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His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabahn

Crown Prince congratulates Amir on return to Kuwait

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on Tuesday, received a cable from His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the occasion of his return to Kuwait. In the cable, His Highness the Crown Prince congratulated His Highness the Amir on his return after the successful medical checkups abroad. In turn, His Highness the Amir...

KUWAIT: Head of Kuwait's Diwan of Human Rights Ambassador Jassem Al-Mubaraki meets with Australian Ambassador to Kuwait Jonathan Gilbert. - KUNAn

Kuwait Human Rights Diwan chief meets Australian Ambassador

KUWAIT: Head of Kuwait's Diwan of Human Rights Ambassador Jassem Al-Mubaraki meets with Australian Ambassador to Kuwait Jonathan Gilbert. - KUNAKUWAIT: Head of Kuwait's Diwan of Human Rights Ambassador Jassem Al-Mubaraki held talks with Australian Ambassador to Kuwait Jonathan Gilbert yesterday on duties of the Diwan and how they were in compliance with international human rights accords. The Diwan, in a statement yesterday, said the meeting was...

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Strong winds blow dust, locusts into Kuwait

KUWAIT: People in Kuwait were caught off guard yesterday by a sudden dust storm that dropped visibility under 500 meters in some areas, powered by winds that exceeded 70 kilometers per hour in speed, and coupled with an unusual spike in temperature at this time of the year as the maximum reached 44 C at Kuwait International Airport.In addition, the strong winds, which resulted from a low pressure, brought with them swarms of locusts that were...

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COVID-19 vaccine doesn't invalidate fast

KUWAIT: The fatwa (religious edict) authority at the Ministry of Awqaf Islamic Affairs said the COVID-19 vaccine does not invalidate the fast and can be taken during the daytime in Ramadan, Al-Qabas Arabic daily reported yesterday. This came in a statement by the fatwa department while answering a query with regards to the vaccination campaign the ministry is carrying out against the novel coronavirus.The question was: Will the vaccine taken...

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Kuwait could save KD 900 million on metro project

KUWAIT: Correspondence issued by the Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) shows that the current model for the Kuwait Metro, for which a financial study was conducted, showed that the construction cost for the first stage - if implemented with the conventional system - will be KD 4 billion, in addition to KD 1.3 billion annually for operation and maintenance for 30 years.Meanwhile, construction of the first stage if the current system...

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Kuwait oil price down to $63.64 pb

KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti crude oil was down 23 cents to reach $63.64 per barrel on Tuesday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said yesterday. Elsewhere, the price of Brent Crude saw a decline of $3.83 to reach $60.79 pb, as the West Texas Intermediate was also down $3.80 to settle at $57.76 pb. The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes went down by 95 cents to $62.27 per barrel (pb) on Tuesday compared to $63.22 the day before, said OPEC...

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34 lawmakers demand vote on Dahoum's membership

The National Assembly.By B IzzakKUWAIT: At least 34 MPs, forming an absolute majority in the National Assembly, yesterday insisted that the membership of leading opposition MP Bader Al-Dahoum, which was nullified by the constitutional court, must be settled in a vote in the house. In a statement they issued after an emergency meeting, the lawmakers said the Assembly speaker and office have no right to take unilateral actions against Dahoum, and...

DUBAI: In this file photo taken on March 29, 2003, Italian jockey Frankie Dettori (center) celebrates victory at the Dubai World Cup, with UAE Minister of Defense and Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (right) and Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (left). – AFP n

Dubai deputy ruler, horse racing figure Sheikh Hamdan dies

DUBAI: In this file photo taken on March 29, 2003, Italian jockey Frankie Dettori (center) celebrates victory at the Dubai World Cup, with UAE Minister of Defense and Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (right) and Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (left). – AFPLONDON: Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Dubai's deputy ruler and one of the most influential figures in horse racing over the past four decades, has...

ISMAILIA: Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen) vessel is lodged sideways yesterday, impeding all traffic across the Suez Canal. - AFP n

Wedged giant ship blocks Suez Canal

ISMAILIA: Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen) vessel is lodged sideways yesterday, impeding all traffic across the Suez Canal. - AFPCAIRO: Tugboats worked yesterday to free a giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal after it veered off course in a sandstorm, creating huge tailbacks on one of the world's busiest trade routes. Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said it was trying to refloat the Taiwan-run, Panama-flagged MV Ever Given, a 400-m...

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Islamic party kingmaker after Israel elections

Mansour AbbasJERUSALEM: Israel's election brought a surprise when a conservative Islamic party crossed the threshold to enter parliament and its leader emerged yesterday as a possible kingmaker. Mansour Abbas and his Raam party - unlike other Arab political groups before it - have not ruled out joining an Israeli government. "We are prepared to engage" with either Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp or his rivals, Abbas told Israeli radio...

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Postcard from the edge - of a black hole

This handout photo released yesterday shows the polarized view of the black hole in the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy, with lines marking the orientation of polarization. - AFPPARIS: The astronomers who gave the world its first true glimpse of a black hole have produced another landmark image, this time capturing the polarized light swirling around the same star-eating monster's magnetic fields. But it is more than just a pretty picture. Never before...

TUNIS: Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi meets with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Tunisia Ali Al-Dhafiri. - KUNAn

Kuwait, Tunisia discuss ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation

TUNIS: Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi meets with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Tunisia Ali Al-Dhafiri. - KUNATUNIS: Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and Kuwaiti Ambassador to Tunisia Ali Al-Dhafiri discussed yesterday ways to strengthen and develop bilateral cooperation between both countries. This was brought up during a meeting between Mechichi and Al-Dhafiri, at the Government Palace in Kasbah, the Tunisian government said in a...

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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP

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