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JUBA: File photo shows South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (R) stands with First Vice President Riek Machar as they attend a swearing-in ceremony at the State House in Juba, South Sudan. Tuesday will mark two years since President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar formed a unity government. - AFP

South Sudanese disillusioned by lumbering peace process

JUBA: When Tunda Henry's family fled South Sudan's brutal civil war five years ago, they vowed to return after the upheaval. But as the young nation's shaky peace process struggles to make progress, he fears that day may never come. Yesterday will mark two years since President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar formed a unity government, cementing a peace deal signed in 2018 that brought an end to a conflict that cost almost 400,000...

SEJONG, South Korea: Picture shows South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung (C) of the ruling Democratic Party posing with supporters during an election campaign at a market in Sejong. – AFP

Ex-factory boy aims for South Korean presidency

CHEONGJU, South Korea: Cultural hits from Netflix show "Squid Game" to Oscar-winner "Parasite" have raised South Korean inequality to global prominence, and one presidential hopeful claims his working-class credentials make him the best man to fix a broken system. Former child factory worker Lee Jae-myung, a school dropout maimed in an industrial accident as a teen, is the ruling Democratic Party's maverick candidate in the March 9 election.A...

HONG KONG: People queue up for COVID-19 tests in pouring rain in Hong Kong yesterday, as the city faces its worst coronavirus wave to date. – AFP

Hong Kong to see three rounds of compulsory virus tests

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's population must undergo three rounds of compulsory coronavirus testing, the city's leader said yesterday, as she confirmed mainland Chinese officials were stepping up oversight of the financial hub's response to its worst outbreak yet. The densely populated metropolis is in the throes of a record virus surge with thousands of confirmed cases every day threatening to overwhelm hospitals and the city's strict isolation...

DOHA: Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani chairs the final session of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit yesterday. – AFP

Producers warn gas prices ‘in God’s hands’

DOHA: Major gas exporting nations said yesterday they could not guarantee prices or supplies at a summit overshadowed by the worsening Ukraine crisis which has pushed costs to record highs in Europe. Qatar’s Amir, who hosted the talks, said gas producers were working to ensure “credible and reliable” supplies, on the same day as Europe’s concerns over deliveries from Russia were further hit by Germany’s decision to halt the Nord Stream...

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UAE invests in drones, robots

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates is ploughing money into drones, robots and other unmanned weaponry as autonomous warfare becomes more and more widespread – including in attacks on the Gulf country by Yemeni rebels. Large, black drones with the orange logo of EDGE, the UAE’s arms consortium, were on display at this week’s Unmanned Systems Exhibition (UMEX), along with remote-controlled machineguns and other “smart” weapons.The...

Minister of Health Dr Khaled Al-Saeed

Health minister requests financial incentives for staff dealing with COVID

KUWAIT: The Minister of Health Dr Khaled Al-Saeed addressed yesterday the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to approve the request of offering financial allowances to all medical staff who dealt with coronavirus (COVID-19) patients and other contagious diseases. The minister indicated in a press release that this came upon the CSC decision 13/2020 of offering financial bonuses for employees working in hazardous, noisy, infected, polluted working...

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Kuwaiti MPs propose amendments to 'imitating opposite sex' rule

KUWAIT: MPs Osama Al-Shaheen and Abdulaziz Al-Saqaabi proposed an amendment to the penal code article that penalizes 'imitating the opposite sex' in Kuwait. They proposed defining a person who imitates the opposite sex as "any male who wears women's clothing or make up that make him appear as a female, or any female who wears men's clothing that makes her appear as a male according to customs," in addition to any person "who undergoes cosmetic...

Mohammed Fawaz

Digital marketing took center stage during pandemic, lockdowns

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Any business depends on marketing as great part of its success. With the development of modern technology, even marketing has changed. The pandemic and lockdowns led a transition to online work and business in all fields, and digital marketing became an important part of this transformation. Kuwait Times met Mohammed Fawaz, Digital Media Marketer and Content Creator, to talk about some interesting issues in digital...

CAIRO: Kuwaiti MP Dr Mohammad Al-Huweila attends a meeting for the Arab Parliament's Committee for Foreign, Political and National Security Affairs in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. - KUNA

Arab parliament calls for measures to stop drones' threat

CAIRO: Drones are posing serious threat to the security and stability of the Gulf and Arab states, said head of the Arab Parliament's Committee for Foreign, Political and National Security Affairs and Kuwait's National Assembly member Dr Mohammad Al-Huweila. He made his remarks at the conclusion of the committee's session, in preparation for the third session of the second legislative term tomorrow. He noted that the committee is thoroughly...

KUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Airways Ali Al-Dukhan shakes hands with President of Airbus Africa and Middle East Mikail Houari after signing a deal at the Kuwait Airways headquarters yesterday. - AFP

Kuwait Airways raises Airbus order to 31 jets in $6bn deal

KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways announced yesterday an expanded $6 billion deal with Airbus for 31 planes, restructuring an agreement reached in 2014. The deal comes after what the airline labelled occasionally "heated" negotiations following probes over allegations of kickbacks surrounding the initial order."We have managed to agree on a monumental restructuring that will position Kuwait Airways in a much stronger place to succeed for the next 15 years,"...

DOHA: Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani presents Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi with the football jersey of Qatar's national team during their meeting yesterday. - AFP

Raisi on first Gulf trip for gas, nuke talks

DOHA: Iran yesterday signaled "significant progress" in talks on reviving a stalled accord on its nuclear program but President Ebrahim Raisi, on his first visit to a Gulf state, again insisted that the United States must lift its crippling sanctions. Iran's ultraconservative leader, a personal target of the US sanctions, spoke out ahead of a summit of natural gas exporting nations in Qatar. The summit will take place against the backdrop of...

MELBOURNE: A passenger arrives at the international airport yesterday as Australia opens its international borders to all vaccinated tourists. - AFP

Australia finally reopens to tourists

SYDNEY: Jubilant visitors returned to Australia yesterday as the country reopened its borders to vaccinated tourists, nearly two years after the island nation imposed some of the world's strictest COVID-19 travel restrictions. At the country's two major international airports in Sydney and Melbourne, tired but elated family and friends rushed from gates to embrace loved ones after years apart.Bernie Edmonds was emotional as he hugged his...

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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP

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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP

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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding