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Kuwait expats lament non-payment of salary despite working from home
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: John was told to work from home during the lockdown, but he did not receive his salary. To add insult to injury, he was asked to hand over his ATM card in order for the company to deposit his salary in the bank and withdraw it a few moments later. So John ended up without any salary for four months, although he worked from home.Many companies have fired thousands of employees, cut salaries of others and forced many to take...
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Kuwait says human remains handover follows protocols
KUWAIT: Kuwait said on Sunday that the process of receiving human remains from Iraq, believed to belong to some of its nationals who had gone missing during the 1991 Gulf war, is in line with established protocols. Given the humanitarian nature of the issue, the process is overseen by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said Rabie Al-Adsani, the head of a foreign ministry committee investigating the matter."Proper DNA analysis...
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Health Minister inaugurates clinics in Sabah Al-Ahmad
KUWAIT: Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah tours one of two clinics that opened in Sabah Al-Ahmad yesterday. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah inaugurated two polyclinics in the Sabah Al-Ahmad area south of Kuwait yesterday. The event which saw the official opening of the 'Sabah Al-Ahmad E' and 'Sabah Al-Ahmad D' health centers was attended by head of the Ahmadi health area Dr Ahmad Al-Shatti, head of...
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Kuwait still against Israel normalization
KUWAIT: Statements by US President Donald Trump about Kuwait being the next country to normalize relations with Israel prompted wide-ranging reactions locally. Meanwhile, high-ranking government sources renewed confirmation of Kuwait's stand towards normalization with Israel, that it will be the last country to do so.Trump's recent statements were not on the sidelines of his meeting with Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who represented...
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Kuwait acts against gatherings
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry urged security teams to follow up on advertisements inviting guests to banquets, parties or any other gatherings, dispatching security teams to those locations to file reports and citations about such actions committed in violation of Cabinet instructions to ban all types of gatherings and immediately refer the reports for investigation in collaboration with the Health Ministry, high-ranking sources told Kuwait...
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Assembly panel approves law to cut expat numbers
The National Assembly By B IzzakKUWAIT: A National Assembly panel yesterday passed a draft law to reduce the number of expats in the country over the next five years, but did not impose specific caps or percentages, resting this power in the hands of the government. Head of the human resources development committee MP Khalil Al-Saleh said the panel framed the bill after studying eight legislations proposed by MPs and the government, with the...
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 21: Signs and flowers are left at a makeshift memorial in front of the U.S. Supreme Court for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg September 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. Justice Ginsburg died last Friday from complications of pancreatic cancer at the age of 87. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Trump to name court nominee at end of week
WASHINGTON: Signs and flowers are left at a makeshift memorial in front of the US Supreme Court for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg yesterday. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said yesterday he will announce his nominee for the empty Supreme Court seat at the end of this week, kick-starting a political fight set to upend the already nail-biting US election. "I will announce it either Friday or Saturday and then the work begins,...
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Kuwaiti charity equips medical center in Yemen
ADEN: Authorities in Lahij governorate, south of Yemen, on Sunday opened a medical center in Al-Qabbaytah District that was equipped with basic supplies by Kuwait's Al-Najat Charitable Society as part of 'Kuwait by your side' campaign. In a statement, Yanabia Al-Khair Charity Foundation said the project funded by Zakat Kaifan committee and supervised by Al-Najat Charitable Society aims to overhaul the center's utilities to provide adequate...
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Firemen battle equestrian club blaze
KUWAIT: A fire broke out inside the Jahra equestrian club in Salmi yesterday morning. Two fire teams battled the blaze which started in the stands, and managed to extinguish it before the flames could spread any further. No injuries were reported, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said in a statement, adding that an investigation was opened to determine the cause of the fire.
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Woman arrested for dancing in public
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti woman was arrested for dancing in the middle of Taawon Street, said security sources. Case papers indicate that motorists and passersby reported that the girl pulled over, put the music on loudly and started dancing. A video was recorded of the girl dancing and posted on social media. Criminal investigators immediately dispatched a nearby police patrol and the girl was arrested. She is facing charges of committing indecent...
TOPSHOT - Tourists visit the Taj Mahal in Agra on September 21, 2020. - The Taj Mahal reopened to visitors on September 21 in a symbolic business-as-usual gesture even as India looks set to overtake the US as the global leader in coronavirus infections. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
Taj reopens even as virus cases soar
AGRA: Tourists visit the Taj Mahal yesterday. – AFP AGRA, India: India's famed Taj Mahal and some schools reopened yesterday as authorities pressed ahead with kick-starting the nation's coronavirus-battered economy despite soaring infection numbers. India, home to 1.3 billion people and some of the world's most crowded cities, has recorded more than 5.4 million COVID-19 cases, second only to the United States which it could overtake soon....
Rescue workers carry a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed three-storey residential building in Bhiwandi on September 21, 2020. - Ten people were killed and up to 25 were feared trapped after a three-storey residential building collapsed before dawn on September 21 in western India, officials said. (Photo by - / AFP)
10 dead, dozens trapped in India building collapse
BHIWANDI, India: Rescue workers carry a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed residential building yesterday. - AFP BHIWANDI, India: At least 10 people were killed yesterday and dozens were feared trapped when a portion of a three-storey residential building collapsed on the outskirts of the Indian city of Mumbai, officials said. Some residents were trying to get out of the building, in the industrial town of Bhiwandi, 40 km northeast of...
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TEHRAN: Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (center) flashes the victory sign during a swearing in ceremony of the new president at the parliament in Tehran on July 30 2024. - AFP
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KUWAIT: First Deputy PM and Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah receives Dr Emad Yousef on July 31, 2024. - KUNA
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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