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Education minister quits a week after finance minister
KUWAIT: Education Minister Hamad Al-Adwani submitted his resignation on Monday, according to local reports, with Minister of Electricity and Water Jassem Al-Ostad set to be assigned as acting education minister. Adwani is the second minister to resign in as many weeks after the resignation of Finance Minister Manaf Al-Hajeri last Tuesday. Deputy Prime Minister, Oil Minister and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Saad Al-Barrak...
Zain launches initiative for book recycling
KUWAIT: Zain announced the launch of a new sustainable community initiative to recycle used books and papers. The company has provided containers in 10 different locations at Zain megastores and in Sabah Al Salem University City in Shadadiya. The move comes in collaboration with Enviroserve, Kuwait’s first-of-its-kind recycling facility. This initiative aims at raising social awareness about the crucial topic of environmental sustainability, as...
Young Arab women say society shackles, infantilizes females
By Noor AlKharsKUWAIT: It is said that human beings are their purest, most unfiltered self the day they are born. The very first day they step foot into the world, free of the shackles and limitations of society’s expectations based on the gender they came as into this world. Gendered socialization often happens from learned behavior — boys and girls start to come to terms with what is expected of them solely based on their gender despite...
EPA waste tracking project wins ESRI excellence award
KUWAIT: Samira Al-Kanderi, Acting Director General of Kuwait Environment Public Authority (EPA) said on Sunday that the authority has won the Excellence Award in Geographic Information Systems for the year 2023 from US-based Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). ESRI awarded EPA for their eMISK Waste Project, also known as the Environmental Monitoring Information System of Kuwait, which is a customized EPA-wide GIS-based information...
UN hands over ship for Yemen oil transfer
ABOARD NAUTICA, Yemen: The United Nations on Monday handed over a vessel that will take on board oil from a decaying tanker in the Red Sea off war-torn Yemen, an operation aimed at averting an environmental catastrophe. The handover ceremony took place aboard the Nautica, which is being renamed the Yemen, in the presence of the country’s Houthi authorities who control the capital Sanaa. In the coming days, an operation is expected to begin...
Russia: Ukraine grain export deal ‘ended’
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Monday said it was exiting a major agreement to facilitate Ukraine grain exports hours after drones struck Russia’s only bridge connecting its mainland to the annexed Crimea peninsula. Moscow, which has for months complained about the implementation of the grain pact, said the attack on the Kerch bridge had nothing to do with its withdrawal from the deal designed to avoid food shortages in vulnerable countries. “The...
Kuwait power usage hits record
KUWAIT/ROME: Temperatures reached new highs on Monday as heatwaves scorched parts of the Northern Hemisphere, triggering health warnings and fanning wildfires in the latest stark reminder of the effects of global warming. From North America to Europe and Asia, people gulped water and sought shelter from the sweltering heat, with the mercury expected to reach new highs in several places in the next few days. The maximum power consumption load in...
N Zealand urges China to curb tensions in 'contested' Pacific
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins urged China on Monday to help curb tensions in a "more contested, less predictable" Pacific, and to preserve access to critical trade routes. China is rapidly expanding its diplomatic, economic and military footprint in the Pacific, often jostling for influence with the United States and its allies. Nearly half of New Zealand's trade passes through the South China Sea, said Hipkins, who led a...
Kenyan court acquits 'miracle baby' pastor
NAIROBI: A Kenyan court on Monday acquitted a controversial self-styled preacher who claimed he could help infertile couples conceive "miracle babies" through prayer, citing insufficient evidence from prosecutors. Gilbert Deya, a former stonemason who moved to London from Kenya in the mid-90s, was accused of stealing five children between 1999 and 2004 to buttress his claims. Senior Principal Magistrate Robison Ondieki found the 86-year-old not...
S Korea vows 'complete overhaul' of approach to extreme weather
SEOUL: South Korea's president vowed Monday to "completely overhaul" the country's approach to extreme weather from climate change, after at least 40 people were killed by recent flooding and landslides during monsoon rains. Rescue workers waded through thick mud as they drained a flooded underpass in central Cheongju, searching for more victims after vehicles were trapped in the tunnel by flash floods, the interior ministry said, with nine...
Cyber Security Center to ensure secure cyber space: Official
KUWAIT: The Head of the National Center for Cyber Security, Major General, Eng Mohammad Bouarraki, affirmed the center’s keenness to build a leading and effective national system that supports and enhances development, prosperity and economy in Kuwait. During an interview with KUNA on Monday, he said the system would protect Kuwait’s national interests from internal and external cyber risks and threats in cooperation and coordination between...
GCC, Japan agree to resume free trade talks
RIYADH: The GCC and Japan signed on Sunday a joint statement to resume negotiations on a free trade agreement between the two parties. The General Secretariat stated in a statement that this came on the sidelines of the meeting held by GCC Secretary General Jassim Al-Budaiwi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.The GCC Secretary General said that the announcement comes in implementation of the directives of the...
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