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KUWAIT: Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance Aseel Al-Munifi affirmed Tuesday the strength of Kuwait-Spain relations, highlighting their foundation in mutual economic interests, shared visions, and a joint commitment to prosperity and sustainable development. Speaking to KUNA on the sidelines of the Kuwaiti-Spanish Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation meeting, Al-Munifi said the gathering underscored various pillars of collaboration between the two countries. These include key sectors such as finance, investment, trade, industrial development, and agricultural and food security, all aimed at further enhancing economic exchange and mutual growth.Al-Munifi emphasized Kuwait’s keenness to benefit from Spain’s expertise in innovation, technology and…

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Social Affairs announced that it has successfully completed 99 percent of its operational plan for fiscal year 2024–2025, encompassing 178 projects across ten key sectors. In parallel, the Ministry confirmed the full completion of its strategic plan for the same fiscal year, achieving 100 percent of its goals across 50 projects distributed over seven sectors.Minister of Social Affairs, Family and Childhood Affairs Dr Amthal Al-Huwailah affirmed during a press conference on Monday that these achievements reflect the Ministry’s firm commitment to the directives of the political leadership and demonstrate effective alignment with the goals of the…

Elon Musk is interviewed on CNBC from the Tesla headquarters in Texas.CNBCTesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the company will have robotaxis on the streets of Austin, Texas, by the end of June.In an interview with CNBC’s David Faber on Tuesday at the company’s headquarters in Austin, Musk said Tesla aims to bring its robotaxis to Los Angeles and San Francisco following the planned Austin debut.Musk said a Tesla robotaxi service will start with about 10 vehicles in Austin, and rapidly expand to thousands of vehicles should the launch go well with no incidents.Since 2016, Musk has been promising Tesla…

franckreporter | Getty ImagesNearly 2 million federal student loan borrowers who’ve requested to be in an affordable repayment plan are stuck in a backlog of applications, waiting to be approved or denied, according to new data recently shared by the U.S. Department of Education.The Education Department disclosed the information in a May 15 court filing in response to a legal challenge lodged by the American Federation of Teachers. The teachers’ union sued the Trump administration in March for shutting down access to income-driven repayment plan applications on the Education Department’s website.IDR plans cap borrowers’ monthly bills at a share of…

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoogle is adding a new artificial intelligence subscription service that offers exclusive access to the company’s most “cutting edge” AI products.Called “Google AI Ultra,” the new plan includes the highest usage limits and access to its latest AI models and premium features, the company announced Tuesday at its annual developer conference Google IO.At $249.99 per month, the subscription plan also includes early access features to experimental products as well as a YouTube premium subscription.”It’s for the…

Xreal said its Project Aura glasses will run Google Android XR.XrealXreal on Tuesday announced a set of so-called “extended reality” glasses that run Google’s Android XR software, as the companies look to take on Meta and Apple in a new arena.The launch marks an early step from Alphabet’s Google to become a major operating system for future virtual and augmented reality smart glasses and headsets, much like Android has turned into a default option for most smartphones.Xreal, a Chinese company backed by Alibaba, calls its glasses Project Aura and describes them as a lightweight extended reality — or XR —…

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, speaks at the Google I/O developer conference. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesGoogle on Tuesday announced Veo 3, an AI video generator that can also create and incorporate audio. The artificial intelligence tool competes with OpenAI’s Sora video generator, but its ability to also incorporate audio into the video that it creates is a key distinction. The company said Veo 3 can incorporate audio that includes dialogue between characters as well as animal sounds.”Veo 3 excels from text and image prompting to real-world physics and accurate lip syncing,” Eli Collins, Google DeepMind product vice…

A bullish Ange Postecoglou said he will “never be a clown” and insisted his work at Spurs is not done – even if they beat Manchester United in Wednesday’s Europa League final.In an explosive press conference ahead of the game in Bilbao, the 59-year-old hit out at a newspaper headline which described him as “teetering between hero and clown” amid speculation over his future as the club’s head coach. Spurs’ poor Premier League campaign, which has seen them slump to 17th place on 38 points, having lost a club-record 21 games, has led to suggestions that he could leave even…

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said this week the league is going to lean into international competition and could play as many as 16 games per season abroad in the next 5 years.Goodell appeared at the CNBC CEO Council Summit alongside Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano and spoke to a variety of topics that also included private equity, franchise valuations and the economy.Here are the highlights:Growing the NFL footprintThe NFL currently has seven international games on its 2025 schedule, the most in its history, hosting matchups in Brazil, England, Germany, Ireland and Spain. But Goodell said Monday that’s just the start.”I do…

CNN  —  Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he does not expect negotiations with the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program to “reach a conclusion” as Washington toughens its conditions for a deal. “During (former President Ebrahim) Raisi’s time there were also indirect negotiations that didn’t result in anything, and now we also doubt we will reach a conclusion, and we don’t know what will happen,” he was cited as saying on his website. Khamenei called the US demand that Iran not enrich uranium a “big mistake,” saying that Tehran won’t wait for American permission. Addressing American negotiators, he…