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National dialogue begins behind closed doors

The National Assembly.By B IzzakKUWAIT: The long-awaited national dialogue was launched yesterday with closed-door meetings between the government and representatives of the National Assembly, amid mixed reactions and hopes. HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, Minister of Islamic Affairs Essa Al-Kandari and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Mubarak Al-Harees represented the government.The invitation for the...

WASHINGTON: Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday. - AFP n

Whistleblower calls to regulate Facebook

WASHINGTON: Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday. - AFPWASHINGTON: A Facebook whistleblower told US lawmakers yesterday that the social media giant fuels division, harms children and urgently needs to be regulated, drawing pledges Congress would take up long-delayed action. Ex-employee Frances Haugen testified on Capitol Hill after she leaked reams of...

STOCKHOLM: Portraits of the co-winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics (from left) Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi are displayed on a screen at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm yesterday. - AFP n

Nobel Physics Prize honors climate work

STOCKHOLM: Portraits of the co-winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics (from left) Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi are displayed on a screen at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm yesterday. - AFPSTOCKHOLM: US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and Giorgio Parisi of Italy yesterday won the Nobel Physics Prize for climate models and the understanding of physical systems, the jury...

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Inequality, inflation hurting pandemic recovery: IMF

WASHINGTON: The global economic bounceback from the COVID-19 crisis will downshift this year as countries struggle with rising prices, high debt loads and divergent recoveries in which poor nations are slipping behind wealthier ones, the leader of the IMF warned yesterday. While the Washington-based crisis lender has hundreds of billions of dollars in new firepower to help countries recover from the catastrophe, IMF Managing Director Kristalina...

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Al-Hamra pays tribute to legacy of late Amir of Kuwait

Al-Hamra's Tribute Expo to the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.KUWAIT: In commemoration of the first-year anniversary of the late Amir of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and in honor of his exemplary works through the years, Al-Hamra Real Estate Company recently launched an exhibition at Al-Hamra Shopping Center. The retrospective exhibition highlights His Highness the late Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh...

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Capital governor appreciates KFH efforts, social role

KUWAIT: KFH Group Acting CEO Abdulwahab Al-Rushood emphasized KFH keenness to extend all kinds of support and back up to all efforts aiming to achieve the government plans and programs in various fields as part of the national development and society service efforts. The efforts include all works, and activities aiming to improve the cultural face of Kuwait, protect environment and enhance citizens' service. He praised, in this respect, the...

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NBK sponsors 'Safe Education' campaign

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) supports 'Safe Education' awareness campaign. The campaign came as a result of collaboration of the ministries of Education, Health, Interior and Information. The campaign aims to raise awareness and encourage students and their families to support the governmental efforts for a safe return to the academic year 2021-2022. 'Safe Education' campaign targets a safe start for the school year, making the school a...

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KIB sponsors 'Safe Education' awareness campaign

Nawaf NajiaKUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) continues to focus its social responsibility program towards supporting governmental efforts to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure a safe and seamless return to pre-pandemic normal. Accordingly, the Bank recently announced its sponsorship of the 'Safe Education' campaign, currently being organized by a number of government bodies - including the Ministry of Interior (MoI),...

KUWAIT: Flamingoes take flight at the Shuwaikh Beach yesterday. Flamingos and other migratory birds visit Kuwait’s inlets and bays from late fall until early spring as part of their annual migration route. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyarn

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KUWAIT: Flamingoes take flight at the Shuwaikh Beach yesterday. Flamingoes and other migratory birds visit Kuwait’s inlets and bays from late fall until early spring as part of their annual migration route. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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KSF honors Olympic shooters

KUWAIT: Participants pose for a group photo during a ceremony organized by Kuwait Shooting Federation to honor shooters who took part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Under the patronage and presence of Honorary President of Asian Shooting Confederation (ASC) and Kuwait Shooting Federation (KSF) Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, Kuwait Shooting Federation held an honoring ceremony for shooters who...

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Companies at the heart of 'Pandora Papers'

PANAMA CITY: Photo shows an aerial view of the financial centre of Panama City. More than a dozen heads of state and government have amassed millions in secret offshore assets, according to an investigation published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). - AFPPARIS: Offshore companies are a lynchpin in the system used by leaders and the ultra-rich to hide assets that was exposed in the trove of leaked documents...

LYON: Lyon French Archbishop Olivier de Germay talks to journalists in Lyon archbishopric yesterday on the day of the publishing of a report by an independent commission into sexual abuse by church officials (Ciase). - AFP n

Inquiry finds 'massive' child sex abuse in French Catholic Church

LYON: Lyon French Archbishop Olivier de Germay talks to journalists in Lyon archbishopric yesterday on the day of the publishing of a report by an independent commission into sexual abuse by church officials (Ciase). - AFPPARIS: French Catholic clergy sexually abused some 216,000 minors in the seven decades since 1950, a "massive phenomenon" that was covered up for decades by a "veil of silence," an independent commission said yesterday. The...

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