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KUWAIT:  Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) marks its 49th anniversary on Monday, a milestone reflecting a distinguished journey of journalistic integrity, national responsibility and continuous evolution to meet demands of modern media and digital transformation. Established by Decree No. 70 on October 6, 1976, KUNA has consistently worked to solidify its position locally, regionally, and globally.The agency has developed its news services, empowered national talent, and embraced forward-thinking initiatives to enhance its role as a trusted media platform. Driven by its mission as a national media institution, KUNA has dedicated itself to advancing Kuwait’s interests by highlighting its just causes, supporting…

Having spent more than 25 years caring for children, I chose paediatrics because children are our future. They deserve the best health services and the utmost care from all of us.  But today, from my hospital in Gaza City, that future is feeling ever-more distant.  In Gaza City, we are experiencing one of the worst military assaults we have ever seen. Entire residential high-rises are being razed to the ground by Israeli military air strikes. Constant forced displacement orders mean thousands of civilians must flee their homes, yet again.  This is catastrophic in every sense of the word. We are…

Indonesia lifted a suspension on TikTok’s local operating license on Saturday after the platform shared data requested by the government.Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesIndonesia has reinstated TikTok’s local operating license after it shared data requested by the government that was linked to the nationwide protests between late August and September.TikTok provided the requested data on “traffic escalation and TikTok Live monetization activities” during the period of Aug. 25 to Aug. 30, via an official letter dated Oct. 3, said Alexander Sabar, an official at Indonesia’s communications and digital ministry.Government authorities temporarily stripped the social media platform of its…

A view from the statue of Genghis Khan in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on April 04, 2022.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesMongolia, long reliant on mining, plans to build data centers powered by renewable energy as it prepares its first sovereign wealth fund aimed at channeling its mineral wealth to social welfare and infrastructure.”We have a massive land with a very favorable climate for activities like [hosting] data centers,” Temuulen Bayaraa, CEO of the sovereign fund, told CNBC on the sidelines of the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore on Friday.The landlocked East Asian nation is developing special economic zones dedicated for…

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE – OCTOBER 05: George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team W16 leads Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21 Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (4) McLaren MCL39 Mercedes Oscar Piastri of Australia driving the (81) McLaren MCL39 Mercedes and the rest of the field at the start prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 05, 2025 in Singapore, Singapore. Mark Thompson | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Over the weekend, all the world was a…

Global investors sat up and took notice on Monday as Japan’s markets surged higher.  The Nikkei 225 leapt 4.5% to record territory and the yen tumbled below the symbolic 150 to the US dollar mark after Sanae Takaichi’s victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership race, setting her on course to become Japan’s first female prime minister. The reaction was immediate and emphatic. It wasn’t just a Tokyo story; it was a global one. Capital shifted, sentiment flipped and traders began recalibrating their view of Asia’s economic future. The message is unmistakable: Japan is back in play. Takaichi’s…

In the background, the Eiffel Tower and the dome of the Hotel des Invalides can be seen.Photo By Alessandro Grussu | Moment | Getty ImagesLONDON — European stocks were slightly higher on Monday afternoon as markets reacted to the shock resignation of France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up 0.1% at around 1:55 p.m. London time (8:55 a.m. ET), following five consecutive days of positive returns last week, including hitting an all-time high during Thursday’s session.France’s CAC 40 index fell around 1.3%, paring some of its earlier losses, after Lecornu resigned just weeks after his appointment. The…

Sanae Takaichi listens to a question after visiting the Yasukuni shrine to honour the war dead durig the shrine’s spring festival in Tokyo on April 23, 2015.Toshifumi Kitamura | Afp | Getty ImagesHaving won the presidency of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Sanae Takaichi is on the verge of becoming the country’s first female prime minister.Takaichi, a hardline conservative and close ally of the late Shinzo Abe, said Saturday that she would “work, work, work” to turn “people’s anxieties about their daily lives and the future into hope.”Her rise comes at a time of economic strain at home and tense…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian prosecutors on Monday filed an appeal seeking a longer guaranteed prison term for Erin Patterson, who was sentenced to life for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms but will be eligible for parole after 33 years.Victoria state’s Office of Public Prosecutions said in a statement it had filed the appeal to the Victorian Court of Appeal, claiming the sentence handed to Patterson a month ago was “manifestly inadequate.”Patterson was sentenced to life in prison in September by the Victorian Supreme Court for the murder of three people and the attempted…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The 2025 Nobel Prize announcements start Monday with the medicine prize being announced by a panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.Officially known as the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the honor has been awarded 115 times to 229 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2024.Last year’s prize was shared by Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it.Nobel announcements continue with the physics prize on Tuesday,…