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KUWAIT: Kuwait's Finance Minister and State Minister for Economic Affairs Khalifa Hamada meets US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski. - KUNA photosn
Kuwait eyes closer economic ties with US, UK
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Finance Minister and State Minister for Economic Affairs Khalifa Hamada meets US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski. - KUNA photosKUWAIT: Kuwait's Finance Minister and State Minister for Economic Affairs Khalifa Hamada held talks yesterday with the US and UK's ambassadors as part of efforts to forge closer trilateral economic relations. The minister's talks with Alina Romanowski and Belinda Lewis, individually, focused on...
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2,500 fake companies closed during pandemic
KUWAIT: The coronavirus pandemic enabled the Public Authority for Manpower and the Interior Ministry, along with other government agencies, to uncover around 2,500 bogus companies since the start of the pandemic and close their files, A local daily reported yesterday.The partial and total curfews revealed the extent of suffering the iqama trade caused and the abuse of absconding and violating laborers by making them work on a daily basis, which...
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NBK honors 'Online Hackathon' winners
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) strives to provide top-notch digital services to its customers by continuously developing all its digital channels. In this context, the bank honored the winners in the 'NBK Online Hackathon', organized in partnership with CODED academy, with the aim of delivering new ideas and innovations to develop in NBK mobile banking.The prizes were distributed to the winning teams in a ceremony organized by NBK, in the...
Bassam Osman
Osman, Boftain join DHAMAN's management
Bassam OsmanKUWAIT: Health Assurance Hospitals Company (DHAMAN) announced reinforcing its executive body with new appointments in senior management, which is part of the company's strategy to develop its business during the coming stage through focusing on operational plans of facilities.Bassam Osman was named for the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). With nearly 30 years of professional experience, Osman's career leadership positions...
KABUL: An Afghan security personnel gestures yesterday as he stands guard at the site a day after a car bomb explosion. – AFP n
Taleban claim massive Kabul bombing
KABUL: An Afghan security personnel gestures yesterday as he stands guard at the site a day after a car bomb explosion. – AFPKABUL: The Taleban yesterday claimed responsibility for a huge bomb attack in Kabul targeting the defense minister, as the insurgents fought for control of a string of besieged cities across the country. The bomb-and-gun attack on Defense Minister Bismillah Mohammadi Tuesday was one of the biggest in Kabul for months,...
KIRYAT: Zionist regime's self-propelled howitzers fire towards Lebanon from the northern Jewish town of Kiryat Shmona yesterday.-AFPn
Zionists fire into Lebanon following alleged rocket fire
KIRYAT: Zionist regime's self-propelled howitzers fire towards Lebanon from the northern Jewish town of Kiryat Shmona yesterday.-AFPBEIRUT: Zionist gunners fired three rounds of artillery into south Lebanon yesterday in what they claimed in retaliation for rocket attacks, the Jewish army said, at a time of rising tensions between the Jewish state and Iran. "For the third time within two hours, the IDF (army) struck along the Lebanese border,"...
WUHAN: A worker receives a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 at the dining hall of a car parts factory yesterday. - AFP n
China restricts overseas travel to curb outbreak
WUHAN: A worker receives a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 at the dining hall of a car parts factory yesterday. - AFPBEIJING: China yesterday tightened overseas travel restrictions for its citizens as part of efforts to contain rising coronavirus cases, after reporting its highest number of infections in months. The movement of people is coming under more restriction inside China - with localized transport closures and stay-at-home orders in...
MILAS, Turkey: People on a beach watch blazes spreading up a hill in the Aegean coast city of Oren in the holiday region of Mugla on Tuesday. - AFP n
Turkey saves power plant from wildfires
MILAS, Turkey: People on a beach watch blazes spreading up a hill in the Aegean coast city of Oren in the holiday region of Mugla on Tuesday. - AFPMILAS, Turkey: Rescuers used helicopters and water cannon Wednesday to beat back fires encircling a Turkish power plant in the second week of deadly blazes testing the leadership of President Recept Tayyip Erdogan. More than 170 wildfires have scorched swathes of Turkey's southern coast and killed...
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NY gov urged to quit after damning harassment report
Andrew CuomoNEW YORK: US President Joe Biden joined leading Democrats Tuesday in calling on powerful New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after an independent investigation concluded that he sexually harassed multiple women. Cuomo, who drew praise nationwide for his early pandemic response, denied inappropriate conduct and resisted immediate calls to quit after the probe found he harassed current and former New York state employees.But his...
HERAT: This video screen grab from AFPTV shows Afghan special forces patrol the streets of Herat as the Taleban continue a series of offensives against urban areas in Afghanistan Tuesday.-AFPn
Afghanistan's elite special forces pushed to the brink
HERAT: This video screen grab from AFPTV shows Afghan special forces patrol the streets of Herat as the Taleban continue a series of offensives against urban areas in Afghanistan Tuesday. - AFPHERAT: Trained by the United States and equipped with state-of-the-art gear, Afghanistan's special forces are its frontline weapon against the Taleban, but reduced American military support has stretched them to breaking point. With the US troop presence...
NIEDERZISSEN, Germany: Sascha Hurtenbach, director of the waste management center in Niederzissen, western Germany, stands at the waste site.- AFPnn
After historic floods, Germany grapples with mountains of debris
NIEDERZISSEN, Germany: Sascha Hurtenbach, director of the waste management center in Niederzissen, western Germany, stands at the waste site.- AFPBERLIN: Near the villages devastated by historic floods in Germany last month, waste centers are struggling to sort a pile equivalent to a whole year's worth of refuse. "There's not been anything like it in Germany," Sascha Hurtenbach, director of the waste management center in Niederzissen, tells AFP,...
SAITAMA: Breanna Stewart #10 of the USA Women's National Team dribbles the ball during the game against the Australia Women's National Team during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics yesterday at the Super Saitama Arena in Saitama, Japan.n
USA crush Australia to set up Serbia Olympic women's basketball semi
SAITAMA: Breanna Stewart #10 of the USA Women's National Team dribbles the ball during the game against the Australia Women's National Team during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics yesterday at the Super Saitama Arena in Saitama, Japan.SAITAMA: Breanna Stewart scored a game-high 23 points as the United States crushed Australia yesterday to set up an Olympic women's basketball semi-final against Serbia as the Americans close in on a seventh consecutive...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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KURSK: This handout photograph taken and released by the Government of Kursk region of Russia on August 9, 2024, shows women and children being evacuated from the town of Rylsk in Kursk region. — AFP
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HERAT, Afghanistan: Afghan female workers sort and process dry Saffron at a facility in Herat. – AFP
Three years after return of Taleban, Afghan economic woes loom large