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Zain recognizes 250 top students in partnership with Kuwait Food Bank
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, hosted a special ceremony to recognize and celebrate the academic excellence of top students in partnership with its strategic partner the Kuwait Food Bank. The event witnessed the honoring of 250 orphan students who are registered at the bank from across elementary, middle, and high school grades.The ceremony, which saw the implementation of strict health measures, was held at the...
KUWAIT: Deputy Director General of the Public Authority for Sports for competitive sport Dr Saqer Al-Mulla speaks during the press conference. n
Kuwait seeks to adopt pro sport system
KUWAIT: Deputy Director General of the Public Authority for Sports for competitive sport Dr Saqer Al-Mulla speaks during the press conference.By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Deputy Director General of the Public Authority for Sports for competitive sport Dr Saqer Al-Mulla introduced the general framework for full professional sport system. Speaking during a press conference on Wednesday, Mulla said this plan will improve the sports environment and...
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Police detain man with 1.2 million Captagon pills
KUWAIT: Kuwait apprehended yesterday a drug dealer with 1.2 million Captagon pills, the Ministry of Interior said. The Drug Control General Department received information about a person with the possession of drugs, and immediately formed a search team, the ministry's security media and public relations department said in a press statement. The DCGD personnel ambushed the suspect and were able to find KD2 million ($6.6 million) worth of drugs...
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Kuwait reports 1,385 COVID cases, 16 deaths
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Kuwaiti medical supplies heading to Tunisia to counter COVID-19 spread
KUWAIT: Medical supplies and equipment donated by the State of Kuwait were flown to Tunisia to help the fellow Arab country counter the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced yesterday. Head of medical services at KRCS Manhal Al-Enezi said that the medical cargo included ventilators and other necessary equipment.The official affirmed that the Kuwaiti leadership and people would stand with the...
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Kuwait oil edges 36 cents higher to $76.03 pb: KPC
KUWAIT: Kuwait crude oil edged 36 cents higher during Wednesday's trading sessions to reach $76.03 per barrel (pb) compared with $75.67 pb the day before, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said yesterday. Brent crude, however, dropped $1.73 to $74.76 pb and West Texas Intermediate plunged $2.12 to $73.13 pb.The OPEC basket of crudes went up 16 cents during trading sessions to close at $75.29 per barrel (pb) on Wednesday, compared with $75.13 on...
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Kuwaiti coal artist finds inspiration in the middle of despair
By Nawara FattahovaNo art exhibitions were held last year in Kuwait due to the lockdown, while only a few small art exhibitions have been held this year. But artists are still creating artworks during the coronavirus pandemic.Meet Kuwaiti artist Hanan Al-Ghareeb, who tried to turn the pandemic into a positive event with her drawings. "I'm still creating artworks. During the curfew, I had even more time, and I finished many beautiful pieces," she...
BAD NEUENAHR-AHRWEILER, Germany: A man walks through floodwaters towards destroyed houses in Schuld yesterday. - AFP n
42 killed in Germany floods
BAD NEUENAHR-AHRWEILER, Germany: A man walks through floodwaters towards destroyed houses in Schuld yesterday. - AFPMAYEN, Germany: Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 42 people in Germany and left many more missing, as rising waters led several houses to collapse yesterday. Unusually heavy rains also inundated neighboring Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium, where at least four people were reported dead....
BEIRUT: In this file photo taken on October 22, 2020, then former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri delivers a statement after the president named him to form a new cabinet, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut. - AFPn
Lebanon's PM designate Saad Hariri says won't form govt
BEIRUT: In this file photo taken on October 22, 2020, then former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri delivers a statement after the president named him to form a new cabinet, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut. - AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad Hariri stepped down yesterday, saying he was unable to form a government, nine months after accepting the challenge and as the country sinks deeper into...
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'We won't back down': Ethnic militias rush to Tigray border
DEBARK, Ethiopia: Amhara militia recruits train in the town of Debark, northeast from the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, yesterday. The Amhara government's spokesman, Gizachew Muluneh, announced regional special forces and militias would shift to "attack" mode to reverse Tigrayan rebels' recent gains. - AFPADI ARKAY, Ethiopia: When war broke out last year in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Solomon Alabachew acted fast, grabbing his Kalashnikov and...
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Cuba lets travelers bring in food, meds duty-free
HAVANA: Women use their phones in a street on Wednesday. - AFPHAVANA: Travelers arriving in Cuba can now bring in food, medicine and other essentials without paying customs, the government said Wednesday in a concession to angry and unprecedented street protests. Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said in a televised address there would be no limit placed on these goods coming in and the change will be in effect until the end of the year.Cubans took...
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the vice president's residence at the Naval Observatory for a working breakfast, in Washington, DC, yesterday. - AFPnnn
German Chancellor Merkel visits White House in swan song
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the vice president's residence at the Naval Observatory for a working breakfast, in Washington, DC, yesterday. - AFPWASHINGTON: Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the White House in her diplomatic swan song yesterday, underlining how important the veteran German leader has been to the transatlantic relationship, but also highlighting the unanswered questions...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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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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Drilling Rig (Oriental Phoenix)
Marine region a ‘promising area’ for hydrocarbon resources: KOC