freefall, telling AFP that the pop juggernaut would still be working together. The seven members of BTS, credited with generating billions of...
Assembly approves KD 3,000 handout to retired Kuwaitis
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved a draft law requiring the government to pay a KD 3,000 grant to all retired Kuwaitis, in a session boycotted by several opposition MPs. All thirty-eight MPs and ministers present during the emergency session voted for the bill that obliges the state-owned Public Institution for Social Security, the agency that looks after pensioners, to pay close to KD 600 million, according...
Biden signals US-Saudi thaw on Mideast trip
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will meet Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next month after the White House ended weeks of speculation Tuesday, announcing that Biden will travel to the Zionist entity, the Palestinian West Bank, and Saudi Arabia from July 13-16 - his first trip to the Middle East since taking office. In addition to meetings with individual leaders in all three places, he will attend a regional Gulf Cooperation...
UAE urges COVID caution as cases double in a week
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates warned Monday that people must follow its anti-COVID measures including wearing masks indoors or face heavy fines, after cases more than doubled in a week. The Gulf state also urged people who test positive to comply with isolation rules, adding that hospitalization rates were rising.Daily recorded cases climbed to 1,356 on Tuesday from 572 a week earlier, still well short of the peak of 3,116 recorded in January....
Indian Muslims face bleak future
NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of recent rhetoric offending Islam and Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by a Bharatiya Janata party spokesperson, and despite a promising and secular constitution guaranteeing the rights and freedoms of all people regardless of religion, clashes between religions are becoming more overt in India. The current economic and sociopolitical climate, under the governance of rightwing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, forecasts a bleak...
Venezuelan President meets Kuwaiti top officials during visit
KUWAIT: Visiting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros met on Tuesday at his place of residence in Bayan Palace National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. The Venezuelan President also met Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah. He also received Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Haitham Al-Ghais. Advisor to the Amiri Diwan and Head of the Honorary Delegation...
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