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US minority entrepreneurs fear for survival
WASHINGTON: For the past 11 months, Reign Free has done everything she can think of to keep her catering company open after the pandemic hit-a fight shared by many Black-owned businesses across the United States. As her business dried up, Free has taken out loans from the US government and other lenders and searched for new opportunities, but she wonders how much longer Red Door Catering in Oakland, California can survive the slump."We're getting...
This picture shows shoppers browsing through secondhand clothes at a pop-up swap event organized by a group of volunteers in Singapore.-AFP photosn
Singapore swap shops offer alternative to fast fashion
This picture shows shoppers browsing through secondhand clothes at a pop-up swap event organized by a group of volunteers in Singapore.-AFP photosSingaporean Sue-Anne Chng used to wear a different outfit on all 15 days of the Lunar New Year, when it is customary to don new clothes to symbolize a fresh start. But this year she will wear second-hand items exchanged for her old clothes at a store catering to people concerned about the impact of...
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Egypt unearths 'world's oldest' mass-production brewery
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, shows the remains of what may be the world's "oldest" high-production beer brewery, uncovered in the Abydos archaeological site near Egypt's southern city of Sohag.-AFP photosA high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at a funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry said Saturday. The...
French-Iranian Rana Gorgani, 37, used to think of whirling as something that should remain behind closed doors. - AFP
France's female dervish takes transcendence online
French-Iranian Rana Gorgani, 37, used to think of whirling as something that should remain behind closed doors. - AFPOne of the world's few female whirling dervishes, Rana Gorgani has opened up Sufism to a wider audience, and is now making surprising spiritual connections over Zoom thanks to the pandemic. French-Iranian Gorgani, 37, used to think of whirling-a sort of "moving meditation" through which Sufis seek to commune with the divine-as...
This photograph shows hawker apprentice Lim Wei Keat displaying chickens at a chicken rice stall in Singapore. - AFP photos
Young Singapore chefs serve up hope for street food's future
This photograph shows hawker apprentice Lim Wei Keat displaying chickens at a chicken rice stall in Singapore. - AFP photosAfter the pandemic torpedoed his chance to work at a Michelin-starred New York restaurant, Lim Wei Keat returned to his roots by becoming a Singapore street-food chef cooking local fare. The 25-year-old is among a growing number of young street-food vendors-known as "hawkers" locally-fuelling hopes that a new generation will...
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Information Ministry prepares to launch 2021-2026 strategy
The Information Ministry.By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: As part of the New Kuwait 2035 vision, the Information Ministry is working on its 2021-2026 strategy. Preparations began around two months ago, and will include discussion sessions with various media, individuals and institutions. After these sessions conclude in March, the strategy will be launched.The ministry has held 22 discussion panels in which over 340 employees participated, in addition...
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24 arrested for leaking case files
The Palace of JusticeKUWAIT: The interior ministry's relations and security information department said in a follow up of an earlier case where four court bailiffs were arrested for photocopying documents and leaking case files and selling them, 24 others were arrested for committing the same offense.Interrogation of the four bailiffs led to 24 others - 10 bailiffs, two secretaries, two employees and two lawyers, while the rest are lawyers'...
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Kuwait celebrates with flags, portraits of leaders
KUWAIT: Kuwait's flags and portraits of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah can be seen around the country as Kuwait celebrates its national holidays later this month. - Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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Kuwait strongly deplores Houthis' continued attacks
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned in the strongest terms Houthis' continued targeting of Saudi civilians and civilian neighborhoods with booby-trapped drones and ballistic missiles. The continuation of these terrorist acts poses a dangerous escalation that threatens Saudi Arabia's security and the region's stability, the ministry said in a statement. These acts blatantly challenge international and humanitarian law, and...
KUWAIT: Faisal Al-Hamad, CEO of NBK Capital, speaks during the lecture.n
Supporting Kuwaiti youth our top priority: NBK Capital
KUWAIT: Faisal Al-Hamad, CEO of NBK Capital, speaks during the lecture.KUWAIT: As part of the career readiness program "Tamakan" sponsored by it, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) held a seminar in which Faisal Al-Hamad, CEO of NBK Capital, gave a lecture and answered a number of questions raised by the participants.In the seminar, Hamad stressed that investing in enhancing skills and developing capabilities through learning and training is the best...
A vendor arranges teddy bears outside a shop in Kuwait city yesterday, as he waits for customers on Valentine's Day.
Gift shops go red for Valentine's Day
KUWAIT: Gifts are shown in a shop in Kuwait City on the eve of Valentine's Day yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat 
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Suspected arson in Salmi tire blaze
KUWAIT: Firemen battled a blaze in a pile of tires reported yesterday in Salmi. Preliminary investigations indicate that the fire was an arson, Kuwait Fire Force said in a statement. The fire had started in four different places, suggesting that it was deliberate, it explained, noting that detectives had collected samples from the scene. No injuries were reported in the incident, KFF said, adding that investigations are ongoing in the case. 
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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