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Kuwait funding saved tens of thousands of lives worldwide: EU
Ambassador Dr Cristian Tudor KUWAIT: Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to the State of Kuwait Dr Cristian Tudor released a statement yesterday on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the recognition of humanitarian leadership of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah by the UN."On September 9, 2020 we mark the sixth anniversary of the recognition of humanitarian leadership of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah...
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Assembly approves budget, discusses financial situation
KUWAIT: Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem is seen during a session of the National Assembly yesterday. - KUNA By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly yesterday approved the 2020/2021 state budget after a brief debate after the house held a closed session to discuss the financial status of the country, which centers mainly on the sovereign wealth fund, estimated to hold assets worth $533 billion. Thirty-two MPs voted for the budget while as many as 19...
Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty is arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with drugs-related allegations on the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, in Mumbai on September 8, 2020. (Photo by - / AFP)
Actor's death grips India with news frenzy
MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty is arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in connection with late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case on Tuesday. - AFP MUMBAI: The demise of a young movie star has transfixed India like no other news in a year of bad headlines. The abrupt death of Sushant Singh Rajput has spurred a debate about the stigma of mental health, the rarefied insider world of Bollywood, and, more recently, condemnation...
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Returnees from Gulf seek justice over unpaid wages
CHENNAI/DHAKA/AMMAN: Nizar Kochery has been fighting for migrant workers' rights in the courts for decades, but he has never felt so overwhelmed. As the coronavirus pandemic forced tens of thousands of South Asian migrants to leave the Gulf countries where they worked, the Doha-based lawyer was flooded with calls about unpaid wages and job losses."Non-payment of wages or benefits has always plagued migrant workers in Gulf countries," said...
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Diesel leaks from tanker off Lanka
This handout picture taken yesterday shows the Panamanian-registered oil tanker New Diamond in the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka's eastern coast. - AFP COLOMBO: A blaze on a stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka was finally extinguished yesterday, authorities said, but while no crude has escaped the cargo, diesel leaking from the ship's engine raised fears for the environment. Sri Lanka's air force said the week-long fire had damaged much of the...
In this file photo Corey Gamble, Kris Jenner, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott arrives for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.-AFP photos
'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' show to end in 2021
In this file photo Corey Gamble, Kris Jenner, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott arrives for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.-AFP photos Fans will have to find another way to keep up with the Kardashians, as the mega-celebrity family announced Tuesday that their reality show will end next year. "It is with heavy hearts that we've made the difficult decision as a family...
These file photos shows an art installation made by the artist collective Anonymouse in the Nygatan street in Lund, Sweden.-AFP photos
Tiny mouse-size art proves a hit in Sweden
These file photos shows an art installation made by the artist collective Anonymouse in the Nygatan street in Lund, Sweden.-AFP photos They're drawing crowds in Sweden: cute and quirky shopfronts, delis and restaurants created by a mystery art collective called "Anonymouse" that have popped up out of nowhere in some cities. The catch? You have to get down on all fours to see them, tucked away as they are at the bottom of buildings, just big...
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Teachers allege 'mass cheating' in online reports
KUWAIT: A group of female teachers at public schools described final reports submitted online by grade 12 students for the 2019-2020 supplementary academic year as 'mass cheating', 'private tuition-encouraged' and with repeated technical errors, which makes the outcome of the experience a total failure, because all reports got the total marks of 25."All the reports students submitted were copy and paste reports made by student service centers....
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Companies receiving assistance must pay full salaries
KUWAIT: All facilities receiving extra subsidies as per the Cabinet decision number 654 issued on May 18, 2020 are fully mandated to pay the past and future salaries of Kuwaitis registered in their files, and not lay off any of them until June 30, 2021, Al-Rai reported quoting a senior Public Authority of Manpower official."The sums spent on extra subsidies for those companies came to protect the rights of national workers in the private sector...
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'Little Loyacers' program underway
KUWAIT: LOYAC recently organized the first and second phases of its 'Little Loycers' online program, which still has two more phases remaining. The program helps create a supportive environment for children and gives them the ability to practice and develop their talent, as well as attain knowledge and new experiences, LOYAC explained in a press statement, adding that it is designed for children aged 8-12.In this regard, LOYAC's social services...
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Foreign Minister praises Amir's humanitarian role
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah expressed pleasure and praised on Tuesday the sixth anniversary of naming His Highness the Amir as a 'Humanitarian Leader' and the State of Kuwait as a 'Humanitarian center' by the UN.The minister, in a press statement directed to His Highness the Amir, added that such recognition reflects Kuwait's leading philanthropic status, and congratulated the Amir on the...
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Man assaults Civil Service Commission employees
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man suddenly attacked and insulted Civil Service Commission (CSC) employees at the reception marquee yesterday before he barged into the main reception hall accompanied by his son, who was carrying a blade in his hand, which created a state of panic amongst the employees. The citizen was arrested and a case was filed against him by the employees he attacked and insulted when he refused to abide by preventive measures and...
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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
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