KUWAIT: A number of lawmakers yesterday called on the government to “immediately” end the partial lockdown that was imposed two weeks ago to curb a spike in the number of coronavirus cases, saying it has hurt the society and the economy. 

KUWAIT: Every one of us has a coronavirus story. To some the pandemic has been difficult and hard; to others gruesome and horrible; and to the rest tough and unkind. So what is your corona story? Saby, a middle-aged Indian man, has been working in Kuwait for the last 20 years. 

LONDON: Furious British gamers and lawmakers are training their sights on “scalpers” who are buying up coveted PS5 and Xbox consoles and selling them online at vastly inflated prices. 

ISTANBUL: Turkey fired the governor of its central bank and replaced him with economist and former ruling party lawmaker Sahap Kavcioglu, according to a presidential decree published late on Friday, in a move likely to raise concerns over the bank’s independence.

FRANKFURT: The phone masts unit of British telecoms giant Vodafone made its debut on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange yesterday, in a flotation that values the business at around 12 billion euros ($14.3 billion). 

LONDON: Britain unveiled yesterday a drastic overhaul of its troubled accounting sector, with plans to break the dominance of the so-called Big Four accountancy giants. The long-awaited shake-up comes amid mounting outcry over the Big Four-comprising Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC-following a series of scandals in recent years.

LONDON: Britain unveiled yesterday a drastic overhaul of its troubled accounting sector, with plans to break the dominance of the so-called Big Four accountancy giants. The long-awaited shake-up comes amid mounting outcry over the Big Four-comprising Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC-following a series of scandals in recent years.

BEIJING: Chinese authorities yesterday said they had summoned 11 tech companies including Tencent, Alibaba and TikTok owner ByteDance for talks on “deep fakes” and internet security, as regulators try to reel in the country’s runaway digital sector. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait is set to receive Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine’s ninth batch on Sunday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said yesterday. Assistant Undersecretary for Medicines and Medical Supplies at the Ministry Dr Abdullah Al-Bader affirmed that the ministry contracted with the international company Pfizer directly.