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Burgan Bank trains Ministry of Justice accounting experts

KUWAIT: Burgan Bank has organized a special training course for the newly hired accounting experts of the Ministry of Justice. This initiative highlights the bank's strategic commitment under its social responsibility programs promoting a stronger community engagement and maximizing the value of its expertise through knowledge sharing and transfer.The special course was organized by Burgan's Learning and Talents Development Department in...

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Three dead, one injured in King Fahad Road crash

KUWAIT: Three people were killed and another was left in a critical condition following an accident reported yesterday at dawn in Kuwait. Ahmadi firemen rushed to the scene following a report about a car crash on King Fahad Road. They found out that the accident left three people, including a man and two children, dead, while another man was rushed to hospital with severe injuries. An investigation was opened to reveal the cause of the accident....

KUWAIT: A welder works at a metal workshop in this file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Visa curbs, worker exodus lead to manpower crunch

KUWAIT: A worker welds at a metal workshop in this file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: A severe shortage of workers in Kuwait is affecting companies and the job market, especially in the services sector. According to a human resources manager, because of the high demand for manpower, many small and large companies are now paying higher salaries to workers compared to pre-pandemic times. "Nowadays, hiring people locally is...

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Dubai police seize cocaine worth $136m

DUBAI: The UAE authorities seized half a ton of cocaine with a street value of more than $136 million, Dubai police said on Sunday, in one of the biggest drug busts in the Gulf country. Officers "recently thwarted a smuggling attempt of 500 kilograms of pure cocaine into the country", a police statement said. "The narcotics, worth more than 500 million dirhams ($136 million) in street value, were well-hidden within the structure of a cargo...

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Firefighters quell Lebanon fuel tank fire

BEIRUT: Firefighters in Lebanon put out a huge blaze that raged at a key fuel storage depot yesterday to the relief of many in the country gripped by desperate energy shortages. There was no immediate report of casualties from the fire that sent large plumes of dark smoke billow into the sky. The fire broke out around 8:00 am in a large petrol tank belonging to the army at the Zahrani facilities some 50 km south of Beirut, the National News...

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Economists win Nobel for natural experiments

Guido Imbens Joshua Angrist David CardSTOCKHOLM: Three US-based academics yesterday won the Nobel Economics Prize for research on the labor market using "natural experiments", or observational studies, that have revolutionized empirical...

KUWAIT: People are vaccinated against COVID-19 at a field clinic in Bneid Al-Gar on Monday, a day after the health ministry announced it is launching a COVID-19 vaccination campaign across several areas of Kuwait. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Vaccines prevent severe COVID, even from Delta

KUWAIT: People are vaccinated against COVID-19 at a field clinic in Bneid Al-Gar yesterday, a day after the health ministry announced it is launching a COVID-19 vaccination campaign across several areas in Kuwait. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatPARIS/GENEVA: Vaccination is highly effective at preventing severe cases of COVID-19, even against the Delta variant, a vast study in France has shown. The research published yesterday - focusing on...

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Saudi, Iran signal warming ties but 'real steps' needed

RIYADH: Regional archrivals Saudi Arabia and Iran are showing signs of warming relations, but experts say more work is needed to ease tensions after a five-year rift. Saudi Arabia and Iran cut ties in 2016 after protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic republic following the kingdom's execution of a revered Shiite cleric. In recent weeks, officials from both countries, on opposing sides in multiple Middle East conflicts, have...

KUWAIT: A picture taken yesterday from Kuwait City's Al-Hamra highrise shows the landmark Kuwait Towers as cargo ships, in the background, cross the Arabian Gulf waters off the shore of oil-rich Gulf emirate. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatnn(To have your picture featured in the Kuwait Times' 'Photo of the Day' section, please send your horizontal, high resolution and unedited photos to local@kuwaittimes.com, along with the full name and Instagram account, in addition to a description showing the picture's location and date taken)n

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KUWAIT: A picture taken yesterday from Kuwait City's Al-Hamra highrise shows the landmark Kuwait Towers as cargo ships, in the background, cross the Arabian Gulf waters off the shore of oil-rich Gulf emirate. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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US, UK warn citizens of threats

KANDAHAR: People with their belongings rush to pass to Pakistan from the Afghanistan border in Spin Boldak. - AFPKABUL: The United States and Britain warned their citizens yesterday to avoid hotels in Afghanistan, days after dozens were killed at a mosque in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. The Taleban, which seized power in August and declared an Islamic emirate, are seeking international recognition and assistance to avoid a...

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Kremlin decries 'high' COVID-19 deaths, rejects new measures

MOSCOW: People walk through the Red Square on a sunny autumn day in Moscow. - AFPMOSCOW: The Kremlin yesterday described Russia's COVID fatality toll as "high" and the country's vaccination rate as "unacceptably" low, even as it rejected new restrictions so as to protect the economy. Officials yesterday registered 957 new deaths from COVID-19 over 24 hours, bringing the country's total fatalities to 217,372 - the highest toll in Europe - even as...

SRINAGAR: A security personnel checks the bag of a motorist along a street in Srinagar, after recent attacks by the suspected anti-India militants in Indian-administered Kashmir. - AFP n

Militants kill five troops in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: A security personnel checks the bag of a motorist along a street in Srinagar, after recent attacks by the suspected anti-India militants in Indian-administered Kashmir. - AFPSRINAGAR: Militants shot dead five soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday, the army said, stoking tensions in the restive territory following a string of civilian murders. Separately two suspected rebels were shot dead in different incidents, authorities...

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