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Building a more responsive, just financial system

By Claire Le Flécher Ambassador of France to KuwaitThe post-war international financial architecture is no longer sufficiently adapted to deal with the growing inequalities, climate change, biodiversity erosion and public health challenges prevalent in the 21st century. The international community’s responses are currently fragmented, partial and insufficient. Firstly, concessional resources provided by development institutions are not...

KUWAIT: People line up at the departure area of Kuwait International Airport in this file photo. -- KUNA

Expensive prices, hot weather behind travel uptick during summer

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Summer season in Kuwait is a high season for traveling among citizens and residents, mostly due to the scorching heat and dearth of entertainment places, which are also overpriced. Although the government recently directed responsible authorities to accelerate major entertainment projects, they are not ready yet to attract people to spend the summer in Kuwait, one of the hottest places in the world. Kuwait Times asked people...

KUWAIT: A man in his sixties received Kuwait's first artificial heart pump implant after suffering from a heart attack. -- KUNA

MoH announces first successful artificial heart pump implant

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced Wednesday the success of an artificial heart pump implant, the first of its kind in the country and second in the Arab world. The surgery was for a patient in his sixties who also had a left ventricular assist device installed. The ministry explained in a statement that the patient was overcome with an acute heart attack and taken directly to the chest disease hospital.He was resuscitated for about 50...

KUWAIT: The project is only open to children and grandchildren of co-op stakeholders and is part of the government's efforts to provide job opportunities for young Kuwaitis during the summer.

New project allows high school students to work in co-ops

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Social Affairs approved a proposal to allow tenth and eleventh grade high school students to work part-time at cooperative societies during July and August, Kuwait Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies' President Abdulwahab Al-Fares announced on Wednesday. Jobs will be open only for co-op shareholders' children and grandchildren, he said, adding that around 10,000 students are eligible to apply. Abdulwahab...

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Zain offers free roaming for customers at hajj

KUWAIT: Zain announced a new collaboration with the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs to present its annual complimentary roaming promotion for the hajj season, offering its top roaming plan for free to all postpaid and prepaid customers who are registered in Kuwait’s certified Hajj campaigns. With this initiative, the company keeps pilgrims in touch with their loved ones at no cost by enjoying internet and voice calls at hajj locations in...

GENEVA: Kuwait’s diplomatic attache Fedha Al-Darweesh delivers a speech during the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. -- KUNA

Kuwait calls for pressuring Zionist entity to work with human rights' committee

GENEVA: Kuwait called on the international community through the UN Human Rights Council to pressure the Zionist occupation forces to work with the committees of the council to enter Palestinian lands. This came in Kuwait's speech in the dialogue session organized by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Human Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. Kuwait’s diplomatic attache Fedha Al-Darweesh delivered...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Blood Bank officials are seen with Life Savers Global after receiving the award.

Life Savers Global recognized for blood donation services

KUWAIT: Life Savers Global is an organization based in Kuwait which runs blood donation camps with a mission to provide access to safe blood to the patients as well as increasing the resources of the Kuwait Blood Bank.The organization’s volunteers and team members have worked tirelessly in conjunction with doctors and the medical staff of the Central Blood Bank to provide a safe and efficient way to donate blood, plasma and bone-marrow from the...

Ambassador of Mexico Miguel Ángel Isidro

Mexican envoy sends greetings for Eid Al-Adha

KUWAIT: Ambassador of Mexico Miguel Ángel Isidro has the honor to extend his sincere congratulations and best wishes to His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince, His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Prime Minister, the government and people of the State of Kuwait on the occasion of the advent of “Eid Al-Adha”...

RABAT: Delegations from Arab countries, including Kuwait, attend the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Information Tuesday. -- KUNA

Kuwait to become 2025 Arab Media Capital

RABAT: The Executive Office of the Council of Arab Information Ministers adopted Tuesday a recommendation to approve the designation of Kuwait as the Arab media capital for the year 2025. The office closed its seventeenth meeting Tuesday with the adoption of 17 recommendations submitted by the Standing Committee for Arab media, which concluded its work the day before. The Council of Arab Ministers of Information have met Wednesday to discuss the...

LONDON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the opening session on the first day of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London on June 21, 2023. Leaders and representatives from more than 60 countries are in London for a two-day conference to secure funding to help Ukraine recover from the ravages of war. — AFP

Kyiv allies vow to make Russia pay

LONDON: Western allies on Wednesday promised to make Russia pay for its invasion of Ukraine, as governments and private investors met to fund the country's reconstruction from the ravages of war. The World Bank has put an estimate of $14 billion on Ukraine's immediate needs for repairing the damage caused by the bitter fighting. But a recent study by the World Bank, the UN, the European Union and the Ukrainian government said the wider recovery...

SAN ANSELMO: In this photo illustration, the Voyager Digital app is visible on an iPhone screen on July 01, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. - AFP

Crypto a 'flawed system': BIS

ZURICH: The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said that decentralized cryptocurrencies are a "flawed system" and instead supported the development of a centralized alternative. The BIS, regarded as the central bank of central banks, backed "tokenization" or the conversion of money and other assets into digital tokens that can be traded on programmable platforms, saying it offers the promise of a "major leap" in the financial system....

BEIJING: European Chamber president Jens Eskelund (left) and Global Managing Director at Roland Berge Denis Depoux attend a press conference during the official launch of the European Business in China at the European Chamber’s Beijing office on June 21, 2013. – AFP

European businesses in China fighting post-COVID-19 blues

BEIJING: A faltering recovery, regulatory headaches and an increasingly politicized business climate are hammering European business confidence in China despite the country reopening its doors, according to a survey published on Wednesday. Two thirds of European companies operating in China say it has become more difficult to do business in the country, according to an annual survey of 570 companies by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in...

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Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Meshaan is pictured during a meeting in the presence of a number of representatives of the concerned authorities. - KUNA

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait’s electricity crisis persists amid power cuts