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Public spending down by 2.8 percent in 2019
By A Saleh KUWAIT: Spending by citizens and expats retreated by 2.8 percent in 2019 (KD 672.6 million) to reach KD 23.18 billion compared to KD 23.85 billion in 2018. According to statistics issued by the Central Bank of Kuwait, the total sums spent by citizens and expats on direct point-of-sale purchases of goods and services retreated by 6.7 percent (KD 773.5 million) to reach KD 10.7 billion, compared to KD 11.47 billion in 2018. On the other...
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Maker Faire 2020 opens featuring 179 projects from 12 countries
By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: Wooden ship models made by Kuwaiti craftsmen displayed during the fair. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: A total of 179 projects from 12 countries are participating in the Maker Faire 2020 at the Kuwait International Fairground in Mishref from Feb 11 to 15, 2020. The participating projects were chosen by the judging committee out of 540 that applied. The best projects will receive cash prizes. Minister of Commerce...
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KFSD closes 92 facilities in Jleeb
By Hanan Al-Saadoun KUWAIT: A Kuwait Fire Service Directorate officer closes a restaurant in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) closed 92 facilities administratively in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh after warning them over preventive violations. KFSD Director General Lt Gen Khalid Al-Mikrad issued the decision after the warning period elapsed.Fire drill KFSD carried out an exercise in cooperation with Bidaa fire station and...
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Ministry inspected 196 private medical facilities in 6 months
By Meshaal Al-Enezi KUWAIT: The Health Ministry's medical licenses department has inspected 196 private medical facilities in six months to make sure their licenses as well as the licenses of their staff were valid, a ministry official announced yesterday. Speaking on the sidelines of opening the 24th obstetrics and gynecology conference on behalf of Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah, assistant undersecretary for private medical services affairs...
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Zain celebrates national holidays at Qout Market
Waleed Al-Khashti with Zain's team at the company's booth in Qout Market. KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, celebrated Kuwait's national holidays in Qout Market at Abraj Park in Adaliya. The company's participation came as part of its community partnership of the market's seventh season, which is considered Kuwait's largest artisanal farmers gathering. Zain is eager to play a vital role by partnering with Qout Market...
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Amir congratulates KCCI chief on Arab British Chamber post
LONDON: ABCC Secretary General Bandar Reda hands ABCC Honorary President Ali Al-Ghanem a commemorative gift. - KUNA KUWAIT/LONDON: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to the Chairman of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Ali Mohammad Al-Ghanem. In the cable, His Highness the Amir expressed his sincere congratulations to Ghanem for having been selected honorary...
TORONTO, CANADA - FEBRUARY 10: Pascal Siakam #43 of the Toronto Raptors handles the ball during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on February 10, 2020 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP
Raptors' win streak reaches 15
TORONTO: Pascal Siakam #43 of the Toronto Raptors handles the ball during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. - AFP TORONTO: Pascal Siakam scored 34 points -- 14 in the fourth quarter -- and the Toronto Raptors extended their franchise-best winning streak to 15 games Monday night with a 137-126 victory over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves. Kyle Lowry added 27 points and 11 assists...
Riot police use tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrators during a protest, against parliament giving a confidence vote to the cabinet, in the capital Beirut on February 11, 2020. - Prime Minister Hassan Diab and his new government face the twin challenge of angry street protests and a collapsing economy, with Lebanon burdened by debt of nearly 90 billion dollars, or more than 150 percent of GDP. Diab, a 61-year-old computer engineering professor, formed a cabinet on January 21 after the previous government stepped down in October during unprecedented demonstrations. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)
Protests rock Beirut; hundreds injured
BEIRUT: Riot police use tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrators during a protest, against parliament giving a confidence vote to the cabinet in the capital Beirut yesterday. _ AFP BEIRUT: Hundreds of people were injured in Beirut yesterday in clashes between security forces and protesters who rejected the new government as it sought to win a parliamentary vote of confidence. Smoke wafted through Beirut where riot police fired tear...
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Seven years after stepping down, Benedict fuels '2 popes' headache
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis (left) greets chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, German Cardinal Reinhard Marx during a private audience at the Vatican. Cardinal Marx announced on February 11, 2020 that he renounces running for a second term as head of the German Bishops' Conference. - AFP VATICAN CITY: Seven years after his surprise resignation, Benedict XVI - weakened by age but still intellectually spry...
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Over 100 US troops suffer brain injury in Iran attack
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech during commemorations marking 41 years since the Islamic Revolution in the capital Tehran's Azadi Square. - AFP WASHINGTON: More than 100 US troops sustained "mild" traumatic brain injury, far more than originally announced, when Iran launched missiles at their base in Iraq last month, the Department of Defense said Monday. "As of today, 109 US service members have been diagnosed with mild...
Visitors stand next to a static display of the US Navy aircraft the Poseidon P-8 (L) and the USAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III (R) on the tarmac during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 11, 2020. (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)
Coronavirus clips wings of Asia biggest air show
SINGAPORE: Visitors stand next to a static display of the US Navy aircraft the Poseidon P-8 (left) and the USAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III on the tarmac during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore yesterday. - AFP SINGAPORE: Asia's biggest air show opens in Singapore yesterday under the shadow of a deadly coronavirus outbreak that has prompted dozens of companies to withdraw and threatens to hammer the aviation industry. The biennial Singapore...
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (R), leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party, shares a laugh with parliamentary manager Michael Grosse-Broemer (C) and CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus as she arrives for a meeting with the CDU/CSU parliamentary group at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin on February 11, 2020. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
The rise and fall of Merkel's 'mini-me'
BERLIN: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (right), leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party, shares a laugh with parliamentary manager Michael Grosse-Broemer (center) and CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus as she arrives for a meeting with the CDU/CSU parliamentary group at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin. - AFP FRANKFURT AM MAIN: In the end, the "mini Merkel" nickname was perhaps too big to live...
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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