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Flights canceled to Philippines without notice

By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Kuwaiti employers and workers are complaining that flights to the Philippines have been canceled without notice. The dropped flights create a major problem for domestic helpers and other Filipino workers who show up at the airport, with their residencies already canceled, ready to return home.Sami, a Kuwaiti employer, took his housemaid this week to Kuwait airport for a flight to Dubai - the first leg of her journey home. At...

KUWAIT: Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem, President of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Court of Cassation Justice Ahmad Al-Ajeel, and Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah meet at Seif Palace yesterday. - Amiri Diwan photon

Three authorities' heads meet at Seif Palace upon Amiri directives

KUWAIT: Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem, President of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Court of Cassation Justice Ahmad Al-Ajeel, and Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah meet at Seif Palace yesterday. - Amiri Diwan photoKUWAIT: The heads of the three authorities held a meeting at Seif Palace yesterday, upon His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) and Zain Innovation Center (ZINC) staff in a group photo at the Zain's main headquarters in Shuwaikh. - KUNAn

Zain shares experience in innovation, entrepreneurship with KIPIC employees

KUWAIT: Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) and Zain Innovation Center (ZINC) staff in a group photo at the Zain's main headquarters in Shuwaikh. - KUNAKUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, hosted a group of employees from the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC), a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, in Zain Innovation Center (ZINC) at the company's main headquarters in...

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MP Hamdan Al-Azmi files to grill two ministers over alleged violations

MP Hamdan Al-AzmiBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Opposition MP Hamdan Al-Azmi yesterday filed to grill the ministers of defense and commerce and industry over allegations that they committed a series of violations including admitting women in the army and a decision regarding residences for over 60 residents. The lawmaker accused Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah of disregarding Kuwait society traditions and admitting females in the...

KUWAIT: A group photo taken during an event organized by Cancer Aware Nation (CAN) at the Kuwait Writers Association. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Breast cancer makes up 40% of cancers affecting women in Kuwait

KUWAIT: A group photo taken during an event organized by Cancer Aware Nation (CAN) at the Kuwait Writers Association. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Breast cancer makes up 40 percent of all cancers affecting women in Kuwait, an official said yesterday, noting that around 602 cancer cases are registered in Kuwait every year. "We work in harmony to achieve the goal of increasing cancer awareness, and the voluntary...

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Kuwait launches Estamp app

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Ministry of Finance announced yesterday the launch of its new 'Estamp' application. The application allows individuals and companies to pay the fees for their transactions at the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training in an easy, fast and safe way.This app aims to improve the services provided by the Ministry of Finance. The service is provided in...

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Kuwait Towers lit up with Kuwait, India national flags

KUWAIT: Kuwait Towers were illuminated on Sunday with the projection of national flags of Kuwait and India marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. On this happy occasion, Indian Ambassador Sibi George highlighted the significance of the ongoing milestone year 2021 and the excellent relations between the two countries during the last six decades.He expressed his commitment to further...

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Burgan Bank strategic sponsor of 1st Kuwait PPP Conference

Mohammad Al-MaelKUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced its sponsorship of the 1st Kuwait PPP Conference (PPPKW), which is being held under the umbrella theme of "Partnership journey towards growth and prosperity". Set to take place virtually on November 15 and 16, the conference is being organized by Nouf Expo and is being held under the patronage of the Prime Minister, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The bank's sponsorship of the...

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Ooredoo Kuwait honors 'Flying Start Triathlon 2021' winners

KUWAIT: The winners pose for a group photo.KUWAIT: Ooredoo Telecom, the first to introduce innovative digital services in Kuwait, constantly strives to spread and strengthen health awareness. Thus, after its sponsorship, Ooredoo Kuwait honored all winners of the 'Flying Start Triathlon 2021' which was held last Saturday, October 30th, 2021 in Al-Kout. This step came as a testament to its support of youth, athletes and national talents which also...

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Kuwait resumes issuance of all categories of visas

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The interior ministry and the Public Authority for Manpower announced yesterday the resumption of issuance of all types of visas to foreigners, including dependent, business, tourist and work visas. However, no official statement was issued by the interior ministry until the time of going to press on the actual date when visit visas will be issued.The two authorities insisted that visas will be issued only to people who have...

GLASGOW: Kuwait's Prime Minister HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah arrives for the COP26 UN Climate Summit yesterday. - AFP n

Leaders urged to 'save humanity' at climate summit

GLASGOW: Kuwait's Prime Minister HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah arrives for the COP26 UN Climate Summit yesterday. - AFPGLASGOW: World leaders must act to "save humanity", UN chief Antonio Guterres said yesterday as they met for the historic COP26 climate summit with code-red warnings from scientists ringing in their ears. More than 120 heads of state and government are gathering in Glasgow for a two-day summit at the start of the UN's COP26...

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Hopes high as tourists return to Thailand

PHUKET: Tourists walk their dogs on a beach yesterday. - AFPPHUKET: Overseas tourists poured into Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket yesterday as Thailand kickstarted its tourism industry after 18 months of COVID curbs. The coronavirus pandemic hammered the kingdom's tourism-reliant economy, which last year saw its worst performance since the 1997 Asian financial crisis as arrivals dwindled more than 80 percent.Thai authorities have given...

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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP

Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation

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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP

Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor

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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos

Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan

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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.

Pearl diving trip winds up

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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP

Modi renews push for common civil code for India