• Trailers, a growing trend in California’s housing crisis

    PLAYA DEL REY, US: Tamara Hernandez moved into a recreational vehicle when her rent shot up. Beau Beard did it because he lost everything after going to prison.

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  • Twitter challenger Threads struggles for traction

    SAN FRANCISCO: After a wildly successful first few days, Threads popularity has waned in the weeks since Meta launched its challenge to Twitter, which lives on despite its problems.

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  • Japan’s inflation accelerates to 3.3% in June

    TOKYO:  Japan’s consumer prices rose 3.3 percent year-on-year in June, with the pace of inflation accelerating from the 3.2 percent recorded in May, government data showed Friday.

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  • Biden evokes AI’s ‘enormous’ risks

    WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden evoked AI’s “enormous” risk and promise Friday at a White House meeting with tech leaders who committed to guarding against everything from cyber-attacks to fraud as the sector revolutionizes society.

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  • G20 ministers fail to agree on fossil fuels roadmap

    NEW DELHI: Energy ministers from the group of 20 nations meeting in India Saturday failed to agree on a roadmap to phase down the use of fossil fuels in the global energy mix. A final statement after the meeting did not even mention coal, a major contributor to global warming.

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  • Top rice supplier India bans some exports

    MUMBAI: The world’s biggest rice exporter India has banned some overseas sales of the grain “with immediate effect”, the government said, in a move that could drive international prices even higher.

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  • Kuwait's June trade surplus with Japan down 33.4 Pct

    TOKYO, July 20 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan narrowed 33.4 percent from a year earlier to JPY 67.9 billion (USD 487 million) in June, down for the third consecutive month due to weak exports, government data showed on Thursday.

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  • Kuwait official briefs UN on 2nd nat'l voluntary report

    NEW YORK, July 20 (KUNA) -- Secretary-General of the Kuwaiti Supreme Council for Planning and Development (SCPD) Dr. Khaled Mahdi reviewed Kuwait's second national voluntary report on its response to the Covid-19 pandemic and relevant international cooperation, mainly with World Health Organization (WHO).

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  • US industrial output declines in June for second straight month

    WASHINGTON: US industrial production fell by more than analysts expected last month, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday, with a sharp contraction in output seen in consumer durables like automotive products and carpeting.

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