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Subscription opens for ABK’s capital increase process
KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) announced the commencement of the subscription process to its capital increase by offering 500 million shares at a value of KD 100 million, following the approvals obtained from regulating authorities. Through the capital increase, ABK aims to strengthen its capital base in line with the requirements of the Central Bank of Kuwait and the Basel III accord capital adequacy requirements. Proceeds from the capital...
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16,945 students admitted for next academic year
KUWAIT: The General Authority for Applied Education and Training has announced the admission of 16,945 male and female high school diploma holders who will enroll in the first and second semesters of the academic and training year (2023-2024). The director general of the Authority, Dr. Hassan Al-Fajjam, said in a press statement that the admission results have been approved in the colleges, institutes, and training colleges.The dean of admission...
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CAN begins cancer awareness, launches women Haido team
KUWAIT: Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the National Campaign for Cancer Awareness (CAN), Dr. Hussa Majid Al-Shaheen, said CAN has launched the first activity of the women’s Haido team through a swimming contest for skilled girls in cooperation with the Kuwait School Sports Association on Thursday (August 24) at Suad Mohammad Al-Sabah School in Mansouriya.Al-Shaheen pointed to the role of the campaign, saying it has...
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Independence Day of Ukraine: Building a better future
By Dr Oleksandr Balanutsa, Irina Gusacenko24 August 2023 marks the 32nd anniversary of the restoration of Ukraine’s independence after 70 years of Soviet rule. Since February last year, Ukraine has been heroically resisting Russia’s brutal war of aggression and its clear violation of the international law and UN charter.Kuwait, which was brutally invaded 33 years ago, joined the vast majority of members of the UN General Assembly in...
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Navigating dark psychology in our community
By Ahmed SabeehKUWAIT: Dark psychology encompasses the study of psychological manipulation tactics and strategies employed to influence and control others for personal gain or malicious purposes. In an interview with Kuwait Times, Adam, who has antisocial personality disorder, discusses his use of dark psychology, emphasizing that where there’s a will, there’s a way. He observes how the undercurrents of psychological manipulation quietly...
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'Citizen scientists' battle to save historic UK river
On the banks of the River Wye on the border between England and Wales, Pat Stirling flings a plastic measuring jug tied to a rope into the water. Up and down the river, a team of 250 others have been doing the same, hoping to save it from an unfolding ecological crisis. "The river is declining. The next thing is it's partially dead, then it's completely dead," Stirling told AFP between tests. The researchers say that after years of being ignored,...
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Niger dancing to tune of coup-backing songs
Amid a crowd gathered in support of Niger's military rulers stands star-of-the-moment Sergeant Maman Sani Maigochi. In combat dress, he bobs and weaves through a choreographed routine that mixes dance and salutes and the imaginary shooting of a gun. Niger's coup d'etat on July 26 has been backed by military and civilian musicians who are turning out new tunes to match a surge in patriotic fever. Maigochi, who learned music after joining the army,...
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'Dune 2’ pushed back to 2024 amid Hollywood strikes
Warner Bros. has pushed back the hotly anticipated release of sci-fi sequel "Dune: Part Two" until next year and postponed two other films – one of the biggest changes so far to the movie calendar amid the ongoing actors' and writers' strikes. The studio confirmed that "Dune: Part Two" -- originally scheduled to premiere on Nov 3 – will now open on March 15, 2024, and monster showdown "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" will now debut in April...
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'Nothing like peace': Tigrayans celebrate festival after war hiatus
In the heart of Ethiopia's capital, a group of women danced while brandishing a flag bearing the insignia of the war-scarred Tigray region – a scene that would have been unimaginable a year earlier. The two-year conflict that pitted Ethiopia's federal government against the Tigray People's Liberation Front sparked accounts of widespread rights abuses, including rapes by both sides and arbitrary mass detentions of ethnic Tigrayans in Addis Ababa...
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Germany's booze-free beer boom
All the fun of the Oktoberfest, without the hangover: Germans are swapping traditional beer for non-alcoholic brews, driven by health concerns and the increasing quality of booze-free options. Beers containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol – the legal limit to be classed as non-alcoholic – are no longer an uncommon sight in the country's famous beer gardens. "I like the taste of beer, but I don't find it reasonable to always drink it with...
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Cooperative chiefs extol price disclosure platform
KUWAIT: Chiefs of Kuwaiti cooperative societies have welcomed and commended a recently launched price disclosure platform as a significant step in the right direction to reign in surging commodity prices. Newly announced by the Kuwaiti Federation of Cooperative Societies, the platform involving the prices of 139,000 types of commodities, would unquestionably ensure stable commodity price levels and prop up cooperative-consumer confidence, they...
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BRICS agrees ‘historic’ expansion
JOHANNESBURG: BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the “historic” admission of six new countries from next year as the club seeks to reshape the Western-led global order and expand its geopolitical influence. The BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — agreed at their annual summit to make Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates full members from January 1. “This membership expansion is...
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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Fatemah Al-habib, founder of Qesati, hosting the event.
Kuwaiti athlete shares her story of perseverance en route to Olympics
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program