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Head of the elections affairs committee Colonel Dr. Ahmad Al-Hajri
Al-Hajri: All 21-year-old Kuwaitis eligible voters in 22 parliamentary elections
KUWAIT: Every Kuwaiti citizen who is over 21 years of age is eligible to vote in the 2022 National Assembly elections, an interior ministry official said on Monday. Head of the elections affairs committee Col Ahmad Al-Hajri told KUNA that eligible voters using their civil ID cards can cast their ballots in the constituencies corresponding to the address specified in the document.All eligible voters can verify their voting registration at their...
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US governor visits Taiwan after China drills
Taipei: A US state governor met Taiwan's president Monday, days after Washington announced trade talks with Taipei in a show of support following China's military threats towards the self-ruled island.Eric Holcomb, the Republican governor of Indiana, landed in Taiwan on Sunday for an "economic development trip".US-China tensions have risen since Beijing staged huge military drills in retaliation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
German Chancellor visits Canada for energy talks
Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrive in Canada for a three-day visit to boost energy security, said the German government media office.Scholz praised Canada on arrival, saying that it is "a country rich in natural resources like Russia, but by contrast was also a reliable democracy." Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, arrived with his delegation to talk about the importance of energy resources in Germany,...
His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait's Crown Prince receives Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled
Kuwait: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Monday His Highness Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
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First Lady Jill Biden tests negative for Covid: W.House
Washington: US First Lady Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 twice and will come out of isolation Sunday, the White House said.The 71-year-old wife of President Joe Biden tested positive on August 16, nearly two weeks after her husband contracted the virus for a second time.She is double vaccinated and twice boosted, and experienced mild symptoms. She was prescribed a course of the oral antiviral pill Paxlovid."After isolating for five...
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British dock workers latest to join summer of strikes
LONDON: Workers at Britain's biggest container port, Felixstowe, on Sunday began an eight-day strike over pay, in the latest industrial action as decades-high inflation intensifies the country's cost-of-living crisis. Nearly 2,000 unionized employees at the port in eastern England, including crane drivers, machine operators and stevedores, started their walkout Sunday morning in the first strike at Felixstowe since 1989. It comes amid stoppages...
Kuwait Amb. presents credentials to Italian foreign ministry
Kuwait Amb. presents credentials to Italian foreign ministry
Kuwait: New Kuwaiti Ambassador in Italy Nasser Al-Qahtani has presented Sunday his credentials to Acting Director of the Protocol Department at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Claudio Micha.During a reception, the Kuwaiti ambassador conveyed the greetings of the Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti embassy said in a statement to KUNA.He also discussed with the Italian official ways of developing...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
Japan PM tests positive for Covid-19, symptoms mild: office
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Sunday, a week before the leader was expected to attend an African development conference in Tunisia. Kishida took a PCR test "after experiencing a mild temperature and a cough" from Saturday evening, an official from the Prime Minister's Office of Japan told AFP. Reports in local media including public broadcaster NHK said he may now attend the August...
Al-Aujairy Observatory
Al-Aujairy Observatory: Suhail star to be spotted on Sept 4
Kuwait: Al-Aujairy Observatory said on Sunday that "Suhail Star" would be spotted in Kuwait on September 4 based on Al-Aujairi calendar. Head of the Public Relations and Media department of the observatory Abdullah Al-Jaman stated to KUNA, that the emergence of the star meant improvement in weather, lengthening of shadow, and shorter daytime. He added that the star could be seen in southern the Arabian Peninsula on August 24, and later in Kuwait...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait Amir condoles over victims of two bus crashes in Turkiye
Kuwait: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Sunday a cable of condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the victims of two separate bus accidents that took place in southeastern Turkiye, killing 32 people with over 50 injured.His Highness the Amir expressed solace towards those who died and wished swift recovery for those wounded.
His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait Crown Prince receives Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf, Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled
Kuwait: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace on Sunday.His Highness the Crown Prince also received Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Acting Interior Minister Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
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J Lo and Ben Affleck hold lavish estate wedding
Washington: Celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot Saturday -- for the second time in just over a month -- in a lavish ceremony at the "Good Will Hunting" star's estate, US media reported.The A-list lovebirds already wed in Las Vegas in mid-July, but made it official again, this time in front of friends and family at Affleck's 87-acre (35-hectare) waterfront compound in the southeastern US state of Georgia.Among the...
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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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Municipal Councilmember Aliaa Al-Farsi
Municipal Council environment committee urges urgent reforms for Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh
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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