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NCCAL organizes 21st Kuwait Theater Festival Wednesday

Dr Bader Al-DuwaishKUWAIT: Minister of Information and Culture, and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdul Rahman Al-Mutairi will patronize the 21st version of Kuwait Theater Festival, due to be held on December 1-10, the National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature (NCCAL) said.Assistant Secretary General of Art sector at NCCAL, and Head of the Higher Committee of the Festival Dr Bader Al-Duwaish said in a speech delivered during a...

Major General Fahad Al-Turaijin

Kuwaiti official stresses importance of updating military training programs

Major General Fahad Al-TuraijiCAIRO: Chairman of Kuwait Military Education Authority of Ministry of Defense Major General Fahad Al-Turaiji affirmed yesterday the importance of modernizing the programs and military training procedures to take on current and future threats in the region. This came in his statement to the press on the sidelines of the 25th symposium for the heads of training authorities in the Arab armed forces. The five-day...

KUWAIT: (From left) Dr Dunya Bastaki, Dr Kalthoum Hussein and Athar Al-Shaiba.n

Event sheds light on women's health needs

KUWAIT: (From left) Dr Dunya Bastaki, Dr Kalthoum Hussein and Athar Al-Shaiba.KUWAIT: Chairwoman of the Arab Union for Specialized Women - Kuwait branch Dr Kalthoum Hussein Awadh participated in the 'Here for Her Health' event that was held at Salwa Al-Sabah Hall in the presence of Dr Dunya Bastaki, the chairperson of the health sector in the union and Athar Al-Shaiba, head of communications in the union. The event aims at discovering unique...

Dr Omar Al-Hunaidi

stc launches prostate cancer awareness campaign

Dr Omar Al-HunaidiKUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications Company - stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced the launch of its prostate cancer "Movember" awareness campaign under the because_we_care umbrella that is comprised of several awareness and fitness initiatives that aim to promote a healthy and balanced lifestyle.Considering that...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet meeting yesterday. - KUNAn

Cabinet says situation calls for third dose after Omicron

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet meeting yesterday. - KUNABy B IzzakKUWAIT: The Council of Ministers yesterday called on the public to take the third booster dose to boost immunity against the deadly COVID-19 virus and its latest Omicron variant. The Cabinet, holding an extraordinary meeting, was briefed on the latest developments by Health Minister Sheikh Basel Al-Sabah who assured...

LONDON: Passengers, some wearing face coverings to combat the spread of COVID-19, travel on the London underground in central London yesterday.-AFPnn

New COVID variant shuts borders across the globe

LONDON: Passengers, some wearing face coverings to combat the spread of COVID-19, travel on the London underground in central London yesterday.-AFPTHE HAGUE: A new, heavily mutated COVID-19 variant spread across the globe yesterday, shutting borders, renewing curbs, and sparking fears for the fight against the nearly two-year-old coronavirus pandemic. Dubbed Omicron, the strain has cast doubt on global efforts to battle the pandemic because of...

A handout picture provided by the US Navy yesterday shows personnel from dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) transporting an Iranian mariner a day earlier after receiving a request for assistance from two mariners in the Gulf of Oman whose fishing vessel had been adrift at sea for eight days. - AFPn

US Navy rescues Iranian seamen adrift in Gulf

A handout picture provided by the US Navy yesterday shows personnel from dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) transporting an Iranian mariner a day earlier after receiving a request for assistance from two mariners in the Gulf of Oman whose fishing vessel had been adrift at sea for eight days. - AFPMANAMA: The US Navy has rescued two Iranian seamen who had been adrift for eight days on a fishing boat in Gulf waters, a statement said...

Macaque monkeys gather outside the Phra Prang Sam Yod temple during the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok.-AFP photosn

Monkey business at Thai town fruit festival

Macaque monkeys gather outside the Phra Prang Sam Yod temple during the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok.-AFP photosTheir table manners were shocking, but the guests of honor at a special banquet in the Thai town of Lopburi yesterday loved monkeying around. Lopburi has been laying on an annual feast of fruit for its population of macaques since the late 1980s, part religious tradition and part tourist...

This handout photo shows a female polar bear feeding on the carcass of a reindeer on the Svalbard archipelago, Norway.n

Rare hunting scene raises questions over polar bear diet

This handout photo shows a female polar bear feeding on the carcass of a reindeer on the Svalbard archipelago, Norway.A polar bear chases a reindeer into the water, drags it ashore and devours it, in a striking scene caught on film for the first time. With sea ice melting, the king of the Arctic may be changing its diet. The dramatic spectacle played out in Norway's Svalbard archipelago on August 21, 2020 -- in summer, the sea ice retreats and...

In this file photo former goalkeeper of the Brazilian football team Chapecoense, Jakson Follmann, a survivor of an airplane crash in Colombia in 2016 in which most of his teammates perished, walks during a rehabilitation session at a clinic in Sao Paulo, Brazil.-AFP n

Brazil football crash survivor finds new life in music

In this file photo former goalkeeper of the Brazilian football team Chapecoense, Jakson Follmann, a survivor of an airplane crash in Colombia in 2016 in which most of his teammates perished, walks during a rehabilitation session at a clinic in Sao Paulo, Brazil.-AFPJakson Follmann remembers the moment the plane's engine died and everything went black. Then, an intense pain, and cold rain falling on his body. Drifting in and out of consciousness,...

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Hong Kong protest film wins Taiwan's Golden Horse award

Taiwanese actor Chang Chen gestures after winning the Best Actor for the film "The Soul" at the 58th Golden Horse Film Awards in Taipei.-AFP photosA film on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement won best documentary at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards on Saturday, at an event dubbed the Chinese-language "Oscars" that went ahead without the legion of mainland filmmakers and stars who once used to walk its red carpet. Hong Kong director Kiwi Chow's...

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Adele tops UK album and singles chart

In this file photo a member of staff sorts copies of the new album from British singer-songwriter Adele, "30" in Sister Ray record store in the soho area of central London.-AFPAdele on Friday clinched a rare double in the UK music charts, seizing both number one spots for singles and albums. The Official Charts Company said the British superstar's "30"-her first release in six years-had 261,000 chart sales and was the fastest-selling first-week...

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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)

Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait

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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA

Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey

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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP

Hezbollah reveals its military muscle

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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.

KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya

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VIENNA: Ambassador to Austria in Vienna Talal Al-Fassam is seen during his visit to the Austrian company. — KUNA

Kuwait explores renewable energy solutions in Vienna