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Kuwait stands in full solidarity with Jordan: Cabinet
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Cabinet stressed on Monday that its leadership and people stand in full solidarity with Jordan, affirming that the Hashemite Kingdom's security and stability is an integral part of its own security and stability. This came after the ministers, in their weekly session at Seif Palace led by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamd Al-Sabah, were briefed on the discussions that earlier took place between His...
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Kuwait lists 1,403 new COVID-19 cases, eight deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait said yesterday that 1,403 people tested positive for coronavirus while eight related deaths were reported over the previous 24 hours, taking the total up to 239,952 and 1,373, respectively. Another 1,432 people were cured of the virus, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 224,701, health ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said.The number of people hospitalized with the virus stood at 13,878 as of...
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NBK concludes participation in 'Innovation Challenge' program
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has concluded its participation in the sixth edition of "Innovation Challenge" program organized by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), in collaboration with the Executive Education Center at Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania.NBK's participating team presented the bank's project, which included new and innovative banking solutions and services. This project was discussed with...
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Man arrested in Khaitan murder
KUWAIT: Police and paramedics rushed to a call about a fight between two Egyptian in Khaitan that involved a stabbing. There they found one person in a pool of blood, who was pronounced dead on the scene. The suspect was arrested, who said "I did not mean to do it". The body was recovered by the coroner, while the suspect was taken to concerned authorities. He said there was a dispute between him and the victim while in the kitchen.SuicideThe...
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MP demands probe into high-profile graft cases
Saleh Al-Mutairi                                                                                                          Muhannad Al-SayerBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Opposition lawmaker Saleh Al-Mutairi said yesterday he has submitted a proposal asking the National Assembly public funds protection committee to investigate a string of high-profile...
AMMAN: A car drives past a billboard bearing portraits of King Abdullah II, Queen Rania and their son Crown Prince Hussein on a street in the capital yesterday. - AFP n
Jordan labels palace feud a family affair
AMMAN: A car drives past a billboard bearing portraits of King Abdullah II, Queen Rania and their son Crown Prince Hussein on a street in the capital yesterday. - AFPAMMAN: Jordan sought to throw a veil yesterday over its public palace feud by ordering its media to stop reporting on an alleged plot the government says involves the half-brother of King Abdullah II. Prince Hamzah had on Saturday harshly criticized Jordan's leaders from what he...
WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath speaks at a virtual press briefing during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings yesterday. - Xinhuann
IMF projects stronger growth amid rebound
WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath speaks at a virtual press briefing during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings yesterday. - XinhuaWASHINGTON: Accelerated vaccinations and a flood of government spending, especially in the United States, have boosted the outlook for the global economy, but more must be done to prevent permanent scars, the IMF said yesterday. The International Monetary Fund's World Economic...
An aerial view shows the Dutch cargo ship Eemslift Hendrika Monday in the Norwegian Sea about 60 nautical miles west of Alesund. - AFPn
Dutch cargo ship adrift off Norway
An aerial view shows the Dutch cargo ship Eemslift Hendrika Monday in the Norwegian Sea about 60 nautical miles west of Alesund. - AFPOSLO: A Dutch cargo ship was adrift in the Norwegian Sea yesterday after all of its crewmembers were airlifted, with some having to jump into the rough waters to be rescued. The "Eemslift Hendrika", which was carrying several smaller ships from Bremerhaven in Germany to Kolvereid in Norway, made a distress call...
MAKKAH: In this file photo taken on April 3, 2020, worshippers walk around the sacred Kaaba in the Grand Mosque. - AFP n
Only 'immunized' pilgrims can perform umrah
MAKKAH: In this file photo taken on April 3, 2020, worshippers walk around the sacred Kaaba in the Grand Mosque. - AFPRIYADH: Saudi authorities said Monday only people immunized against COVID-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round umrah pilgrimage from the start of Ramadan, the holy fasting month for Muslims. The hajj and umrah ministry said in a statement that three categories of people would be considered "immunized" - those who have...
This handout photo obtained on Feb 13, 2020, shows a view of the Barakah nuclear power plant in the Gharbiya region of Abu Dhabi on the Gulf coastline, about 50 km west of Ruwais. - AFP n
Commercial ops begin at UAE nuclear plant
This handout photo obtained on Feb 13, 2020, shows a view of the Barakah nuclear power plant in the Gharbiya region of Abu Dhabi on the Gulf coastline, about 50 km west of Ruwais. - AFPABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates announced yesterday that its Barakah nuclear power plant has started commercial operations, in a first for the Arab world. "The UAE has entered a landmark phase today," tweeted Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the UAE vice...
This handout photo from Eindu Youths taken and received yesterday shows protesters holding up the three finger salute in front of red paint splashed on the road, representing blood spilled during protests against the military coup, in Hpa-an township in Myanmar's Karen state. - AFPn
Myanmar's activists splash red paint to protest junta bloodshed
This handout photo from Eindu Youths taken and received yesterday shows protesters holding up the three finger salute in front of red paint splashed on the road, representing blood spilled during protests against the military coup, in Hpa-an township in Myanmar's Karen state. - AFPYANGON: Myanmar activists daubed roadways with red paint yesterday to protest against the junta's bloody crackdown on protests, as an online fundraising drive to...
A boy stands next to a donkey loaded with jerry cans by the Atbarah river near the village of Dukouli within the Quraysha locality, located in the Fashaqa Al-Sughra agricultural region of Sudan's eastern Gedaref state. - AFPn
Over 50 dead in fighting in Darfur
A boy stands next to a donkey loaded with jerry cans by the Atbarah river near the village of Dukouli within the Quraysha locality, located in the Fashaqa Al-Sughra agricultural region of Sudan's eastern Gedaref state. - AFPKHARTOUM: At least 50 people have been killed in four days of violence in Sudan's Darfur, medics said yesterday in a revised toll. El Geneina, capital of West Darfur and close to the border with Chad, has seen days of...
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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait army alert, govt prepared
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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates
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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP
Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh
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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos
Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened
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Video grab taken from a video footage shows rescuers helping a person out of a hotel that partly collapsed on August 7, 2024 in Kroev, western Germany, killing one person and burying eight others. - A floor in the hotel in Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, collapsed for unknown reasons, police said in a statement. Of the 14 people inside at the time, five managed to get out. — AFP
One dead, several buried in German hotel collapse