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VIENNA: Kuwait's Ambassador to Austria and its Permanent Representative at International Organizations Sadiq Marafi speaks while chairing the 65th session of the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference yesterday. - KUNAn
Kuwait chairs IAEA General Conference for first time
VIENNA: Kuwait's Ambassador to Austria and its Permanent Representative at International Organizations Sadiq Marafi speaks while chairing the 65th session of the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference yesterday. - KUNAVIENNA: Kuwait chaired yesterday the 65th session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference for the first time since the Gulf state joined the agency over five decades ago. This came after...
KUWAIT: CEO of Alghanim Industries Samir Kasem and CEO of INJAZ-Kuwait Laila Hilal Al-Mutairi in a group photo with a number of trainees.n
Alghanim Industries, INJAZ-Kuwait conclude internship program
KUWAIT: CEO of Alghanim Industries Samir Kasem and CEO of INJAZ-Kuwait Laila Hilal Al-Mutairi in a group photo with a number of trainees. KUWAIT: Alghanim Industries, one of the largest privately-owned companies in the region, concluded its annual summer internship program, organized this year in partnership with INJAZ-Kuwait. The closing ceremony took place at the Chairman's Club in KIPCO Tower, and was attended by CEO of Alghanim Industries...
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ACK holds virtual orientation for new students
Hussain Al-HaddadKUWAIT: The Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) held a virtual orientation to welcome its new students in preparation for the 2021-2022 semesters, which begins on September 19, 2021. During the session, students were introduced to the policies and procedures at ACK, they were taught about the class structure, attendance rules, grading system as well as to the code of conduct.The orientation also included a detailed explanation of...
HARTOUM: Officials attend a meeting during a visit of a Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development delegation to Sudan. - KUNAn
KFAED considers Sudan's debt reschedule
KHARTOUM: Officials attend a meeting during a visit of a Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development delegation to Sudan. - KUNAKHARTOUM: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) discusses rescheduling Sudan's debt within the framework of the international initiative of heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), said a KFAED official yesterday. Deputy Director of the operation department for Arab countries at KFAED Abdullah Al-Musaibeh...
NEW YORK: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah (second left) attends the 15th annual dinner banquet on Middle East peace. n
Foreign minister participates in Mideast meeting
NEW YORK: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah (second left) attends the 15th annual dinner banquet on Middle East peace.NEW YORK: Kuwait's Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah attended yesterday the 15th annual dinner banquet on Middle East peace. The meeting was held on the sideline of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, discussing...
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Cabinet approves decree to convene Assembly on Oct 26
The National AssemblyBy B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday approved a draft decree convening the second ordinary session of the 16th legislative term of the National Assembly on Oct 26, 2021. The Cabinet also approved a draft decree appointing Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as chief of HH the Crown Prince's Diwan with the rank of minister for four years. Both decrees were sent to HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for...
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US to end travel ban on all passengers who are vaccinated
WASHINGTON: The United States announced yesterday it will lift COVID travel bans on all air passengers in November if they are fully vaccinated and undergo testing and contact tracing. The unprecedented restrictions had kept relatives, friends and businesspeople around the world separated for many months as the pandemic grinds on.Jeffrey Zients, coronavirus response coordinator for President Joe Biden, told reporters the new "consistent approach"...
Lebanese celebrate with flags as tankers carrying Iranian fuel arrive from Syria at Al-Ain in Hermel in east Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Sept 16, 2021. - AFP n
Sourcing fuel, Hezb cements role as real ruler
Lebanese celebrate with flags as tankers carrying Iranian fuel arrive from Syria at Al-Ain in Hermel in east Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Sept 16, 2021. - AFPBEIRUT: Iranian fuel has entered Lebanon without state authorization and despite US sanctions following arrangements by Shiite group Hezbollah, consecrating the party's status as the main powerhouse in the crisis-hit country. "This latest event gives yet another confirmation that Hezbollah has...
TORSHAVN, Faroe Islands: In this file photo taken on May 29, 2019, fishermen and volunteers pull on the shore pilot whales they killed during a hunt as blood turns the sea red. - AFP n
Dolphin kill casts shadow over tradition
TORSHAVN, Faroe Islands: In this file photo taken on May 29, 2019, fishermen and volunteers pull on the shore pilot whales they killed during a hunt as blood turns the sea red. - AFPCOPENHAGEN: Every summer in the Faroe Islands hundreds of pilot whales and dolphins are slaughtered in drive hunts known as the "grind" that residents defend as a long-held tradition. The hunt always sparks fierce criticism abroad, but never so much as last week when...
KUWAIT: This picture taken on September 4, 2021 shows a neglected chair at a public walkway in Yarmouk. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh (To have your picture featured in the Kuwait Times' 'Photo of the Day' section, please send your high resolution, 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)nnn
Photo of the Day
KUWAIT: This picture taken on September 4, 2021 shows a neglected chair at a public walkway in Yarmouk. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
HONG KONG, China: An electronic board shows the Hang Seng index after it tumbled more than four percent in the morning session, in Hong Kong yesterday. - AFPnnn
Chinese property tycoon loses $1 billion in Evergrande panic
HONG KONG, China: An electronic board shows the Hang Seng index after it tumbled more than four percent in the morning session, in Hong Kong yesterday. - AFPBEIJING/HONG KONG: The boss of a Shanghai-based property developer lost more than a billion dollars yesterday, as fears over the potential collapse of Chinese real estate giant Evergrande sent panic across Hong Kong trading floors. Zhang Yuanlin, chairman of Sinic Holdings Group, saw his net...
FRANKFURT, Germany: A display showing the chart of Germany's share index DAX is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, yesterday.-AFPn
Germany's DAX struggles as index grows to 40 firms
FRANKFURT, Germany: A display showing the chart of Germany's share index DAX is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, yesterday.-AFPFRANKFURT: The DAX fell 2.6 percent in trading yesterday to its lowest level since July, as market turmoil marred the German blue-chip stock market index's expansion from 30 to 40 companies. The majority of the 10 new companies in the DAX were down shortly after 1100 GMT, with...
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