LONDON: Britain said yesterday it will hold talks with French energy giant EDF concerning the construction of a nuclear power plant on England’s east coast, in a project reportedly worth £20 billion ($26.4 billion, 22 billion euros). 

TOKYO: Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has recovered further after plunging on pandemic woes to its worst level since the global financial crisis, a key survey showed yesterday. 

BRUSSELS: EU negotiator Michel Barnier yesterday signaled there was a “narrow path” to a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain, as key sticking points remain after both sides abandoned a supposed make-or-break deadline. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health (MoH) registered yesterday 231 additional COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections to 146,449, while one new death recorded in the same period raised the death toll to 912. 

KUWAIT: By the end of November 2020, the 8th month of the current fiscal year 2020/2021 ended and the average price for Kuwaiti oil for November scored $43.1 per barrel. 

KUALA LUMPUR: Bangladeshi migrant worker Sheikh Kibria recalls with horror the filthy, overcrowded dormitory where he was housed by the world’s biggest rubber glove manufacturer when a coronavirus outbreak erupted and infected thousands.

BRUSSELS: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen agreed yesterday to push on with post-Brexit trade talks despite the passing of a self-imposed deadline. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, while registrations to receive the shots have already begun on the health ministry website. But there are some doubts and uneasiness in the hearts and minds of people. 

KUWAIT: The health ministry yesterday authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, a ministry official announced. A joint committee of the medicine registration and supervision department and the public health department for the evaluation and registration of vaccines approved emergency use of the vaccine, Dr Abdullah Al-Bader, Assistant Undersecretary for Pharmaceutical and Food Supervision, said in a statement.