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Frost: Johnson’s indispensable ally
David FrostLONDON: Boris Johnson once jokingly referred to his ally David Frost as the “greatest Frost since The Great Frost of 1709” when Britain and Europe suffered the harshest winter in centuries. But the man entrusted by Johnson to lead the country’s tortuous Brexit negotiations may yet put the British prime minister out in the cold.After a torrid week for Johnson, Frost quit the government with immediate effect-and tellingly, not...
TRIPOLI: Local NGO activists gather for a demonstration at Algeria Square outside the Tripoli Municipality in the Libyan capital to protest against any possible postponement of the upcoming elections scheduled for December 24. —AFP
Libya candidates say election delay is inevitable
TRIPOLI: Local NGO activists gather for a demonstration at Algeria Square outside the Tripoli Municipality in the Libyan capital to protest against any possible postponement of the upcoming elections scheduled for December 24. —AFPTRIPOLI: A group of candidates in war-torn Libya’s presidential election said yesterday that they expect the polls to be delayed, despite the lack of an official announcement to that effect.Scheduled for Friday,...
BEIRUT: A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra shows Lebanese PM Najib Mikati (R) meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L) in the government palace in Beirut yesterday. —AFP
UN chief criticises Lebanese leaders
BEIRUT: A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra shows Lebanese PM Najib Mikati (R) meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L) in the government palace in Beirut yesterday. —AFPBEIRUT: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in crisis-ridden Lebanon on Sunday, hitting out at political leaders who “paralyse” the country in the face of its people’s suffering. “I have come with a simple...
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UK’s PM Johnson faces calls to tighten virus curbs over Omicron
LONDON: Paramedics unload a patient from the back of an ambulance parked outside the Royal London hospital in London yesterday. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday faced pressure to tighten coronavirus restrictions to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant. —AFPLONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday faced pressure to tighten coronavirus restrictions to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant, despite opposition to do so...
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Boursa Kuwait hosts ESG webinar for listed companies
Yasir AhmadEline SleurinkNoura Al-AbdulkareemKUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait hosted a webinar entitled ‘Environmental, Social and Governance Perspectives’ for Kuwaiti listed companies and other capital market participants on December 8, 2021. The webinar featured ESG experts from multinational professional services firm Ernst and Young (EY) as well as the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), who highlighted the critical...
TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a budget committee session in the upper house at parliament in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP
Japan enacts record extra budget to boost economy
TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a budget committee session in the upper house at parliament in Tokyo yesterday. — AFPTOKYO: Japan’s parliament enacted a record supplementary budget worth over $300 billion yesterday as part of measures to bolster the world’s third largest economy as the pandemic threat drags on. The extra budget — larger than the total annual GDP of countries such as Colombia, Vietnam and...
SANTIAGO, Chile: Men stand near boards of a bureau de change displaying a rise on the US dollar price after the victory of Gabriel Boric in the presidential runoff election Sunday, in downtown Santiago, yesterday. — AFP
Chile stock market plummets on leftist Boric’s poll victory
SANTIAGO, Chile: Men stand near boards of a bureau de change displaying a rise on the US dollar price after the victory of Gabriel Boric in the presidential runoff election Sunday, in downtown Santiago, yesterday. — AFPSANTIAGO: The Chilean stock market and peso took a beating yesterday after leftist millennial Gabriel Boric became the country’s youngest-ever president-elect with an unexpectedly substantial victory over his far-right rival....
TOKYO: Asian markets have plunged on fears about the new COVID variant. — AFP
Global equity, oil markets slump on Omicron panic
TOKYO: Asian markets have plunged on fears about the new COVID variant. — AFPLONDON: Global equity and oil markets slumped yesterday on investor panic over the impact of worldwide measures to contain the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, dealers said. Asia tanked on concern over a fresh global surge in coronavirus infections, sparking a fierce renewed selloff in Europe.Oil tumbled by more than five percent as traders fretted over the...
YANGON: File photo shows a protester holding up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in front of the Central Bank of Myanmar in Yangon. — AFP
Myanmar junta court postpones Suu Kyi verdict
YANGON: File photo shows a protester holding up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in front of the Central Bank of Myanmar in Yangon. — AFPYANGON: A Myanmar junta court yesterday postponed giving its verdict in Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial for illegally importing and possessing walkie talkies, a source with knowledge of the case said. The Nobel laureate has been detained since the generals staged...
HONG KONG: Starry Lee (bottom-C), chairwoman for the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), speaks at a press conference with party members in Hong Kong yesterday as Pro-Beijing candidates swept to victory in a “patriots only” legislature vote that saw record low turnout from voters and government loyalists sweep every seat. —AFP
Hong Kong leader hails ‘patriots only’ vote despite record low turnout
HONG KONG: Starry Lee (bottom-C), chairwoman for the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), speaks at a press conference with party members in Hong Kong yesterday as Pro-Beijing candidates swept to victory in a “patriots only” legislature vote that saw record low turnout from voters and government loyalists sweep every seat. —AFPHONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader yesterday hailed the outcome of a...
Spanish-born British-Irish cyborg artist and activist for transpecies rights, Neil Harbisson, poses in Mataro near Barcelona. —AFP
'Cyborg' artist who 'hears' color turns to time travel
Spanish-born British-Irish cyborg artist and activist for transpecies rights, Neil Harbisson, poses in Mataro near Barcelona. —AFPFor Neil Harbisson, a self-described “cyborg” artist living near Barcelona, color is quite literally music to his ears thanks to an antenna he designed to overcome color blindness. Well-known in Spain and with an international following that enabled him to meet the likes of Leonardo di Caprio and Tom Cruise,...
Anthony Fauci
Fauci warns of bleak winter with Omicron
Anthony FauciWASHINGTON:  Top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci on Sunday warned of a bleak winter ahead as the COVID-19 Omicron variant spurs a new wave of infections globally, sparking restrictions and concerns over hospital capacity. “One thing that’s very clear... is (Omicron’s) extraordinary capability of spreading,” Fauci told NBC News. “It is just... raging through to the world.”Since it was first reported in South Africa in...
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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)
Syria too exhausted for Zionist conflict amid Hezb warning
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Kuwait, US reaffirm strong ties
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KUWAIT: Exam proctors search students before they enter the exam hall to take their final exams in this file photo. — KUNA
MoE forms new exam printing press committee after violations found
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KUWAIT: Health Minister Ahmad Al-Awadhi poses for a photo with a delegation from the University of Houston during their visit to Kuwait.
MoH taps University of Houston for medical scholarships, training
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LYON: A photo shows containers being loading and unloading onto barges on the Rhone at the Edouard Herriot Port in Lyon, eastern France. A new French cargo fret shipowner CMA-CGM is established in the port of Lyon. - AFP
Credit ratings agency hands France surprise downgrade