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KUWAIT: In this photo taken on September 30, 2020, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah swears in as the country's 16th ruler before a National Assembly special session. - KUNAn

Outstanding achievements in Sheikh Nawaf's reign as Amir

KUWAIT: In this photo taken on September 30, 2020, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah swears in as the country's 16th ruler before a National Assembly special session. - KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday a cable of congratulations from His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on the first anniversary of his office assumption. In...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's weekly meeting. - KUNA

Cabinet congratulates Amir on 1st anniversary

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's weekly meeting. - KUNAKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet voiced congratulations and greetings to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the first anniversary of his assumption of power. This came during the Cabinet meeting held yesterday at Seif Palace, under the chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah...

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Kuwait's Defense Minister meets Indian Ambassador

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah discussed yesterday with Ambassador of India to Kuwait Sibi George issues of common interest and means to enhance bilateral cooperation between both nations. They tackled the latest developments in regional and international arenas, in a meeting attended by Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah, a press release issued by the...

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Health minister declares life in Kuwait back to normal

Sheikh Dr Basel Al-SabahBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Life in Kuwait has returned to normal and all places have reopened for normal operations, Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah said yesterday, adding that precautionary health measures should still be observed. The minister said that Kuwait is among a few countries where life has returned to normal following more than 18 months of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.He also said vaccinations are...

LONDON: Manchester United's Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea (center) and Manchester United's English midfielder Jesse Lingard (right) celebrate on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Manchester United at The London Stadium, in east London on September 19, 2021. - AFPnn

De Gea seeks redemption as Villarreal threaten Manchester United once more

LONDON: Manchester United's Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea (center) and Manchester United's English midfielder Jesse Lingard (right) celebrate on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Manchester United at The London Stadium, in east London on September 19, 2021. - AFPMANCHESTER: Manchester United cross paths with Villarreal once more tonight in desperate need of a win to avoid another European...

DOHA: Qatar Airways said yesterday it received $3 billion in state aid to weather the coronavirus travel downturn and to offset losses it blamed on the cost of grounding aircraft.n

Qatar Airways gets $3 billion in state aid after huge loss

DOHA: Qatar Airways said yesterday it received $3 billion in state aid to weather the coronavirus travel downturn and to offset losses it blamed on the cost of grounding aircraft.DOHA: Qatar Airways said yesterday it received $3 billion in state aid to weather the coronavirus travel downturn and to offset losses it blamed on the cost of grounding aircraft. The airline reported an overall loss of $4.1 billion for the year to March 31, double the...

LONDON: Britain's fuel crisis has led for calls to prioritize key workers when it comes to access to petrol.n

Calls to prioritize key workers amid rising fuel crisis in UK

LONDON: Britain's fuel crisis has led for calls to prioritize key workers when it comes to access to petrol. - AFPLONDON: The UK government yesterday faced calls for nurses, police, teachers and other key workers to be given priority at petrol pumps, as the army was put on standby to ease a fuel supply crisis. Filling stations across the country have seen long, snaking queues of frustrated and angry motorists concerned that a shortage of tanker...

SEOUL: People watch a television news broadcast showing file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station yesterday after North Korea fired an 'unidentified projectile' into the sea off its east coast.- AFP n

Nuke-armed N Korea fires 'missile'

SEOUL: People watch a television news broadcast showing file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station yesterday after North Korea fired an 'unidentified projectile' into the sea off its east coast.- AFPSEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a presumed short-range missile into the sea yesterday, the South's military said, as Pyongyang's UN ambassador insisted it had an undeniable right to test its weapons. The projectile was...

BOGOTA: View of a non lethal gun during test at a shooting range in Bogota. - AFP n

'Non-lethal' guns: A deadly scourge in Colombia cities

BOGOTA: View of a non lethal gun during test at a shooting range in Bogota. - AFPBOGOTA: One can buy them on street corners, legally, for the price of a toy - so-called non-lethal guns that nevertheless maim, and which proliferate in Colombia's crime-plagued cities. Imitation guns are sought after by criminals and citizens alike, for attack and self-defense - a symptom, observers say, of creeping lawlessness in a country still traumatized by...

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden receives a third shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as a booster on the White House campus on September 27, 2021. - AFP n

Crunch time for Biden as Congress debates historic agenda

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden receives a third shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as a booster on the White House campus on September 27, 2021. - AFPWASHINGTON: Joe Biden faces the most important test of his presidency this week as Democrats in the US Congress launch a highwire bid to implement his sweeping economic agenda while keeping the government's lights on. The House and Senate are moving toward votes on legislation dealing with...

KIEV: Rustem Skybin, 45, ceramics artist, attends an interview with AFP at his workshop in Kiev. Born in exile, Rustem Skybin returned to his ancestral homeland Crimea in the mid-1990s only to be uprooted-just like his family before him-nearly 20 years later. - AFP n

Exiled from Crimea, Tatars struggle to start over in Ukraine

KIEV: Rustem Skybin, 45, ceramics artist, attends an interview with AFP at his workshop in Kiev. Born in exile, Rustem Skybin returned to his ancestral homeland Crimea in the mid-1990s only to be uprooted-just like his family before him-nearly 20 years later. - AFPKIEV: Born in exile, Rustem Skybin returned to his ancestral homeland Crimea in the mid-1990s only to be uprooted-just like his family before him-nearly 20 years later. The 45-year-old...

RAQA: Syrian students walk to school past damaged buildings in the northern city of Raqqa. - AFP n

Syria water crisis spurs spike in disease: MSF

RAQA: Syrian students walk to school past damaged buildings in the northern city of Raqqa. - AFPBEIRUT: Limited access to clean water in northern Syria is causing a rise in illnesses and undermining the battle against COVID-19, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said yesterday. The medical aid group blamed the "acute water crisis" in recent months on a decrease in funding for water, sanitation and hygiene operations as well as the destruction of...

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Boats are moored in waters in front of the Auckland city skyline, New Zealand. People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. – AFP

People leave New Zealand amid rising economic crisis

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Chalet rental scams continue throughout summer in Kuwait

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BAGRAM: Taleban military vehicles parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base on Aug 14, 2024. - AFP

Military show marks 3 yrs of Taleban rule

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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

Cabinet mourns Sheikh Salem Al-Ali

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LONDON: Pedestrians walk in the winter sunshine down Oxford Street in central London. Britain’s unemployment rate has unexpectedly dropped to 4.2 percent and wage growth has slowed to the lowest level in nearly two years, official data showed Tuesday. – AFP

UK wages growth tumbles; German investor morale falls