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Kuwait records 21 new COVID cases, no deaths
Dr Abdullah Al-SanadKUWAIT: Kuwait's health ministry said that 21 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 413,198. No deaths of the virus were reported within the same period, keeping the death toll at 2,465, the Ministry's spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said.Total recoveries rose by 25 to 410,496, he added. There are 237 patients receiving treatment at hospitals, in addition to 12 others at COVID-19...
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Kuwaiti photographer wins 2nd place in US Wildlife Contest
NEW YORK: Kuwaiti photographer Fahad Al-Enezi, won second place at the 50th annual National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest held in the United States. In a statement to KUNA, Al-Enezi said the photo was taken in the frozen shores of Hokkaido Island in far northern Japan, as competition for food during winter can breed conflict. He witnessed this one when he visited a spot where white-tailed sea eagles were feeding on fish, when a brazen red fox...
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New rules as camping season kicks off
By Nawara FattahovaThe most significant change that pleased the campers was the slash in the price of insurance deposit when registering to get a camping location. The deposit this year is KD 300 instead of KD 500, which was imposed few years back. The camper also pays KD 50 fee, which is not refundable. The camping season is set for November 15, 2021 till March 15, 2022.Few years back, after noticing the great damage to the desert environment...
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French Embassy marks 'International Day of French Teachers'
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: In celebration of its 60th years of diplomatic relations with Kuwait, the Ambassador of France to Kuwait Claire Le Flécher hosted an international Teacher's Day reception in honor of the local and expatriates French speaking teachers. "Nearly 60 years of friendship - this year, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations and friendship between France and Kuwait," she told the invited guests as she inaugurated...
Maryam Abaalkhail
KFH organizes breast cancer awareness campaign
Maryam AbaalkhailKUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House "KFH" concluded its integrated breast cancer awareness campaign, which has continued throughout the month of October under the title "Be Aware". The campaign, organized annually by KFH, depicts KFH's commitment to its leading and distinguished role in social service and continuous participation in health initiatives. Also, the campaign reflects KFH's keenness to support various activities and events...
Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Bayan Botanical Garden - a man-made 'rainforest'
Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Kuwait Times was invited once again by a group of Kuwaiti photographer headed by Muhammad Al-Hudhud to come along with them to tour a glasshouse where the man-made 'rainforest' was placed. The Bayan Botanical Garden is not exactly a rainforest, but you could be easily forgiven for mistaking it for such - with its wide variety of exotic plants.A plant sanctuary located inside Bayan Palace, it is open...
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Why are you still against vaccine?
By Nawara Fattahova was wrong. The one-year period of vaccinations against COVID-19 proved that vaccination is the only way to combat the pandemic. The high percentage of vaccination in the GCC countries, which exceeded 90 percent, was behind the sharp drop in coronavirus cases. In Kuwait, the number of cases has dropped to less than 20 people per day, and there have been no deaths for most days since last October, when the vaccination...
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Every day is Friday
By Shakir Reshamwala 'Black Friday', the day following American Thanksgiving, is the busiest shopping day in the US. Thanksgiving in the US is celebrated on the last Thursday of November, and on Friday, retailers offer aggressive discounts to herald the start of the Christmas shopping season. For decades, Black Friday was a mostly American affair, but in the past few years, the phenomenon has spread around the world, mostly coinciding...
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Donating an organ, blood or money can save lives
By Sahar Moussa you or a family member ever been in a situation where a donation of an organ, blood, or even money has saved your life? Lebanese philosopher and poet Gibran Kahlil Gibran said, "You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." To be honest, I did not know how important donation is until my father was hospitalized in Lebanon - and he needed blood urgently. It was...
KUWAIT: Vintage vehicles on display at the Marina Crescent in this file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
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KUWAIT: Vintage vehicles on display at the Marina Crescent in this file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
DUNGENESS, UK: A migrant carries her children after being helped ashore from a RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lifeboat at a beach in Dungeness, on the south-east coast of England, on Wednesday after being rescued while crossing the English Channel. --AFPnn
Over 27 dead in Channel migrant disaster
DUNGENESS, UK: A migrant carries her children after being helped ashore from a RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lifeboat at a beach in Dungeness, on the south-east coast of England, on Wednesday after being rescued while crossing the English Channel. - AFPLONDON/PARIS: Britain and France were yesterday looking at new measures to limit migration across the Channel and break people-smuggling networks after at least 27 migrants trying to...
MOGADISHU: Police officers and people stand at the bomb explosion site in Mogadishu, Somalia, yesterday.-AFPn
Eight killed in deadly bombing near school in Somalia capital
MOGADISHU: Police officers and people stand at the bomb explosion site in Mogadishu, Somalia, yesterday.-AFPMOGADISHU: Eight people were killed in a car bombing near a school in Somalia's capital Mogadishu yesterday, police said, the latest attack claimed by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the troubled country. Anguished parents rushed to the scene of the blast, which wrecked the school building, as injured students were taken to hospitals around the...
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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