KUWAIT: Kuwait-based multinational corporation Alghanim yesterday announced the launch of the Kutayba Alghanim Architecture Prize, a new competition to support young Kuwaiti architects and designers and advance the country’s innovation economy, especially the creative and arts sectors. 

PARIS: Whether in Paris, Kuala Lumpur or California, gig economy workers fear they can no longer survive on meager earnings from jobs that leave them increasingly vulnerable. 

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday projected its 2020 budget deficit will soar to around $79 billion, as the world’s top crude exporter reels from low oil prices and a coronavirus-led economic downturn. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait listed 261 new coronavirus infections yesterday, which raised the total number of cases to 146,971, while no deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours as the death toll remained unchanged at 913, the health ministry said.

KUWAIT: Taiba Hospital was recognized at the International Hospital Federation Beyond the Call of Duty for COVID-19 Program for its response action plan along with over 100 hospitals from 27 countries. 

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization on Monday said it had failed to clinch a long-awaited deal on banning subsidies that contributed to over-fishing by a year-end deadline, adding that talks would resume in January. 

BRUSSELS: The European Union yesterday will unveil tough draft rules targeting tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook, whose power Brussels sees as a threat to competition and even democracy. 

BAGHDAD: While much of the world fears COVID-19, Iraqis have mostly stopped wearing facemasks as they worry more about the pandemic’s economic impact than the virus itself. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health (MoH) registered yesterday 261 additional COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections to 146,710, while one new death was recorded taking the death toll to 913.