KUWAIT: The health ministry yesterday reported 1,935 new COVID-19 cases – its highest daily count – and seven related deaths in the past 24 hours. Ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said total cases reached 340,967 and the death toll 1,877.

WASHINGTON: While the United States and Europe waged a 17-year trade battle over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus, China poured money into its own commercial aircraft to take on the Western aviation duopoly. 

TRIPOLI: Before Muammar Gaddafi ouster, Libyans steered well clear of the Bab Al-Aziziya compound from where the dictator ruled, but a housing shortage in Tripoli has forced squatters to move in. 

WASHINGTON: The antitrust overhaul package unveiled in Congress targeting Big Tech, if enacted, could have far-reaching effects on how people use the Internet and on America’s biggest and most successful companies.

KUWAIT: Kuwait has announced 25 deaths related to the novel coronavirus over a three-day period, while the daily infected cases’ rate continued to register high numbers. 

LONDON: British retail sales fell last month on easing lockdown curbs, as people dined at bars and restaurants instead of buying food at supermarkets, data showed Friday.

WASHINGTON: Harvard business professor Rem Koning studies how bias hurts innovation. But three years ago, his research hit too close to home when his wife, suffering from a rare post childbirth condition, couldn’t find treatments designed with new moms in mind. 

SOWETO: Thirty years ago apartheid laws in South Africa were formally struck down, bringing a dizzying jolt of hope to millions of disenfranchised citizens. But today that optimism has all but fizzled out, particularly among the young. 

NEW YORK: Several electric auto startups that raised large sums from investors in the wake of Tesla’s ascent are hitting potholes as they pursue next-generation vehicles.