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Education ministry sets for new academic year
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education has completed an integrated plan in preparation for the new academic year with the participation of various sectors, including public education, private and qualitative education, educational facilities, planning and educational research, curricula, financial affairs, administrative affairs, and administrative development. Six committees from the concerned sectors in the ministry organized the programs for the...
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Growing discontent towards video games
By Zaid Aboobacker KUWAIT: Despite the fact that the gaming community and industry have expanded in recent years, there has been a growing dissatisfaction and discontent towards video games, particularly online multiplayer games. Kuwait Times interviewed a range of players from casual to competitive, revealing diverse viewpoints. Gamers differ in opinion, some label gaming as “toxic”, while others describe it as a “waste of time”. Take...
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Cyberbullying and its effects on teenagers
By Ali HamzaKUWAIT: For today’s teenagers, digital spaces have become an extension of their social world. Social media platforms, online gaming and instant messaging are integral aspects of their daily lives, shaping how they communicate, connect and express themselves. However, this digital landscape has also introduced new avenues for aggression and cruelty. Cyberbullying is a major problem, as it affects the mental health and school...
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Kuwait Municipality recognizes Zain for supporting environmental campaign
KUWAIT: Zain was recognized by the Kuwait Municipality for effectively contributing to raising positive environmental awareness in the community. The recognition came during the special ceremony held to honor the support of all parties that contributed to Kuwait Municipality’s recent awareness campaign aimed at promoting public sanitation laws and encouraging the community’s support to keep Kuwait clean. The event came under the patronage of...
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Off the beaten path: Avid travelers share experiences
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Summer is the season of travel in Kuwait, and people are increasingly embarking on journeys to uncharted territories and unfamiliar destinations in search of unique experiences, driven by a curiosity to explore the unconventional and discover the extraordinary. Kuwait Times spoke with travelers in Kuwait to learn more about the interesting and unusual places they have discovered. Mimi Al-Addin told Kuwait Times about her...
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Spurs held by Brentford 2-2
LONDON: Tottenham began life without Harry Kane with an entertaining 2-2 draw at Brentford on Sunday to start Ange Postecoglou's reign in charge. Cristian Romero headed Spurs in front early on, but the Bees bounced back to lead through Bryan Mbeumo's penalty and Yoane Wissa. Emerson Royal's strike levelled the scores again before half-time and both sides had to settle for a point to begin the Premier League season. Kane's departure to Bayern...
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As war rages, Sudanese start small businesses for survival
WAD MADANI, Sudan: Sudan’s war has left university lecturer Ali Seif without pay for months. To make ends meet, he has turned to making soap in his room at a makeshift displacement camp. Out of work as fighting rages between the forces of rival generals, many Sudanese have been forced to find creative ways to support themselves and their families. Until April 15, when the conflict erupted between the army headed by General Abdel Fattah...
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55 killed in Bangladesh floods in August
CHITTAGONG: At least 55 people have been killed and more than a million affected by two weeks of torrential rains causing floods and landslides in southeast Bangladesh, officials said Sunday. Administrators of four of the worst-hit districts said floods and landslides since August 1 killed 21 people in Cox’s Bazar, 19 in Chittagong, 10 in Bandarban and five in Rangamati. “These are some of the heaviest rains in recent years,” Bangladesh...
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Sidelined Arab Zionists fear outcome of legal overhaul
HAIFA: Members of Zionist’s Arab minority fear they will bear the brunt of the hard-right government’s judicial overhaul, but have remained largely on the margins of a raging debate over the sweeping changes. Zionists have rallied weekly since the controversial reform package was announced in January by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition, dubbed “the worst ever” by Samira Kanaan Khalaylah, 57, who lives in the northern...
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Migrants on France's Channel coast undeterred by latest deaths
LOON-PLAGE: "Crossing the Channel, it's playing with our lives," Hajji Mahmud acknowledged. But despite the dangers, the Afghan migrant remained determined to attempt the crossing, even after the deaths of at least six of his countrymen early Saturday when their vessel sank. In the makeshift camp at Loon-Plage on the north coast of France, some 15 tents were scattered behind an embankment near a pile of burning rubbish. Mahmud lives there with a...
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France’s Mont-Saint-Michel grapples with overtourism
Just before lunch at the height of the summer season, the narrow alleys of France’s iconic Mont-Saint-Michel are thronged with a crush of people. But come late afternoon, the same steeply ascending lanes are almost deserted. This is the dilemma for the famed abbey monastery on an islet off the Normandy coast that is France’s most visited tourist destination outside of Paris and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979. Can measures that it is...
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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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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’