author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
Dominican-born musician Johnny Pacheco.n
Father of salsa music Johnny Pacheco dies aged 85
Dominican-born musician Johnny Pacheco.Johnny Pacheco, the Dominican-born musician considered one of the fathers of salsa, died Monday at the age of 85 in New Jersey, his family said. A musician, composer and producer, Pacheco founded the Fania Records label, as well as the historic Fania All Stars band, which included salsa icons Celia Cruz, Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon. "With great pain in my soul and an emptiness in my heart I inform you...
No Image
Kuwait's COVID-19 infections jump by 823, six new deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) registered yesterday 823 additional COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour span, increasing the total number of infections to 178,524, while six fatalities were recorded, raising the death toll to 1,009. Plus, 772 fresh recovery cases were added to a total of 166,791 cured people, as the percentage of overall recoveries out of total infections showed a 93.4 percent survival rate, MoH's Spokesman Dr Abdullah...
No Image
Speaking about the problem is half the treatment: Psychologist
  Dr Khaled Al-MuhanadiBy Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: It's been a year since the first case of COVID-19 was registered in Kuwait. People are tired of the pandemic, which almost nobody expected would last this long. Although most businesses have resumed work, many didn't reopen, which caused huge losses for the owners and staff. The situation had a negative psychological effect on many people that even led to suicides.Apart from losing jobs or...
The National Assembly
Bill to allow 'understanding' between employers, workers
The National AssemblyBy B IzzakKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said yesterday that he and a group of lawmakers filed a draft law to allow employers and expat workers reach an "understanding" under the prevailing tough economic conditions. "Why should we reach the point of either firing (expat) employees or they sue their employers for non-payment of salaries," Ghanem told reporters at the Assembly.The proposed legislation...
No Image
Aviation authority to airlines: Institutional quarantine for all arrivals after Feb 21, max KD 30 for PCR tests
KUWAIT: Deputy Director General for Kuwait International Airport Affairs Saleh Al-Fadaghi issued a circular to airlines operating at Kuwait airport that they will bear the cost of the PCR test of all passengers arriving at Kuwait airport through the "Kuwait-Mosafer" platform.The circular mentioned that the decision implements the Cabinet's order to impose institutional quarantine on all passengers arriving in Kuwait for seven days starting Feb...
No Image
Cemeteries open for visits from 10 am to 2 pm only
KUWAIT: Director of the funerals affairs directorate at Kuwait Municipality Faisal Al-Awadhi issued a circular with regards to work at cemeteries and timings of visits and burials, effective Feb 17.Awadhi said that due to the current circumstances in the country and instructions of the Cabinet and health authorities to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, it decided that cemeteries will open for visits from 10 am to 2 pm, visit duration...
No Image
Police arrest man 35 years after forging Kuwaiti citizenship
KUWAIT: The Nationality and Passports Directorate General arrested a Syrian man who "bought" Kuwaiti nationality in 1986 for a large sum of money. He was sent to the investigations office for interrogation before referral to the public prosecution, Al-Qabas Arabic daily reported yesterday. Nationality detectives received tips about a Syrian who obtained Kuwaiti nationality by fraudulent means.Investigations were carried out and the information...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken n
Turkey slams US after PKK executes 13 Turks in Iraq
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ANKARA: Turkey yesterday accused the United States of supporting "terrorists" and summoned its ambassador after Washington declined to immediately back Ankara's claim of Kurdish militants executing 13 of its nationals in Iraq. The Turkish interior ministry also announced the detention of hundreds of people it accuses of links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels that allegedly shot dead the...
BUENOS AIRES: Handout picture shows the coffin with the remains of late former Argentine president Carlos Saul Menem lying in state at the funeral chapel at the Congress yesterday. - AFP n
Former Argentine president Menem dies aged 90
BUENOS AIRES: Handout picture shows the coffin with the remains of late former Argentine president Carlos Saul Menem lying in state at the funeral chapel at the Congress yesterday. - AFPBUENOS AIRES: Argentina's former president Carlos Menem, who marked his country with a neoliberal approach to the economy, died in a Buenos Aires clinic on Sunday at the age of 90. Menem had been in poor health and was hospitalized several times in recent months...
Scuba divers approach a coral reef while on a dive in the Red Sea waters off the coast of Eilat on Feb 9, 2021. - AFP n
Red Sea reefs 'under threat' from oil deal
Scuba divers approach a coral reef while on a dive in the Red Sea waters off the coast of Eilat on Feb 9, 2021. - AFPEILAT: Israeli environmentalists are warning that a UAE-Israeli oil pipeline deal threatens unique Red Sea coral reefs and could lead to "the next ecological disaster". The agreement to bring Emirati crude oil by tanker to a pipeline in the Red Sea port of Eilat was signed after Israel normalized ties with the Gulf Arab nation...
KUWAIT: Scenes from yesterday's Municipal Council session. - Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikhn
Municipal Council panel to preserve heritage
KUWAIT: Scenes from yesterday's Municipal Council session. - Photos by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: The Municipal Council approved forming an interim committee to preserve the country's historic and heritage sites. The decision was taken at a session chaired by the deputy chairman Abdullah Al-Mehri yesterday.The five-member temporary commission will be in charge of specifying heritage locations in the capital, in addition to pin pointing locations of...
KUWAIT: British Ambassador to Kuwait Michael Davenport is seen during his visit to Al-Qurain Martyrs Museum.n
British Ambassador visits Al-Qurain Martyrs Museum
KUWAIT: British Ambassador to Kuwait Michael Davenport is seen during his visit to Al-Qurain Martyrs Museum.KUWAIT: The British Ambassador to Kuwait Michael Davenport sent the following message to the press following a visit to Al-Qurain Martyrs Museum yesterday: "Kuwait celebrates this month the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait. I thought it would be fitting to mark this occasion with a visit to one of the symbols of Kuwaiti...
arrow
most read
1
MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters
2
Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
Why small-scale project visas can be problematic
3
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
4
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
5
Al-Sawaber Complex
Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved