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Italy left it late as they battled to a 2-0 win over Moldova in their penultimate World Cup qualifier in Chisinau.The Azzurri had already secured a playoff spot, but hopes of taking first place in Group I were all but mathematically over after Norway had earlier beaten Estonia 4-1.Gennaro Gattuso’s side, though, looked to have been left frustrated against the bottom-of-the-table Moldovans — until Gianluca Mancini nodded in with two minutes left and substitute Francesco Pio Esposito headed home another during stoppage time.Italy made a bright start at the Zimbru Stadium, with Gianluca Scamacca sending Giacomo Raspadori in on goal,…

England maintained their perfect World Cup qualifying record with a 2-0 win over Serbia thanks to a fine Bukayo Saka volley and excellent Eberechi Eze finish, as Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden had mixed performances off the bench at Wembley.The goals were standout moments of quality on a rain-soaked night in which already-qualified England struggled to hit the high levels they’ve reached in recent internationals. But Thomas Tuchel’s side were markedly improved after he intervened midway through the first half after a lacklustre and sloppy start to the game from his team. Image: Bukayo Saka fires England ahead against Serbia…

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Civil Aviation said on Thursday it diverted several incoming flights to neighboring countries in the early hours due to thick fog, while the Met Office expects fog to return for the next three days accompanied by scattered showers. The fog covered most of Kuwait due to saturated southeasterly winds blowing over the Gulf and bringing high humidity, which condensed into fog due to low temperatures.The Met Office said it recorded 6 degrees Celsius in Salmi on the Saudi border at dawn on Thursday, the lowest temperature in Kuwait so far this winter season. Temperatures in…

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts stranded at their nation’s space station after their spacecraft was apparently hit by space debris departed for home Friday using the craft that had brought a replacement crew, China’s space agency said.Their capsule was expected to land in a remote part of northwest China’s Inner Mongolia region later the same day.The astronauts were on a six-month rotation at the space station and had been originally scheduled to return Nov. 5, four days after the new crew arrived.Their return was delayed for more than a week. China’s Manned Space Engineering Office said there were minor…

This is the first in a two-part series. For nearly four centuries, the world economy was on a path of ever-greater integration that even two world wars could not totally derail. This long march of globalization was powered by rapidly increasing levels of international trade and investment, coupled with vast movements of people across national borders and dramatic changes in transportation and communication technology. According to economic historian J. Bradford DeLong, the value of the world economy (measured at fixed 1990 prices) rose from US$81.7 billion in 1650, when this story begins, to US$70.3 trillion in 2020 – an 860-fold…

The deputy speaker of the Knesset has said that Meir Kahane, an ultranationalist rabbi who called for the expulsion of Palestinians from Israel and whose Kach movement is still banned as a terrorist organisation, was right. Nissim Vaturi, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, made the remarks during a parliamentary debate on Wednesday in which he also criticised former Likud leaders for refusing to engage with Kahane. Challenged by other MPs that Kahane was a terrorist, and asked if he supported “Jewish terror”, Vaturi replied: “I support it. Believe me, Kahane was right in many ways where we were wrong, where the…

BEIRUT: Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights, Ambassador Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Duaij Al-Sabah, met Wednesday with Nemat Aoun, President of the Lebanese National Commission for Women’s Affairs and wife of the Lebanese President, to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation in supporting and empowering women in peace and security initiatives. The meeting took place on the sidelines of Sheikha Jawaher Al-Sabah’s participation in the 12th session of the Women on the Front Lines conference, organized by the May Chidiac Foundation in Beirut.During the discussions, both sides reviewed key national efforts undertaken jointly to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace…

KUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister, chaired on Thursday the 34th meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Following Up on Major Development Projects at Bayan Palace. During the meeting, His Highness commended the progress and success of strategic partnerships between Kuwait and friendly countries, noting the extensive cooperation achieved across various development sectors and the expansion of major joint projects.His Highness reaffirmed the government’s commitment to advancing bilateral strategic partnerships to higher levels of efficiency. He instructed the committee to schedule the signing of contracts for major joint development projects with several governments in sectors including…

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) affirmed that its recognition at the Sahel II Forum reflects the advanced position it has achieved in adopting digital solutions and enhancing services provided to citizens. The forum, organized by the Executive Committee for the Unified Government Application for Electronic Services (Sahel and Sahel Business), was held Wednesday in the presence of Minister of State for Communications Omar Al-Omar. In a press statement Thursday, Deputy Director General for Public Relations and Development at the Authority, Omar Al-Ruwaieh, said the recognition highlights the Authority’s achievements in developing electronic services and launching innovative digital…

Sebastian Marquez, 28, and his wife, Julia Marquez, 26, have never held jobs that pay over six figures, yet their combined net worth is just over $1 million.That’s largely due to cryptocurrency investments in bitcoin and ethereum worth about $400,000 in U.S. dollars as of Sept. 30, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. The couple is based in Strathroy, Ontario.However, “looking back at it, I most likely wouldn’t have made that investment,” Sebastian says, citing the volatile nature of cryptocurrencies. “I was very worried about that investment to begin with.”In 2019, Sebastian, who made money in his early…