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Rare rhino horns go up in flames in India anti-poaching campaign
Nearly 2,500 rare rhino horns were destroyed yesterday in the first ceremony of its kind in northeastern India as part of an anti-poaching drive to mark World Rhino Day. The endangered one-horned rhinoceros used to be widespread in the region but hunting and habitat loss have slashed its numbers to just a few thousand, with most now found in India's Assam state. Trade in rhino horn has been banned since 1977 by the Convention on International...
NEW YORK: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim Al-Thani. - KUNA photosn
Kuwait Amir's Representative, Qatar Amir discuss bilateral ties
NEW YORK: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim Al-Thani. - KUNA photosNEW YORK: Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah discussed bilateral ties with Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim Al-Thani on the sidelines of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). During the...
NEW YORK: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah visits the UAE mission on the sidelines of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. - KUNA photosnnnnn
Kuwait Foreign Minister visits UAE, Tunisia's UN missions
NEW YORK: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah visits the UAE mission on the sidelines of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. - KUNA photosNEW YORK: Kuwait's Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah on Monday visited Tunisia and UAE's permanent missions on the sidelines of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. The Kuwaiti minister was...
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Kuwait restaurant sector suffers from manpower shortage
KUWAIT: The restaurant and hotel sector is suffering from a severe shortage of specialized workers and delivery drivers, as the door to bringing in new labor from abroad remains shut for most of the services sectors. A government report revealed a drop in the number of workers in lodging and food services between March 2020 and March 2021 - a total of 8,641 workers.Head of the Restaurants Union Fahad Al-Arbash told Al-Qabas Arabic daily that...
EU Ambassador Cristian Tudorn
EU actively involved in efforts to advance peace in Middle East
EU Ambassador Cristian TudorKUWAIT: The European Union's Ambassador to Kuwait and Qatar Cristian Tudor spoke in an interview with Kuwait Times on an array of topics highlighting the EU's role in promoting peace around the world, with a special focus on the Middle East. The following are excerpts from the interview, which was conducted on the occasion of the 'International Day of Peace'.Question: Why is the EU referred to as the most important...
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Ooredoo embraces young Kuwaiti talents
KUWAIT: The pandemic has swept across the world in 2020 and continued for a year and a half, leaving havoc in its wake. More than any event in memory, the pandemic has been a global event. On every continent, households have felt its devastation - joblessness and lockdowns, infirmity and death. In addition, an abiding, relentless fear.This has posed some challenges to Kuwaiti youth job seekers, especially with the negative impact on many sectors...
KUWAIT: Chief Executive Officer of Touristic Enterprises Company Abdulwahab Al-Marzouq addresses a press conference at the Kuwait Towers yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatnn
TEC unveils new strategy to boost tourism in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Chief Executive Officer of Touristic Enterprises Company Abdulwahab Al-Marzouq addresses a press conference at the Kuwait Towers yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Touristic Enterprises Company (TEC) yesterday unveiled its latest strategy to usher in a "new golden age of tourism" in Kuwait. During a press conference held at the Kuwait Towers, redevelopment plans for 11 projects were announced following...
NEW YORK: US President Joe Biden addresses the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly yesterday. - AFP n
Biden says US not seeking 'Cold War' as he vows to lead
NEW YORK: US President Joe Biden addresses the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly yesterday. - AFPNEW YORK: President Joe Biden told the world yesterday the United States is not seeking a new Cold War with China as he vowed to pivot from post-9/11 conflicts and take a global leadership role on crises from climate to COVID. Addressing the UN General Assembly for the first time as president, Biden promised to work to advance democracy and...
MONTREAL: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during a meet and greet with constituents at the Jarry Metro station yesterday. - AFPn
Trudeau meets supporters after narrow win
MONTREAL: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during a meet and greet with constituents at the Jarry Metro station yesterday. - AFPMONTREAL: A beaming Justin Trudeau posed for selfies and bumped elbows with supporters in a Montreal subway station early yesterday, hours after the Canadian prime minister narrowly won a third term in a snap election. "It is I who thank you," Trudeau told a cheering crowd of commuters, who surrounded the...
KHARTOUM: Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok chairs a cabinet meeting in the capital yesterday. - AFP n
Sudan foils coup attempt linked to Bashir regime
KHARTOUM: Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok chairs a cabinet meeting in the capital yesterday. - AFPKHARTOUM: Sudan's fragile transitional government said it foiled an attempted coup yesterday involving military officers and civilians linked to the ousted regime of longtime autocrat Omar Al-Bashir. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said the coup attempt was the "latest manifestation of the national crisis", referring to deep divisions during...
CAIRO: This file picture shows Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi announcing in a televised speech on Jan 24, 2012 the lifting of a decades-old state of emergency. - AFP n
Egypt ex-junta ruler Tantawi dies aged 85
CAIRO: This file picture shows Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi announcing in a televised speech on Jan 24, 2012 the lifting of a decades-old state of emergency. - AFPCAIRO: Egypt's Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, who headed the military junta that ruled after president Hosni Mubarak's ouster in the Arab Spring protests, has died at age 85, the government said yesterday. After his stint as Egypt's de facto leader, he was soon sacked by the...
WASHINGTON: White flags are seen on the National Mall near the Washington Monument on Sept 19, 2021. The project, by artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, uses over 600,000 miniature white flags to symbolize the lives lost to COVID-19 in the US. – AFP n
More Americans lost to COVID than 1918 flu pandemic
WASHINGTON: White flags are seen on the National Mall near the Washington Monument on Sept 19, 2021. The project, by artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, uses over 600,000 miniature white flags to symbolize the lives lost to COVID-19 in the US. – AFPWASHINGTON: Despite a century of medical advances, more Americans have now died from COVID-19 than the number who succumbed to the 1918 flu pandemic, according to new data. The latest grim...
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