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Speaker says honored after talks with Amir, Crown Prince
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and members of the parliament's office. - Amiri Diwan KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and members of the parliament's office met yesterday with 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 at Bayan Palace. In a...
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Parliamentary committees: How they work and why they matter
The National Assembly. By Yasmeena Al-MullaKUWAIT: Kuwait's newly elected National Assembly has concluded the formation of parliamentary committees - always a first step in a new legislative term. Now all eyes are on these newly-elected committees as they are regarded as the 'kitchen of the parliament' amid questions about what legislation they will examine and debate. In this explainer, we examine how the committees operate, their main role and...
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Kuwait confirms 205 new COVID cases, one death
KUWAIT: Kuwait's health ministry announced yesterday that it reported 205 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, raising the total to 150,298, while one death recorded over the same period raised the death toll to 933. Meanwhile, total recoveries increased to 146,284 after 228 new recoveries were announced yesterday.The number of patients hospitalized stood yesterday at 3,081, with 46 patients of them in intensive care units,...
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Over 7,000 titles in Kuwait Virtual Book Fair
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Due to the pandemic, all exhibitions and fairs were canceled in Kuwait, and the International Fairground was and still is being used for medical purposes. The Kuwait Book Fair is the most popular book fair in the region, visited by thousands of people - even from outside Kuwait - in previous years.This year it was canceled and replaced by a virtual book fair - the Kuwait Virtual Book Fair, organized by the National...
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Amir, Crown Prince urge MPs to cooperate with the government
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and heads of Assembly committees yesterday. - KUNA By B IzzakKUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah separately received members of the new National Assembly office at Bayan Palace yesterday, headed by Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. The Amir and Crown Prince...
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Yemen airport blasts kill 26 as govt jet arrives
ADEN: Smoke billows yesterday after explosions rocked Aden airport shortly after the arrival of a plane carrying members of a new unity government yesterday. - AFP ADEN: At least 26 people were killed yesterday as explosions rocked Yemen's Aden airport moments after a new unity government flew in, in what some officials charged was a "cowardly" attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Although all government ministers were reported to be unharmed,...
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EU, UK leaders sign Brexit deal
(Left) Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures after signing the Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU at 10 Downing Street in London yesterday. (Right) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel pose in Brussels earlier yesterday with the signed Brexit trade agreement. - AFP LONDON: Britain and the EU signed a post-Brexit trade deal yesterday, setting their seal on a drawn-out...
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Homeowner arrested for hosting wedding
KUWAIT: The interior ministry's relations and security information department said public security officers carried out investigations with regards to a video on social media that showed a wedding in a house and a motorcyclist riding recklessly. The house owner was identified and was detained for violating Cabinet decision 64/2020 banning parties including weddings regardless of where they are held. The motorcyclist was arrested and his bike...
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Kuwait commissions unit 117 of clean fuels project
KNPC's Deputy CEO Wadha Al-Khatib KUWAIT: Kuwait has commissioned a naphtha treatment unit (No 117) at Mina Abdullah refinery as part of the mega Clean Fuels Project. The operated unit, with an output capacity of 23,500 barrels per day, cleans the fuel of minerals, sulfur and nitrogen, said Wadha Al-Khatib, KNPC's Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Mina Abdullah, in a statement to the press yesterday.The low-sulfur naphtha is produced according...
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Kuwaitis make achievements in 2020
Kuwaiti photographer Talal Al-Rabah. KUWAIT: Kuwaiti photographers won awards for distinguished pictures and shooting, while Kuwait Red Crescent Society added to its long record of humanitarian achievements in 2020. The following are highlights of such accomplishments, also chronicling awards won by the Kuwaiti inventor Jenan Al-Shehab in the passing year:Feb 16: The Central Blood Bank of Kuwait was recognized by the American Association of...
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Kuwait spends millions of dollars in aid in 2020
KUWAIT: A plane-load of humanitarian supplies and medical equipment sent by KRCS to the Lebanese people. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait earmarked millions of dollars' worth of aid for the needy at the local and external levels in 2020. The following are some of the recorded relief assistances provided by Kuwait to those in need locally and abroad in the passing year.Humanitarian AssistanceJan 22: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) delivered aid to the...
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National Library launches 'Kuwait Digital Memory'
KUWAIT: As part of its effort to maintain the intellectual and cultural heritage of Kuwait, the National Library of Kuwait launched yesterday the 'Kuwait Digital Memory' project. The program, launched on the Library's official website, aims to transfer and save a collection of various information and documents of the history of Kuwait into a digital format.In a statement, the National Library said that the program would afford data and pictures...
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