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Zain launches child online safety campaign 'Internet Monsters'
KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading mobile innovator in seven markets in the Middle East and Africa, announced the launch of its latest social media campaign entitled 'Internet Monsters', which aims to further raise awareness on child safety online, at a time of increased online activity. The online campaign is based on classic fairytales to which modern twists have been added to depict what is occurring in the modern digital world.Zain engaged the...
Children climb a Dragon’s Blood Tree on the Diksam Plateau in the centre of the Yemeni island of Socotra. - AFP photosn
Yemen's unique 'dragon's blood' island under threat
Children climb a Dragon’s Blood Tree on the Diksam Plateau in the centre of the Yemeni island of Socotra. - AFP photosCenturies-old umbrella-shaped dragon's blood trees line the rugged peaks of Yemen's Socotra-a flagship symbol of the Indian Ocean archipelago's extraordinary biodiversity, but also a bleak warning of environmental crisis. Forests of these ancient trees are being decimated by increasingly intense storms, while replacement...
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'I May Destroy You' scores string of BAFTA wins
British TV series "I May Destroy You" and its director Michaela Coel won a slew of awards at the annual BAFTAs Sunday for its depiction of a young black writer piecing her life back together after suffering a sexual assault. The 12-episode series broadcast last summer on the BBC and HBO tells the story of Arabella, whose sexual assault occurs while she is celebrating at a London bar with friends. On Sunday it was garlanded with the best...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photosn
Amir congratulates Kuwait's Musallam on being named FINA's chairperson
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has cabled Dr Hussein Ali Al-Musallam on his appointment as chairman of FINA, the international swimming governing body. His Highness the Amir expressed heartfelt facilitations to Dr Musallam after he was picked...
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Electricity usage hits record high amid searing heat
KUWAIT: The ministry of electricity, water and renewable energy announced the electricity load reached a record high of 15,070 megawatts yesterday, amid soaring summer heat that has hit temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius. The ministry said in a press statement that yesterday's record power consumption is 16.8 percent higher than the electricity load recorded on the same day last year, noting that the rate of reserve electrical power in the...
RIYADH: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah (left) and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan sign a memorandum of understanding between the two countries in Riyadh yesterday. - KUNA n
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister heads delegation at joint council meeting in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah (left) and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan sign a memorandum of understanding between the two countries in Riyadh yesterday. - KUNARIYADH: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah yesterday headed the State of Kuwait delegation partaking in the first meeting of the Kuwaiti-Saudi...
KUWAIT: (Left) A high school student undergoes a COVID-19 PCR test ahead of exams at a school yesterday. (Right) Students protest outside the health ministry yesterday against the holding of written exams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatnn
Health minister briefs panel on coronavirus, travel curbs
KUWAIT: A high school student undergoes a COVID-19 PCR test ahead of exams at a school yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah yesterday briefed the National Assembly's health committee about the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic and the issue of travel by Kuwaitis and expats, the rapporteur of the committee said. MP Saadoun Hammad said the discussions also tackled the...
JERUSALEM: Zionist security officers transfer Palestinian activist Mona El-Kurd out of a police station in Zionist-annexed east Jerusalem yesterday. - AFP n
Activist twins detained in Sheikh Jarrah
JERUSALEM: Zionist security officers transfer Palestinian activist Mona El-Kurd out of a police station in Zionist-annexed east Jerusalem yesterday. - AFPJERUSALEM: Zionist police yesterday detained the prominent activist El-Kurd twins, whose campaign against the threatened expulsion of Palestinian families from homes in the Zionist-annexed east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah has found a global audience. Yesterday morning police...
KUWAIT: Members of the Cuban medical team in a group photo yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Cuban medical team completes COVID-19 mission to Kuwait
KUWAIT: Members of the Cuban medical team in a group photo yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: A contingent of Cuban medics - doctors and nurses - are leaving after completing a year of service in Kuwait. The last group of 60 medical workers who filled roles at the Mishref coronavirus field hospital are wrapping up their work and heading home. Several members of the larger mission, which comprised of more than 300 Cuban...
KUWAIT: Students undergo the COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test ahead of their graduation exams at a school in Kuwait City yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Health Ministry denies reports of vaccine smuggling
KUWAIT: Students undergo the COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test ahead of their graduation exams at a school in Kuwait City yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday there was a daily inventory of COVID-19 vaccines being received and actually used, therefore the whole quantity was accounted for. The Ministry was reacting to social media reports suggesting coronavirus vaccines had been smuggled from...
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Majdi Al-Dhefeeri (center) is seen during his visit to Sheikh Saud Nasser Al-Sabah Diplomatic Institute. - KUNAn
Kuwait's military offices play key role: Deputy FM
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Majdi Al-Dhefeeri (center) is seen during his visit to Sheikh Saud Nasser Al-Sabah Diplomatic Institute. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Majdi Al-Dhefeeri yesterday underlined importance of coordination between Military offices abroad and countries they are based. Dhefeeri made the remarks while visiting Sheikh Saud Nasser Al-Sabah Diplomatic Institute, which was offering a training course...
KUWAIT: Firemen battled a blaze in the doctors' break room on the ground floor of Mubarak Hospital yesterday.n
Doctors' break room fire under control
KUWAIT: Firemen battled a blaze in the doctors' break room on the ground floor of Mubarak Hospital yesterday.KUWAIT: The health ministry said a fire started in the doctors' break room on the ground floor of Mubarak Hospital yesterday morning. It said the incident did not disrupt normal work. Meanwhile, a statement by Kuwait Fire Force said there were no injuries as Hawally, Salmiya and Shuhada responded and carried out the necessary ventilation....
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Summer enters its final stages
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Kuwait residents try to ward off the heat
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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
Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
Brazil plane crash kills 62
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