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NBK introduces new features on Mobile Banking App
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) continues to enrich the services provided under NBK Mobile Banking App, aiming to help customers rely on mobile phones for all their transactions. In this context, the bank announces introducing a number of new services and features on the app, mainly including updating personal information digitally without having the need to visit the branch, generating NBK Quick Pay using QR Code, paying Quick Pay links...
Martial arts superstar Bruce Lee’s legacy endures 50 years on
Hong Kong businessman W. Wong still remembers the day in 1972 when he first heard neighborhood kids rave about a figure who seemed larger than life: Bruce Lee. Lee, a consummate martial artist whose films spawned a kung fu craze around the world, was one of the first Asian men to achieve Hollywood superstardom before his death at 32. His influence can still be felt in Hong Kong, where he spent his childhood and final years, as fans this week hold...
Alphorn fest brings sound of music to Swiss mountains
High up in the Swiss Alps, a hundred alphorn players assembled on a windswept pasture Sunday to make the mountains ring in gentle harmonies at the 22nd International Alphorn Festival. The players formed a wide semi-circle at Tracouet above the ski resort of Haute Nendaz in southern Switzerland for the country’s annual alphorn competition, which celebrates the musical instrument in its native landscape. Several hundred spectators made the cable...
Galaxy of French stars pay final farewell to Jane Birkin
Stars of the French screen on Monday turned out to bid a final farewell to the British-born actor and singer Jane Birkin who died earlier this month after charming France for decades with her style and panache. The coffin of Birkin was carried into the Saint-Roch church in Paris by her daughters Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon, both also celebrated singers and actors, while a crowd of onlookers also gathered outside. Those present inside the...
Iran bans film festival over poster of actress without hijab
Iranian authorities have banned a film festival that put out a publicity poster featuring an actress who was not wearing a hijab headscarf, state media reported. The ban comes after the Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA) released a poster for its upcoming Short Film Festival featuring Iranian actress Susan Taslimi in the 1982 film “The Death of Yazdguerd”. “The culture minister has personally issued an order to ban the 13th edition of...
Govt sends election commission draft law to National Assembly
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The government on Sunday sent to the National Assembly a draft law calling to amend the election law to establish an election high commission and allow convicted political prisoners to run in polls. The draft legislation, one of a host of laws agreed in principle between the government and MPs, is expected to be debated by the Assembly later this week. It calls to establish the election commission consisting of seven senior...
30 people to go to prison for traffic violations
KUWAIT: The General Department Public Relations and Security Media at the Ministry of Interior stated that the Traffic Court issued prison sentences against 30 people between March and May of this year. The ministry issued other sentences ranging from fines, withdrawal of their driver's license for a month, in addition other violations stipulated in the Penal Code, after they were caught carrying out reckless driving as well as negligence in...
Job seekers doubt effectiveness of interview questions
By Noor AbdulazizKUWAIT: Job interviews are inevitable when it comes to employing the candidate most suitable for the job and is a vital factor of the hiring process. The interview enables these professionals to determine whether the applicant’s experience and skills as well as personality meet the requirements. “When looking for suitable candidates, we often look for someone who exudes enthusiasm, communication skills, suitability and is...
Experts call for better financial education to help economy grow
By Munirah Al-FayezKUWAIT: As the stress of a coming recession rises, more and more Kuwaitis and people from neighboring countries are looking for ways to save and invest. Countries are trying to go through the recession unscathed. Kuwait Times interviewed Saudi and Kuwaiti consultants to ask them what they believe will be the best course of action to take when planning to save and invest and improve a country’s economy. Ranim Machhadi, a Saudi...
Heat shows gap between rich and poor in US
PHOENIX: Melanie Floyd took her kids to the zoo in Phoenix in the morning, when temperatures in the heat wave roasting the city and much of the US southwest were still bearable. Standing before a turtle exhibit, she downplayed this extreme weather event in a world grappling with climate change. “As long as we have AC and as long as everyone is making smart choices,” this stay-at-home mother aged 32 told AFP, “staying hydrated, going in the...
Locals, tourists flee wildfire on Greek island
ATHENS: Locals and tourists fled hotspots on the Greek island of Rhodes on Sunday, as firefighters, backed by water jets and helicopters, battled a blaze that sparked the country’s largest-ever fire evacuation. Wind gusts of up to 49 km per hour were complicating efforts to bring the flames under control. The island of Rhodes is one of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations, particularly with British, German and French tourists — many...
Musk hints Twitter bird branding could be replaced
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter owner Elon Musk hinted late Saturday night that he may ditch the social media network’s blue cartoon bird branding — and soon — for an edgier logo based on an “everything app” he has long alluded to called only X. “Soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” he tweeted around midnight, implying an end to the imagery from where the very word “tweet” stems. “Like this but...
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