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Al-Shaheed Park tells story of Kuwait's history, rich culture
Man-made lakes inside Al-Shaheed Park. KUWAIT: In the heart of Kuwait City lies Al-Shaheed Park, an oasis of greenery and space that stands as an emblem of the nation's illustrious history, besides being a multifaceted destination that promises visitors a memorable experience. As the biggest public park in the country, nestled between adjacent high-rise buildings and stretching over 320,000 square meters, it paints a splendid image of Kuwait as...
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Ministry says school still on as cold wave approaches
KUWAIT: Vehicles drive on a road in Kuwait City yesterday as the city's skyscrapers flanked by dust are seen in the background. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By A Saleh KUWAIT: Responding to meteorologists' forecast of a cold wave and its impact on school students, Education Minister Saud Al-Harbi stressed that the Ministry of Education (MoE) is following the latest weather developments, noting that school directors are authorized to cancel...
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Former 'Tenders' official jailed in corruption case
By Meshaal Al-EneziKUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced a former Central Tenders Committee (CTC) member in absentia to 10 years in prison with labor, dismissal from office, mandating him to return the sum of KD 290,000 and fining him twice as much. The court also sentenced the owner of an automobile company to four years in jail and suspended the sentence with KD 4,000 in bail. It also acquitted an employee of the same company in a case...
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72,000 Kuwaitis working in private sector
KUWAIT: The number of Kuwaiti citizens serving in the private sector reached 72,000, a labor official announced yesterday. The current figure is much higher than the one recorded in 2002, when the number of the nationals in this sector stood at 1,600 only, said Sultan Al-Shaalani, Deputy Director General of the Public Authority for Manpower for the affairs of national laborers. Shaalani was speaking on sidelines of a news conference held by the...
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Kuwait Stars defeat Al-Theebs to win Kuwait Open Ice Hockey Championship
By Abdellatif Sharaa Group picture of the champions Kuwait Stars KUWAIT: Kuwait Stars ice hockey team defeated Al-Theebs of UAE with the score of 6-4, which declared them champions of the Kuwait Open Championship for Arab Ice Hockey Clubs which was sponsored by Volvo. Al-Theebs was satisfied with the second place. Kuwait Stars were surprised by the strong start of their opponents who scored two quick goals, and the score remained as such until...
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US museum targets gender gap by acquiring only works by women
A person looks at the painting Dancers on stage made around 1889 and 1894 by Edgar Degas, during the exhibition Degas at the Opera at the Museum of Orsay, Paris. — AFP An American museum has come up with a bold way to boost women's participation in the arts: this year it will only acquire works by females. The Baltimore Museum of Art, in the state of Maryland, is best known for housing the largest public collection of Matisse works anywhere in...
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Last woolly mammoths plagued by genetic defects: The bitter end
A visitor looks at a complete mammoth skeleton that is displayed before its auction by Aguttes auction house in Lyon, France, in this file photo. — Reuters WASHINGTON: The world's last woolly mammoths, sequestered on an Arctic Ocean island outpost, suffered from serious genetic defects caused by generations of inbreeding that may have hampered traits such as sense of smell and male fertility in the doomed population. Scientists said on Friday...
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'Farewell' rebukes Oscars with Spirit Award win
(From left) Peter Saraf, Daniele Tate Melia, Lulu Wang, Andrew Miano, a guest, and Anita Gou, winners of Best Feature for "The Farewell" pose in the press room during the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday in Santa Monica, California. - AFP photos Chinese-American film "The Farewell" delivered a rebuke to its Oscars snub at the Spirit Awards Saturday, as South Korea's "Parasite" added a final burst of momentum to its much-hyped...
Thai Smile cabin crew members wearing protective facemasks walk next to an airport official (R) waiting for CIQ (China Inspection and Quarantine) passengers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on February 9, 2020. - The new coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year has killed more than 800 people and spread around the world. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
Coronavirus death toll surges past 800
Thai Smile cabin crew members wearing protective facemasks walk next to an airport official (R) waiting for CIQ (China Inspection and Quarantine) passengers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. - AFP) BEIJING: The death toll from the novel coronavirus surged past 800 in mainland China yesterday, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization said the outbreak appeared to be...
Counting gets under way at Nemo Rangers GAA club in Cork, southern Ireland, where Fianna Fail party leader Michael Martin is standing, on February 9, 2020, the day after the vote took place in the Irish General Election. - Irish officials started counting votes on Sunday in a general election forecast to put prime minister Leo Varadkar's party in a historic three-way tie after a surge from republican party Sinn Fein. Counting began at 0900 GMT after an exit poll predicted Varadkar's incumbent Fine Gael party, the Fianna Fail party and Sinn Fein all received 22 per cent of first preference votes in Saturday's election. (Photo by PAUL FAITH / AFP)
Political gridlock looms for Ireland as Sinn Fein surges
CORK: Counting gets under way at Nemo Rangers GAA club in Cork, southern Ireland, the day after the vote took place in the Irish General Election. - AFP DUBLIN: Ireland began counting votes yesterday in a national election that an exit poll indicated would show a historic breakthrough for left-wing nationalists Sinn Fein but leave a fractured political landscape with no clear path to a governing coalition. In a major realignment, Sinn Fein...
TOPSHOT - Kashmiri pedestrian walks along a street in central Lal Chowk area during a one-day strike called by Jammu and Kashmir Libration Front (JKLF) to demand the return of the remains of Afzal Guru, who was executed in 2013 over the Indian parliament attack in 2001, in Srinagar on February 9, 2020. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
India Kashmir hit by general strike
KASHMIR: Kashmiri pedestrian walks along a street in central Lal Chowk area during a one-day strike called by Jammu and Kashmir Libration Front (JKLF). - AFP SRINAGAR: Indian-held Kashmir was hit by a general strike yesterday called by the separatist Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) to mark the anniversary of the death of a Kashmiri man who was executed for his part in an attack on India's parliament in 2001. The JKLF on Thursday called...
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Thai gunman among 29 dead in unprecedented mass shooting
A person looks at the painting Dancers on stage made around 1889 and 1894 by Edgar Degas, during the exhibition Degas at the Opera at the Museum of Orsay, Paris.—AFP NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A soldier angry over a property deal gone sour killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations in and around the northeastern Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasima before he was shot dead yesterday. Most of the victims were at the...
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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