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Cabinet extends curfew till the end of Ramadan
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Council of Ministers yesterday decided to extend the partial curfew from 7 pm until 5 am until the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, government spokesman Tareq Al-Mazrem said. Mazrem said that the decision will be reviewed by the government just before the end of the holy month around May 12 with the possibility of a new decision based on the health situation.The decision did not make any reference to the indefinite ban...
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Students vaccinated ahead of finals; bank, cinema employees inoculated
KUWAIT: People queue as they wait their turn to receive a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus, in front of the makeshift Kuwait Vaccination Center, at the Kuwait International Fairground in Mishref, on Sunday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Kuwait has vaccinated around 42,000 students and nearly 60 percent of teachers against COVID-19 ahead of the final exams, Al-Jarida Arabic daily reported yesterday. Meanwhile, health authorities...
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Zain continues partnership with Give platform
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced the continuation of its strategic partnership with Give, the only online platform of its kind exclusively dedicated to charities in Kuwait, for the second year running. The non-profit platform aims at facilitating donations and encouraging giving by connecting donors with registered and certified charities in Kuwait.Zain continues its fruitful partnership with Give - which...
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No remand in opinion cases
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Freedom of speech in Kuwait got a boost after the issuance of law no. 1/2021 that modifies the law of criminal procedures and trials (no. 17/1960). A new paragraph was added to article 69 of this law, stating that: Remand won't be applied on those practicing their right of expressing their opinion and publishing it in written, verbal, drawing or other formats. This includes publishing in traditional media and social...
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Blind association appreciates ABK's contributions
KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) recently welcomed the Kuwait Blind Association's Board Members, Fahad Al-Enzi and Mohammed Al-Abdullah, who handed a token of appreciation to Fawzy Al-Thunayan, ABK's General Manager of Board Affairs, for ABK's contribution towards its 2021 Ramadan relief packages.The contribution from ABK will assist Kuwait Blind Association to provide relief packages containing necessary items to 50 disadvantaged visually...
Sheikh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah
Cops' loans delayed
Sheikh Thamer Ali Al-SabahKUWAIT: Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah has issued a decision delaying for six months payment of loan installments for the police squad, due for the police administration fund. The MoI Department of Public Relations and Security Information said in a statement, on Sunday, that the minister's decision came due to the extraordinary conditions caused by combating the novel coronavirus at the...
Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Sabahn
Defense Ministry delays loans
Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-SabahKUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense (MoD) Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah on Sunday issued a decision delaying for six months the payment of loan installments for the military personnel, due for the army fund. The General Staff of the Kuwait Army said in a statement that the move came in recognition from the Ministry of Defense for the military personnel's national role in such emergency health...
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Picking up the pieces slowly to face the pandemic: Bangladesh Ambassador
Bangladesh Ambassador to Kuwait Md Ashikuzzaman.By Ben GarciaKUAWAIT: Various ambassadors in Kuwait were interviewed by Kuwait Times to learn more about their local traditions and culture during Ramadan. We also asked about the current coronavirus situation in their respective countries and how they are handling and reacting to this pandemic. The following are excerpts from our interview with Bangladesh Ambassador to Kuwait Md...
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Customs prevent drug smuggling
KUWAIT: The General Administration of Customs has prevented smuggling into Kuwait of marijuana and hashish. The Administration, in a statement late Sunday, said they arrested a person after he received a parcel from Canada containing 1.9 kg of marijuana wax. Inspectors informed the Ministry of interior drug control department whose personnel arrested the man after allowing him to get his package, it said. Meanwhile, Custom officials inspected...
MOSCOW: Czech diplomats and their family members leave the grounds of the country's embassy in Moscow yesterday. - AFPn
Russia moves Navalny to prison hospital
MOSCOW: Czech diplomats and their family members leave the grounds of the country's embassy in Moscow yesterday. - AFPMOSCOW: Russia's penitentiary service yesterday said it was transferring ailing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to prison hospital, as the EU warned it would hold Moscow "responsible" for the state of his health. The United States on Sunday threatened Russia with "consequences" if President Vladimir Putin's major domestic...
LA JOYA, Texas: An immigrant child glances back towards Mexico after crossing the border into the United States in La Joya, Texas. - AFPn
People smugglers reap billions selling 'big American dream'
LA JOYA, Texas: An immigrant child glances back towards Mexico after crossing the border into the United States in La Joya, Texas. - AFPMEXICO CITY: The tide of migrants sweeping across Mexico to the US border is not just a humanitarian crisis-it is also a highly organized, multibillion-dollar trafficking business dominated by the drug cartels. Fleeing poverty, 35-year-old Honduran migrant Juan Macias paid around $7,000 in March to a smuggling...
NEW DELHI: People make their way along a street in the old quarters of New Delhi yesterday as the megacity struggles to contain a huge surge in COVID-19 cases with hospitals running out of beds and oxygen supplies low. - AFPn
India locks down capital to battle virus as US hits vaccine milestone
NEW DELHI: People make their way along a street in the old quarters of New Delhi yesterday as the megacity struggles to contain a huge surge in COVID-19 cases with hospitals running out of beds and oxygen supplies low. - AFPNEW DELHI: India has locked down its capital New Delhi for a week from yesterday night to try and control a raging coronavirus outbreak, as the hard-hit United States passed a hopeful milestone of giving at least one COVID-19...
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GAZA: Palestinians surround bodies lying on the ground at the Al-Maamadani hospital after they were killed in a Zionist strike on a school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Aug 8, 2024. - AFP
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DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government, administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) on August 8, 2024. - AFP
Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh leader
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Abdullah Al-Sanousi
Digital nomads: New-age employees freely roaming around ever-changing job market
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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
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Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Jasem Ibrahem Al-Najem with Standing Committee of National Committee of Political Consultative Conference member Cai Guanxin.
China highlights growing investment opportunities in Kuwait