author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 lenin
No Image
Workers must attend in person for final cancelation request
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) issued yesterday ministerial circular no. 1/2022 on final cancelation requests for traveling, or canceling and transferring to other sectors. "According to this circular, a final cancelation request for traveling will only be accepted if the employee attends in person at the work relations department. The staff at this department will check whether this employee has received their...
No Image
Motorist killed in Seventh Ring Road crash
KUWAIT: A woman died in an accident reported on Seventh Ring Road Tuesday night. Firemen and paramedics rushed to the scene in response to an emergency call reporting an accident where a vehicle crashed into a lamp post. Firemen had to use hydraulic equipment to free the body of a driver, which was then taken to the coroner. An investigation was opened to reveal the circumstances behind the accident, Kuwait Fire Force said in a...
No Image
Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian prisoner refusing food for months over his detention ended his hunger strike late Tuesday after the Zionist entity committed to his eventual release, his lawyer told AFP. Hisham Abu Hawash, a 40-year-old member of the Islamic Jihad militant movement, began refusing food in August to protest the Zionist entity holding him without charges or trial.The married father of five from Dura, in the south of the Zionist-occupied...
No Image
Taleban order shops to behead mannequins
HERAT: The Taleban have ordered shop owners in western Afghanistan to cut the heads off mannequins, insisting figures representing the human form violate Islamic law. A video clip showing men sawing the heads off shop dummies in Herat has gone viral on social media, drawing scorn both inside and outside the country.Since returning to power in August, the Taleban have increasingly imposed a harsh interpretation of Islamic law and severely...
Kuwait Towers.
Kuwait records highest-ever 2,246 new coronavirus cases
KUWAIT: The health ministry yesterday said that 2,246 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking Kuwait’s total caseload to 423,042. Recoveries went up by 211 to reach 412,485, Health Ministry Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said, noting that recoveries represent 97.5 percent of overall infections. One death from the pandemic yesterday brought the total death toll to 2,469, he told KUNA. Seven COVID cases are in ICUs and 40...
No Image
Djokovic COVID-jab exemption sparks backlash in Australia
MELBOURNE: Australians reacted with fury yesterday after world number one Novak Djokovic received a medical exemption from having a COVID vaccine in order to play at this month's Australian Open. Tournament chief Craig Tiley said that the defending champion had been given "no special favor" but urged the Serb to reveal why he got the exemption to soothe public anger.All participants at the first Grand Slam of 2022, which starts on January 17,...
No Image
‘Far from paradise’: Albanian youth find hardship abroad
TIRANA: Alma had hoped her teenage son would find a better life after he left his native Albania for Germany, but he disappeared days after leaving. “The worry is stabbing my soul. I’m the guilty one. I’m the one who encouraged him to leave. Where is he? What is he doing?” cried the 38-year-old widow, whose last name has been withheld to protect her identity.The 16-year-old left by car heading for Germany with three others in early...
No Image
Beijing's smog woes cast pall over 'green' Winter Olympics
BEIJING: Beijing's air pollution is far below acceptable World Health Organization levels with the Chinese capital a month away from hosting the Winter Olympics - but environmental data shows its skies have improved dramatically in recent years. The city declared a "war on pollution" after winning the Olympics bid in 2015, shutting down dozens of coal plants and relocating heavy industries in order to shed its status as one of the world's most...
No Image
Egypt will lean on Salah at African showpiece
JOHANNESBURG: Mohamed Salah, in prolific form for Liverpool this season, will lead Egypt against bogey team Nigeria in a blockbuster Group D opener at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Salah leads all scorers in the Premier League this season with 16 goals, including one in the 2-2 draw with Chelsea on Sunday, his last match before leaving for west Africa. Although Egypt have won a record seven Cup of Nations titles, they have triumphed only...
No Image
Kazakhstan protests spin out of control
ALMATY: Kazakhstan cut Internet and mobile phone access yesterday as its president promised a tough response to what he said were “massive attacks” on security forces. Days of protests over a rise in fuel prices erupted into clashes with police and the storming of government buildings yesterday, in the biggest challenge to the Central Asian country’s authoritarian government in decades.Accusing protesters of “massive attacks on law...
No Image
Security fears loom over Africa's football fiesta
YAOUNDE: After overcoming fears of postponement because of the COVID pandemic, the Africa Cup of Nations now faces its next big worry: security. Host nation Cameroon will ceremonially launch the month-long tournament on Sunday when they face Burkina Faso. But the authorities are struggling with separatist gunmen in the west and jihadist raiders in the north - and some fear militants will seize the country's turn in the sporting spotlight to...
No Image
Spain and Poland power into ATP Cup semi-finals
SYDNEY: Roberto Bautista Agut swept past Serbia's Dusan Lajovic to steer Spain into the ATP Cup semi-finals yesterday, where they will meet Poland after world number nine Hubert Hurkacz overwhelmed Argentina's in-form Diego Schwartzman. The winner between Daniil Medvedev's defending champions Russia or the Matteo Berrettini-led Italy, last year's finalists, will also book a last-four berth when they meet in Sydney today.The outcome of Group C is...
arrow
most read
1
No Image
Crackdown on visa violators
2
No Image
Kuwait expands ‘open door’ policy to virtual domain
3
Minister of Municipal Affairs Dr Noura Al-Mashaan and Head of the Municipal Council Abdullah Al-Mahari inspect the Darwazat Abdulrazzaq project. – KUNA photos
Darwaza Abdulrazzaq project set to reopen
4
HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Stampede at India religious event kills 116
5
No Image
Interior cracks down on residency violators