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KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs a Cabinet session on Monday. – KUNA
Cabinet expected to ease coronavirus restrictions
KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs a Cabinet session. – KUNA By B IzzakKUWAIT: The council of ministers was expected at a meeting yesterday to approve easing the coronavirus restrictions and take the country into the second phase of the five-phase return to normal life. That move was delayed a week ago because of the steep rise in the number of cases especially among Kuwaiti citizens, and although...
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Mahboula workers stage sit-in protest after employer 'abandoned' them
KUWAIT: These photos provided by a representative of the protesting workers show them holding signs demanding justice during a peaceful sit in outside their building on Wednesday. By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Around 200 workers staged a peaceful sit-in protest on Wednesday evening at their apartment building in Mahboula over unpaid salaries, saying that they have not been paid for four months. Dozens of workers from Egypt, India, Mozambique, Zimbabwe...
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Over 24,000 students register in ministry's online platform
Education Minister Dr Saud Al-Harbi KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Education announced the enrollment of 24,264 male and female 12th grade public school students so far to the ministry's online platform to take interactive classes, noting at the same time that there are 29,908 students who are eligible to take the 12th grade finals exams. This came in a press release Wednesday after an expanded meeting headed by Minister of Education and the...
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Health Ministry probes nurse embezzlement case
By A SalehKUWAIT: The Health Ministry opened an investigation into suspected administrative violations in the nursing services sector in Al-Sabah Health District, over suspected unlawful payments made for nursing staff members. This comes after it was discovered that a nurse who worked in a hospital in Al-Sabah medical specialized zone had left Kuwait on a recent flight after embezzling over KD 15,000 in unlawful payments throughout her time...
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Friends, a lasting treasure
By Abdellatif Sharaa, it is the weekend already, believe it or not, and we are expected to see the country open up more, so please my dear friends continue being careful. Keep wearing your masks when in closed quarters, try your best to keep your distance from your brothers and sisters, and once you finish a job, wash your hands or keep a sterilizer handy. We must make OMr Corona understand that he will never ever be trusted until he goes...
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Privacy under siege
By Muna Al-Fuzaiabout privacy and individual freedoms is a controversial topic among supporters and opponents, and each of them has their reasons according to circumstances. But nowadays it has become a double-edged sword. Supporters believe that privacy should be protected in all cases, while those who are against it believe that this is not the case when it public health is threatened. I think this issue will always be debatable for various...
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Defense Ministry fumigates Kuwait graveyards
KUWAIT: Ministry of Defense personnel fumigated facilities at graveyards around the country in an effort to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The operation was done in cooperation with Kuwait Municipality to help protect families of the deceased, people attending funerals and graveyard workers, funeral affairs director at the municipality Dr Faisal Al-Awadhi said.
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Convicted rapist arrested in chalets area after resisting police
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Police arrested a citizen wanted to serve a 20 year prison sentence in two separate rape cases. The arrest took place recently at the chalets area in Sabah Al-Ahmad, where he resisted arrest and tried to escape. In this regard, security sources said that an Ahmadi police patrolman suspected the Kuwaiti man at a routine checkpoint in the area when he said that he left his ID at home, but eventually produced it when the...
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Kuwaitis spared salary cuts; MP blames expat ‘hoarders’
By B Izzak KUWAIT: Rapporteur of the health and labor committee MP Saadoun Hammad said the panel agreed to include a new addition to proposed amendments to the labor law that would spare Kuwaiti employees from potential salary cuts in the sector. The government had proposed amendments to the labor law to allow distressed companies to reduce the salaries of their employees during the crisis after consulting with the ministry of social affairs.The...
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Makhlouf: Cumbersome cousin' falls from grace
BEIRUT: Syria's top tycoon publicly airing his grievances has revealed a powerstruggle within the ruling family as it tries to cement its power after nine years of war,analysts say. After years of staying out of the limelight, business magnate RamiMakhlouf this month in two videos on Facebook laid bare his struggles with theregime headed by his first cousin President Bashar Al-Assad, in what analysts say is adesperate last stand."He can feel...
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Syrian refugees starve amid lockdowns, job losses
A US military vehicle patrols the oil fields in the town of Qahtaniyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province near the Turkish border. Around 5.6 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey had scraped by on meager daily wages but now find even that is denied them as the coronavirus pandemic forces their host countries into shutdown.-- AFP BEIRUT: Ahmad Al-Mostafa can't afford milk for his baby daughter. A Syrian refugee, he has...
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - MAY 09: Justin Gaethje of the United States celebrates with his team after defeating Tony Ferguson of the United States in their Interim lightweight title fight during UFC 249 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on May 09, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida. Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images/AFP
Gaethje upsets Ferguson to win UFC interim lightweight title
JACKSONVILLE: Justin Gaethje of the United States celebrates with his team after defeating Tony Ferguson of the United States in their Interim lightweight title fight during UFC 249 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on May 09, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida. – AFP FLORIDA: Justin Gaethje put on a striking masterclass to score a surprise knockout victory over Tony Ferguson and win the interim lightweight title at UFC 249, which took place at the...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
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Group photo of Zain interns. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Zain interns sharpen media chops at Kuwait Times and Kuwait News