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British Prime Minister Liz Truss

UK PM Truss tells parliament she is 'fighter, not a quitter'

London: British Prime Minister Liz Truss insisted she would not quit on Wednesday as she faced questions from booing MPs at her first Question Time session since abandoning her disastrous tax-slashing economic policies.Truss faced hostile questioning from opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer, who asked the House of Commons: "What's the point of a prime minister whose promises don't even last a week?"Starmer mocked Truss by leading his MPs in...

Former health minister Jeremy Hunt -- now finance minister --.

'Shocking' UK report links poor care to death of 45 babies

London: A damning report Wednesday found that 45 babies who died at two British hospitals might have survived if their care had been up to standard, in the latest UK maternity scandal.Dr Bill Kirkup who led the official independent investigation described his findings as "stark" and "shocking"."Had care been given to the nationally recognised standards, the outcome could have been different... in 45 of the 65 baby deaths" examined, he told...

Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood

Man Utd's Greenwood released on bail after attempted rape charge

London: Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood was Wednesday released on bail, days after being charged with attempted rape.The 21-year-old forward was also charged with controlling and coercive behaviour and assault at the weekend.He appeared at Manchester Magistrates' Court on Monday and was remanded in custody.A bail application was held in private at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court on Wednesday.Following the hearing, a...

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MoH: World Osteoporosis Day event brings awareness to dangers

Kuwait: The Ministry of Health (MoH) inaugurated the awareness exhibition on osteoporosis at the Avenues Mall to educate the community about this silent disease that weakens bones and leads to fractures that may result in permanent disability or death.This is part of Kuwait's participation to mark the World Osteoporosis Day, Head of the Kuwait Osteoporosis Society Dr. Nadia Al-Ali said in a statement to reporters Wednesday after the opening of...

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Kuwait Civil Defense Committee examines preparations for rain

Kuwait: The Civil Defense Committee held a meeting on Wednesday in implementation of instructions by the commission chairman Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to prepare for forthcoming rain season.Sheikh Talal Khaled is also the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.Officials and personnel who took part in the meeting, headed by Director General of the Civil Defense, examined preparations to cope with prospected rainfalls and...

LONDON: Shoppers walking along Oxford Street in London. – AFP

UK inflation returns above 10 percent

London: British inflation jumped back above 10 percent in September on soaring food prices, official data showed Wednesday, with the country gripped by a cost-of-living crisis bedevilling the government.The Consumer Prices Index accelerated to 10.1 percent on an annual basis, up from 9.9 percent in August, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.The September rate matched the level in July and is the highest in 40 years as a result...

Kuwaiti Diplomat Attaché Ahmad Salmeen

Kuwait diplomat: No global stability amid lingering proliferation

New York: The State of Kuwait believes that no world stability or peace could be created as long as the proliferation and flow of varied weapons, specifically nuclear ones, remain unhalted, said a diplomat Tuesday evening.The remark was made by Kuwaiti Diplomat Attaché Ahmad Salmeen while addressing a meeting of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)."Today's world is experiencing various challenges and swift serious...

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

Kuwait Deputy Amir: Today's speech is covenant of a new era

KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, addressing the first session of the 17th legislative term of the National Assembly on Tuesday, said his speech today is covenant of a new era and constitutes guidelines for performing State tasks. "His Highness the Amir's speech on June 22, 2022 was the new era speech and today's address is the new era covenant; it sets the guidelines from the...

Members of the public stand in front of bunches of flowers displayed outside the building in Paris on October 17, 2022, where lived a 12-year-old schoolgirl, named Lola, three days after her body was discovered in a trunk in the 19th district.

Paris police question two over 12-year-old's brutal murder

Paris: Paris investigators were on Monday questioning a woman and a man suspected of raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl whose body was found in a trunk on Friday.Possible charges include the rape and murder of a minor aged below 15 along with torture, abuse and concealing a body, a source in the French judiciary told AFP, adding that prosecutors had ordered two people held in provisional custody.The main suspect has been identified as a...

The Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Hamad Al-Adwani

Kuwait exerting all possible efforts to boost educational process - Min.

Kuwait: The Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Hamad Al-Adwani called earlier on Monday for exerting all possible efforts to implement the vision pf the political leadership in developing education.This comes at the top of the state's priorities, as the Ministry should reset obvious and precise strategies and goals on that matter, Al-Adwani added following swearing his oath ceremonies as he is...

Kuwait Scientific Centers launches annual Space Month

Kuwait Scientific Center launches annual Space Month

Kuwait: Kuwait Scientific Center launched the annual Space Month 2022 event, titled "Space Exploration and Earth Sustainability," returning with many wonderful surprises suitable for all ages.The event, due until November 12, was organized to coincide with the international celebration of World Space Week. The theme coincides with this year’s global theme, Space and Sustainability, which aims to achieve sustainability in space, in order to...

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

Kuwait Deputy Amir receives newly assigned PM, ministers for oath taking

Kuwait: His Highness Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Monday received His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah ministers of the freshly declared cabinet for the constitutional oath taking.His Highness the Prime Minister presented to His Highness the Deputy Amir and the Crown Prince his cabinet's ministers who are:1 - Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and...

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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP

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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP

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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding