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Apple's China problem highlights conundrum for technology sector
Cook criticized for not standing up for online freedom BEIJING: People walk past an Apple store in Beijing.—AFPSAN FRANCISCO: Apple's decision to bow to Chinese officials by removing apps to sidestep online censorship underscores the dilemma faced by US tech companies seeking to uphold principles while expanding their business. The iPhone maker is the latest from Silicon Valley to face a conundrum in balancing their value for human rights and...
Kosovo Roma seek justice for lead-poisoned children
'Roma minority not treated as humans' KOSOVO: This file photo shows Jetullah Veliu, 16-years-old, sitting on a wheelchair along a street in the Roma neighborhood in the town of Mitrovica. — AFPMITROVICA, Kosovo: Kosovo's Roma minority "are not treated as humans," laments Florim Masurica, who is seeking justice for his disabled son, one of the children suffering from suspected lead-poisoning contracted at post-war United Nations camps. Kosovo's...
Exhibition explores legacy of black fashion designers
Designer Tracy Reese speaks to a reporter at the opening of the "Black Fashion Designers" exhibit.As a girl, Tracy Reese thought she might be an architect. Then she caught the fashion bug. She knew, of course, that designers who are black like her existed. She used to snap up Willi Smith at The Limited growing up in Detroit. She headed to New York with high hopes. "When I first came to New York my eyes were really opened to the breadth of the...
Bizarre Foods host on new show, travel tips, addiction hope
Andrew Zimmern snaps a cell phone photo of chicken kebabs, far left, a dish composed of organ meats, center, and a goat dish called katakat at Kababish. — AP photosAndrew Zimmern, host of Travel Channel's "Bizarre Foods," thinks he's misunderstood. He says he's known as "fat guy runs around world, eats bugs," but adds, "I don't think I've eaten a bug or an organ in 'Bizarre Foods' in years." "I purposely set out to make a show that's...
Cartoon for the soul
Expats react to new health fees
KUWAIT: The recent decision by the Health Ministry approving an increase in fees for healthcare services in the public sector for foreign residents and visitors was shocking news for many expats, who already face difficult living conditions in the country.Murad, 55, cautioned against the effects of this decision. "This will have a negative impact on the country, as families will leave Kuwait for their home countries and only bachelors will remain...
New insurance fees to be within citizen's budget
Lawmaker wants societies' licenses revokedKUWAIT: The legal committee formed to restudy the new insurance law completed the final draft of the proposed law, and it is expected the National Assembly will approve it before the end of the year. the new law will be the launchpad for regulating Kuwait's insurance market 55 years after the current law was issued in 1961. The new law keeps fees and commissions within the citizen's budget, while...
Healthcare in Kuwait
Muna Al Fuzai For several years, expats in Kuwait have been paying about KD 50 to health insurance companies for every year of their residencies. However, expatriates cannot renew their residencies unless they pay the health insurance fees, so they wonder where all this money goes and what do they get in return? They also pay for healthcare services at hospitals, which raises a big question among expatriates about the benefit of paying in...
S&P maintains Kuwait rating, outlook stable
KUWAIT: S&P Global has maintained Kuwait's credit rating at AA with a stable outlook. On its website late Friday, the rating agency said the stable outlook reflected its expectation that Kuwait's public and external balance sheets will remain strong over the forecast horizon, backed by a significant stock of financial assets. Its report said that Kuwait's internal and external financial positions are expected to have a strong future economic...
Reports about storming mosque in Sharq are groundless: Interior Ministry
Measures to arrest fugitives cover the whole countryKUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior has dismissed as "totally untrue" reports circulated on social media about a special forces' raid on a mosque in Sharq district of Kuwait City and the detention of one person. Neither the mosque was stormed, nor a person was detained, the ministry's Public Relations and Security Media Department stressed in a press statement Friday. It clarified that a security...
Kuwaitis account for 2 percent of Istanbul visitors in 2017: Reports
ANKARA: Kuwaitis made up two percent of total visitors to Turkey's cosmopolitan city of Istanbul in the first half of this year, according to official statistics. Around 4.38 million foreign tourists visited Istanbul in the first half of 2017, a one percent decline from a year earlier, while the number of Arab visitors had risen by 22 percent as compared to last year, reports showed.Meanwhile, German holidaymakers top the list of visitors to...
Justice Minister provides digital service in all areas
Dr Faleh Al-AzbKUWAIT: Information about legal cases will be available via special electronic devices, to be set up in all Kuwaiti districts soon, the Minister of Justice said. A single apparatus is already operating on testing basis at the documentation department (block 15) at the ministries' complex in Al-Assima (the capital), said Dr Faleh Al-Azb, also Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs, in a statement yesterday.The self-service...
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