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His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Kuwait Amir exchanges Ramadan greetings with leaders of Arab, Muslim countries

Kuwait: His Highness the Amir Sheik Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has exchanged greeting cables on the advent of the holy month Ramadan with leaders and heads of state of Arab and Muslim countries.His Highness the Amir has beseeched His Almighty to return the blessed month with virtues.

Al Hussaini and Microsoft executives with Zain’s team.

Zain platinum sponsor of Microsoft’s 2nd Smart Government Summit

Kuwait: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, announces its platinum sponsorship of the second edition of Microsoft’s Smart Government Summit, held in collaboration with the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT). The event celebrated the 25th anniversary of Microsoft’s operations in Kuwait and was held under the patronage and attendance of H.E. Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for...

His Highness the Crown Prince receives a reply message addressed to His Highness the Amir from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

Kuwait Crown Prince receives letters addressed to the Amir

Kuwait: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received on Tuesday at Bayan Palace a response message addressed to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah from Saudi Arabia's King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, discussing bilateral relations and historical ties between both countries.Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Kuwait Prince Sultan Bin Saad handed the message.He also received a handwritten letter from...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Kuwait's Amir greets citizens and residents on Ramadan

Kuwait: Amiri Diwan conveyed His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's greetings on Tuesday to the citizens and residents on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan.The Diwan announced that His Highness the Amir will not receive citizens and residents to congratulate him this year, wishing everyone good health.Furthermore, the Diwan wished His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown...

US President Joe Biden

Biden signs law declassifying US intelligence on Covid-19 origins

Washington: President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a bill requiring the release of intelligence materials on potential links between the outbreak of the Covid pandemic and a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan."We need to get to the bottom of Covid-19's origins..., including potential links to the Wuhan Institute of Virology," Biden said in a statement. "In implementing this legislation, my administration will declassify and share as...

Kuwaiti entrepreneurs at RiseUp Summit in Cairo.

Zain Great Idea’s regional accelerator program reaches third stop in Cairo

Kuwait: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, announces that the regional accelerator program of its 7th Zain Great Idea tech startup accelerator has successfully reached its third destination in Cairo, Egypt at the RiseUp Entrepreneurship Summit 2023.Zain’s program reached its third regional stop after the first two in Dubai and Riyadh. Nine Kuwaiti entrepreneurs who have founded tech startups and joined the 7th season of the...

Barcelona's Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessie celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's second goal during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on March 19, 2023.

Barcelona snatch 2-1 Clasico win over Real Madrid in La Liga

BARCELONA: Barcelona snatched a 2-1 Clasico win over Real Madrid with Franck Kessie's late goal Sunday to move 12 points clear at the top of La Liga. The victory dents Madrid's ambitions of retaining the title and leaves the Catalans close to lifting the trophy for the first time since 2019. Carlo Ancelotti's Madrid took the lead through a Ronald Araujo own goal but Barcelona pulled level when Sergi Roberto tucked home just before half-time.Both...

Eaman Al Roudhan with Dr. Khalid Mahdi, Hideko Hadzialic, and officials, ambassadors, and executives.

Eaman Al Roudhan: Zain empowers women and girls to pursue STEM careers

Kuwait: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, participated in the Women Economic Empowerment Platform’s event, featuring a panel discussion that brought together executives and officials from the public and private sectors. The event, held on the occasion of International Women’s Day, was hosted at the UN House Auditorium in Mubarak Al Abdulla.The gathering came in joint collaboration between the United Nations Development...

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UBS against the clock in Credit Suisse takeover talks

Zurich: UBS was up against the clock Sunday in talks to finalise a mammoth takeover of its troubled rival Swiss bank Credit Suisse and reassure investors before the markets reopen.Switzerland's biggest bank UBS is being urged by the authorities to get a deal over the line in a bid to avoid a wave of contagious panic on the markets Monday, according to several media reports.The wealthy Alpine nation's largest banks have been in urgent negotiations...

ISTANBUL: Turkish-flagged ship Polarnet carrying tons of grain from Ukraine sails along the Bosphorus Strait past Istanbul on August 7, 2022, after being officially inspected. - AFP

Kyiv thanks UN, Turkey for 'sticking to' grain deal agreements

Kyiv: Ukraine's infrastructure minister on Saturday thanked the United Nations and Turkey for adhering to the agreements of a deal that allowed grain exports from war-torn Ukraine."(The) Black Sea Grain Initiative agreement is extended for 120 days. Grateful to Antonio Guterres, the United Nations, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Minister Hulusi Akar and all our partners for sticking to the agreements," Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Twitter.

ANTAKYA: An aerial photo shows collapsed buildings in Antakya on February 11, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast earlier in the week. – AFP

4.6 magnitude earthquake hits S. Turkiye

Ankara: An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude hit Kahramanmaras city, southern Turkiye on Saturday.According to a statement by the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), the earthquake's epicenter was seven km in depth.Southern Turkiye and northern Syria were hit by a violent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, followed by another 7.6 quake. The earthquake's epicenter was in Kahramanmaras and it was followed by thousands of aftershocks, killing tens...

US President Joe Biden

Biden calls on Congress to get 'tougher' on executives at failed banks

Washington: US President Joe Biden told Congress on Friday that it should get "tougher" on executives from failed banks to make sure that "no one is above the law.""Congress must act to impose tougher penalties for senior bank executives whose mismanagement contributed to their institutions failing," he said in a statement.Sudden failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the United States have set off jitters in financial markets...

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