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Noura Almutairi

EU GDPR should merely be a guiding framework for Kuwaiti legal system

By Noura Almutairi Since May 25, 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been applied across all EU member states, establishing a global benchmark. Several countries, including South Korea, Brazil, Japan, Kenya, Egypt, Indonesia a...

BERLIN: German Economy and Energy Minister Katherina Reiche arrives for a press conference in Berlin on July 7, 2025. -- AFP

German factory output up but tariff threat looms

FRANKFURT: German industrial production rose unexpectedly strongly in May, official data showed Monday, boosting hopes that Europe’s top economy has turned a corner despite trade tensions with the United States. Industrial production rose by 1.2 p...

A member of the Brazilian security forces stands guard in the Javari River Valley,

Illegal loggers profit from Brazil’s carbon credit projects

PORTO VELHO: Companies around the world have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into conservation projects in Brazil designed to protect the Amazon rainforest in return for carbon credits offsetting their emissions. Reuters found that many of th...

(Left to right) Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Representative of the Executive Council of the UAE Emirate of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed Al-Nahyan, Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China's Premier Li Qiang, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi pose for a family photo during the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, 2025. -- AFP

BRICS nations voice ‘serious concerns’ over Trump tariffs

RIO DE JANEIRO: BRICS leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday were poised to decry US President Donald Trump’s “indiscriminate” trade tariffs, saying they are illegal and risk hurting the global economy. Emerging nations, which represent a...

LOS BANOS: Aigen CEO Kenny Lee (left) and CTO of Aigen Richard Wurden (right) inspect a solar-powered autonomous AI robot Ð called Element Ð at Bowles Farm in Los Banos, California.-- AFP

AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm hands

LOS BANOS, US: Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and infused with artificial intelligence carefully combs a cotton field in California, plucking out weeds. As farms across the United States face a shortage of...

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy . — KUNA

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