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KUWAIT: Kuwait's population fell by a further 0.9 percent to 4.63 million in the first 6 months of 2021. This followed a decline of 2.2 percent in 2020-the largest in almost 30 years-due to the departure of some 134,000 resident expatriates amid the pandemic. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Consumption driving Kuwait's economic rebound; population declines to 4.63m
ROME: Patrick Connell, Charge d'Affaires at the US Embassy to the Holy See (left), watches while US President Joe Biden speaks with Jennifer Harhigh, Charge d'Affaires at the US Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, before boarding Air Force One at Rome Fiumicino International Airport yesterday in Rome Italy, after the G20 summit of world leaders. – AFPn

What did the G20 summit agree?
WASHINGTON: In this file photo, US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Oversight And Government Reform Committee hearings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. -- AFPnn

Fed set to begin stimulus taper amid inflation
LAMONT, US: A farmworker picks grapes in the Kern County town of Lamont, California, where record heat has fuelled drought and wildfires. – AFPn

Extreme heat threatens US workers, economy
LONDON: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (center) holds the Budget Box as he poses with members of his Treasury team prior to leaving 11 Downing Street in central London yesterday to present the government's annual budget to Parliament. - AFPnn

UK eyes solid recovery despite strong inflation
GENEVA: The UN's World Meteorological Organization said that continued rising greenhouse gas emissions would result in more extreme weather and wide-ranging impacts on the environment, the economy and humanity.n

Greenhouse gas levels reach new record high: UN
WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken on September 28, 2021, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC. - AFPn

US budget gap falls in 2021 to $2.8tn as economy recovers
BATROUN: A passenger pays a tuktuk taxi drivers as he arrives to destination in the Lebanese city of Batroun north of the capital.-AFPnn

Lebanon's car culture questioned in crisis
DORTMUND, Germany: An aerial view of containers at the inland port in Dortmund, western Germany. - AFPn

Global shortages crimp growth in economic powerhouse Germany
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Mohammad Al-Wasmi, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.
Kuwait’s International Quran competition announces winners
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OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.
OPEC to COP29: Oil gift from God
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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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Automak’s founding members, including Group President Hussam Fawzi Al-Kharafi and CEO Ghazi Al-Omar, along with ROX Motor’s representatives, CEO and Co-founder Yan Feng, and Vice President Wu Yue, during the launch ceremony.
Automak launches ROX Motor in Kuwait with all-new ROX01 model
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TUNIS: President of Tunisia Kais Saied receives Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya. — KUNA
Tunisian president receives Kuwaiti foreign minister