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A health official checks the body temperature of a Kuwaiti candidates upon their arrival at the Department of Elections, on the first day of candidate's registrationon, on October 26, 2020 in Kuwait City to register for the upcoming parliamentary election.
Candidates begin 10-day registration process for parliamentary elections
KUWAIT: A health official checks the body temperature of candidates for the upcoming Kuwaiti parliamentary elections as they arrive to register on the first day of candidate registration yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and KUNA KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior's electoral commission began yesterday receiving people wishing to run for the December 5 parliamentary elections, a process that would continue for 10 consecutive days. Ninety...
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Kuwait confirms 682 COVID cases, 3 new deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) registered on Monday 682 additional COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections to 122,317, while three new deaths were added to a death toll of 749. Additionally, active cases amounted to 8,177, with 122 of them in intensive care units, MoH's Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said.Health authorities conducted 5,431 swab tests in 24 hours with a total of 881,681, he...
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Volvo Cars Kuwait by BNK, Kuwait Hospital hold talk on misconceptions of breast cancer
KUWAIT: (From left) Dr Wajd Al-Othman, Besma Al-Qassar, Dalaa Al-Mufti, Zahra Al-Kharji, Dr Nadia Al-Mahmoud and Dr Dalal Al-Aradi attend the event. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Volvo Cars Kuwait BNK Automotive partnered with Kuwait Hospital and Cancer Awareness Nation (CAN) in a closed talk that brought together doctors, professionals and breast cancer survivors in a talk that aimed to raise awareness about breast cancer and the...
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Education Ministry teams with Microsoft to provide e-learning
Alaeddine Karim KUWAIT: In a move to further enrich the smart learning ecosystem securely in Kuwait, the Ministry of Education of Kuwait joined forces with Microsoft to empower over 400,000 educators and students with Office 365 and Teams across Kuwait. This allows them to start their semesters online, with education institutions using Microsoft Teams and Office 365 to better connect, engage and learn in a secure digital environment."The Kuwaiti...
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Kuwait Ambassador presents credentials to Thai King
Kuwait's Ambassador Mohammad Al-Failakawi delivers his credentials to Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn. KUWAIT: The King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn received Kuwait's Ambassador in Bangkok Mohammad Al-Failakawi who presented his credentials as Kuwait's envoy to Thailand. Failakawi conveyed greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to...
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Fatal crash on Seventh Ring Road
KUWAIT: A woman died in an accident reported on Seventh Ring Road yesterday. The victim had lost control over her vehicle before it hit a light post, according to preliminary investigations. Mubarak Al-Kabeer firemen responded and removed the victim's body from the vehicle. Further investigations are ongoing.
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The journey of Kuwaiti charitable giving
By Samir Abu Rummanone of the most prominent features of the reign of the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, which spanned 14 years, was that appreciation, support and interest in Kuwaiti charitable work, considering it a partner in development and a manifestation of the country's foreign policy and building relationships with other countries. This greatly contributed to the institutional and organizational advancement of Kuwaiti...
Islamist candidates for the upcoming Kuwaiti parliamentary election and former MPs Mohammad Hayef al-Mutairi (R) and Bader al-Dahoum arrive to the Department of Elections in Kuwait City on the first day of candidate registration, on October 26, 2020. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
93 candidates, including 8 women, file nominations
KUWAIT: Former MPs Mohammad Hayef Al-Mutairi (right) and Bader Al-Dahoum (left) arrive at the elections department on the first day of candidate registration yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: Ninety-three candidates including eight women yesterday filed their nomination papers on the first day of registration to contest the Dec 5 parliamentary elections. As many as nine members of the outgoing National Assembly and six...
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France urges end to boycott as anger rises
GAZA CITY: A Palestinian man holds up a cutout of a hashtag calling for the boycott of French goods during a demonstration outside the French Cultural Center yesterday. - AFP PARIS/ANKARA: France urged Arab countries to stop calls for boycotts of French products, while President Emmanual Macron vowed the country would never give in to Islamist radicals. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday joined calls for the boycott, ramping up a...
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 22, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump (R) and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. (Photos by JIM BOURG / AFP)
Arabs favor Biden over Trump: Poll
This combination of pictures shows US President Donald Trump (right) and Democratic presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden. - AFP RIYADH: Democratic nominee Joe Biden substantially leads his Republican opponent Donald Trump as the Arab world's preferred candidate in next month's US presidential candidate, an opinion poll indicated Sunday. Out of 3,097 people polled across 18 Middle East and North African countries, around...
A newly built Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT), a metro project planned under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), drives through on a track after an official opening in the eastern city of Lahore on October 26, 2020. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
Pak opens first metro line after years of delays
LAHORE: A newly-built Orange Line metro train runs after its official opening yesterday. - AFP LAHORE: Pakistan's first metro line began operations yesterday in the eastern city of Lahore following years of delays, in a country severely lacking public transport or modern infrastructure. Stretching 27 km and dotted with more than two dozen stations, the Chinese-backed "Orange Line" will cut travel time across the perennially congested city in...
South Korean Jehovah's Witnesses who are conscientious objectors to mandatory military service, await an induction session at a correctional facility where they will begin training as adminstrators, in Daejeon on October 26, 2020. - A new scheme for those who object to bearing arms on religious or moral grounds went into effect, requiring them to work as prison adminstrators for three years -- twice the length of normal conscription. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)
S Korea offers alternative to conscription
DAEJEON: South Korean Jehovah's Witnesses who are conscientious objectors to mandatory military service await an induction session at a correctional facility where they will begin training as administrators yesterday. - AFP SEOUL: As a devout Jehovah's Witness Jang Kyung-jin was ready to be jailed rather than serve in South Korea's military. After a landmark court ruling he will be heading for prison - but as a civilian administrator, not a...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story
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British Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Belinda Lewis
British envoy reaffirms UK’s commitment to Kuwait’s security