KUWAIT: Kuwait recorded 773 new coronavirus cases and four deaths yesterday, according to the ministry of health. The new figures raised the total number of cases to 134,932 and deaths to 830, the ministry’s official spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA.

KUWAIT: The health committee headed by Health Minister Sheikh Basel Al-Sabah yesterday briefed the Cabinet’s extraordinary meeting about the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic, and reiterated the need to observe strict health measures. 

BULQIZË, Albania: With mountains of chromite piling sky high on the docks of the port behind him in the Albanian city of Durres, logistics manager Henri Kurti explains the hold up. 

NEW YORK: Even as the pandemic roils the American economy, compensation for US chief executives has largely held up as many corporations adjust their criteria for performance pay and bonuses during the crisis. 

KUWAIT: In a meeting of its board members on 10 November 2020, Boursa Kuwait announced profits of KD 22.6 million for the nine month period ended 30 September 2020, an increase of 231 percent compared to the same period in 2019, when the company recorded a profit of KD 6.8 million.

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health said yesterday that 778 people tested positive for the coronavirus while five persons died of the contagious disease in the past 24 hours. 

NEW YORK: President-elect Joe Biden, a champion of green energy and a higher minimum wage, could prove to be a game-changer for some US businesses.

SINGAPORE: Airlines have taken off in Asia and casino operators are enjoying a massive winning streak as news of a vaccine breakthrough fuelled hopes yesterday that the world can finally begin returning to normal. 

WASHINGTON: Silicon Valley is welcoming the election of Joe Biden as US president even as it girds for a series of battles over tech policy in Washington.