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Blazing tanker pushed from Lanka coast
This handout photograph taken on Friday shows fireboats battling to extinguish a fire on the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond, some 60 km off Sri Lanka's eastern coast. - AFP COLOMBO: A fire-stricken oil tanker was pushed away from Sri Lanka's coast and into deeper waters yesterday, rescuers said, after successfully containing the blaze during a 36-hour operation. The 20-year-old New Diamond, chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC),...
Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against the Israeli settlement expansion in the village of Shufah, southeast of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, on September 1, 2020. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Outrage after soldier kneels on Palestinian
SHUFAH: Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against Israeli settlement expansion in this village southeast of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank on Sept 1, 2020. - AFP JERUSALEM: Footage of an Israeli soldier throwing a Palestinian activist to the ground and kneeling on his neck has sparked outrage in the Palestinian territories and beyond. The protester, named as Khairi Hanoun, a man in his late 60s, took part...
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'Tamkeen' is one of steps to alter country's demographics: Aqeel
KUWAIT: Officials attend the press conference announcing the signing of the 'Tamkeen' initiative. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and the Minister of State for Economic Affairs of Kuwait Mariam Al-Aqeel confirmed the 'Tamkeen' initiative is among steps the government is taking in its efforts to address the demographic imbalance in Kuwait, especially amid the challenges created due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister...
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Arab finance ministers plan integration amid pandemic
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Finance Minister Barrak Al-Sheetan attends a virtual conference for Arab finance ministers. - KUNA KUWAIT: Arab finance ministers came together via video call for talks aimed at setting a path towards greater economic cooperation, as a raging coronavirus pandemic continues to pummel the global economy. The talks, presided over by Kuwait's Finance Minister Barrak Al-Sheetan, come on Thursday; a day after a similar digital...
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British Airways resume flights to Kuwait airport
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced on Friday British Airways would resume flights to Kuwait International Airport at a rate of three flights per week. The DGCA said in a statement that "this step has been taken to boost direct flights between and transit operations between the two countries according to terms set by the competent authorities."Meanwhile, DGCA announced new precautions for arrivals at T-4...
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Manpower authority trains youth to join labor market
KUWAIT: The manpower authority's official spokesperson and public relations manager Aseel Al-Mazyad said the authority will hold a training course for senior students titled 'My Career' in collaboration with the vocational guidance department and Injaz Society. Mazyad added that the course is part of the authority's strategy to train youth and develop their skills to prepare them for the labor market."The course will be held online via the Zoom...
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Kuwait commercial flights travel guidelines
KUWAIT: Commercial flights resumed on August 1, while the airport will operate at 30 percent capacity during the six-month first phase of a three-stage airport reopening plan. However, flights to and from the following countries are suspended until further notice: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kosovo, Lebanon,...
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Credit Bank: $42 million loans, grants in August
KUWAIT: Kuwait Credit Bank announced that overall loans in the property sector, for women and grants reached KD 12.8 million ($42 million) in August. The bank said in a statistical report released yesterday that total spent loans of the realty portfolios, during the same month, amounted to KD 49,000 ($161,000), noting that the granted loans for building private construction reached KD nine million ($29.7 million).Loans for government...
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Firemen battle container crane fire at Shuaiba Port
KUWAIT: Firemen spent a busy weekend dealing with several fire and road accident reports made from different locations around Kuwait. One of these incidents was a blaze that burned a container crane at Shuaiba Port yesterday. Firefighters from the Shuaiba, Mina Abdullah, and Um Al-Haiman fire stations rushed to the scene in response to an emergency call, and managed to put out the fire after they contained the flames before they could spread to...
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Police apprehend suspect with loads of drugs
KUWAIT: Police arrested a Kuwaiti man in Shaab with possession of 66 bags of the 'chemical' (street name for a brand of synthetic marijuana) and 87 Captagon tablets, the Interior Ministry announced yesterday. The suspect was sent to concerned authorities for further legal action, the ministry's Relations and Security Information Department said in a press statement.
People walk along a boardwalk that stretches into the sea as the sun sets over the Kuwait capital Kuwait City on September 4, 2020. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
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KUWAIT: People walk along a boardwalk that stretches into the sea as the sun sets over Kuwait City on Friday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
MIAMI, Florida: Construction workers are seen on a job site on Friday in Miami, Florida. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report Friday that shows the unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent last month, down from a COVID-19 pandemic peak of 14.7 percent in April. — AFP
US job growth loses speed, stimulus ebbs
MIAMI, Florida: Construction workers are seen on a job site on Friday in Miami, Florida. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report Friday that shows the unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent last month, down from a COVID-19 pandemic peak of 14.7 percent in April. — AFP WASHINGTON: US employment growth slowed further in August and permanent job losses increased as money from the government started running out, raising doubts on the...
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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