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The Kuwait Zoo has remained closed for more than a year now due to the coronavirus pandemic. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

New baby bear, loss of one elephant as Kuwait Zoo remains closed

The Kuwait Zoo has remained closed for more than a year now due to the coronavirus pandemic. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Nawara FattahovaAfter more than a year of closure, people are wondering when will Kuwait Zoo welcome visitors again. Many also want to know how the animals are faring and what's new at the zoo, as nothing has been published about the park for the past 14 months. Kuwait Times toured the zoo in an exclusive visit, which was...

KUWAIT: Ambassador of India to Kuwait Sibi George speaks at the event.n

Indian embassy celebrates diplomatic ties with Kuwait

KUWAIT: Ambassador of India to Kuwait Sibi George speaks at the event.KUWAIT: The Embassy of India in Kuwait and Indian Business Network (IBN) in association with Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) organized a virtual event celebrating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Kuwait.Ambassador of India to Kuwait Sibi George, speaking at the event, paid tribute to all those affected...

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Kuwait's emergency aid to reach India on Saturday

NEW DELHI: The first emergency aid from Kuwait to India is set to arrive on Saturday onboard a special military aircraft, Kuwait's Ambassador to India Jassim Al-Najim revealed yesterday. In a statement to the press, Ambassador Najim said that the emergency aid is coming as a noble initiative of Kuwait in order to join the efforts to mitigate the massive impact of the spread of a new mutated variant of coronavirus, which led to a record number of...

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BLM (Black Lives Matter)

By Zain Al SumaitBlack Lives Matter, also known as BLM stemmed out of racial indifferences occurring mostly in America. Did you know that black drivers are 20 percent more likely to get pulled over than white drivers? After hearing this statistic I want you to put yourself in their situation. Knowing that at any time you are more likely to be pulled over by the cops for unknown reasons, and knowing deep down it's solely because of the color of...

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By Abdulla Al BdaiwiBy the time this is published, it will have been a year since the last time a curfew was implemented in Kuwait. And as a result of the rising amount of cases, the government has decided to implement the partial curfew as a way of trying to stop those cases from rising.But how does having a curfew affect the number of cases? People are still going out, having fun, going to malls, shops, etc. Some people even moved entire...

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Lyrica, Neurontin 'psychoactive drugs'

KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah issued a decision to include Pregabalin and Gabapentin in the psychoactive items' list as per law 48/1987 in regards to fighting psychoactive material, regulate its use and trade. The two most notable trademarks for the mentioned items are Lyrica and Neurontin respectively, which are used for epilepsy and bone pain, Al-Anbaa Arabic daily reported yesterday.A source said the ministry's...

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Awqaf employees to return

KUWAIT: The government approved a Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs request to bring back 179 expatriate employees including imams and others who are stuck abroad, Al-Anbaa Arabic daily reported yesterday.

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6,127 expats terminated

KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission terminated 6,127 expatriates in the public sector in the first three years of the Kuwaitization plan that started in 2017, Al-Rai Arabic daily reported yesterday. CSC plans to terminate 1,840 more staff members this year to bring the total up to 7,970, job rankings department director Aisha Al-Mutawa said.

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Arson suspected in tires blaze

KUWAIT: Five fire teams battled a blaze in a tire dump in Salmi yesterday, which had spread over an estimated area of 40,000 square meters. No injuries were reported while preliminary investigations that the fire was deliberately started, Kuwait Fire Force said. Further investigations are in progress.

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Nostalgic Ramadan traditions: Then and now

By Sahar Moussa up, wake up, sleeping people! It is time for suhoor! Those who are not sleeping let them wake up those who are!" These are the words and the voice of the mesaharati that I used to hear during Ramadan when I was a little girl. I can still remember the sounds of his rhythmical drum beating - boom, boom, boom - loud enough to wake the neighborhood. The mesaharati walked everywhere, attired in traditional dress with a...

WASHINGTON, DC: President Joe Biden addresses a Joint Session of Congress, with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris behind on the dais, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday.-AFPn

An America 'on the move again': Biden

WASHINGTON, DC: President Joe Biden addresses a Joint Session of Congress, with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris behind on the dais, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday.-AFPWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden triumphantly declared that the United States is "on the move again" in a rousing speech to Congress Wednesday, calling for trillions of dollars to rebuild the post-pandemic US middle class and give new life to...

In this file photo, passengers queue for check-in for flights to India at the Dubai Airport. - AFPn

Destination Dubai: Jets in high demand to escape India horror

In this file photo, passengers queue for check-in for flights to India at the Dubai Airport. - AFPDUBAI: Indians from the millions-strong expat community in the UAE, stranded in their homeland during a catastrophic coronavirus surge, are swamping private jet operators with requests to whisk them back to safety. Fearing a prolonged flight ban between India and the Gulf state, they aim to use an exemption for private business planes that was in...

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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos

Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation