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KATHMANDU: Qatari climber Sheikha Asma Al-Thani is pictured during an interview on April 1, 2021. - AFP n
Qatar climber in quest for 'Grand Slam'
KATHMANDU: Qatari climber Sheikha Asma Al-Thani is pictured during an interview on April 1, 2021. - AFPKATHMANDU: A Qatari royal is set to scale Everest, as she chases her dream of becoming the first woman from the Middle East to complete the Explorers Grand Slam of summiting each continent's highest peaks and reaching the poles. Sheikha Asma Al-Thani, a mountaineer and member of the Qatar Olympic Committee, arrived in Nepal's capital Kathmandu...
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Kuwait welcomes OPEC+ deal, stresses continued cooperation
KUWAIT: Minister of Oil Mohammad Al-Fares extolled the successful meeting of OPEC+, affirming the importance of continuing cooperation to restore market balance. The positive developments of the last period contributed to a noticeable improvement in oil market situation that reflected on expectations to improve demands in light of the spread of coronavirus and distribution of vaccines, Al-Fares, who also doubles as Minister of Higher Education,...
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Authority penalizes violators of COVID measures
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower said its inspectors registered several violations of the coronavirus safety procedures in markets and stores in the industrial area of Al-Rai on Thursday. In a press statement, head of the inspection team Fatma Al-Julaibi said the violations included not wearing masks or putting markers on the floor for social distancing. She added that the team made about 46,000 visits to different locations from June...
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Police man checkpoints during curfew in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti policemen control traffic at checkpoints on the Fourth Ring Road and King Faisal Road during a curfew imposed by the authorities in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus over the weekend. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
BEIJING: Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo member Yang Jiechi meets Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Samih Jawhar Hayat. – KUNAn
China keen to boost ties with Kuwait, official says
BEIJING: Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo member Yang Jiechi meets Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Samih Jawhar Hayat. – KUNABEIJING: China is eager to develop and promote cooperation with Kuwait on all levels, a senior Chinese official said on Friday. This can be done through resuming mutual high-level visits and boosting cooperation in economy, trade, energy and investment, as...
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Indian embassy launches two-year long celebrations
KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sibi George delivers opening remarks during the inaugural event.KUWAIT: Embassy of India in Kuwait organized a curtain raiser event to launch the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of independence of India on March 31. Sanjay Bhattacharyya, Secretary (CPV & OIA), Ministry of External Affairs, India, delivered the inaugural address and launched the two-year-long celebrations, according to a press release issued by the...
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Kuwait registers 1,235 new COVID cases, 12 deaths
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NBK organizes webinar on fraud schemes
Farah BastakiKUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) is keen to consolidate its leading position on social media platforms and precedence in keeping pace with them since they emerged. In that context, NBK launched its account on Clubhouse social media platform, making it the first bank in Kuwait to launch an account on the new audio-chat social media app.NBK is constantly updating the content of its social media pages, with material related to...
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Road maintenance ongoing in curfew
KUWAIT: One million square meters of asphalt has been applied on roads around the country since the curfew started on March 7, the Ministry of Public Works announced. - Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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Man arrested with 2 kg of narcotics
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of an Arab man with two kilograms of marijuana. The ministry's General Directorate of Drug Control received information of the person possessing the narcotics for the purposes of using and dealing, the ministry's security media and public relations department said in a statement.A permission from the public prosecution was obtained and the man was arrested, while the quantity was confiscated,...
KUWAIT: People watch as a flock of birds hover above the Gulf waters, north of Kuwait City, on Friday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
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KUWAIT: People watch as a flock of birds hover above the Gulf waters, north of Kuwait City, on Friday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
HUALIEN, Taiwan: Relatives of the victims who died on the derailed train, pray at the accident site on the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan yesterday. -AFP n
Taiwan mourns deadly train disaster
HUALIEN, Taiwan: Relatives of the victims who died on the derailed train, pray at the accident site on the mountains of Hualien, eastern Taiwan yesterday. - AFPHUALIEN, Taiwan: Grieving relatives of those who died in Taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades held prayers at the crash site yesterday as salvage crews worked to remove the tangled mass of wrecked carriages. Officials said Friday's devastating collision, which killed at least 50 people...
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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