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Private clinics can buy and administer COVID vaccines
KUWAIT: The health ministry yesterday allowed hospitals, health centers and private clinics to purchase COVID-19 vaccines from local agents or companies producing them after being licensed and approved by the ministry to provide vaccination services. In a statement, the ministry said the permission was stated in circular no. 5/2021 issued through the health licenses department. Applicants should complete the electronic connection with the...
LOS ANGELES: The vehicle driven by golfer Tiger Woods lies on its side in Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday after a rollover accident. - AFP n
Tiger Woods 'recovering' after surgery
LOS ANGELES: The vehicle driven by golfer Tiger Woods lies on its side in Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday after a rollover accident. - AFPLOS ANGELES: US golf legend Tiger Woods was recovering in a hospital yesterday after surgery for serious leg injuries sustained in a car crash that law enforcement officials said he was lucky to survive. Woods was driving in a Los Angeles suburb on a road notorious for fatal accidents when his car crashed,...
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Germany convicts Syrian intel agent, Iraqi IS preacher
Eyad Al-GharibKOBLENZ/CELLE, Germany: A German court yesterday convicted a former Syrian intelligence service agent for complicity in crimes against humanity, in the first court case worldwide over state-sponsored torture by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's government. Eyad Al-Gharib, 44, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison over his role in helping to arrest at least 30 protesters and deliver them to the Al-Khatib detention center...
KUWAIT: The Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Center lit with Kuwaiti flag colors to celebrate the 60th National Day of Kuwait. - KUNA n
Amir receives congratulations on Kuwait national celebrations
KUWAIT: The Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Center lit with Kuwaiti flag colors to celebrate the 60th National Day of Kuwait. - KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday cables from top officials and figures, congratulating him on the advent of Kuwait's 60th National Day and 30th Anniversary of Liberation. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Speaker of the National...
KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait Advertising and Marketing Manager Naser Al-Abdullah, and Public Relations and Internal Communications Manager Nazem Al-Ghabra hosted on Marina FM 'Al-Dewaniya' program.n
Ooredoo's National Day TVC sets record with 2 million views
KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait Advertising and Marketing Manager Naser Al-Abdullah, and Public Relations and Internal Communications Manager Nazem Al-Ghabra hosted on Marina FM 'Al-Dewaniya' program.KUWAIT: There are viral television commercials and then there is Ooredoo's National day TV commercial. Since its launching, Ooredoo Telecom, the first to introduce innovative digital services in Kuwait, has created the next viral sensation in which it peaked...
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah walks past the rescue vehicle. - KUNAn
Prime Minister inaugurates rescue vehicle for major accidents
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah walks past the rescue vehicle. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait's Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah inaugurated yesterday a large rescue vehicle, freshly acquired by Kuwait Fire Force for dealing with large scale accidents. His Highness the Prime Minister was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs...
ARBIL: This file image grab taken from Kurdistan 24 TV channel shows damage following a rocket attack two days ago targeting a military complex inside the Arbil airport that hosts foreign troops deployed as part of a US-led coalition. Rockets are again raining down on US targets in Iraq in attacks that, analysts say.-AFPn
Attacks on US in Iraq: A message from Iran?
ARBIL: This file image grab taken from Kurdistan 24 TV channel shows damage following a rocket attack two days ago targeting a military complex inside the Arbil airport that hosts foreign troops deployed as part of a US-led coalition. Rockets are again raining down on US targets in Iraq in attacks that, analysts say.-AFPBAGHDAD: Renewed rocket attacks on US targets in Iraq show Iran-aligned factions are heaping pressure on the government while...
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: Relatives of the prisoners at the Zone 8 Deprivation of Liberty Center are seen as they wait for news, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At least 50 inmates died in riots at three prisons in Ecuador on Tuesday, police said. -- AFPn
At least 75 inmates dead in Ecuador prison gang riots
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: Relatives of the prisoners at the Zone 8 Deprivation of Liberty Center are seen as they wait for news, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At least 50 inmates died in riots at three prisons in Ecuador on Tuesday, police said. - AFPGUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: At least 75 inmates died Tuesday and several were injured in riots blamed on gang rivalry at three jails in Ecuador's overcrowded prison system, authorities said. As security forces battled...
BAOJING, China: This picture shows farmer Liu Qingyou at his orange orchard in Baojing County, in central China's Hunan province.-AFP n
Poverty road in China drives some to riches, leaves others behind
BAOJING, China: This picture shows farmer Liu Qingyou at his orange orchard in Baojing County, in central China's Hunan province. - AFPBEIJING: At his village along a "poverty alleviation road" in Hunan province, farmer Liu Qingyou shares a booklet detailing how Xi Jinping's government has hoisted him and 100 million other Chinese from the breadline. In it, the cause of his family's hardship is diagnosed as "illness" and "schooling", followed by...
DOHA: Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani meets Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah. - KUNAn
Qatar's Amir receives Kuwaiti Defense Minister
DOHA: Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani meets Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah. - KUNADOHA: Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received Kuwaiti premier's envoy, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah on the occasion of opening of the Sabah Al-Ahmad Corridor project in Doha yesterday. Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali conveyed to Qatar's...
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Hillary, Penny to publish political thriller
In this file photo, Hillary Clinton kicks off her book tour of her memoire of the 2016 presidential campaign titled "What Happened" with a signing at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square in New York. - AFPNEW YORK: Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state who ran against Donald Trump for president in 2016, is to publish a suspense thriller with Canadian author Louise Penny in October, publishers Simon & Schuster and St. Martin's Press said...
MARIB, Yemen: Yemeni children sit at the Jaw Al-Naseem camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of the northern city of Marib, in the Saudi-backed Yemeni government's last northern bastion.-AFP n
Displaced families face exodus as Yemen fighting shifts again
MARIB, Yemen: Yemeni children sit at the Jaw Al-Naseem camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of the northern city of Marib, in the Saudi-backed Yemeni government's last northern bastion.-AFPMARIB, Yemen: As the sound of gunfire grew closer, Mahfouz Ahmed knew to scoop up his children and run, before getting caught in the line of fire between Yemen's warring sides. The Al-Zor camp where they had been living for four years was no...
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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters
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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
Why small-scale project visas can be problematic
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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait population hits 4.919 million
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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP
People power rocks Bangladesh
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Al-Sawaber Complex
Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved