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Constitutional Court to examine pleas against election legality Feb 24
KUWAIT: The Constitutional Court yesterday decided to adjourn hearing in the cases of appealing legality of the parliamentary elections until February 24. The rules concern pleas that had been forwarded from the first and fourth constituencies.Moreover, the tribunal also decided to examine the case of challenging election of the parliament speaker; also on February 24. Furthermore, the court decided to adjourn cross examination into other...
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
Amir receives Crown Prince, state officials
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 His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Seif Palace yesterday. His Highness the Amir also received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem, His...
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Dubai announces alliance to speed vaccine delivery
DUBAI: Key transport hub Dubai yesterday announced an initiative to accelerate the delivery of coronavirus vaccines, particularly to developing nations, after the WHO warned against abandoning the world's poor. The Vaccine Logistics Alliance, which includes Dubai-based Emirates airline and global logistics giant DP World, is designed to "speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world through the emirate".The alliance will "support"...
WUHAN, China: Members of a World Health Organization team, investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus, visit the closed Huanan Seafood wholesale market yesterday. - AFP n
WHO team visits Wuhan market at heart of outbreak
WUHAN, China: Members of a World Health Organization team, investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus, visit the closed Huanan Seafood wholesale market yesterday. - AFPWUHAN, China: A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 yesterday went to a market in Wuhan where one of the first reported clusters of infections emerged over a year ago, with one member tweeting the visit was "critical" to understanding the virus....
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media upon arriving for the budget session at the parliament yesterday. - AFP n
Modi vows to pursue reforms after farmer riot
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media upon arriving for the budget session at the parliament yesterday. - AFPNEW DELHI: India will push on with sweeping agriculture reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday, as he criticized last week's deadly riot in the capital following a long-running protest campaign by farmers. Thousands flooded New Delhi on Tuesday, driving tractors from border camps where they have...
AZAZ, Syria: Civilians carry young victims at the scene of an explosion in this town in the rebel-controlled northern countryside of Aleppo province yesterday. - AFP nn
Car bombs kill 11 in north Syria
AZAZ, Syria: Civilians carry young victims at the scene of an explosion in this town in the rebel-controlled northern countryside of Aleppo province yesterday. - AFPAZAZ, Syria: Car bombs killed 11 people including six civilians in two separate incidents in Turkish-held northern Syria yesterday, a monitoring group said. The first attack near a cultural center in the town of Azaz killed six civilians including a young girl, the Britain-based...
WASHINGTON, DC: Service industry worker John Wenger speaks in support of today's introduction of the Raise the Wage Act, which includes a $15 minimum wage for tipped workers and is also included in President Biden's American Rescue Plan at the National Mall in Washington, DC. - AFPn
Biden, Democrats seek huge increase in US minimum wage
WASHINGTON, DC: Service industry worker John Wenger speaks in support of today's introduction of the Raise the Wage Act, which includes a $15 minimum wage for tipped workers and is also included in President Biden's American Rescue Plan at the National Mall in Washington, DC. - AFPNEW YORK: When President Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal earlier this month, few were surprised by the plan's hefty price tag or sweeping scope....
A worker checking protective suits at a workshop of a company which produces medical protective equipment in Jishou, in central China's Hunan province. - AFPnnn
China's factory activity slows on new COVID wave
A worker checking protective suits at a workshop of a company which produces medical protective equipment in Jishou, in central China's Hunan province. - AFPBEIJING: Factory activity in China slowed slightly in January, official data showed yesterday, as the country rushed to stamp out a recent coronavirus wave in northern China. The purchasing managers' index (PMI), a key gauge of manufacturing activity, came in at 51.3 this month, as the...
In this file photo, CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos (left) and MacKenzie Bezos attend the 7th Annual Sean Penn & Friends HAITI RISING Gala benefiting J/P Haitian Relief Organization in Hollywood, California. - AFPn
With Amazon billions, MacKenzie Scott shakes up philanthropy
In this file photo, CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos (left) and MacKenzie Bezos attend the 7th Annual Sean Penn & Friends HAITI RISING Gala benefiting J/P Haitian Relief Organization in Hollywood, California. - AFPWASHINTON: Food banks, immigrant rights groups, and struggling colleges across the US discovered a surprise benefactor last year as billions of dollars flowed into organizations hurting during the pandemic from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of...
Freight lorries and HGVs disembark from the Stena Line ferry 'Kerry', after arriving at the port of Rosslare Harbor in Rosslare, southeast Ireland. - AFPn
Britain to apply to join Asia-Pacific free trade bloc
Freight lorries and HGVs disembark from the Stena Line ferry 'Kerry', after arriving at the port of Rosslare Harbor in Rosslare, southeast Ireland. - AFPLONDON: Britain will apply to join a massive 11-nation free-trade bloc of Asia-Pacific countries, it announced Saturday, weeks after leaving the European single market with its departure from the EU. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will formally request Monday for Britain to join the...
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Kuwait lists 635 new COVID cases
KUWAIT: Kuwait Health Ministry yesterday listed 635 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and no deaths registered during the past 24 hours, raising the caseload of contaminations with the virus to 165,257 while fatalities' overall count steadied at 959. The ministry had earlier announced that 527 patients recovered from the novel coronavirus during the same period, increasing total recoveries to 157,931.The ministry's spokesperson Dr Abdullah...
Minister of Justice Dr Nawaf Al-Yassinn
Kuwait issues regulations for citizens' access to personal data
Minister of Justice Dr Nawaf Al-YassinKUWAIT: Minister of Justice Dr Nawaf Al-Yassin yesterday announced issuance of executive regulations of the Law 12/2020, whereby affirming citizens' right to retrieve information and documents of personal concern. The decision will be effective in March, the minister said in a press statement, explaining that the law and regulations grant the right to nationals to have access to information, decisions and...
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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
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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
Britain hit by worst rioting in 13 years
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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