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Fishermen lament power cut halting mandatory paperwork
By Meshaal Al-EneziKUWAIT: Processing of transactions of hundreds of people at the sea survey transportation department including fishing boats were ceased, rendering them idle due to a power cut on the ground floor of the department. President of Kuwait Fishermen's Union Thaher Al-Suwayyan said this situation has been ongoing for weeks, which stopped part of the fishing fleet which is in need of speedy renewal of licenses to resume fishing and...
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KFH participates in Int'l Invention Fair of Middle East
KUWAIT: (From left) Capital Governor Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Chairman of the Higher Committee of the Exhibition Talal Al-Kharafi, and Executive Manager Group Public Relations and Media at KFH Yousef Abdullah Al-Ruwaieh. KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) participated as a platinum sponsor, in the activities of the 12th International Invention Fair of the Middle East, which was held under the patronage of His Highness the Amir...
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Kuwait sees global cooperation as key to anti-drugs fight
VIENNA: Kuwait's Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Envoy to the UN Sadiq Marafie attends the conference. - KUNA VIENNA: The fight against illicit drugs should be a serious and collective endeavor, said a Kuwaiti diplomat yesterday, pointing out that his country is committed to all UN conventions against narcotics. Kuwait is among the signatories of the three major UN conventions against drugs, its Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Envoy to...
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Drugs found with passengers at airport
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: A Kuwaiti couple was arrested at Kuwait International Airport arriving from Nepal with three pieces of hashish hidden inside spice boxes, said security sources, noting that airport customs inspectors also arrested a female expat arriving from Amsterdam with a piece and a joint of hashish. The drugs were seized and suspects taken to the proper authorities for further legal procedures.
In this photo taken on February 14, 2020, bridal dresses and accessories of fashion designer Anita Dongre are displayed at her store in Mumbai. - With stores in India and New York, multiple clothing brands and a global celebrity following, fashion designer Anita Dongre is a feminist powerhouse in a male-dominated industry. But her true ambition is to create an environmentally sustainable company, she says. (Photo by LaurËne Becquart / AFP) / TO GO WITH Women-activism-India-fashion-economy-environment,INTERVIEW by Ammu Kannampilly
Feminist, fashionable and fighting for sustainability: India's Anita Dongre
Bridal dresses and accessories of fashion designer Anita Dongre are displayed at her store in Mumbai. With stores in India and New York, multiple clothing brands and a global celebrity following, fashion designer Anita Dongre is a feminist powerhouse in a male-dominated industry. But her true ambition is to create an environmentally sustainable company, she says. "Sometimes I wish I could just give up design and focus on sustainability...
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Voice of the unknown woman: Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat
In this photo Afghan film producer and director Roya Sadat speaks during an interview with AFP at the Roya Film House in Kabul.-AFP photos For a generation, Roya Sadat has been a voice for Afghan women in one of the world's worst places to be one. One of the first female filmmakers to make her name after the fall of the Taleban in 2001, she has won plaudits at home and abroad for works such as "A Letter to the President", and "Three Dots", and...
Turkish military vehicles drive through Hazano in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib province on the way to the border to cross back into Turkey on March 2, 2020. - The Syrian government pledged to repel Turkish forces attacking its Russia-backed troops in northwestern Syria as tensions spike between Damascus and Ankara. (Photo by AAREF WATAD / AFP)
Turkish drones kill 19 Syria troops
HAZANO: Turkish military vehicles drive through Hazano in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib province on the way to the border to cross back into Turkey yesterday. - AFP ANKARA: Turkish drone strikes in Syria's northwestern Idlib province killed 19 government soldiers, a war monitor reported yesterday, as tensions soared between Damascus and Ankara. The 19 died in strikes on a military convoy in the Jabal Al-Zawiya area and a...
Israelis wearing protective masks vote at one of the special polling station erected for the 5,600 voters under quarantine, many of whom had visited countries where the coronavirus COVID-19 is prevalent, during parliamentary election on March 2, 2020 in Jerusalem. - Israelis were voting for a third time in 12 months today, with embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking to end the country's political crisis and save his career. PHOTO/GALI TIBBON (Photo by GALI TIBBON / AFP)
No sense of celebration as Israel holds third election in one year
JERUSALEM: Israelis wearing protective masks vote at one of the special polling station erected for the 5,600 voters under quarantine, many of whom had visited countries where the coronavirus COVID-19 is prevalent, during parliamentary election yesterday. - AFP JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought re-election yesterday under the weight of an imminent corruption trial, with the country's third ballot in less than a year...
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA - MARCH 01: With his husband Chasten by his side, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg announces he is ending campaign to be the Democratic nominee for president during a speech at the Century Center on March 01, 2020 in South Bend, Indiana. Buttigieg was declared winner of the Iowa caucus after a confusing vote count but, yesterday finished fourth in the South Carolina primary. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Buttigieg exits race, Biden back in contention; 'Super Tuesday' looms
INDIANA: With his husband Chasten by his side, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg announces he is ending campaign to be the Democratic nominee for president during a speech at the Century Center. - AFP WASHINGTON: Pete Buttigieg, the openly gay US presidential candidate, on Sunday ended his campaign to be the Democratic nominee - giving a major boost to fellow centrist Joe Biden. The 38-year-old Buttigieg's surprise decision was...
New nurse officers are trained on the COVID-19 coronavirus before heading to Daegu to help medical staff, at the Korea Armed Forces Nursing Academy in Daejeon on March 2, 2020. - South Korea confirmed 599 new coronavirus cases on March 2, taking the total to 4,335, health authorities said, while the death toll rose by eight to 26. (Photo by - / YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE
South Korea seeks murder charges as virus kills over 3,000
DAEJEON: New nurse officers are trained on the COVID-19 coronavirus before heading to Daegu to help medical staff, at the Korea Armed Forces Nursing Academy in Daejeon yesterday. - AFP SEOUL: South Korea sought murder charges against leaders of a secretive church at the centre of a ballooning coronavirus outbreak in the country yesterday as the global death toll rose above 3,000. World stock markets regained some calm as hopes for global...
(L-R) German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, German Labour Minister Hubertus Heil, German State Minister for Migration, Refugees and Integration Annette Widmann-Mauz, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Sylvie Nantcha, head of The African Network of Germany (TANG), give a press conference at the end of a summit on integration at the Chancellery in Berlin on March 2, 2020. - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting the summit, where politicians, scientists, representatives of the economy, the media, social associations and of the civil society meet to discuss issues of the country's integration policy. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
No handshake for Merkel as Germany virus cases hit 150
BERLIN: (Left to right) German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil, German State Minister for Migration, Refugees and Integration Annette Widmann-Mauz, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Sylvie Nantcha, head of The African Network of Germany (TANG) give a press conference at the end of a summit on integration at the Chancellery yesterday. - AFP BERLIN: Germany's interior minister rebuffed Chancellor Angela...
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North Korea fires 'ballistic missiles'
Photo shows rockets and artillery being fired during a Korean People's Army joint strike drill at an undisclosed location. - AFP SEOUL: North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles yesterday, the South's military said, weeks after Pyongyang threatened to demonstrate a "new strategic weapon" and its deadline for Washington to offer sanctions relief expired. The launch was the nuclear-armed North's first for more than...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones