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Gulf Bank embarks on a multi-year transformation journey with Avaya
Mohammad Al-Qattan DUBAI/KUWAIT: Gulf Bank, one of the largest and leading banks in Kuwait, has embarked on a multi-year customer experience transformation journey with Avaya as it seeks to embrace a multi-experience approach that strengthens its market differentiation through better customer and employee experiences.Built on Avaya OneCloud CCaaS, the suite of solutions being adopted by Gulf Bank enable the financial institution to not only meet...
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stc launches PS5, SIE's latest gaming device
KUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications Company - stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced the launch of Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) long awaited PlayStation5 (PS5) to its customers in Kuwait. The gaming console is available with stc's postpaid internet plan.stc released a statement indicating that SIE's latest gaming console is...
Kuwaiti women, wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, display their passports as they wait to cast their votes at a polling station in Kuwait City during parliamentary elections on December 5, 2020. - Kuwait's parliamentary elections have started under the shadow of Covid-19, with facilities laid on for citizens infected with the disease to vote in special polling stations. The oil-rich country has enforced some of the strictest regulations in the Gulf to combat the spread of the coronavirus, imposing a months-long nationwide lockdown earlier this year. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP)
Kuwaitis turn out to vote in good numbers at 2020 elections
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti women, wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, display their passports as they wait to cast their votes at a polling station. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The 2020 elections were held under exceptional circumstances. Unlike in previous elections, when representatives of candidates stood outside the centers distributing pins with photos of the candidates or drinks for voters, all gatherings...
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Prime Minister content with medical preparations, elections turnout
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah stands next to a police officer during a visit to the Um Al-Khair School in Ardhiya, which was allocated for female voters from the fourth constituency. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat, Fouad Al-Shaikh and KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said he was satisfied with medical preparations for yesterday's parliamentary...
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KRCS volunteers lend hand during elections
KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society had 200 volunteers contributing to organizing National Assembly elections, thus reflecting humanitarian role of Kuwaiti youth, Head of the Public Relations Department at KRCS Khaled Al-Zaid said. Zaid added in a press statement that the volunteers' participation in the electoral process came to help voters and government agencies by providing assistance to the elderly and people with special needs, including...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad nAl-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait's Amir welcomes historic agreement to heal Gulf rift
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has welcomed and expressed pleasure for the historic achievement which was made through continued, constructive mediation efforts to reach a final agreement to resolve the Gulf crisis. "This agreement has shown that all concerned parties are keen on retaining the pan-Gulf and the pan-Arab solidarity,...
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Ooredoo Kuwait revives patriotic consciousness
KUWAIT: Abdulaziz Al-Yaqoub, Mohammed Al-Mesbah and Fadi Qawar. KUWAIT: Ooredoo Telecom, the first to introduce innovative digital services in Kuwait, has released a new song dedicated to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah congratulating him on his new role. The song represents the feeling of passionate love and devotion one has to a homeland and delivers a sense of belonging, highlighting a spirit of unity. Indeed,...
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Oman welcomes statement on GCC reconciliation efforts
CAPITALS: The Sultanate of Oman welcomed on Friday Kuwait's statement on the "positive outcomes" of the reconciliation efforts on the Gulf crisis that were previously led by the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Oman has welcomed the efforts made also by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and US President Donald Trump, Oman News Agency (ONA) reported. These efforts mirror keenness of all parties on the Arab...
Rohingya refugees disembark from a Bangladesh Navy ship to the island of Bashar Char in Noakhali on December 4, 2020. - Bangladeshi authorities set more than 1,640 Rohingya refugees on the final leg of their journey to an allegedly dangerous island on December 4, in the first phase of a controversial planned relocation of 100,000 people. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
Bangladesh ships 1,600 Rohingya refugees to controversial island
Rohingya refugees disembark from a Bangladesh Navy ship to the island of Bashar Char in Noakhali on Friday. Bangladeshi authorities set more than 1,640 Rohingya refugees on the final leg of their journey to an allegedly dangerous island Friday, in the first phase of a controversial planned relocation of 100,000 people. - AFP CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Bangladesh transported more than 1,600 Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island on Friday in the...
A woman watches a live stream interview of French President Emmanuel Macron to the digital news platform Brut on December 4, 2020 in Le Raincy, on the outskirts of Paris. (Photo by Guillaume BAPTISTE / AFP)
Macron urged to press ally Sisi on rights in Paris visit
PARIS: A woman watches a live stream interview of French President Emmanuel Macron to the digital news platform Brut on Friday in Le Raincy, on the outskirts of Paris. - AFP PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron hosts Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi from today for a three-day state visit with France facing calls from activists that Egypt should not be "indulged" despite the close alliance between Cairo and Paris. Egypt and France have...
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WHO warns virus crisis not over
MOSCOW: A nurse wearing vaccinates against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine at a clinic yesterday amid the pandemic. - AFP WASHINGTON: The World Health Organization warned that vaccines were no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis, as Russia started vaccinating its high-risk workers yesterday and other countries geared up for similar programs. The WHO warned about what it said was an erroneous...
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian teenager Ali Abu Alia during his funeral in the village of Mughayir near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on December 5, 2020. - A Palestinian teenager was killed in clashes with the Israeli army on the sidelines of a protest in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
Massive funeral for teen killed by Israeli soldiers
RAMALLAH: Mourners carry the body of Palestinian teenager Ali Abu Aliya during his funeral in the village of Mughayir in the Israeli-occupied West Bank yesterday. - AFP RAMALLAH: Hundreds of Palestinians attended the funeral yesterday of a teenager killed in clashes with the Israeli army, defying a curfew imposed on the occupied West Bank to stem the coronavirus. Ali Ayman Nasr Abu Aliya, 13, died on Friday after he was "shot with live rounds in...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
Fears of Middle East war grow
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CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP
Fearful UK mosques on alert over far-right protests