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KUWAIT: Brazilian Ambassador to Kuwait Rodrigo d’Araujo Gabsch reaffirmed on Sunday that Brazil and Kuwait enjoy a “strong and reliable partnership” across multiple sectors — particularly energy, food security and investment — as the two countries mark five decades since opening resident embassies in each other’s capitals. In his opening remarks at a reception celebrating Brazil’s 203rd Independence Day at the Regency Hotel, Ambassador Gabsch said bilateral ties continue to expand in scope and significance, supported by active diplomacy, growing trade and ongoing negotiations on new agreements to modernize the legal framework between the two nations.Nawaf Al-Ahmad, Assistant Foreign Minister…
2025 is proving to be a defining year for cybersecurity, with the rise of artificial intelligence that can both defend and attack computer networks. A surge in ransomware attacks and data breaches disrupting businesses worldwide has investors looking for cyber companies – such as portfolio names Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike – that can turn their security capabilities into consistent revenue growth and profitability — and, higher and higher stock prices. The biggest hacks this year impacted companies such as Yahoo, Alibaba , Microsoft ‘s LinkedIn, Meta Platforms ‘ Facebook, and Marriott — just to name a handful. The rise…
By Ghala AldehaniI have noticed a trend of romanticizing the past — a past far gone and only preserved in memories — spreading around me like wildfire. The moment someone finds a flaw in the present, they escape into a nostalgic past — a flawless landscape far from reality.It is now a trend not only limited to people, but stretched to reach the retail market. If you want to sell, put a price tag on the past and it will return with the intended profit. Companies not only within the region, but all around the world, have been bringing back…
Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo has a £65m release clause that becomes active in January, Sky Sports News understands.Semenyo’s release clause stands at £60m plus £5m in add-ons, but it is only active to a certain date in the January transfer window. The release clause price drops in the summer of 2026. Image: Semenyo signed a new contract in July 2025 at the Cherries Bristol City, who sold Semenyo to the Cherries for around £10m in January 2023, would be due 20 per cent of any profit made on the 25-year-old.Sky Sports News reported last week that Manchester City, Liverpool and…
Israel’s war on Gaza during the past two years, along with its assaults on the West Bank, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, and Syria, has left its military overstretched. While most Jewish men and women are expected to serve at least two years in the army, one group has always been exempt – ultra-Orthodox Jews, also known as the Haredim. In June 2024, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled they could be conscripted, leading to mass opposition from the Haredim. Last month, hundreds of thousands of Haredi men filled Jerusalem with one of the largest ultra-Orthodox demonstrations in years. The opposition is bad for…
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are failing in their response to global warming and that God’s creation “is crying out in floods, droughts, storms and relentless heat.”In a video message played for religious leaders gathered in Belem, Leo said nations had made progress, “but not enough.”“One in three people live in great vulnerability because of these climate changes,” Leo said. “To them, climate change is not a distant threat, and to ignore these…
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man charged with murder in the Thanksgiving weekend disappearance of his three sons made his first appearance in court Monday, the latest turn in a saga that has unsettled a small town for 15 years.John Skelton was taken to Lenawee County from a state prison. He was close to finishing a sentence for failing to return 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner Skelton to their mother on the day after Thanksgiving in 2010.Skelton, 53, now is facing three counts of murder and tampering with evidence. The boys have never been found, despite searches…
FILE PHOTO: Former FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Senate Hart building on Capitol Hill, on Thursday, June 8, 2017.Cheriss May | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Monday paused an order by another judge requiring the Department of Justice to give former FBI Director James Comey all grand jury materials related to a criminal indictment that accuses him of lying to Congress in 2020 testimony.Judge Michael Nachmanoff said he would rule on whether to allow the order to take effect after considering objections to it by the DOJ and arguments…
Joe TerranovaScott Mlyn | CNBCJoe Terranova plans to stick by the winning quantitative approach that’s allowed his Virtus Terranova U.S. Quality Momentum ETF (JOET) to identify stocks like Palantir early before the rest of the market has piled in over the last five years.The ETF — created by Terranova, chief market strategist for Virtus Investment Partners — has risen 10.9% this year, beating the 6.8% gain in the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) in that time.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconJOET, RSP YTD chartTo select the ETF’s holdings, Terranova follows a strict set of rules-based principles. First, he and…
Perplexed by the World Cup play-offs ahead of this week’s draw? You’re probably not the only one.Gone are the days when UEFA qualifying group winners reached the finals, and the second-placed teams played each other to join them. For the second cycle in a row, countries that have finished outside the top two of their UEFA qualifying group but performed well in the 2024/25 Nations League tournament will get a second bite of the cherry – but they will claim two extra play-off spots compared to the 2022 World Cup.It’s a complicated system which keeps outcomes in limbo longer than…