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Zain joins in celebrating future entrepreneurs at KON ceremony
KUWAIT: Zain recently joined in awarding the winning projects of the KON Social Entrepreneurship Program’s eighth season during the ceremony held at the American University in Kuwait. The renowned youth empowerment program was organized by the leading non-profit LOYAC in collaboration with Babson College in Boston, and Zain has supported the program under its long-term, 19-year partnership with LOYAC. During the event, Ammar Alastad, Zain’s...
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Municipality approves new regulation removes abandoned vehicles and boats
KUWAIT: The Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and the Minister of State for Communications Affairs, Fahad Al-Shula, issued a ministerial decision approving the Municipal Waste Management and Public Hygiene Regulation. The new regulation includes 33 articles and cancels the Ministerial Resolution 190 of 2008 regarding the Hygiene and Hygiene Transport Regulation and its amendments.Among the highlights of the new regulation is that it is...
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American Lilia Vu wins second major at Women’s British Open
WALTON-ON-THE-HILL: American Lilia Vu sealed her second major title of the year with a dominant six-shot victory over Charley Hull at the Women’s British Open on Sunday. The 25-year-old posted a final round 67 to finish on 14-under par, and is now set to replace Nelly Korda as the new world number one. “It sounds almost unreal to hear my name announced as champion,” said Vu, breaking down in tears after her triumph. “I’ve had a tough...
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Families of Libya mass grave victims demand justice
TARHUNA: A photograph of Mourad Allafi hangs in the family farmhouse in western Libya three years after he was found in a mass grave. His father wants his killers dead. Mohamad Allafi believes the prison terms of six years to life handed down by a military court in February to 30 people convicted of murder are not enough. And relatives of the hundreds of others who were tortured, killed and dumped in row upon row of mass graves in Tarhuna agree...
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Getafe frustrate champions Barca
GETAFE: Spanish champions Barcelona began their La Liga title defence with a frustrating 0-0 draw at Getafe on Sunday, with both sides reduced to 10 men in a bad-tempered clash. Barca winger Raphinha was sent off for an elbow in the first half and Getafe’s Jaime Mata was dismissed early in the second for two yellow cards. Xavi Hernandez earned a red card himself for touchline complaints as his Barcelona side battled to find a late winner but,...
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Majestic King leads West Indies to T20 series win over India
LAUDERHILL: Brandon King’s superb unbeaten 85 led West Indies to an eight-wicket win over India on Sunday to secure a 3-2 victory in their T20 series. Set a target of 166 to win the fifth and deciding contest, in Lauderhill, Florida, West Indies reached their target with two overs to spare with Nicholas Pooran scoring 47 in a partnership of 107 with King. The win was a morale-booster for West Indies cricket after the one-day team failed, last...
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Ruble plunges past 100 against dollar
MOSCOW: The Russian ruble slid past 100 against the dollar Monday, its lowest level since March 23, 2022 -- weeks after Moscow unleashed full-scale hostilities in Ukraine. The ruble has shed around 30 percent of its value against the dollar since the beginning of the year, as the country imports more and exports less. Russia’s central bank said it will meet on Tuesday to discuss the key interest rate, as the ruble earlier tumbled past 100...
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Britain blames 'criminal gangs' for Channel migrant deaths
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blames the "criminal gangs" facilitating small boat Channel crossings for the "horrific" weekend deaths of at least six migrants, his spokesman said Monday. Six Afghan men died and dozens more required rescuing after a small vessel bound for the southeast English coast from France sank in the Channel in the early hours of Saturday. "The blame for the tragedy we've seen in the Channel in recent days lies...
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Senator Kakar sworn in as Pakistan PM
ISLAMABAD: Little-known senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar was sworn in Monday as Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister to see the country through to an election due in months. Kakar, 52, takes charge of a country that has been wracked by political and economic instability for months, with Imran Khan —Pakistan’s most popular politician — in jail and disqualified from elections for five years. Kakar was sworn in by President Arif Alvi on...
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Oman posts $1.7bn budget surplus in first half of 2023
MUSCAT: Oman recorded a budget surplus of 656 million Omani rials ($1.7 billion) in the first six months of 2023 on the back of higher oil revenue, according to Oman’s ministry of finance. Oman recorded a surplus of 784 million rials in the corresponding period last year. Net oil revenue grew to 3.2 billion Omani rials in the first half of 2023, up two per cent from the same period in 2022, the ministry said in its fiscal performance bulletin....
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'No more water': Iraq drought claims lakeside resort
Iraqi merchant Mohamed has never seen such a grim tourist season: years of drought have shrunken the majestic Lake Habbaniyah, keeping away the holidaymakers who once flocked there during summer. "The last two years, there was some activity, but now there's no more water," said 35-year-old Mohamed, asking to be identified by his first name only. He laid out inflatable water floats, nets and shirts in front of his lakeside shop, but expected few...
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Baghdad zoo animals suffer as mercury hits 50 degrees
A pair of Siberian tigers pant incessantly beside a pond at their zoo enclosure in the scorching summer heat of the Iraqi capital. Temperatures on Monday breached 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in Baghdad for the second day in a row -- making life outdoors unbearable for both humans and animals. The orange, striped felines from far-eastern Russia are more suited to living "where temperatures drop to as low as minus 20 degrees" than in one of...
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’
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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties