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Mohamed Salah is going back to the World Cup with Egypt next summer.The Liverpool superstar scored twice in a 3-0 victory over Djibouti on Wednesday to ensure Egypt will top its African qualifying group with one round to spare.- 2026 World Cup: Who has qualified, and how the rest can make itSalah and Egypt went to the 2018 World Cup, but he was affected by a shoulder injury sustained in the Champions League final weeks earlier, when Liverpool lost to Real Madrid.Egypt’s Mohamed Salah Ibrahim Adel celebrate during their FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Djibouti. ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT/AFP via Getty…

Officials review DCO’s initiatives in AI, tech ethics, combating misinformation KUWAIT: Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Omar Al-Omar affirmed Kuwait’s commitment to supporting international digital partnerships and advancing initiatives that build a secure and advanced digital space, enhance the Gulf digital economy and foster innovation and sustainable development. Speaking during a joint meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Post and Telecommunications and the Ministerial Committee for Digital Government with the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) on Wednesday, Al-Omar said the session reflects the ongoing cooperation and integration between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the DCO in promoting…

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has hinted that he is ready to give Ruben Amorim years to turn things around at Old Trafford.The Portuguese coach is under pressure after a 10-month reign which has yielded just 10 Premier League wins.His record has prompted calls from some supporters for the 40-year-old to be sacked.But despite the difficult start to the season, Ratcliffe has suggested he’s prepared to reserve judgement until the end of Amorim’s contract in 2027 and cited Arsenal’s patience with Mikel Arteta as an example to follow.Ruben Amorim has won just 10 Premier League matches with Manchester United. Photo…

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s extensive investment in its people reflects “one of the most generous social systems in the world,” according to Attiya Waris, the United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt, other international financial obligations and human rights. Visiting Kuwait from October 1-8, 2025 at the invitation of the State authorities, she praised the country’s achievements in social welfare while encouraging careful fiscal reform and a stronger connection between citizens and the economy they benefit from.At a press conference on Wednesday at the UN House, Waris presented her preliminary findings following her official mission, which examined how Kuwait’s distinctive rentier political…

Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave participates in an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Sept. 22, 2025.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCoreWeave shares rose 8.7% Wednesday as the artificial intelligence cloud provider announced new tools to help programmers develop AI agents.With the new serverless reinforcement learning service, there’s no need to worry about adding or removing computing power, because it happens automatically.Tests indicated that when developers use CoreWeave’s new service, they can train models faster with 40% lower costs in comparison with running Nvidia H100 graphics processing units locally,…

KUWAIT: Belgian Special Envoy to the Middle East and North Africa, Johan Verkammen, has lauded the “excellent” bilateral relations between Belgium and Kuwait, emphasizing ongoing cooperation in trade, diplomacy and investment. In an interview during his visit to Kuwait for the EU-GCC meeting, Verkammen outlined the growing partnership between the two countries and Europe’s vision for peace in the Middle East. He stated “We had senior Belgian officials visiting Kuwait early this year, followed by a trade mission of over 40 Belgian companies in April.“In the summer, Kuwaiti high officials visited Brussels for political consultations. Our interaction is frequent and…

The Hollywood Burbank Airport air traffic control tower stands in Burbank, California, on Oct. 6, 2025.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesA shortage of air traffic controllers are delaying flights, the Federal Aviation Administration warned on Wednesday, as concerns grow about the effect of the government shutdown on U.S. aviation.There were half-hour delays at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport late Wednesday afternoon due to staffing, the FAA said.About 10,000 flights were delayed on Monday and Tuesday, though disruptions dropped on Wednesday to just over 3,200. Delays could be caused by weather or other reasons aside from staffing issues. But a shortfall of…

Federal Reserve officials in September were strongly inclined to lower interest rates, with the only dispute seeming to be over how many cuts were coming, meeting minutes released Wednesday showed.The meeting summary indicated near unanimity among participants at the Federal Open Market Committee that the central bank’s key overnight borrowing rate should be cut due to weakness in the labor market.They split, however, on whether there should be two or three total reductions this year, including the quarter percentage point move approved at the Sept. 16-17 meeting.”In considering the outlook for monetary policy, almost all participants noted that, with the…

Tori Dunlap, the author and entrepreneur behind Her First $100k, has attributed renting to helping her build her business and achieve multimillionaire status. “One of the best financial decisions I ever made was not buying property,” she told CNBC Make It in 2024.Though she could have feasibly afforded to buy property earlier and almost did buy a condo outside of Seattle when she was 22, renting made more sense for her lifestyle. She was traveling often for work and the home she almost bought would have required her to spend roughly three hours a day commuting in and out of the…

Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, left, and Jensen Huang, CEO of NvidiaBenoit Tessier | Ritzau Scanpix | Mads Claus Rasmussen | ReutersIn the 1990s, when Intel dominated the PC chip market, the semiconductor maker needed Advanced Micro Devices to exist as a viable No. 2 to help avoid being charged with monopolistic behavior. Almost three decades later, AMD may be serving a similar role for Nvidia, which controls over 90% of the market for graphics processing units used for artificial intelligence workloads. When AMD announced a deal on Monday that involves selling many billions of dollars worth of GPUs to OpenAI, it…