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Kuwait Amir Representative Sheikh Mishal departs to Egypt for climate conference

Kuwait Amir Representative Sheikh Mishal departs to Egypt for climate conference

Kuwait: The Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, along with an accompanying delegation, left for Egypt on Monday.His Highness Sheikh Mishal will partake in the 27th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), COP27, and the Second Session of the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI), both held in...

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Macron, Sunak to hold first meeting at COP27

Sharm el Sheikh: French President Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak will hold their first meeting since the British prime minister took office, talking on the sidelines of the UN climate summit on Monday, Macron's office said Sunday.Macron and Sunak already spoke over the phone late last month, with Downing Street saying that they had agreed on greater cooperation to prevent migrant crossings across the Channel.

Kuwait National Guard aviation regulator sign logistics pact

Kuwait National Guard, aviation regulator sign logistics pact

Kuwait: Kuwait's National Guard and its aviation regulator agreed on Sunday a deal to manage logistics in times of conflicts and crises, the two state bodies said on Sunday, citing the pact as a transformative endeavor for the security force. The agreement aims to allow Kuwait's National Guard the opportunity to morph into the nation's main defense body, its undersecretary Lieutenant General Hashem Al-Refai said in a statement.Similarly, the pact...

Al Roudhan and Al Tuwaijri with Zain and Boubyan executives during the tour

Zain hosts Boubyan Bank at its world-class datacenter

Kuwait: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced a new collaboration with Boubyan Bank to host its IT infrastructure at Zain’s world-class datacenter facility via the company’s colocation service. Through this collaboration, Zain hosts Boubyan’s technology infrastructure and links it with all the bank’s branches and digital channels in order to achieve the highest levels of service availability.The announcement came...

Al-Zour Refinery project

KIPIC starts commercial operating of first phase of Al-Zour Refinery

Kuwait: The Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) announced on Sunday start of commercial operations of the first phase at Al-Zour Refinery project.In a statement to (KUNA), Acting CEO of (KIPIC) Waleed Al-Bader said that the operation is an important historic event and considered a mainstay of the country's development plan.It provides fuel of high quality and environmental standards to meet the local demand for energy, as it...

Kuwait's Ambassador to the US Jasem Al-Budaiwi meets Alternate Governor Adam Gregg

Kuwait's Amb. Al-Budaiwi visits Iowa, discusses opportunities to boost Kuwait-US partnership

Washington: Kuwait's Ambassador to the US Jasem Al-Budaiwi visited the state of Iowa for discussions on opportunities to boost the partnership horizon between the US and Kuwait.During the visit, Ambassador Al-Budaiwi met with top local officials, including Secretary of State of Iowa Paul Pate, the Alternate Governor Adam Gregg and head of the Iowa Farm Bureau Brent Johnson, in addition to a number of food processing companies and a group of Gulf...

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Kuwait Amir Representative Sheikh Mishal due to partake in climate conventions in Egypt

Kuwait: The Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, along with an accompanying delegation, is scheduled to leave for Egypt on Monday.His Highness Sheikh Mishal will partake in the 27th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), COP27, and the Second Session of the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI),...

Al Mana on the judges panel

Zain Strategic Sponsor of London Business School MENA Startup Competition

Kuwait: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its strategic sponsorship of the London Business School MENA Startup Competition, LBS’s inaugural venture competition in the region. Many entrepreneurs and startup owners from across MENA took part in the startups pitching event held at the LBS Campus in the Dubai International Financial Center.Zain’s support to this unique competition – launched by one of the world’s...

Twitter tells staff 'roughly 50%' of workforce hit by layoffs: document

San Francisco: Half of Twitter's 7,500 employees were laid off on Friday, an internal document showed, as new owner Elon Musk began a major revamp of the troubled company."Roughly 50 percent of the workforce will be impacted," said a questions and answer email seen by AFP that was sent to Twitter employees who lost their jobs following last week's mammoth $44 billion takeover.

Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan

Imran Khan says Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif involved in plot to kill him

Islamabad: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Friday accused the current premier Shehbaz Sharif, interior minister Rana Sanaullah and a senior army commander of plotting a botched assassination attempt that left him wounded."These three decided to kill me," Khan told reporters in Lahore in his first public appearance since he was rushed to hospital after Thursday's attack.

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Putin says civilians 'need to be removed' from Kherson

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that civilians should be taken out of Moscow-occupied Kherson in southern Ukraine, from where Russian forces have been leading evacuations since mid-October as Kyiv's forces advance."Those who live in Kherson should be removed from zones of dangerous fighting," Putin told young volunteers from the occupied Ukrainian territories on Red Square as Moscow celebrated Unity Day.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 4, 2022.

Germany's Scholz calls on China to use 'influence' on Russia

Beijing: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he told Chinese President Xi Jinping in talks on Friday that he wanted Beijing to use its "influence" on Moscow to stop the war in Ukraine."I told President (Xi) that it is important for China to use its influence on Russia," Scholz said."Russia must immediately stop the attacks under which the civilian population is suffering daily and withdraw from Ukraine."Scholz, on a one-day visit to Beijing, said...

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