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Firemen put out steel plant blaze
KUWAIT: Firemen put out a blaze reported in a steel plant in Industrial Shuaiba on Tuesday, Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) said. Teams from Abdullah Port and Um Al-Haiman fire stations were dispatched to the area, and they managed to contain the flames and put out the blaze. No injuries were reported as an investigation was opened, KFF noted. 
KUWAIT: A group photo of the honored physicians. - KUNA
Sabah Al-Ahmad Urology center honors staff
KUWAIT: A group photo of the honored physicians. - KUNAKUWAIT: Dr Ahmad Al-Shatti, Director of Sabah Al-Ahmad Medical District, honored the staff of Sabah Al-Ahmad Urology Center yesterday in recognition of their efforts during the coronavirus crisis. In a brief speech, Dr Shatti praised the Urology Center staff for their hard work in helping curb spread of the pandemic, and conveyed appreciation of Minister of Health to doctors and...
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Kuwait reports 1,623 COVID cases, 11 deaths
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GCC Commercial Arbitration Center elects new secretary
KUWAIT: The Administration of the Commercial Arbitration Center for the Gulf Cooperation Council announced on Monday, the election to the prestigious post Kuwait's representative Tareq Al-Shumaimry, as Secretary-General of the Center, as of this July after the approval of the Center's Board of Directors.The center's board of directors chairman, Sami Zainal, said that the scientific level and practical experience of Shumaimry in the field of...
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Kuwait's oil price up to $75.67 pb
KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil went up by 86 cents to $75.67 per barrel Tuesday after being at $74.81 pb the day before, said the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) yesterday. The price of the Brent crude rose by $1.33 to $76.49 per barrel, and the West Texas Intermediate went UP by $1.15 to $75.25 pb. The OPEC basket went up by 80 cents to $75.13 per barrel on Tuesday as oppose to $74.33 last Monday, said the bulletin for the international...
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KD 2,000 fee for residents aged 60+ to renew iqama
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower yesterday re-imposed a ban on the transfer of residences to other activities for residents working in certain sectors, a statement said. Meanwhile, local newspapers and news sites reported that the authority has allowed expats over 60 without a university degree to renew their residency, provided they pay an annual fee of KD 2,000.The authority said in a statement that workers who were recruited...
BEITUNIA: Palestinians demonstrate in front of the Zionist Ofer prison near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on July 12, 2021, demanding the release of the detainee Khalida Jarrar after the death of her daughter. - AFP nn
Scores mourn Palestinian rights activist
BEITUNIA: Palestinians demonstrate in front of the Zionist Ofer prison near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on July 12, 2021, demanding the release of the detainee Khalida Jarrar after the death of her daughter. - AFPRAMALLAH: Thousands of Palestinians marched through Ramallah Tuesday to bury rights activist Suha Jarrar, 31, as the Zionist entity refused to release her mother, lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, from prison for the funeral. "We are all...
Rescue workers and onlookers gather around a wreck after a bus plunged into a ravine following a bomb explosion in Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday. - AFP n
Pakistan bus blast kills 12
Rescue workers and onlookers gather around a wreck after a bus plunged into a ravine following a bomb explosion in Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday. - AFPPESHAWAR: Beijing said nine Chinese workers were among 12 people killed yesterday by a bomb attack on a bus in northwestern Pakistan and called for severe punishment, but Islamabad blamed the explosion on a "gas leak". The bus was carrying around 40 Chinese engineers,...
KUWAIT: An ice cream vendor is seen next to his cart near a street in Kuwait. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikhn
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KUWAIT: An ice cream vendor is seen next to his cart near a street in Kuwait. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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Zain Group Q2 2021 net profit grows 17% to reach $138 million
Zain Vice Chairman and Group CEO Bader Al-KharafiKUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading telecommunications innovator operating in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the six months to June 30, 2021. Zain served 48.3 million customers at the end of the period, a 1 percent increase year-on-year (Y-o-Y).For the first six months of 2021 (H1) Zain Group generated consolidated revenue of KD 750...
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EU enters battle over its green revolution
BRUSSELS: (From left) European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni, unveil proposals to govern transition to low carbon economy dubbed "European Green Deal" during a press conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels yesterday. - AFPBRUSSELS: The EU went into battle yesterday to secure a path to its bold pledge of carbon neutrality by 2050,...
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India food delivery giant Zomato kicks off $1.3bn IPO
MUMBAI: Food delivery giant Zomato yesterday launched its much-anticipated IPO to raise 93.75 billion rupees ($1.3 billion), India's biggest this year and the first of a series of public listings by tech unicorns. Zomato-which counts subsidiaries of Uber and Jack Ma's Ant Group among its existing shareholders-is one of the country's hottest tech start-ups and dominates India's booming app-based food-delivery space alongside rival Swiggy. Fresh...
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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
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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
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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