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Kuwait returns staff capacity to 100%
Kuwait's Cabinet agreed to return employees' capacity at state departments to 100% starting from March 13, and to allow public transportation to carry passengers in full capacity. Mosques are allowed to end physical distancing, while indoor conferences and meetings are also allowed to take place. Social gatherings are also allowed indoors or outdoors provided that health protocols are followed. The new measures become effective as of February 20.
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Kuwait scraps PCR, quarantine for vaccinated travelers
Kuwait's Cabinet announced canceling the pre-departure PCR and PCR on arrival requirements as well as quarantine for passengers entering Kuwait who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. People who are partially vaccinated are not required to bring PCR on arrival, but must quarantine for seven days which can be ended with a negative PCR test. Unvaccinated people can travel, but must carry a negative PCR test certificate valid at least 72 hours...
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Tear gas fired at Sudan protest against coup
KHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces fired tear gas yesterday at protesters rallying against last year’s military coup and the arrest of several political figures and pro-democracy activists, an AFP correspondent said. Thousands of demonstrators rallied in the capital Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, AFP reporters said. Protests also took place in other parts of the country, including in the eastern city of Port Sudan and in the western...
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan television journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama, who had criticised the powerful ruling Rajapaksa family and their allies in recent broadcasts, including on YouTube, gestures during an interview with AFP after armed men attacked his house, in Colombo. – AFP
Gunmen attack high-profile Sri Lanka TV journalist
COLOMBO: Armed men stormed the home of a high-profile Sri Lankan television journalist critical of the government yesterday, police said, sparking condemnation by local media rights groups. Chamuditha Samarawickrama, who had criticised the powerful ruling Rajapaksa family and their allies in recent broadcasts, including on YouTube, was shaken but unhurt after the pre-dawn raid, police said."They carried weapons to intimidate the guard and gained...
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Deepfake democracy: South Korean candidate goes virtual for votes
SEOUL: In a crowded campaign office in Seoul, young, trendy staffers are using deepfake technology to try to achieve the near-impossible: make a middle-aged, establishment South Korean presidential candidate cool. Armed with hours of specially-recorded footage of opposition People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, the team has created a digital avatar of the frontrunner -- and set "AI Yoon" loose on the campaign trail ahead of a March 9...
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti protesters hold placards during a demonstration yesterday against the recent hijab ban in some educational institutes in the Indian state of Karnataka. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwaitis gather in support of Muslim women in India
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti rights activists held a rally in Irada Square yesterday in solidarity with Muslim women in India. The activists expressed their rejection of discrimination between women on the basis of identity, religion and race, and stressed that they stood with Muslim women in India, especially after students in Karnataka state were told to remove their hijabs and prevented from entering classrooms.The demonstrators gathered to express their...
RIYADH: Women walk past shop advertisements ahead of Valentine's Day in Panorama mall on Feb 9, 2022. - AFP
Saudi shops in a sea of red
RIYADH: Red clothing is displayed in Saudi shopfronts, but the increasingly popular Valentine's Day promotions are missing one thing: The festival's name. While sales surge and Valentine's gifts become more common among the youthful Saudi population, the word "Valentine's" is nowhere to be seen. "Management has asked us to decorate the window display with red lingerie... but without mentioning anywhere Valentine's Day," said one salesperson at a...
YANQING, China: Saudi Arabia's Fayik Abdi reacts after competing in the second run of the men's giant slalom during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre yesterday. - AFP
Abdi strikes first Olympic blow for Saudi in ski quest
YANQING, China: An Olympic alpine ski racer from Saudi Arabia might read like a misnomer, but Fayik Abdi defied the odds by achieving just that yesterday. Just a year after taking up racing, Abdi successfully competed in the men's giant slalom at the Beijing Games in the first step to what he hopes will be an Arab revolution of the truly snowy kind.Abdi is the sole representative from the Gulf kingdom, not known so much for its mountain pistes as...
TUNIS: Protesters wave national flags during a demonstration against President Kais Saied's recent decrees outside the Tunis Opera House yesterday. - AFP
Protest as Saied extends powers over judiciary
TUNIS: Thousands of Tunisians protested yesterday after President Kais Saied gave himself sweeping powers over the judiciary, his latest step in what opponents say is a slide towards autocracy. A decree published in the early hours officially replaced a judicial watchdog he had vowed to dissolve, and gave him powers to block judicial appointments, sack judges and ban them from going on strike.Hours later, more than 2,000 protesters gathered in...
RIYADH: This file photo taken on Dec 12, 2019 shows a view of the exchange board at the stock exchange (Tadawul) bourse displaying Aramco shares on the second day of their trading. - AFP
$80bn in Aramco shares moved to Saudi sovereign wealth fund
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has moved four percent of Aramco shares worth $80 billion in the world's biggest oil exporter to the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund, authorities said yesterday. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the move as part of efforts to recalibrate the oil-dominated economy. The transfer is also the latest sign that Saudi Arabia wants to open up the oil giant and "crown jewel" of the Saudi economy, the Arab world's largest.The...
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Customs find 23 kg marijuana in parcel at Kuwait Airport
KUWAIT: A female customs officer at Kuwait International Airport's terminal 4 (T4) discovered 23 kilograms of marijuana hidden in a parcel of personal belongings. Acting Director General of Customs Department Suleiman Al-Fahad thanked customs officers and asked them to exert more efforts to prevent those seeking to compromise the state's security.Meanwhile, Ministry of Commerce and Industry inspectors, in cooperation with Interior Ministry...
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Killed for witchcraft, Scotland's forgotten victims find a voice
DUNDEE, United Kingdom: Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi are fighting for pardons for all those executed for witchcraft in Scotland, the vast majority of whom were women, and for a memorial to those forgotten by history. "Between the 16th and 18th century in Scotland, approximately 4,000 people were accused of witchcraft," explained Mitchell, a lawyer who founded the campaign group Witches of Scotland.In total, more than 2,500 people were...
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Committee strips Kuwaiti citizenship of 1,647 individuals
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NEW YORK: Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana entitled "Comedian" is on display during a media preview at Sotheby's on Nov 8, 2024. - AFP
Banana taped to wall ‘artwork’ sells for $6.2m
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Municipal Council environment committee urges urgent reforms for Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh
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Oxford Academy School students pose for a photo with their Kuwait Times copies.
Oxford Academy School students visit Kuwait Times and Kuwait News
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Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrives for the opening ceremony of the country's tenth parliament at the national parliament in Colombo on November 21, 2024. -- AFP
Sri Lanka president makes U-turn on IMF bailout