8+ hour, 56+ min ago   (147+ words) Kuwait Times Contact lost with Indonesian ferry carrying 243 JAKARTA: A ferry carrying 243 people lost contact with shore authorities while sailing in bad weather from the East Java port of Surabaya to another Indonesian port city, rescue officials said Sunday. Search…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago   (318+ words) VENICE: A Danish drama about a woman trying to hide a wartime relationship with a Nazi won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, the only feature in competition with a woman director. "Woman Unknown", directed by…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (434+ words) Kuwait Times ECB raises interest rates to fight off inflation jump FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year in a widely flagged move on Thursday, hoping to tame an inflation rise driven entirely…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (634+ words) China’s AI chipmakers raise prices as high-bandwidth memory shortage bites kuwaittimes.com China’s AI chipmakers raise prices as high-bandwidth memory shortage bites BEIJING: Chinese AI chipmakers including Huawei Technologies and Cambricon have sharply raised prices for current and next-generation AI…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (295+ words) A manga film adaptation by acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda has emerged as one of the frontrunners for prizes at the Venice Film Festival this week. “Look Back” by the arthouse director, whose past work includes 2018 award-winner “Shoplifters”, tells the…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (223+ words) Affleck family affair at Venice for Casey’s latest film ‘Company’ Kuwait Times Hollywood actor-director Casey Affleck cast his two sons in his latest movie “Company” and invited brother Ben to the red-carpet premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The brothers…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (308+ words) Iran would soon release maps of a new, much larger off-limits zone at sea that would extend as far as the Arabian Gulf off Chabahar on the far reaches of Iran’s coast near Pakistan, the Guards said. Recent days have…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (256+ words) At a city block-sized market in the Philippine capital, a platoon of plastic Santa Claus figures parachute from the ceiling of a shop already stacked high with Christmas decor despite the holiday being fully four months away. The site is…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (241+ words) De la Espriella, a flamboyant 48-year-old millionaire, was elected in June on an anti-establishment platform, defeating a left-wing candidate in the runoff on a promise of ending peace talks with drug-running armed groups and tackling crime. Rubio is to meet…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (490+ words) Kuwait Times China's trade surges before expected Trump-Xi summit BEIJING: China's imports and exports surged in August, helped by a global AI buildout that has fueled demand for technology products, and ahead of an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping…...