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Global Finance names KFH 'Safest Islamic Bank in GCC'
KUWAIT: In its 29th annual ranking of the world's safest banks, the Global Finance Magazine has named Kuwait Finance House "KFH" as Safest Islamic Bank in the GCC - 2020. KFH has also been ranked fifth among all Islamic and conventional banks in the Middle East and 14th among the 50 banks ranked by Global Finance as the world's safest bank in the emerging markets. KFH was selected through an evaluation of long-term credit ratings from Global...
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Mourners gather around a vehicle carrying the body of late Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee during a funeral procession to a crematorium in Kolkata on November 15, 2020. - Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee has died on November 15, 2020, at the age of 85 in a hospital in Kolkata, where he was admitted on October 6 after being tested positive with Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
Tributes pour in for India acting legend Soumitra Chatterjee
Mourners gather around a vehicle carrying the body of late Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee during a funeral procession to a crematorium in Kolkata. Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been hailed as one of Indian cinema's leading lights after his death at the age of 85 from health complications after he contracted the coronavirus. Chatterjee appeared in around 300 films over six decades but was best known internationally for his work with...
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Meet Spain's new flamenco prodigy 'El Yiyo'
Spanish flamenco dancer Miguel Fernandez Ribas known as El Yiyo performs next to dancer Jose Escarpin (right) during a rehearsal of "Flamenco Real" at the Teatro Real (Royal Theatre) in Madrid. "El Yiyo", a flamenco dancer whose real name is Miguel Fernandez, honed his skills by watching YouTube videos. Now, aged just 24, he made his debut at Spain's main opera house with a show he developed during the country's virus lockdown. Spain's new...
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Designer Isabel Marant apologizes for Mexican appropriation
Designer Isabel Marant French fashion designer Isabel Marant has apologized after the Mexican government criticized her for appropriating and selling clothes based on traditional indigenous patterns. Marant heads the latest fashion brand to be condemned by the Mexican government for copying indigenous designs, with similar complaints leveled against Spanish retail giants Zara and Mango.Culture minister Alejandra Frausto Guerrero published an...
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Hashem blasts virus vaccine, rise in expats
By B Izzak MP Safa Al-Hashem KUWAIT: MP Safa Al-Hashem yesterday said she will reject to be vaccinated by the new coronavirus vaccine, insisting it should be voluntary and not compulsory. "I do not agree to the coronavirus vaccine … I reject what is being imposed by the World Cough (Health) Organization" she wrote on Twitter, insisting that the vaccine should not be obligatory.She said that she learned that those who refuse to take the vaccine...
Travellers arrive at Kuwait international Airport, in Farwaniya, about 15kms south of Kuwait City, on August 1, 2020. - Commercial flights resumed at Kuwait International Airport today after months of shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Kuwait's travel industry still stuck in doldrums
KUWAIT: This August 1, 2020 file photo shows people arriving at Kuwait International Airport on the first day of resuming flights after months of suspension due to COVID-19. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: Businesses in Kuwait are limping back to normal after an eight-month-long painful hiatus, but one industry in the country still remains deeply stuck in the doldrums. Kuwait's travel and tourism sector continues to reel...
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Kuwait reports 489 new COVID cases, four deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait tallied 489 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours to up the total to 137,329, while four fatalities pushed its death toll from the outbreak to 842, the health ministry said yesterday. The number of people hospitalized with the virus currently stands at 8,073, with 115 of them in intensive care units, according to ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, adding that some 5,072 swab tests were conducted over the past 24...
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People lost trust in MPs, govt, says candidate Dashti
KUWAIT: Candidate Ayoub Dashti talks to Kuwait Times. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Many new candidates are running in the upcoming National Assembly elections - and Ayoub Dashti is one of them. The engineer hopes to effect positive change and gain the trust of voters in the third district. People's disappointment in the current situation and promises made by MPs that were not realized were among the main reasons for...
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Around 23.6% of Kuwait population tested for COVID-19: Health Minister
KUWAIT: Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah attends the Cabinet’s weekly meeting yesterday, held via videoconference. – KUNA KUWAIT: Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah briefed the Cabinet yesterday about the situation surrounding efforts to tackle the pandemic by Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah. The minister mentioned that the number of swabs has exceeded one million, constituting about 23.6 percent of the total...
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Palestinian culture center displays products at Zahra Complex
KUWAIT: Some of the items displayed at Zahra Complex. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: A variety of products from Palestine is being displayed at Zahra Complex in Salmiya as way to help women from a refugee camp in Jordan. Faten Abu-Ghazali, the daughter of the founding chairman of the Center for Palestinian Culture, based in Jordan, said the center seeks to revive Palestinian culture by displaying products in countries around...
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Amir visits health ministry, praises frontline workers
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is received by Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah during the Amir's visit to the health ministry yesterday. - Amiri Diwan KUWAIT: The exceptional circumstances the world is going through have proven the strength and solidarity of Kuwaiti people in confronting the coronavirus pandemic and any challenges facing the country with determination, HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 5, 2020 In this image courtesy of the Henry Ford Health System, a volunteer is tested before being given the Moderna mRNA-1273 Coronavirus Efficacy (COVE), in Detroit, Michigan. - US biotech firm Moderna on November 16, 2020 announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was 94.5 percent effective, marking a second major breakthrough in the vaccine hunt. (Photo by - / AFP)
New Moderna vaccine nearly 95% effective
DETROIT: In this file photo taken on Aug 5, 2020, a volunteer is tested before being given the Moderna mRNA-1273 coronavirus vaccine. - AFP WASHINGTON: US biotech firm Moderna yesterday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95 percent effective, marking a second major breakthrough in the quest to end the pandemic. Moderna released early results from a clinical trial with more than 30,000 participants, after American...
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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
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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
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