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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
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
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UK’s PM Johnson faces calls to tighten virus curbs over Omicron
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Boursa Kuwait hosts ESG webinar for listed companies
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
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
TOKYO: Asian markets have plunged on fears about the new COVID variant. — AFP

Global equity, oil markets slump on Omicron panic
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
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
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OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.
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DOHA: Kuwait’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah speaks at the 41st meeting of the Interior Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. — KUNA photos
Interior minister calls for uniting GCC security efforts
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Committee strips Kuwaiti citizenship of 1,647 individuals
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Oxford Academy School students pose for a photo with their Kuwait Times copies.
Oxford Academy School students visit Kuwait Times and Kuwait News
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Ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov from the Mariinsky Ballet performs during a dress rehearsal of 'Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux' at the Saddlers Wells theatre in London, on October 15, 2008. --AFP
Funeral of famed Russian ballet star set for Thursday