KUWAIT: Kuwait registered a record-low 1.89 percent tests to infections ratio as health authorities reassured that the country’s health system is stable, while at the same time urging the public to stay vigilant in order to avoid another COVID-19 wave. 

HONG KONG: Chinese electric car maker Li Auto began trading in Hong Kong yesterday after a $1.5 billion initial public offering it hopes will help it break out from its mainland market.

BEIRUT: Angry residents blocked roads across Lebanon yesterday, a day after the central bank said it could no longer afford to prop up fuel imports except at the black market rate. 

LONDON: Britain’s economy rebounded 4.8 percent in the second quarter as the government began relaxing lockdown restrictions, official data showed yesterday. 

Fully wireless earphones are one of those ideas that sounds like a dream: pop a tiny little headphone into each ear and listen to music or take calls untethered from everything. 

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden hailed the Senate passage Tuesday of a “historic” $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, celebrating a major bipartisan win on a plan he vowed would “transform America.

WASHINGTON: An acute labor crunch amid the coronavirus pandemic is boosting US wages, with many large chains now paying $15 an hour, a minimum level long sought by Democrats and labor activists. 

DUBAI: Dubai International Airport reported yesterday a 41 percent drop in traffic in the first half of 2021, but said it anticipates “robust growth” after the easing of travel restrictions. 

BEIJING: Alibaba yesterday fired a manager accused of rape, as its CEO condemned the “ugly forced drinking culture” affecting one of China’s most famous companies.