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Top rating for BSK in quality of education

BSK Founder Vera Al-MutawaKUWAIT: The British School of Kuwait (BSK) has achieved top ratings in an international survey of parents whose children attend private schools. In a survey conducted by Nord Anglia Education involving more than 20,000 parents of students attending over 70 world-class international schools across the globe, BSK ranked number one globally in several key categories.In terms of the overall quality of education provided,...

IRBIL: This handout photo shows food items provided as part of Kuwait's assistance to people in need in Iraq. - KUNAnnnn

Kuwait offers more than 21 tons of foodstuffs to Kurdistan

IRBIL: This handout photo shows food items provided as part of Kuwait's assistance to people in need in Iraq. - KUNAIRBIL: Kuwait Consul General in Irbil Dr Omar Al-Kandari announced yesterday the distribution of more than 21 tons of foodstuffs to several Iraqi governorates. In remarks to the press, Kandari explained that this humanitarian project is provided by the Kuwait Society for Relief and is distributed in coordination with the Barzani...

KUWAIT: Heavy traffic at the intersection between Road 55 and the Fourth Ring Road yesterday. - 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)n

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KUWAIT: Heavy traffic at the intersection between Road 55 and the Fourth Ring Road yesterday. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

KABUL: Footwear is seen piled up on the tarmac at the airport in Kabul yesterday. - AFP n

Taleban probe bank accounts

KABUL: Footwear is seen piled up on the tarmac at the airport in Kabul yesterday. - AFPKABUL: The Taleban are investigating the accounts of former high-ranking Afghan government members to check for ill-gotten gains, officials said yesterday. The investigation may lead to the freezing of assets and accounts of former civil servants, ministers and lawmakers, an official at Da Afghanistan Bank told AFP, asking not to be named.A manager of a...

Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules

WASHINGTON: A combination of photos shows a photo of the logo of social networking website 'Facebook' on a computer screen and that of US multinational technology company Google. - AFPSAN FRANCISCO: Facebook exempts certain celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users from some its own rules for posts as part of a program launched as a quality-control mechanism, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The program, referred to as...

NAJAF: Afghans, from the Hazara ethnic minority studying at the prestigious 'hawza' seminary that trains Shiite clergy, study in their room in the holy city of Najaf. - AFP n

Hazaras studying in Iraq fear as Taleban take over Afghanistan

NAJAF: Afghans, from the Hazara ethnic minority studying at the prestigious 'hawza' seminary that trains Shiite clergy, study in their room in the holy city of Najaf. - AFPNAJAF: Many Afghans from the Hazara ethnic minority studying in Iraq's city of Najaf watched in terror as their homeland fell back into Taleban hands. And while they feel safe for now, they fear for their families back home - and for their own safety should they ever return....

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government and the United Russia political party leadership via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence yesterday. - AFP n

Putin self-isolates after COVID cases in inner circle

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government and the United Russia political party leadership via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence yesterday. - AFPMOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin will self-isolate after coronavirus cases were detected in his inner circle, the Kremlin said yesterday, as Russia struggles with stubbornly high COVID infection rates. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told...

TEL AVIV: Billboards by the United Arab Emirates Embassy marking the signing of the US-brokered Abraham Accords are seen along the expressway in the coastal city of Tel Aviv yesterday. - AFP n

Jewish new ties with Arab world

TEL AVIV: Billboards by the United Arab Emirates Embassy marking the signing of the US-brokered Abraham Accords are seen along the expressway in the coastal city of Tel Aviv yesterday. - AFPDUBAI: After Naftali Bennett became the first Jewish prime minister to visit Egypt in more than a decade, we look at the Jewish state's wooing of the Arab world. Here is a timeline of the continuing rapprochement that began last August and which has since led...

HONG KONG: Pro-democracy activist Alexandra Wong, also known as Grandma Wong, gestures outside West Kowloon court in Hong Kong. - AFP n

Hong Kong to create new national security offences

HONG KONG: Pro-democracy activist Alexandra Wong, also known as Grandma Wong, gestures outside West Kowloon court in Hong Kong. - AFPHONG KONG: Hong Kong will create a host of new national security offences, a senior official confirmed yesterday, building on a law Beijing imposed last year that has criminalized much dissent and transformed the city. Chris Tang, a former police chief promoted to security secretary this year, said officials had...

MILL VALLEY, US: In this file photo, gas prices are displayed at a Chevron gas station in Mill Valley, California. - AFPn

Global oil demand poised to rebound next month: IEA

MILL VALLEY, US: In this file photo, gas prices are displayed at a Chevron gas station in Mill Valley, California. - AFPPARIS: Global oil demand has dropped for three straight months as COVID cases have risen in Asia but it is expected to bounce back next month, the International Energy Agency said yesterday. Demand fell from July after rebounding the previous month, with major crude consumer China leading the decline, the IEA said in a monthly...

MANILA: Adults arrive to pick up distance learning materials for their children at a school in Quezon City, suburban Manila.-AFPn

Philippines eases lockdown in Manila to spur economy

MANILA: Adults arrive to pick up distance learning materials for their children at a school in Quezon City, suburban Manila.-AFPMANILA: The Philippines will ease coronavirus restrictions in the capital Manila despite record infection numbers, officials said yesterday, as it seeks to spur economic activity. Restaurants, churches and beauty salons in the national capital region will open at lower capacities from Thursday to get tens of thousands...

LOS ANGELES: In this file photo, a woman pumps gas into a vehicle in Los Angeles, California. US consumer price inflation slowed in August.-AFPn

US consumer prices slow in August as inflation pressures ease

LOS ANGELES: In this file photo, a woman pumps gas into a vehicle in Los Angeles, California. US consumer price inflation slowed in August.-AFPWASHINGTON: US consumer prices slowed in August as some of the inflation pressures caused by the havoc of the COVID-19 pandemic showed signs of easing, according to government data released yesterday. Spiking prices for gasoline and food, including beef, remain a political vulnerability for President Joe...

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