LONDON: UK annual inflation has hit the highest level since 1992, data showed yesterday, adding pressure to the cost of living and on the Bank of England to keep raising rates. 

LOS ANGELES: Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg laid out revamped company values Tuesday, urging workers to be “Metamates” who treat one another with respect and look to the future. Zuckerberg shared his note to employees on his Facebook page, the revamped credo coming on the heels of the internet giant being renamed Meta in October.

WASHINGTON: Google announced plans yesterday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system, a sensitive privacy issue that rival Apple has already moved to address on its iPhones. 

WASHINGTON: US retailers more than regained ground lost in an unexpected December slump, with a surprise boom in January sales, according to government data released yesterday. 

KUWAIT: Technological advancements have enabled a new mode of working that is quickly gaining popularity. Referred to as ‘hybrid working’, this new working style is defined by the freedom for people to choose to work wherever they want. 

LAGOS: A week-long petrol scarcity is fraying nerves in oil-producing Nigeria as gas stations run out of stock, causing long queues of motorists in major cities. The fuel shortage started last week in the commercial city of Lagos and administrative capital Abuja with few petrol stations selling the product.

TOKYO: Japan’s economy rebounded in the last part of 2021, as virus cases slowed and restrictions were eased, spurring demand before the Omicron wave hit the country, data showed yesterday.

STOCKHOLM: The torrent of man-made chemical and plastic waste worldwide has massively exceeded limits safe for humanity or the planet, and production caps are urgently needed, scientists have concluded for the first time. There are an estimated 350,000 different manufactured chemicals on the market and large volumes of them end up in the environment.

TAGUIG, Philippines: Dominic Lumabi sits on the computer in his Manila bedroom pitting his puffer fish-like cartoon NFT characters against others. But this is not just a game-he is earning cryptocurrency to support his family during the pandemic. The source of his income is Axie Infinity, a blockchain-based play-to-earn game that exploded in popularity in developing nations such as the Philippines as COVID-19 destroyed jobs and forced many to stay home.