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Health Minister: Medical staff will be provided on Kuwait's parliamentary election day

KUWAIT: Dr Khaled Al- Saeed, Health Minister, said that the ministry is ready and prepared for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kuwait, to be held on Sept 29. He said that medical staff and ambulances have already been assigned for the polling stations. Al-Saeed was speaking on the sidelines of the opening of a symposium on Islamic medicine and its effectiveness in fighting the use of drugs in the society, an event held on Wednesday by the...

US dollar notes are photographed in Buenos Aires, on June 23, 2022. - Argentines do their accounts in dollars, traumatised by recurrent economic crises and tormented by the inflation that is eating away at their pockets and is projected to exceed 60% this year. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP)

Dollar index highest in 20 years on Ukraine, Fed rate

London: The dollar on Wednesday reached the highest level in 20 years against a basket of major rival currencies with traders seeking safety as Russia escalates operations over Ukraine.The Dollar index, which compares the US unit against currencies including the euro, pound and yen, jumped to a two-decade high at 110.87 points, also as the Federal Reserve prepares another aggressive US interest-rate hike.

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Russia defence minister says 300,000 reservists to be mobilised

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilization and vowed on Wednesday to use "all available means" to protect Russian territory, after Moscow-held regions of Ukraine suddenly announced annexation referendums. The votes, already denounced by Kyiv and the West as a "sham", will dramatically up the stakes in the seven-month old conflict in Ukraine by giving Moscow the ability to accuse Ukrainian forces of attacking Russian...

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Russian president: Cooperation with Kuwait will be maintained

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday affirmed Moscow's readiness to maintain constructive cooperation with the State of Kuwait at various levels including urgent international issues. President Putin, during a ceremony where Kuwait's Ambassador Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi handed over his credentials at the Kremlin, also noted that Russia would pursue coordination with Kuwait at the external policies' level, not only with respect to...

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Indian girl dies after allegedly being raped, set on fire

Lucknow: A 16-year-old Indian girl allegedly gang-raped and set on fire by two men has died in hospital, police told AFP Tuesday.The girl was a Dalit, the lowest rung in the Hindu caste system who suffer disproportionately high levels of sexual violence in a country with high rates of crime against women.Her death on Monday came less than a week after two Dalit sisters, aged 15 and 17, were found hanging from a tree after being allegedly sexually...

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UN decries Iran's 'violent response' after Amini's death

Geneva: The UN decried Tuesday Mahsa Amini's death in custody after she was arrested by Iran's "morality police" and the violent crackdown on protests over her death, demanding an independent investigation."Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif today expressed alarm at the death in custody of Mahsa Amini... and the violent response by security forces to ensuing protests," the rights office said in a statement.Public anger...

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Germany stresses Ukraine global impact before UN summit

Berlin: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock vowed to support countries hardest hit by the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine as she headed to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday."The brutality of Russia's war of aggression and its threat to the peace order in Europe have not blinded us to the fact that its dramatic effects are also clearly being felt in many other regions of the world," Baerbock said."We are not only responsible for...

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Amiri representative to UN meeting: Kuwait keen on transforming education worldwide

New York: The State of Kuwait is keen on developing and transforming education within its borders and around the world, said His Highness the Amir's representative, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.Delivering His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's speech to the UN Transforming Education Summit in New York late Monday, His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf affirmed that achieving the 2030...

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George and Charlotte follow great-grandmother's coffin

London: Queen Elizabeth II's great-grandchildren George and Charlotte attended her funeral on Monday, signalling the more prominent role they will now play as the children of the first in line for the throne. The two eldest children of the Prince and Princess of Wales joined the funeral procession as it entered and left Westminster Abbey. Prince George, nine, and Princess Charlotte, seven, walked with their mother Catherine, Princess of Wales,...

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Lebanon currency hits new low, sparking protests

BEIRUT: The Lebanese pound fell to a new low against the US dollar on the black market Monday as a severe economic downturn has sparked bank hold-ups by angry depositors and anti-government protests. Recent weeks have seen a spate of incidents in which people armed with real or toy guns held up banks to demand access to their frozen savings, only to be celebrated as folk heroes.Amid the turmoil, the pound plunged to 38,600 against the greenback...

Representative of His Highness the Amir, His Highness the Prime Minister meets with UN Secretary-General

Kuwait's Amir Representative meets UN Secretary-General

Kuwait: The Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah met with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sideline of the UN 77th General Assembly Meeting.During the meeting, the Amir's Representative conveyed the greetings of His Highness the Amir and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and...

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Power cuts to plunge S.Africa into darkness

Johannesburg: Africa's most industrialised economy South Africa is again facing sweeping power cuts, caused by failures at ageing and poorly maintained infrastructure, the nationalised utility company said Sunday.The boss of state-owned Eskom Andre de Ruyter announced "a high stage of load shedding this week", using jargon for planned outages.On an eight notch scale of rolling blackouts, the country has reached the sixth critical stage.Residents...

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