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PACI service allows owners to verify tenants' info online
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) has introduced a service for property owners to check on residents and complain online in case of any inaccurate data. PACI Director General Musaed Al-Asousi said after the launch of Kuwait Mobile ID as a secure electronic ID of an individual according to the e-transactions law, it is possible to display the information of residents of real estate owners' properties.This move compliments a...
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KD 183.8m loans, grants in 2020: KCB
KUWAIT: Kuwait Credit Bank (KCB) said yesterday that the total of loans and grants disbursed from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 equaled KD 183.8 million (about $606.5 million). The entirety of real estate loans amounted to KD 116.8 million (roughly $385.4 million) and total loans of divorced women added up to KD 12.5 million ($41 million), KCB said in a statement.Total loans of widows were KD 6.4 million ($21 million), while the whole...
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Electricity Ministry discuss summer plan
KUWAIT: Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Mohammad Al-Faris met yesterday with senior ministry officials to discuss its 2021 summer plan. During the meeting, Faris affirmed the need to tackle any issues regarding maintenance contracts.He also stressed on the need to enable Kuwaiti workers, who represent over 90 percent of the labor force serving in the electricity and water field, to execute engineering and technical duties,...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosn
Kuwait's Amir receives Crown Prince, Speaker, Prime Minister
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir also received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and His...
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Three dead in family tragedy on Kabd Road
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti woman, her daughter and granddaughter were killed as their vehicle flipped over after a collision on Kabd Road near the second roundabout, Al-Rai Arabic daily reported yesterday. The three victims were trapped in their vehicle, but had died by the time they were pulled out. The driver of the other vehicle was taken to hospital. The deceased were recovered by forensics.Meanwhile, the same daily reported that three Kuwaitis are...
WEST BROMWICH: Manchester United's Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani vies for the ball with West Bromwich Albion's English defender Kyle Bartley (left) at The Hawthorns stadium yesterday. - AFP n
Man Utd falter again at West Brom
WEST BROMWICH: Manchester United's Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani vies for the ball with West Bromwich Albion's English defender Kyle Bartley (left) at The Hawthorns stadium yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Manchester United's faltering Premier League title challenge suffered another blow in a 1-1 draw at struggling West Brom as Wolves eased fears they could be drawn into a relegation scrap with a 2-1 win at Southampton yesterday. United have dropped...
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Katara theater unique monument where ancient arts meet
DOHA: Katara theater, an architectural aesthetic monument visitors to Qatar could see when visiting the capital, Doha, is an open-air unique theater called 'Jewel of Katara' for its creative design where Roman architecture meets Arab-Islamic art.The theater considered the first open-air located on the sea shore, the only one in the world and opened in 2011, aims to promote the cultural dialogue and exchange of civilizations around the world.The...
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Kuwait COVID death toll tops 1,000 after 5 more fatalities
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The health ministry yesterday registered 798 COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour period, taking the total number of infections to 177,701, while five fatalities were recorded, raising the death toll to 1,003. Active cases amounted to 10,679 with 133 patients in intensive care units, Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA during the ministry's 104th regular press conference.Health authorities conducted 7,514 swab tests to take the...
WASHINGTON: US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, with House impeachment managers, speaks to the press at the US Capitol after the Senate voted to acquit former US President Donald Trump on Saturday. - AFP n
Trump acquitted again by Senate
WASHINGTON: US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, with House impeachment managers, speaks to the press at the US Capitol after the Senate voted to acquit former US President Donald Trump on Saturday. - AFPWASHINGTON: Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday on charges of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol, after a majority of Senate Republicans closed ranks and refused to punish the former president in his historic second impeachment trial....
A handout picture taken by the UAE 'Hope' probe shows the Olympus Mons, the highest volcano on Mars, and the Tharsis Montes, three volcanoes named (top to bottom) Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons and Arsia Mons. - AFP nnn
UAE probe sends first Mars image
A handout picture taken by the UAE 'Hope' probe shows the Olympus Mons, the highest volcano on Mars, and the Tharsis Montes, three volcanoes named (top to bottom) Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons and Arsia Mons. - AFPDUBAI: The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said yesterday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit. The picture "captured the largest volcano in the solar...
BEIRUT: Head of the ICU at Rafiq Hariri Hospital Mahmoud Hassoun receives the first jab of the COVID-19 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the hospital yesterday. - AFP n
Lebanon kicks off COVID-19 vaccinations
BEIRUT: Head of the ICU at Rafiq Hariri Hospital Mahmoud Hassoun receives the first jab of the COVID-19 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the hospital yesterday. - AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon yesterday gave its first COVID-19 vaccines dose to a doctor and an elderly actor, as it started an inoculation drive it hopes will keep the pandemic in check amid deepening economic crisis. Mahmoud Hassoun, the head of the intensive care unit at the key Rafiq Hariri...
GAZA: Muhammad Abu Jazar, who lost his legs in an Israeli raid which claimed the lives of his wife and two of his children, is seen with his daughter Maisam at their home in Rafah on Feb 6, 2021. - AFP nn
Gazans look to ICC for closure
GAZA: Muhammad Abu Jazar, who lost his legs in an Israeli raid which claimed the lives of his wife and two of his children, is seen with his daughter Maisam at their home in Rafah on Feb 6, 2021. - AFPGAZA CITY: During the 2014 war in Gaza, Nevine Barakat lost her husband and saw three of her five children wounded in an Israeli bombardment of a school. Today, she hopes the International Criminal Court (ICC) will finally bring them justice. When...
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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