ABIDJAN: The three million African farmers who supply most of the world’s cashew nuts aren’t cashing in on the booming demand due to a lack of processing facilities, a UN body said on Friday. 

KUWAIT: Expatriates and people who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 have the highest numbers among hospitalized and ICU patients in Kuwait, head of the higher COVID-19 committee Dr Khaled Al-Jarallah said yesterday. 

NEW YORK: After more than a year of frustration, diehard American fans of cruise vacations at last sense an end to their COVID-imposed stranding, and many are booking trips as soon as they can. 

DAMASCUS: Syria’s central bank devalued the pound yesterday, bringing the currency’s official exchange rate closer to the black market rate, two days after the government sacked its governor. 

BEIJING: More than 20 Chinese tech giants have made a public pact to abide by anti-monopoly guidelines, after regulators told them to note “the warning” of a record fine against e-commerce giant Alibaba. Beijing is taking China’s tech firms to task to curtail the reach of private companies into the daily finances of the Chinese public-and, analysts say, to rein in their runaway expansion.

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health’s official spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad announced the vaccination of 4,400 workers of Kuwait Flour Mills and Bakeries Company of all nationalities yesterday. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) concluded its national awareness campaign ‘KAC Supports Vaccination’ yesterday that was held in cooperation with the Kuwait Vaccination Center from April 4 to 15, 2021.

TOKYO: The Japanese owner of a megaship seized after blocking the Suez Canal has said it is negotiating with Egyptian authorities after they demanded $900 million in compensation for its release. 

BEIRUT: Eight months after a massive blast ripped through Beirut port and nearby districts of the Lebanese capital, a host of foreign companies with different national interests are competing to rebuild it.