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Prime Minister reflects on Kuwait's "prideful" UN Security Council stint
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah speaks during a symposium at the Saud Al-Sabah Kuwait Diplomatic Institute yesterday. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday praised Kuwait's tenure in the UN Security Council, saying it was something all Kuwaitis should be proud of. During a symposium held at the Saud Al-Sabah Kuwait Diplomatic...
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Amir set to attend Kuwaiti flag hoisting ceremony today
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is set to attend and patronize a ceremony to hoist the Kuwaiti flag at Bayan Palace at 10:00 am yesterday. The ceremony will see the attendance of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf...
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Ban leaves recruitment agencies' secretaries jobless in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Domestic labor recruitment offices lined up at a complex in Kuwait. - Ben Garcia By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: Since a total labor deployment ban to Kuwait was imposed by the Philippine government on Jan 15, many local recruitment agencies have stopped operations temporarily. This led some agency secretaries to post on social media urging employers to hire them since they are now jobless. There are around 100 Filipina secretaries dealing with...
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MP Shatti defends combining amnesty draft laws
MP Khaled Al-Shatti By B IzzakKUWAIT: Head of the National Assembly legal and legislative committee MP Khaled Al-Shatti yesterday defended his decision to combine three draft laws stipulating general amnesty for a number of Kuwaiti prisoners. Shatti's action puts together opposition activists including several ex-MPs in jail for storming the national assembly building in 2011 and members of an Iran-linked cell who are serving years in jail for...
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Zain receives biggest share at Kuwait PR, Customer Service Prize
KUWAIT: Zain receives an award during the event. KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, received three public relations and customer service awards in recognition of the company's distinguished efforts during the year 2019. The announcement was made during the conclusion ceremony of the Kuwait Public Relations and Customer Service Prize, which was hosted by Kuwait's Public Relations Association at Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural...
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Gulf Bank management welcomes newest Al-Danah Millionaire
KUWAIT: Gulf Bank's CEO Tony Daher and other bank officials pose for a group photo with Jassem Mohammed Issa Abbas, the 2019 Al-Danah Millionaire. KUWAIT: Gulf Bank welcomed Jassem Mohammed Issa Abbas, the 2019 Al-Danah Millionaire, to Gulf Bank's Head Office. During the visit, Abbas received his One Million Kuwaiti Dinar prize from Gulf Bank's CEO, Tony Daher, and members of the bank's senior management. Abbas was announced as the 2019 Al-Danah...
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'Ship of Hope' helps inventors market their creations
KUWAIT: MP Ali Al-Deqbasi (center) speaks during a press conference to announce the Safinat Al-Amal (Ship of Hope) project yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: A Kuwait inventor has come up with an idea to support investors in realizing their inventions and protecting their intellectual rights. Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Heraibi presented his idea to MP Ali Al-Deqbasi, who considered it an important idea and submitted a...
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Drugs found with airport passengers
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: A female customs officer at Kuwait airport's Terminal 4 noticed a female passenger was looking nervous, so her luggage was search and a piece of what is suspected to be hashish and two liquor bottles were found along with illicit tablets. In T5, two passengers, one arriving from Europe and the other from an Arab country, were arrested with suspected drugs. In T1, a passenger arriving from an Arab country was arrested...
Workers dye yarns at a traditional hand-dying workshop in the Egyptian capital Cairo's centuries old district of Darb al-Ahmar on January 21, 2020. - In Cairo's centuries-old Darb al-Ahmar district, Salama Mahmoud Salama's dye workshop is a multi-coloured den of textiles and busy workers colouring all kinds of fabrics. Salama and his relatives lay out the long, flowing threads, which will be used for everything from handmade shoes to rugs and drapes, and dip them in huge, piping-hot colour baths -- no gloves or masks protecting them from the dyes and chemical fumes. The workshop in Islamic Cairo has been going strong for over a hundred years. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
Dye workshop a colorful dip into old Cairo craft
Workers dye yarns at a traditional hand-dying workshop. In Cairo's centuries-old Darb Al-Ahmar district, Salama Mahmoud Salama's traditional dye workshop is a multi-coloured hive of workers busy with all kinds of fabrics. They lay out the long, flowing threads, to be used for everything from handmade shoes to rugs and drapes, and dip them in large, hot color baths. They have no gloves or masks to protect them from the dyes and fumes. "We start...
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Oil drops below $60 as China virus stokes demand concern
LONDON: Crude prices extended declines yesterday, dropping below $60 for the first time in nearly three months, as the death toll from China's coronavirus rose and more businesses were forced to shut down, fuelling expectations of slowing oil demand. Brent crude was down $1.51 a barrel, or 2.5 percent, to $59.18 at 1254 GMT, its lowest since late October and the biggest intra-day fall since Jan 8. US crude was down $1.37, or 2.53 percent, at...
Travellers coming from Asia walk past scanners for temperature screening upon their arrival at Doha International airport in the Qatari capital on January 24, 2020. - China has quarantined cities and shut major tourist attractions from Disneyland to the Forbidden City and a section of the Great Wall as it scrambles to stop a deadly SARS-like virus from spreading further. The drastic moves come as hundreds of millions of people criss-crossed the country in recent days to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday, which officially started today and is typically a joyous time of gatherings and public celebration. (Photo by STR / AFP)
The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?
DOHA: Travelers coming from Asia walk past scanners for temperature screening upon their arrival at Doha International airport in the Qatari capital. - AFP BEIJING: A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 81 lives since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and spread around the world. Here are the places that have confirmed cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus:China As of yesterday, more than 2,700 people have...
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 26: Images for the late Nipsey Hussle and Kobe Bryant are projected onto a screen while YG, John Legend, Kirk Franklin, DJ Khaled, Meek Mill, and Roddy Ricch perform onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Billie Eilish dominates the Grammys as music world mourns Kobe
Images for the late Nipsey Hussle and Kobe Bryant are projected onto a screen while YG, John Legend, Kirk Franklin, DJ Khaled, Meek Mill, and Roddy Ricch perform onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards.-AFP photos Pop iconoclast Billie Eilish cleaned up at the Grammys on Sunday, winning five awards, as the music world mourned the loss of LA's hometown basketball hero Kobe Bryant with a series of emotional tributes. Eilish, 18, swept 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