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KUWAIT: United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Program Maimunah Sharif (left) and KFAED Director-General Marwan Al-Ghanem pose for a group picture after signing the agreement. - KUNA photosn

KFAED, UN-Habitat sign KD 4m deal to help reduce dust storms

KUWAIT: United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Program Maimunah Sharif (left) and KFAED Director-General Marwan Al-Ghanem pose for a group picture after signing the agreement. - KUNA photosKUWAIT: Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) yesterday signed a grant agreement worth KD 4 million ($13.2 million) to finance Improved Resilience to...

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Kuwait strongly deplores Lebanon Information Minister's comments on Saudi Arabia, UAE

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry yesterday voiced vehement condemnation and disapproval of the Lebanese information minister's remarks on Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE). In his comments, the Lebanese minister pressed baseless accusations against both sisterly countries, which ignore their great and much-appreciated role in supporting Yemen and its people and even contradict the authentic reality of the current situation in Yemen,...

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Hotels, venues start receiving bookings for celebrations

By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Hotels and conference venues are now being booked after the government gave the green light to hold weddings, gatherings, events and activities, but with extra health precautions. "For the first time after almost 20 months, we have wedding celebrations and birthday parties in our hotel's function rooms. We were silenced by the coronavirus pandemic for months, which was very unfortunate, but it was a right move by the...

Turkish Ambassador Ayse Koytakn

Turkey taking firm steps towards future

Turkish Ambassador Ayse KoytakKUWAIT: Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey Ayse Hilal Sayan Koytak released the following statement on the occasion of Turkey's national day, which falls tomorrow: "On October 29, we celebrate the 98th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. I would like to thank our friends in Kuwait who did not leave us alone with their messages of celebration. We are proud because in nearly a century since...

KUWAIT: Chief of Staff of Kuwait's Army General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah participates in the virtual meeting. - KUNAn

Kuwait army chief participates in GCC meeting

KUWAIT: Chief of Staff of Kuwait's Army General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah participates in the virtual meeting. - KUNAKUWAIT: Chief of Staff of Kuwait's Army General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah participated yesterday in a virtual meeting of the Supreme Military Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the GCC. The Army said in a press statement that the Supreme Committee issued several decisions and recommendations that contribute to...

NEW YORK: Kuwait's deputy permanent delegate to the UN Bader Al-Munaikh speaks during a UN general assembly session on Tuesday. - KUNAn

Nations should decide own fate, Kuwait tells UN

NEW YORK: Kuwait's deputy permanent delegate to the UN Bader Al-Munaikh speaks during a UN general assembly session on Tuesday. - KUNANEW YORK: Nations should be allowed to decide their own fate based on principles and values embedded in UN resolutions, a Kuwaiti diplomat said, saying such rights are legitimate and cannot be taken away. Citing the Palestinians as a case in point, Kuwait's deputy permanent delegate to the UN Bader Al-Munaikh told...

RIYADH: Minister of Information Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi (left) attends the fifth edition of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. - KUNA photosn

Saudi initiative sets foot on world economic map: Kuwait

RIYADH: Minister of Information Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi (left) attends the fifth edition of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. - KUNA photosRIYADH: Minister of Information, Culture, and State Minister for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi affirmed yesterday that Saudi Arabia's Future Investment Initiative (FII) sets foot on world economic map due to its achievements. This came in a statement to the press on the sidelines...

DOHA: Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani receives Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday. - KUNA n

Qatar Amir receives Speaker

DOHA: Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani receives Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday. - KUNADOHA: Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received yesterday Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and his accompanying delegation in Doha. During the meeting, Ghanem conveyed HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's greetings and best wishes to the Qatari Amir.He also congratulated...

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Family allegedly kept daughter's death secret for five years

KUWAIT: Kuwait police are investigating a bizarre case in which a woman is accused of keeping her daughter's body inside her apartment for five years, before officers made the grim discovery a few days ago. The case was first brought to police's attention when a Kuwaiti man told Salmiya police station officers that his mother has kept his sister's body in the bathroom of their apartment for five years, and only skeletal remains are left. The...

KUWAIT: Education Ministry Undersecretary Dr Ali Al-Yaqoub speaks at an educational forum yesterday. - KUNAn

MoE to open night schools to make up for closures

KUWAIT: Education Ministry Undersecretary Dr Ali Al-Yaqoub speaks at an educational forum yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: Education Ministry Undersecretary Dr Ali Al-Yaqoub said yesterday the ministry plans to compensate for school closures during the pandemic by opening night schools in November in coordination with the health ministry. Speaking on the sidelines of a forum discussing the pandemic's effect on educational performance organized by...

MAARAB, Lebanon: Supporters of Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea gather in front of the ex-warlord's home in his mountain bastion in a show of support yesterday. - AFP n

Geagea dodges court summons

MAARAB, Lebanon: Supporters of Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea gather in front of the ex-warlord's home in his mountain bastion in a show of support yesterday. - AFPMAARAB, Lebanon: Prominent Lebanese Christian leader Samir Geagea failed to show up yesterday at a military court summons over his role in a deadly flareup earlier this month in Beirut. Simultaneously, hundreds of flag-waving supporters of the Lebanese Forces (LF) leader...

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44 global firms to set up regional HQs in Riyadh

Khalid Al-FalihRIYADH: Saudi Arabia said yesterday it has licensed 44 international companies to establish regional headquarters in Riyadh, competing with Gulf neighbors, particularly Dubai, for the position of regional business hub. In February, the oil-rich kingdom issued an ultimatum to foreign firms that those seeking state contracts must have their Middle East headquarters in the country by 2024.The ultimatum was seen as a direct challenge...

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Chalet rental scams continue throughout summer in Kuwait

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BAGRAM: Taleban military vehicles parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base on Aug 14, 2024. - AFP

Military show marks 3 yrs of Taleban rule

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah preside over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. - KUNA

Cabinet mourns Sheikh Salem Al-Ali

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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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Healthy eating concept with 'You are what you eat' card on green background surrounded by fruits like apples, grapes, berries and oranges

You are what you eat: Connection between diet and body odor