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Verstappen: 'Natural' born heir to Hamilton's throne
Max VerstappenPARIS: From the moment that Max Verstappen joined the Red Bull Junior Team in 2014, there was an inevitability that he would one day find himself battling it out to be Formula One world champion. He missed an opportunity in Saudi Arabia last weekend, first when he slammed into the wall during qualifying and then when his aggressive tactics against Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton during the race led to him having to give up the lead and...
HOUSTON: Christian Wood #35 of the Houston Rockets shoots a basket over Blake Griffin #2 of the Brooklyn Nets during the first half at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. – AFPnn
Rockets shoot down Nets, Bulls and NBA champion Bucks fall
HOUSTON: Christian Wood #35 of the Houston Rockets shoots a basket over Blake Griffin #2 of the Brooklyn Nets during the first half at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. – AFPLOS ANGELES: The Houston Rockets pushed their NBA winning streak to seven games on Wednesday with a 114-104 victory over the short-handed Brooklyn Nets as the top three Eastern Conference teams suffered setbacks. Eric Gordon scored 21 points before he was ejected in the...
Malek Jajiri
Arab Masters Tournament
Malek JajiriBy Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Tunisia's top tennis player Malek Jajiri continued his winning streak in the Arab Masters Tournament being held at Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International Tennis Complex, as he defeated Syria's Rabei Sleem in his first match that was held on Wednesday night 6-1-6-1, then in his second match that was held yesterday morning he defeated Qatar's Mubarak Zayed 6-2-6-2. Syria's Mohammad Hazim...
PARIS: In this file photo, a man working for the food delivery company Deliveroo looks for his delivery address in an empty street in Paris.-AFPn
EU eyes overhaul of app workers' status
PARIS: In this file photo, a man working for the food delivery company Deliveroo looks for his delivery address in an empty street in Paris.-AFPBRUSSELS: The European Union took aim at the business model of gig economy companies like Uber and Deliveroo yesterday with plans that could force them to reclassify their workers as fully-fledged employees. The plan is an effort to sort out once and for all the employment status of millions of drivers...
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Italy hits Amazon with $1.3 billion antitrust fine
ROME: Italian regulators hit Amazon with a 1.1-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) antitrust fine yesterday for allegedly abusing its dominance in the market, the latest action against US Big Tech in the EU. US technology giants have been in the firing line in the European Union over their business practices. In the latest salvo, Italy's competition watchdog said Amazon abused its dominant position by promoting its own logistics service, which can ship...
GUANGZHOU, China: This file photo taken on September 17, 2021 shows a woman walking past a housing complex by Chinese property developer Evergrande in Guangzhou, China's southern Guangdong province. -- AFPn
China's debt-crippled property giant Evergrande defaults: Fitch
GUANGZHOU, China: This file photo taken on September 17, 2021 shows a woman walking past a housing complex by Chinese property developer Evergrande in Guangzhou, China's southern Guangdong province. - AFPBEIJING: Debt-crippled Chinese property giant Evergande has defaulted for the first time, Fitch Ratings agency said yesterday, as authorities scrambled to avoid contagion throughout the world's second biggest economy. The Chinese government...
MUMBAI: In this photo, students walk inside the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay campus in Mumbai. -AFPnn
Why global tech giants turn to Indian talent
MUMBAI: In this photo, students walk inside the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay campus in Mumbai. -AFPMUMBAI: Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal is the latest alumnus of India's prestigious technical universities appointed to head a multi-billion-dollar US tech firm, and Shivani Nandgaonkar wants to follow in his footsteps. The 22-year-old student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay -- Agrawal's alma mater-has already been...
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Huawei introduces five new products to Kuwait
Pablo Ning, President of Huawei CBG, Middle East & AfricaKUWAIT: Huawei Tech Investment Kuwait announced yesterday the launch of its Super Device Smart Office new products in Kuwait, alongside Easa Husain Al-Yousifi as the partner. Huawei and Easa Husain Al-Yousifi' longstanding partnership has further developed, taking on the business world and entering into a new venture - commercial products. Huawei would like to officially introduce Easa...
HONG KONG: A man scans a QR code for the government's 'Leave Home Safe' app, used for contact tracing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, to enter Immigration Tower in Hong Kong yesterday. - AFP n
Hong Kong mandates COVID tracing app for most adults
HONG KONG: A man scans a QR code for the government's 'Leave Home Safe' app, used for contact tracing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, to enter Immigration Tower in Hong Kong yesterday. - AFPHONG KONG: The Hong Kong government made its check-in app mandatory for most adults in bars and restaurants yesterday, the latest expansion of coronavirus tracing tech at a time of heightened privacy concerns in the city. The international finance hub has kept...
MELBOURNE: An art piece depicting a burning koala is displayed during a climate change protest in Melbourne yesterday. - AFP n
As climate 'net-zero' plans grow, so is the concerns
MELBOURNE: An art piece depicting a burning koala is displayed during a climate change protest in Melbourne yesterday. - AFPPARIS: Faced with the prospect that climate change will drive ever deadlier heat waves, rising seas and crop failures that will menace the global food system, countries, corporations and cities appear to have come up with a plan: net zero. The concept is simple: starting now, to ensure that by a certain date - usually 2050...
MUMBAI: Police escort activist Sudha Bharadwaj (right) towards a van as she leaves jail to appear in a special court ahead of her release on the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case in Mumbai. - AFP n
Lawyer bailed after three-year detention
MUMBAI: Police escort activist Sudha Bharadwaj (right) towards a van as she leaves jail to appear in a special court ahead of her release on the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case in Mumbai. - AFPMUMBAI: An activist lawyer detained for more than three years without trial was freed on bail in Mumbai yesterday, in the latest case to highlight the Indian government's use of contentious anti-terror laws. Sudha Bharadwaj, 60, was arrested in August 2018 on...
CAPE TOWN: A member of the Western Cape Metro EMS (Emergency Medical Services) prepares Pfizer vaccines from an ambulance which has been converted to facilitate vaccinations at a COVID 19 vaccination event in Manenberg in Cape Town. - AFP n
Pfizer study lifts mood over Omicron variant
CAPE TOWN: A member of the Western Cape Metro EMS (Emergency Medical Services) prepares Pfizer vaccines from an ambulance which has been converted to facilitate vaccinations at a COVID 19 vaccination event in Manenberg in Cape Town. - AFPFRANKFURT: Three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine appear effective against the Omicron variant, a lab test indicated-encouraging news, even as Denmark and Britain announced new restrictions to...
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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP
Hezbollah reveals its military muscle
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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA
Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey
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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.
KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka