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Manpower authority responds to Farwaniya workers' strike

Aseel Al-MazyadBy Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Around 300 workers of a company in Farwaniya governorate went on strike yesterday morning demanding their salaries, which they claimed they haven't received for months. After the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) received a call from Farwaniya police station informing them about the strike, representatives from the labor relations department immediately went to the scene. The inspectors registered a...

Dr Abdulmohsen Bennakhin

Diagnostic Imaging Center launches new services

Dr Abdulmohsen BennakhiKUWAIT: Dr Abdulmohsen Bennakhi, Consultant and Head of the Diagnostic Imaging Center (DIC) at Dasman Diabetes Institute, which was established by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, has recently stated that; "DIC is unique in its kind, as it is equipped with the latest advanced equipment in the world and the highest quality standards are set to ensure the best level of care. Dasman Diabetes Institute and...

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KCST participates in top cybersecurity competition

KUWAIT: Kuwait College of Science and Technology (KCST) students will represent Kuwait to participate in the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) held by Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). RIT University in Dubai, located in the emirate's silicon oasis, will be the hub that holds the competition of the Middle East region. The winning team will have the support to attend the global competition in the RIT main campus, NY, USA.In...

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KFH signs partnership agreement with Kuwait Society for Handicapped

KUWAIT: KSH students during training at KFH branch.KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has signed a partnership agreement, which is the first of its kind in the Kuwaiti banking sector, with the Kuwait Society for the Handicapped (KSH). This is in line with the bank's leadership in social responsibility and its great role in supporting and empowering people with special needs. The partnership undertakes various initiatives, including training a...

Muhammad bin Najin

Kuwaiti judge observer in Uzbek presidential elections

Muhammad bin NajiKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court announced yesterday that the court's chair Muhammad bin Naji was invited to participate as an international observer in the Uzbek presidential elections on October 24, 2021. According to the Al-Dustour news network, the court said in a press release that invitation came from the Uzbek embassy in Kuwait. Bin Naji will be in Uzbekistan on October 22-26, 2021. - KUNA

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Kuwait Fire Force Chief opens Istiqlal fire station

KUWAIT: Deputizing for Foreign Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Fire Force Chief Lt Gen Khalid Al-Mikrad opened the Al-Istiqlal fire station in West Abdullah Al-Mubarak. Deputy Chief for Firefighting Sector Maj Gen Jamal Nasser was also present. Mikrad said this is the fourth station opened this year in new areas, adding more stations will be opened soon.

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Firemen put out labor residence blaze

KUWAIT: Firemen put out a blaze at a labor residence in Industrial Jahra after evacuating the building. No injuries were reported. Jahra and vocational Jahra fire station responded to the blaze, Kuwait Fire Force said, noting that an investigation was opened to reveal the cause of the fire.

KUWAIT: A health worker administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in this June 1, 2021 file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

MoH launches vaccination campaign across Kuwait

KUWAIT: A health worker administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in this June 1, 2021 file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The ministry of health announced yesterday the launch of a COVID-19 vaccination campaign across several areas of Kuwait from today. In a press release, the ministry noted that the campaign will commence in Bneid Al-Gar, with plans to cover several areas to provide the service to all age...

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Iraqis vote with little hope for change

BAGHDAD: Iraqi voters show their inked fingers after casting their ballots at a polling station yesterday. - AFPBAGHDAD: Iraqis voted yesterday in a parliamentary election a year early as a concession to an anti-government protest movement but seen as unlikely to deliver major change to the war-scarred country. Many of the 25 million eligible voters were expected to boycott the polls amid deep distrust in a political class widely blamed for...

ISLAMABAD: In this file photo taken on Feb 6, 2009, Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan gestures after a court verdict. - AFP n

'Father of Pak nuclear bomb' AQ Khan dies

ISLAMABAD: In this file photo taken on Feb 6, 2009, Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan gestures after a court verdict. - AFPISLAMABAD: Abdul Qadeer Khan, celebrated as the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program but accused of smuggling technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, died yesterday at 85. The nuclear scientist, who spent the last years of his life under heavy guard, passed away in the capital Islamabad, where he had...

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Thousands rally against Tunisia president 'coup'

TUNIS: Tunisians rally against the president along Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the capital yesterday. - AFPTUNISIA: At least 6,000 Tunisians rallied yesterday against a presidential power grab in the only democracy to have emerged from the Arab Spring uprisings a decade ago. Despite checkpoints and security screenings of protesters, it was the biggest rally yet against the actions of President Kais Saied, who on July 25 sacked the prime minister,...

BEIRUT: This file photo taken on April 3, 2021 shows the damaged Lebanese Electricity Company (EDL) headquarters in the capital. – AFP n

Lebanon electricity back online after army supplies fuel

BEIRUT: This file photo taken on April 3, 2021 shows the damaged Lebanese Electricity Company (EDL) headquarters in the capital. – AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon's electricity grid was back online yesterday after the army supplied fuel to two key power stations that had run out, a minister said, ending almost a day of total blackout. The Deir Ammar and Zahrani plants ground to a halt Saturday, causing the state electricity network to collapse completely...

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