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Trump backs stiff curbs on legal immigration
President Donald Trump listens in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, during during an event to unveil legislation that would place new limits on legal immigration. - APWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday threw his weight behind efforts to give English-speakers priority for US residency cards and halving the number of legal migrants admitted to the country. Trump backed proposals that would...
MoH details fee increases for expatriates, visitors
Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-HarbiKUWAIT: According to a ministerial decree issued by Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi on Tuesday, the new health fees that will be paid by expatriates for using services at public hospitals and polyclinics will be as follows from Oct 1. Fees for expats who pay annual health insurance:The fee for getting medical treatment at the polyclinic will increase from KD 1 to KD 2; the fee for getting medical treatment at a...
India CB cuts rates By 25 basis points
MUMBAI: An Indian policeman walks through the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) head office in Mumbai yesterday.-AFPMUMBAI: India's central bank yesterday cut interest rates for the first time in almost a year amid sluggish growth and record-low inflation in the world's fastest growing economy. The Reserve Bank of India announced the benchmark repo rate-the level at which it lends to commercial banks-would be cut by 25 basis points to 6 percent, a...
US plans probe over China's demands for tech transfers
BEIJING: A man walks by vacant stores at a commercial building in Beijing yesterday. The economy faces headwinds as Beijing clamps down on lending to rein in a surge in debt that has fueled fears it might harm the financial system or drag on growth.-APBEIJING: The Trump administration is weighing plans to punish China for forcing US and foreign companies to share their technology in return for access to the vast Chinese market, a personal...
Musicians flee Libya for 'right to rap'
Migrants from Libya sleep on deck of the Aquarius rescue ship run by NGO SOS Mediterranean and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) after their rescue, in the Mediterranean Sea, 20 nautic miles from the Libyan coast, yesterday.-AFPA group of rappers who say they had to flee Libya for their art were on their way to Italy yesterday after being rescued by a charity boat. The self-described musicians were among a group of 17 mostly Libyan men picked up by...
Brazil's Michel Temer: Political plotter who risks losing the game
BRASILIA: Deputies from opposition parties carry a banner that reads in Portuguese 'Temer Out!' during a key vote by the lower chamber of Brazil's Congress on whether to suspend Brazil's President Michel Temer and put him on trial over an alleged bribery scheme to line his pockets, in Brasilia, Brazil.-APRIO DE JANEIRO: Michel Temer is the ultimate political kingmaker who rose unexpectedly to take Brazil's presidency himself but now faces a vote...
US VP Pence: Balkans future is 'in the West'
PODGORICA: US Vice President Mike Pence waves at the Adriatic Charter Summit in Podgorica.-AFPPODGORICA, Montenegro: Vice President Mike Pence said yesterday the future of the Balkans belongs in the West, reaffirming US commitment to the still-tense European region amid strong Russian pressure to assert its historical influence there. Pence was speaking in Montenegro - a small Balkan country that joined NATO this year despite Moscow's anger. It...
46 years on, family of S African activist call for murder charge
PRETORIA: A South African policeman present at the suspicious death of a anti-apartheid campaigner in 1971 should be charged with murder, a court heard yesterday as the official version of events came under harsh scrutiny. Joao Rodrigues, a former member of the feared security police, was allegedly the last officer to have been with Ahmed Timol before Timol plunged to his death from the 10th-floor of Johannesburg police headquarters. Rodrigues...
Floods in Thailand's northeast kill 23
THAILAND: This handout from the Prime Minister's Office taken and received shows Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha using a ceremonial broom to help clean a street in a town in the province of Sakon Nakhon in northeastern Thailand, after it was hit by floods.-AFPBANGKOK: Heavy rains have brought some of the worst floods in years to Thailand's rural northeast where 23 people have died over the past month, officials said yesterday. Flash...
At 96, Prince Philip finally retires
LONDON: Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in his role as Captain General, Royal Marines, attends a Parade to mark the finale of the 1664 Global Challenge on the Buckingham Palace Forecourt in central London.-AFPLONDON: Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, conducted his final solo public engagement yesterday, overseeing a military parade in the pouring rain that capped a lifetime of service. The Duke of...
Turkey replaces land, air, naval forces commanders
ANKARA: This handout photo taken and released by the Turkish Prime Minister's Press Office shows Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, center, chairing the Turkish Supreme Military Council (YAS) meeting at Cankaya Palace in Ankara.-AFPANKARA: Turkey yesterday replaced the land, air and naval commanders of the military, in a major shake-up of the armed forces just over a year after a failed coup bid. The decision from the nation's top armed...
Huawei Kuwait launches next generation nova 2
KUWAIT: The Consumer Business Group (CBG) at Huawei Technologies - Kuwait yesterday launched the HUAWEI nova 2 and HUAWEI nova 2 Plus smartphones, which feature bold new breakthroughs including an upgraded camera and an advanced audio experience. With a 12MP+8MP rear dual camera and the professional portrait mode, as well as a 20MP high-definition front camera, the device makes selfie-taking easier and more fun for everyone, with stunning...
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