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Taleban meet EU-US delegation, Brussels pledges €1bn aid

DOHA: Foreign diplomats and a Taleban delegation meet yesterday. - AFPDOHA: The Taleban held their first face-to-face talks with a joint US-EU delegation yesterday in Qatar as Brussels pledged one billion euros ($1.2 billion) in aid for Afghanistan. The hardline Islamists are seeking recognition, as well as assistance to avoid a humanitarian disaster, after they returned to power in August following the withdrawal of US troops. European...

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Kuwait Customs confiscate counterfeit clothes, pens

KUWAIT: Air customs officers yesterday confiscated a shipment of counterfeit clothes and pens that were imported in violation of the intellectual property law. The shipment arrived from a Gulf country containing boxes marked to contain clothes.But an officer suspected the shipment because its weight did not agree with its contents. When searched, more than 5,600 pens and 600 garments, all counterfeit were found.

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ACK hosts CDIO Asian Regional Forum for 2021

KUWAIT: The Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) will be hosting the Online Conceive - Design - Implement - Operate (CDIO) Asian Regional Forum for 2021. The forum will take place over the course of three days from October 26 to 28 under the patronage and attendance of Omar Ali Mohammad Al-Kandari, Acting Secretary General of the Private Universities Council, Kuwait.The regional forum titled 'Post Pandemic Higher Education' will discuss various...

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LOYAC participates in debate training

KUWAIT: LOYAC's volunteers participated in the third debate training event organized by the national debate team. The event took place from the 26th to 30th of September, 2021 in Kuwait's National Library. LOYAC volunteer's supervisor Abdullah Al-Rashidi said that the forum tackled important and diverse issues. "LOYAC participated in the success of the forum; in guiding participants to the workshop halls, and distributing ID cards to them, in...

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Kuwait backs multilateral action to address disarmament challenges

Tariq Al-BannaiNEW YORK: The State of Kuwait affirmed a strong position on multilateral action as the best way to address the disarmament and non-proliferation challenges and to enhance international cooperation in this regard, under the umbrella of the United Nations. This came during Kuwait's speech delivered by Minister Plenipotentiary Tariq Mohammad Al-Bannai before the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly.He welcomed any...

AMMAN: The leader of the Jordanian Senate Faisal Al-Fayez (center) speaks during talks with Kuwait's Ambassador to Jordan Aziz Al-Daihani. - KUNAn

Jordan senate eyes progress in ties with Kuwait

AMMAN: The leader of the Jordanian Senate Faisal Al-Fayez (center) speaks during talks with Kuwait's Ambassador to Jordan Aziz Al-Daihani. - KUNAAMMAN: The leader of the Jordanian Senate Faisal Al-Fayez yesterday hailed his country's "strategic ties" with Kuwait, saying there was still more room for improvement in bilateral relations. Kuwait has always stood by Jordan's side in times of need, which proves that the two countries' respective...

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Kuwaiti charity finances education project in Yemen

ADEN: The Yemeni Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor signed on Monday an agreement with Altwasul for Human Development, a Yemeni NGO to construct a basic education school in the southern governorate of Lahj. The project will be financed by Rahma International, a Kuwaiti charity active in humanitarian fields across the world over the past four decades.Speaking to reporters after the signing ceremony, Yemeni Minister of Social Affairs and Labor...

NEW JERSEY: Members of the Japanese media strain to film Princeton University senior meteorologist Syukuro Suki Manabe departing a press conference after he was awarded a share of the 2021 Nobel Prize in physics at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. - AFP n

Why US dominates the Nobels

NEW JERSEY: Members of the Japanese media strain to film Princeton University senior meteorologist Syukuro Suki Manabe departing a press conference after he was awarded a share of the 2021 Nobel Prize in physics at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. - AFPWASHINGTON: No fewer than eight of this year's 13 Nobel winners were American citizens, extending a historic trend tied to the strength of US academia and its ability to attract top...

BELGRADE: People wearing protective face masks ride a bus in Belgrade amid the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. - AFP n

How Serbia became the world's COVID hotspot

BELGRADE: People wearing protective face masks ride a bus in Belgrade amid the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. - AFPBELGRADE: Packed bars, few masks and almost no restrictions-in Serbia it seems the pandemic is over. But it's a cruel illusion, as the Balkan country currently tops the global charts for infection rates. Despite having a variety of jabs available, the country's vaccination drive stalled after just over 40 percent of its...

TAIPEI: Taiwanese Air Force AT-3 jets fly over the Presidential Palace during national day celebrations in Taipei on October 10, 2021. - AFP n

As Taiwan tensions grow, US and China seek right decibel

TAIPEI: Taiwanese Air Force AT-3 jets fly over the Presidential Palace during national day celebrations in Taipei on October 10, 2021. - AFPWASHINGTON: As tensions flare over Taiwan, China and the United States are both trying to lay down firm markers. A crucial question is whether the nuclear-armed powers know what level of pressure is just right. Among the slew of disputes between the world's two largest economies, Taiwan is often seen as...

STOCKHOLM: The winners of the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (left to right) David Card from the University of California, Berkeley, USA; Joshua D Angrist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA and Guido W Imbens from the Stanford University, USA, are seen on a screen during a press conference in Stockholm. - AFP n

Nobel Prize in Economics: The 'natural experiments'

STOCKHOLM: The winners of the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (left to right) David Card from the University of California, Berkeley, USA; Joshua D Angrist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA and Guido W Imbens from the Stanford University, USA, are seen on a screen during a press conference in Stockholm. - AFPPARIS: The work of David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens,...

BAGHDAD: Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr celebrate in Baghdad's Tahrir square on October 11, 2021 following the announcement of parliamentary elections' results. - AFP n

Pro-Iran groups denounce Iraq's election as scam

BAGHDAD: Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr celebrate in Baghdad's Tahrir square on October 11, 2021 following the announcement of parliamentary elections' results. - AFPBAGHDAD: Two days after Iraq's legislative election, pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim parties and armed groups yesterday denounced early poll results suggesting waning support as "manipulation" and a "scam". Sunday's parliamentary election-the fifth in the war-scarred...

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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

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