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Kuwaiti artists document invasion's memory in exhibition
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Over 40 Kuwaiti artists are participating in the 'We Won't Forget' art exhibition with their artworks expressing scenes from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. This exhibition is being held at the Kuwait Arts Association in Hawally from Aug 2 to 9, 2021 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The works on display portray various situations and events that took place from the Iraqi invasion till the liberation of Kuwait (between Aug 2,...
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Sheikh Mubarak Al-Abdullah attends graduation ceremony
KUWAIT: Sheikh Mubarak Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said "we are in an era of civilization and knowledge and there is no place for the ignorant in it." Sheikh Mubarak was speaking during a ceremony to honor general education graduates. He said the difficulties that were imposed by the coronavirus pandemic subjected education administrations to a tough test, where teachers had an appreciable role through their efforts over online education.The...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives from Iraq's Minister of Planning Khaled Battal Al-Najem a letter from Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Khadhemi to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - KUNAn
Kuwait Prime Minister receives letter from Iraqi counterpart to Amir
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives from Iraq's Minister of Planning Khaled Battal Al-Najem a letter from Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Khadhemi to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace the representative of Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa...
KUWAIT: People queue to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Kuwait Vaccination Center yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Kuwait races to vaccinate population
KUWAIT: People queue to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Kuwait Vaccination Center yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Large crowds of people were present at Kuwait Vaccination Center yesterday to receive their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, as Kuwait races to vaccinate the public especially with the approaching start date of the school year next month.Kuwait had announced that more than 2.5 million citizens and residents...
KUWAIT: Pictures showing the construction works near the mosque. - Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikhn
Nugra residents hope 'dangerous' construction ends soon
KUWAIT: Pictures showing the construction works near the mosque. - Photos by Fouad Al-ShaikhBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Construction at a mosque near Qutaiba Street in Nugra has been stalled for almost three months with little progress. When Kuwait Times went to investigate yesterday, some people were working on the project. However, there is no safety or perimeter fence at the construction site. A trench has been dug around the mosque to place a...
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KIA appoints new board of directors
KUWAIT: Kuwait Investment Authority has appointed a new board of directors. The newly appointed board members are Khaled Ali Al-Fadil, Sheikh Mishaal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Fahd Muhammad Al-Rashed, Faisal Abdullatif Yousef Al-Hamad and Ghanem Suleiman Saqr Al-Ghunaiman. The move was approved by Kuwait's cabinet on Monday, Arabic newspaper Al-Qabas reported.KIA, which had more than $580 billion in foreign assets at the end of last year according...
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Society provides patients with expensive meds
KUWAIT: Kuwait Humanitarian Friendship Society Chairman of the Board Ahmad Al-Sarraf said the society was and still is supporting underprivileged patients of all nationalities, and bears the cost of their medication. Meanwhile, Director General Khalid bin Sabt received several relatives of patients and presented them with expensive medicines to help them out and continue their medication protocols.Bin Sabt said that there is continued...
KUWAIT: People queue to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Kuwait Vaccination Center at the fairgrounds in Mishref yesterday. More than 2.5 million citizens and residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine so far, the health minister said a day earlier. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat n
COVID-19 returns to Wuhan as global Delta woes mount
KUWAIT: People queue to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Kuwait Vaccination Center at the fairgrounds in Mishref yesterday. More than 2.5 million citizens and residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine so far, the health minister said a day earlier. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatPARIS: Half of the European Union's population has now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, an AFP tally showed yesterday, as China's Wuhan said...
TEHRAN: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei inaugurates Ebrahim Raisi as President yesterday. - AFP n
Iran's Raisi inaugurated as president
TEHRAN: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei inaugurates Ebrahim Raisi as President yesterday. - AFPTEHRAN: Ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi was yesterday inaugurated as president of Iran, a country whose hopes of shaking off a dire economic crisis hinge on reviving a nuclear deal with world powers. "Following the people's choice, I task the wise, indefatigable, experienced and popular Hojatoleslam Ebrahim Raisi as president of the...
MUGLA, Turkey: Men herd cows and sheep away from an advancing fire on Monday in the Marmaris district. - AFP n
Turkish power plant encircled by deadly blaze
MUGLA, Turkey: Men herd cows and sheep away from an advancing fire on Monday in the Marmaris district. - AFPHISARONU, Turkey: Roaring blazes encircled a Turkish thermal power plant yesterday and forced farmers to herd panicked cattle toward the sea as wildfires that have killed eight people raged on for a seventh day. The nation of 84 million has been transfixed in horror as the most destructive wildfires in generations erase pristine forests...
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IMF OKs $650bn new reserves for member nations
WASHINGTON: The IMF board of governors on Monday greenlit a $650 billion increase in cash reserves for member nations, the last step in an initiative to boost liquidity for the most vulnerable countries. The move increases by 456 billion the stock of Special Drawing Rights (SDR), the International Monetary Fund's currency, giving countries more funds to draw on as they struggle to recover from economic hit from COVID-19."This is a historic...
KIEV: Journalists are seen at the place where Vitaly Shishov (seen inset), the head of the Belarusian House in Ukraine, an NGO, was found hanged in a park yesterday. - AFP n
Missing Belarus dissident found hanged
KIEV: Journalists are seen at the place where Vitaly Shishov, the head of the Belarusian House in Ukraine, an NGO, was found hanged in a park yesterday. - AFPKIEV: A missing Belarusian dissident was yesterday found hanged in a park in Ukraine, with police opening a murder probe and supporters accusing the regime of Alexander Lukashenko of killing the activist who helped his compatriots flee repression. Vitaly Shishov, 26, headed the Belarusian...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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