Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, was the oil-rich country’s leader since 2006.
He had been its top diplomat for 40 years, including during Saddam Hussein’s invasion.
The coronavirus-fueled recession has stressed states’ ability to pay timely unemployment benefits, resulting in financial hardship for many families.
Sam Fornasiero, Brett Lawrence and Sam Thornton waited months.
They’re among thousands. Nearly 400,000 people who received their first benefit payment in July had waited at least 70 days, according to Labor Department data.
At the moment, the offshore wind sector in the U.S. is small.
Other parts of the world, such as Europe, boast a more developed industry.
Chemicals play an important role in modern society.
If not used in a responsible way their effect on the natural world can be harmful.
Stocks cut gains in the final hour of trading after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed to strike a coronavirus aid deal. The pair will continue talks as they try to craft a fifth package that could pass both chambers of Congress. The market soared earlier in the session after Mnuchin said lawmakers were giving the bill “a serious try.”
American Airlines will move ahead with plans to furlough 19,000 workers on Thursday after talks for a national coronavirus aid package failed in Washington, but the airline is prepared to reverse course if a deal is reached, its CEO said.
The coronavirus pandemic has generally affected wealthier segments of the Chinese population less, while altering some consumer habits that are driving demand for luxury car brands such as Porsche.
Electric vehicles in the high-end segment are particularly in demand, several executives say.
However, Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of premium electric vehicle brand Polestar, says that even with growth in China, he expects the market will remain less than half of global sales.
The House of Representatives delayed the vote on a $2.2 trillion rescue package on Wednesday evening after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed to strike a coronavirus aid deal; however, the pair said the conversation would continue.
Under the original lockdown easing schedule, pubs were due to re-open in August but that had been pushed back repeatedly.
Pubs that serve food, as well as restaurants and hotels, re-opened in late June under restrictions.
The new rules will put all pubs on a relatively similar footing, requiring table service and limiting group sizes.
In cases where two-meter distancing isn’t possible, customers can only stay for 105 minutes and all customers must be off the premises by 11:30 p.m.
“By letting his sister Kim Yo-jong lead the highly visible charge against the South, he is likely laying the groundwork for her elevation to a more senior position within the regime,” said Miha Hribernik, Head of Asia, Risk Insight at Verisk Maplecroft.
The younger Kim first came into the global limelight when she attended the opening ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. This made her the first from the Kim family set foot in South Korea.
