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Kuwait Prime Minister receives FM, diplomatic missions' chiefs
Kuwait Prime Minister receives FM, diplomatic missions' chiefs
KUWAIT: Prime Minister retired General Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah received Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah on Thursday at Seif Palace, where he introduced to him new chiefs of diplomatic and consular missions abroad. During the reception, the Prime Minister quoted His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as having...
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Pfizer earnings jump on strong sales of Covid-19 products
New York: Pfizer reported a jump in second-quarter profits Thursday behind a near doubling of revenues driven by sales of its Covid-19 vaccine and therapeutic drug Paxlovid.The drugmaker raised some of its overall financial benchmarks, but maintained 2022 sales targets for its two Covid-19 products: $32 billion from the vaccine co-developed with German company BioNTech; and $22 billion from Paxlovid.The total is equal to just over half of...
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Kuwait MoH launches blood donation campaign next Tues.
Kuwait: The Health Ministry announced on Thursday that it would launch the annual blood donation campaign, which coincided with the 32nd anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.Speaking to the press, Director of the Department of Blood Transfusion Services at the Ministry Dr. Reem Al-Radwan revealed that the donors would be received at the Kuwait Central Blood Bank in Jabriya area and other centers from 08:00 am until 8:00 pm local-time.Last...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait Amir offers condolence over Saudi royal
Kuwait: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Thursday sent a cable to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, offering condolence over the death of Prince Abdulrahman bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, praying to Allah Almighty to bestow mercy upon the soul of the deceased.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
N. Korean leader warns US, S. Korean Pres.
Tokyo: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned that his country is "fully prepared" for any military conflict with the US, while denouncing South Korea's military policy on the North, state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Thursday.The North's armed forces "are fully prepared to respond to any crisis, and our country's nuclear war deterrent is also ready to mobilize its absolute power faithfully, accurately and swiftly" in accordance...
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Kuwait crude oil drops USD 2.48 Wed. to USD 108.71 pb - KPC
Kuwait: Kuwait crude oil plunged USD 2.48 during Wednesday's trading sessions to reach USD 108.71 per barrel (pb), compared with USD 111.19 pb the day before, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said Thursday.Brent crude rose USD 2.22 to USD 106.62 pb and West Texas Intermediate gained USD 2.28 to USD 97.26 pb.
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Biden tests negative for Covid after completing treatment
Washington: US President Joe Biden has had two negative Covid-19 tests and no longer needs to isolate after recovering from infection, his White House doctor said Wednesday."Yesterday evening and then again this morning, he tested NEGATIVE for the SARS-CoV-2 virus by antigen testing," presidential physician Kevin O'Connor wrote in a memorandum, adding that Biden had already completed a course of the Paxlovid therapeutic."Given these reassuring...
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KFAS declares winners of 2021 Jaber Al-Ahmad's award
Kuwait: Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) on Wednesday announced the winners of Jaber Al-Ahmad Award for Young Researchers in 2021.In a press statement, KFAS Director General Khaled Al-Fadhel said that Dr. Abdullah Al-Azmi, a professor at Mathematics Department of Faculty of Science at Kuwait University, won the prize in the field of natural sciences and mathematics, while Dr. Ahmad Al-Lafi from the Department of Food and...
Environmental fuel project facilities
"Clean Fuels" places Kuwait among top exporters of oil byproducts
Kuwait: The Clean Fuels Project (CFP) is one of the most significant and largest projects in the history of the Kuwaiti oil sector since it is widely expected to change Kuwait's status and future, and place it among major exporters of high-quality and eco-friendly products.The mega and strategic project comes within the framework of Kuwait's endeavor to become a regional economic attraction hub.Kuwait's great significance to the project was...
A car is buried under debris from a ruined old house in Vigan city, Ilocos Sur province north of Manila on July 27, 2022, after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the northern Philippines
Powerful earthquake hits northern Philippines
Manila: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed at least three people in the northern Philippines Wednesday, toppling buildings, and shaking high-rise towers more than 300 kilometres (185 miles) away in the capital Manila.The shallow but powerful quake struck the mountainous and lightly populated province of Abra on the main island of Luzon at 8:43 am (0043 GMT), the US Geological Survey said.Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage than deeper...
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Three UN peacekeepers, 7 protesters killed in DR Congo
Beni: Three United Nations peacekeepers and seven demonstrators have died in anti-UN protests in the eastern DR Congo town of Butembo, police said Tuesday.The fatalities in the UN peacekeeping force MONUSCO were two Indian nationals and a Moroccan, Butembo police chief Paul Ngoma told AFP, giving a provisional toll.Demonstrations in the troubled region erupted Monday, driven by accusations that MONUSCO was failing to act against armed groups.
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah
Kuwait, Iran foreign ministers discuss ties in phone call
Kuwait: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Sabah received a phone call on Tuesday from his Iranian counterpart Hussein Amir-Abdollahian.During the conversation, they discussed the bilateral relations, in addition to regional and global issues of common concern.
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Committee strips Kuwaiti citizenship of 1,647 individuals
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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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Sons of Yusuf: Visionary Kuwaiti brothers revolutionizing Arabian Gulf sound
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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