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KUWAIT: Kuwaiti historian Hussein Al-Bloushi's football museum. - KUNA photosn
Kuwait's first football museum, a dream come true
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti historian Hussein Al-Bloushi's football museum. - KUNA KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti sports historian fulfilled his childhood dream by establishing his first inclusive football museum for athletes. The museum includes football items and memorabilia spanning from the 1960s to the mid-1980s Kuwait. In an interview yesterday, historian Hussein Al-Bloushi indicated that the museum will open its doors to the public in August next year at...
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Municipal Council approves Jaber Causeway investment locations
KUWAIT: The Municipal Council has approved four locations for commercial investment in Jaber Causeway. They are the southern bank, southern island, northern island and northern bank (in Subbiya). The Cabinet had issued a circular recently about the project to invest in Jaber Causeway sites; two islands and two banks, that would be offered to investors through the finance ministry. The investment period must be for 35 years, and the municipality...
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Kuwait lists 237 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths
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Kuwait foils smuggling 16,000 subsidized food items in two months
KUWAIT: Kuwait Customs confiscated nearly 16,000 subsidized food items that were on their way to be smuggled out of the country during crackdowns on exports in the past two months. The items were hidden inside cargo trucks that were inspected on land border outlets, the General Administration of Customs said in a statement yesterday. The re-sale and export of subsidized food items is illegal in Kuwait. 
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Two arrested for dealing in drugs
KUWAIT: Meanwhile, Drug Control General Department (DCGD) officers yesterday arrested two Arab residents with 2 kg of 'chemical' drug, 1 kg of hashish and half a kilo of shabu (methamphetamine). Information was received about the Arab residents being in possession of large amounts of narcotics and psychotropic substances meant for trafficking and abuse.After the information was verified, legal measures were taken and the accused were arrested and...
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Two killed as car overturns
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Force said two Arab residents were killed and four others were injured after their vehicle overturned on King Fahd Road opposite Bayan Palace yesterday. Officers from Mishref and Hawally fire centers were at the scene, while the injured were rushed to hospital. 
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KFH participates in business college's graduation ceremony
KUWAIT: As part of its social responsibility and keenness to support students and youth, interest in science and honor the distinguished, Kuwait Finance House (KFH) participated in the graduation ceremony for students at the College of Business Administration at Kuwait University.Being keen to participate in these occasions, KFH believes that the youth are the mainstay of the future and the real wealth in the economy system and other vital areas,...
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Algeria receives Kuwaiti aid to help extinguish wildfires
ALGIERS: Algeria on Tuesday received two Kuwaiti airplanes carrying firefighting and civil protection equipment to help the country combat devastating wildfires. Upon the arrival of the aid at Houari Boumediene Airport, head of civil protection Boualam Boughlaf said in a statement that the aid would be directed to the field to back into the country's huge and massive potentials to face the fires.He stressed that the aid reflects the Kuwaiti...
KABUL: People sit near the French embassy yesterday following the Taleban's stunning takeover of Afghanistan. - AFP n
Taleban pose wrenching choice for West
KABUL: People sit near the French embassy yesterday following the Taleban's stunning takeover of Afghanistan. - AFPWASHINGTON: After two decades trying to destroy the Taleban, Western powers face the wrenching decision of whether to deal with the Islamist insurgents who have taken over Afghanistan. The Taleban already appear set to enjoy a warmer international reception than their draconian 1996-2001 regime did, with Russia, China and Turkey...
TORONTO: Mohammad Ehsan Saadat, a 33-year-old Afghan who recently arrived in Canada, poses with his wife and children on Tuesday. - AFP n
Relieved to be in Canada, Afghan refugee family weeps for Kabul
TORONTO: Mohammad Ehsan Saadat, a 33-year-old Afghan who recently arrived in Canada, poses with his wife and children on Tuesday. - AFPMONTREAL: Over six days, the lives of Afghan researcher Mohammad Ehsan Saadat and his family turned upside down: enough time to fill out an asylum application and flee to Canada just before the Taleban walked into Kabul. Since then, he has often said to himself how "lucky" he is to have the opportunity to start...
TATVAN, Turkey: Afghan migrants rest while they wait for transport by smugglers after crossing the Iran-Turkish border in Tatvan, on the western shores of Lake Van, eastern Turkey. - AFPnn
'Complete stop': New Turkish wall confronts fleeing Afghans
TATVAN, Turkey: Afghan migrants rest while they wait for transport by smugglers after crossing the Iran-Turkish border in Tatvan, on the western shores of Lake Van, eastern Turkey. - AFPTATVAN, Turkey: Underwear, an empty bottle and fresh footprints betray signs of migrants sneaking around a new wall along the Turkey-Iran border and stirring worries in Europe following the Taleban's rise in Afghanistan. The Afghans who make it this far spend...
Prayers are recited during the funeral of four members of the Shraytih family in the village of Al-Daouseh yesterday. - AFP n
Lebanon buries victims of fuel tank blast
Prayers are recited during the funeral of four members of the Shraytih family in the village of Al-Daouseh yesterday. - AFPAL-DAOUSEH, Lebanon: Families laid to rest yesterday victims of a fuel tank blast that killed at least 28 people in northern Lebanon amid anger and sorrow over the crisis-hit country's latest tragedy. The explosion on Sunday in Al-Tleil in the Akkar region scorched crowds clamoring for petrol that the army was distributing...
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