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Ministry, society ink accord for worker safety
KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs Rana Al-Fares signs an agreement with Kuwait Society for Human Rights on worker safety yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of State for Housing Affairs Rana Al-Fares has signed a cooperation agreement with Kuwait Society for Human Rights regarding safety of personnel at workplaces. Fares said in a statement on Sunday that "ensuring labor rights in any enterprise boosts work...
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Kuwait reports 708 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced yesterday 708 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total to 121,635. Deaths reached 746 with the addition of two fatalities. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that there were 121 patients receiving treatment at intensive care units. Those still receiving treatment amounted to 8,118.Health authorities conducted 5,496 swab tests in the past 24 hours, raising the...
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Al-Seif Staircase #s25k project open in Kuwait City
KUWAIT: The Al-Seif Staircase #s25k in Kuwait City. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The public and private sectors cooperated to renovate an important location in Kuwait City - the Al-Seif Staircase #s25k project that opened yesterday opposite Seif Palace. This project was executed under the umbrella of the Amiri Diwan, sponsored by Tamdeen Group and supported by the Municipality, Public Utilities Management Company...
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Worker rescued at construction site
KUWAIT: Qurain firemen rescued a worker who fell in a swimming pool's engine room in a house under construction in Abu Fatira yesterday. The Asian man sustained several injuries and was taken to hospital by paramedics. House on fireArdiya and Jleeb fire centers responded to a call about a fire in an Ardiya house. The fire was in the door of a second-floor apartment. The house was evacuated and the fire was put out. Two persons suffered smoke...
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Stranded teachers lose residencies
KUWAIT: The education ministry has refused to renew residency permits of nearly 200 Egyptian teachers whose residencies expired while they were abroad, reported Al-Anbaa Arabic daily. Sources said the Kuwait Embassy in Cairo received 200 letters from teachers and administrators whose residencies have expired and they want to renew them, but the education ministry said it does not have the authority to renew residencies of those who are out of...
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FM meets French envoy, says sacrilegious acts should stop
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets French Ambassador to Kuwait Anne-Claire Legendre yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah met French Ambassador to Kuwait Anne-Claire Legendre yesterday, discussing with her a number of important topics. During the meeting, the two officials touched on the gruesome murder of a history teacher in France, an act condemned by Kuwait in...
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Israeli troops beat Palestinian teen to death
RAMALLAH: An 18-year-old Palestinian died yesterday after a confrontation with Israeli troops, with the army saying it happened while trying to flee and Palestinian officials saying he had been beaten. The Palestinian health ministry said that Amer Abdel-Rahim Sanouber from the village of Yatma in the occupied West Bank arrived at hospital after being "severely beaten on the neck".The head of the Palestine Medical Complex, Ahmed Al-Betawi, was...
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Facial recognition on Dubai metro
DUBAI: A handout image shows members of Emirati security conducting a simulation during the opening of the smart simulation training station yesterday. - AFP DUBAI: Dubai is introducing a facial recognition system on public transport to beef up security, officials said yesterday, as the emirate prepares to host the global Expo exhibition. "This technology has proven its effectiveness to identify suspicious and wanted people," said Obaid...
TOPSHOT - Sven Spichiger, Washington State Department of Agriculture managing entomologist, displays a canister of Asian giant hornets vacuumed from a nest in a tree behind him on October 24, 2020, in Blaine, Washington. - Scientists in Washington state discovered the first nest earlier in the week of so-called murder hornets in the United States and worked to wipe it out Saturday morning to protect native honeybees. Workers with the state Agriculture Department spent weeks searching, trapping and using dental floss to tie tracking devices to Asian giant hornets, which can deliver painful stings to people and spit venom but are the biggest threat to honeybees that farmers depend on to pollinate crops. (Photo by Elaine Thompson / POOL / AFP)
'Murder hornet' nest vacuumed out of US tree
BLAINE, Washington: Sven Spichiger, Washington State Department of Agriculture managing entomologist, displays a canister of Asian giant hornets vacuumed from a nest in a tree behind him on Saturday. - AFP LOS ANGELES: Agricultural department workers wearing protective suits have eradicated the first nest of giant "murder hornets" discovered in the United States, vacuuming them out of a tree in Washington state. The nest of Asian giant hornets...
TOPSHOT - A combination of photos shows the 92 victories held by British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton from June 10, 2007 (bottom R) to October 25, 2020. - Lewis Hamilton became Formula One's record all-time race-winner on Sunday when he claimed his 92nd victory at the Portuguese Grand Prix. (Photo by STF / AFP)
Record-breaking Hamilton in dreamland
PARIS: A combination of photos shows the 92 victories held by British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton from June 10, 2007 (bottom right) to October 25, 2020. Lewis Hamilton became Formula One's record all-time race-winner yesterday when he claimed his 92nd victory at the Portuguese Grand Prix. - AFP PORTIMAO: Lewis Hamilton said he was in dreamland yesterday after powering to victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix to become Formula One's record...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 8, 2018 UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov of Russia raises his champions belt upon the arrival in Makhachkala. - World lightweight mixed martial arts (MMA) champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, unbeaten in 29 fights, has announced on October 24, 2020 to everyone's surprise that he retires at 32 to keep a promise made to his mother. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP)
MMA's champion Nurmagomedov in shock retirement
MAKHACHKALA: In this file photo, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov of Russia raises his champions belt upon the arrival in Makhachkala. - AFP PARIS: MMA world lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his shock retirement from the sport on Saturday after revealing he "promised his mother" that his clash with Justin Gaethje would be his last fight. The Russian, who won by a second-round technical knockout, was fighting for the...
Inter Milan's Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku (L) fights for the ball with Genoa's Italian defender Mattia Bani (R) during the Italian Serie A football match Genoa vs Inter Milan at the Luigi-Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, on October 24, 2020. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)
'Rough diamond' Lukaku gets Inter back on track
GENOA: Inter Milan's Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku (left) fights for the ball with Genoa's Italian defender Mattia Bani during the Italian Serie A football match Genoa vs Inter Milan at the Luigi-Ferraris Stadium in Genoa on October 24, 2020. - AFP MILAN: Antonio Conte hailed Romelu Lukaku's progress since joining Inter Milan last season as the Belgian scored his seventh goal this campaign in a 2-0 Serie A win over Genoa. Second half strikes...
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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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TEHRAN: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei office shows him (center) leading the prayer, next to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (center right), over the coffin of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard, during his funeral procession in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. --- AFP
Iran, allies plan joint but limited retaliation against Zionist entity