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Second group of newly recruited Filipino domestic helpers arrives
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: More than 100 newly-hired domestic helpers from the Philippines arrive today (June 8, 2021); the second group of arrivals from the Philippines of newly-recruited workers arranged by Kuwait to fill the shortage of domestic helpers in the country. The first batch of helpers arrived on May 24, 2021. "They have planned twice-weekly flights from Manila to bring back returning domestic helpers and newly-hired household service...
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India's foreign minister due tomorrow
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to arrive in Kuwait tomorrow on an official visit. The visiting minister is expected to deliver a message to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah from India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on ways to bolster deep-rooted bilateral relations between the two countries, according to sources in...
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Education Ministry calls on students to adhere to PCR's schedule
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education stressed the need for grade 12 students to adhere to the specified hours in a schedule prepared in advance for the PCR swab tests in all educational areas, which helps in avoiding any crowding in schools. The schedule aims at facilitating procedures and maintaining the safety of everyone.In a press statement yesterday, the Ministry of Education said that the result of the PCR test should be accepted from any...
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NBK shows remarkable success in staff COVID-19 vaccination campaign
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) announced a remarkable success of the campaign it launched over the past months to encourage its employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, with the percentage of employees who received one or two doses of the vaccine reaching 82 percent of total employees, reflecting the high responsibility and awareness of the bank's employees to combat the pandemic.According to the results of the bank's recent surveys, the...
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Oil companies' budgets trimmed amid crisis: Expert
KUWAIT: Oil companies' budgets and exploration and production activities shrank by 30 percent in 2020 in contrast to 2019, due to repercussions of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to an authoritative expert. Turki Hamash, expert of petroleum, exploration and production at the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), said during a virtual seminar, organized by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Oil yesterday, that the value of...
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ACK successfully held its first virtual career fair
KUWAIT: The Alumni and Career Placement Center at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) successfully held its first virtual career fair on 26th and 27th of May 2021. The fair witnessed the participation of more than 50 companies from different sectors in Kuwait, and served as a great platform for networking, career, and internship opportunities for its students and alumni.The fair was also successful because of the generous contribution and...
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Sixteen rescued from burning Firdous house
KUWAIT: Damage at the Firdouse house after the fire was extinguished.KUWAIT: Firemen rescued 16 people, including eight children, from a house fire in Firdous Sunday evening, Kuwait Fire Force said. Ardhiya and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh firemen dealt with the incident and no injuries were reported, it said in a statement.Meanwhile, firemen evacuated a building in Jahra following a fire that took place Sunday evening as well no injuries were reported as...
Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabahn
Kuwait inks COVID vaccine deals with Moderna, J&J
Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-SabahKUWAIT: Kuwait has contracted with US pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to supply it with their coronavirus vaccines, Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah said on Sunday. In an interview with Kuwait TV, Sheikh Basel expected delivery of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines in the last quarter of this year. Commenting on the delay in the delivery of vaccine doses from certain...
DAHARKI, Pakistan: Security personnel carry out rescue operations at the site of a train accident in northern Sindh province yesterday. - AFP n
43 killed as Pak express trains collide
DAHARKI, Pakistan: Security personnel carry out rescue operations at the site of a train accident in northern Sindh province yesterday. - AFPDAHARKI, Pakistan: At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured yesterday when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughed into another express that had derailed just minutes earlier, officials said. Several people were trapped for hours in the mangled wreckage left by the collision near Daharki, in a...
KUWAIT: A picture taken in Kuwait City shows the sun sets behind the Kuwait towers at the gulf road yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatnn
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KUWAIT: A picture taken in Kuwait City shows the sun sets behind the Kuwait towers at the gulf road yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
GUATEMALA CITY: US Vice President Kamala Harris waves alongside Guatemala's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pedro Brolo upon arrival at the Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora in Guatemala City. Kamala's visit to Guatemala and Mexico this week will bring a message of hope to a region hammered by COVID-19 and which is the source of most of the undocumented migrants seeking entry to the US. - AFPn
US VP in Guatemala with message of 'hope'
GUATEMALA CITY: US Vice President Kamala Harris waves alongside Guatemala's Minister of Foreign Affairs Pedro Brolo upon arrival at the Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora in Guatemala City. Kamala's visit to Guatemala and Mexico this week will bring a message of hope to a region hammered by COVID-19 and which is the source of most of the undocumented migrants seeking entry to the US. - AFPGUATEMALA CITY: US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived...
MUMBAI: A staff member wearing protective gear attends a customer after personal grooming services were allowed to resume at a hair saloon in Mumbai yesterday. – AFPnnn n
Delhi, Mumbai loosen lockdowns as India virus crisis eases in cities
MUMBAI: A staff member wearing protective gear attends a customer after personal grooming services were allowed to resume at a hair saloon in Mumbai yesterday. – AFPNEW DELHI: India's capital New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai began a gradual easing of restrictions yesterday as coronavirus infections in the country fell to a two-month low. Hospitals in the cities -- which have a combined population of some 40 million -- were overwhelmed by a...
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
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