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KFSD deploy new 'advanced' fire engines
KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD) Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Merkad announced yesterday the inauguration of new fire engines equipped with an advanced system to provide more efficient firefighting and rescue operations.Mekrad stated in a press statements during his visit to several fire stations that this upgraded vehicle, which come with the CIFS system, will help progress firefighting operations in line...
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Five fire stations battle factory blaze
KUWAIT: Firemen battled a blaze that broke out in a drinking water bottling factory in Sabhan. The fire reportedly started in wood stored in a warehouse at the factory. Firefighters from Sabhan, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hazardous Materials, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Backup fire stations responded to scene and extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported in the incident, and an investigation was opened to reveal the cause of the fire.
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Hello corona
By Abdellatif Sharaais clear that the country has opened up, and it seems that there is no turning back, that this situation will remain so and there is no other way about it. Kuwait was in virtual lockdown for over seven months and this had a tremendous impact on the economy, which was already under pressure due to the significant fluctuation of oil prices for various reasons.We, at this point, should ask ourselves when it comes to survival:...
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Woman shot dead in Mubarak Hospital over 'family disputes'
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti woman was shot dead in her hospital bed by her brother, two days after she was hospitalized with gunshot wounds inflected by her other brother in a crime that shocked Kuwait. Mubarak Hospital doctors had managed to save the victim's life after she was rushed there when her brother shot her outside her house in Salwa. Police were able to arrest the suspect the same night at Anjafa beach. But while his sister was recovering at...
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Assembly renews confidence in interior, education ministers
KUWAIT: MPs and ministers attend yesterday's National Assembly session. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: MPs yesterday overwhelmingly rejected two no-confidence motions against the interior and education ministers who were grilled last week for the second time in a few weeks over alleged violations and mismanagement.Twenty-nine MPs voted in favor of Education Minister Saud Al-Harbi while 15 voted against with three abstentions. Only...
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Despite glimmer of hope, Kuwait still far from full gender equality
By staff writerEight women took the legal oath of office before Chairman of Kuwait's Supreme Judicial Council and the Cassation Court and President of the Constitutional Court Yousef Al-Mutawa last week on the occasion of their appointment as judges at the Cassation Court. These are the first women to be sworn in as judges in Kuwait. In July, Attorney General Dirar Al-Asousi had approved the promotion of the eight female prosecutors to the rank...
A Kuwaiti man stops at a currency exchange shop in Kuwait City on September 7, 2020, a sector heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic which caused a sharp drop in travel and tourism. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
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KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man stops at a currency exchange shop in Kuwait City on September 7, 2020, a sector heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic which caused a sharp drop in travel and tourism. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 24, 2020 people wearing face masks walk in front of a big Euro sign in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, as the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarter can be seen in the background amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - Governors of the ECB Bank are expected on September 10, 2020 to prepare the ground for new stimulus, armed with a new set of forecasts on the bloc's sluggish recovery and with the coronavirus pandemic resurging. (Photo by Yann Schreiber / AFP)
ECB keeps policy unchanged
FRANKFURT: In this file photo, people wearing face masks walk in front of a big Euro sign in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, as the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarter can be seen in the background. - AFP FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank left policy unchanged yesterday but with the economic recovery losing momentum and a strong euro dampening inflation expectations, ECB President Christine Lagarde is expected to set the stage for...
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EU ponders legal action against UK over plan to break Brexit deal
LONDON: European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic leaves Europe House, the headquarters of the EU delegation in the UK in London yesterday after arriving in the British capital for an emergency Brexit meeting. - AFP LONDON/BRUSSELS: Britain and the European Union will hold emergency talks over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to undercut parts of the Brexit divorce treaty, with Brussels exploring possible legal action against London....
(COMBO) In this file photo taken on July 17, 2020 A combinaison made on July 17, 2020 shows the eight candidates battling to become the next Director General of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, (top, left to right) Kenya's former WTO General Council chair Amina Mohamed, Egyptian former diplomat Hamid Mamdouh, South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee, Former Saudi economy minister Mohammed al-Tuwaijri, (bottom, left to right) Mexican former World Trade Organization (WTO) deputy director-general Jesus Seade, Former Moldovan foreign minister Tudor Ulianovschi, Nigerian former Foreign and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Britain's first post-Brexit international trade secretary Liam Fox attending a press following their hearing before the 164 member states' representatives. - As the director-general of the World Trade Organization Roberto Azevedo leaves the WTO on August 31, 2020, the institution faces multiple crises without a captain -- a situation experts warn could drag on for months. Any future WTO leader will head an organisation mired in stalled trade talks and struggling to curb trade tensions between the United States and China. The global trade body faces relentless attacks from Washington, which has crippled the WTO dispute settlement appeal system and threatened to leave altogether. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
WTO leadership race seen as hostage to US election
The eight candidates battling to become the next Director General of the World Trade Organization, (top, left to right) Kenya's former WTO General Council chair Amina Mohamed, Egyptian former diplomat Hamid Mamdouh, South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee, Former Saudi economy minister Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri, (bottom, left to right) Mexican former World Trade Organization (WTO) deputy director-general Jesus Seade, Former Moldovan foreign...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 09: Serena Williams of the United States returns the ball during her Women's Singles quarterfinal match against Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria on Day Ten of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 9, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP
Serena, Thiem into US Open s-finals
NEW YORK: Serena Williams of the United States returns the ball during her Women's Singles quarterfinal match against Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria on Day Ten of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. – AFP NEW YORK: Serena Williams battled into a US Open semi-final showdown with Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday as top men's seeds Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev booked their spots in the last four. Williams,...
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Al-Arabi, Kazma, Kuwait and Yarmouk in s-finals of HH the Amir Cup
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Al-Arabi Football Club seems to have regained its winning ways at it trounced Burgan Club 4-1 to reach the semi-finals of HH the Amir Cup. Al-Arabi's goals were scored by Cedric Henry in the 18th minute, Alsanousi Alhadi in the 21st and 79th minutes and Xavi Torres in the 41st minute from the penalty spot, Burgan's only goal was scored by Yousuf Saad in the 50th minute. It was obvious from the onset that Al-Arabi was...
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Gulf Bank Chairman Bader Al-Kharafi
Gulf Bank, Boubyan Bank mull merger into Islamic bank
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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
HANIYEH ASSASSINATED
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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
MoI: No one above the law
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(File photo) Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyah, standing in front of a portrait of the radical group's slain spiritual guide Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, addresses the crowd during rally by the radical group in the former Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip, 16 September 2005. - The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on July 31, 2024, its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Zionist strike in Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of the country's new president, and vowed the act "will not go unanswered". — AFP
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Zionist strike
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Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf with Morocco's Ambassador to Kuwait Ali bin Issa. - KUNA
Kuwait’s investments in Morocco reach $1.5 bn