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Manpower authority prepares study to 'rationalize' national labor allowances
By A SalehKUWAIT: Informed sources said the Public Authority for Manpower has prepared a new study that includes procedures and rules related to payment of national labor allowances in the private sector. "The amendments include remedies for several recommendations approved previously by the National Assembly's budgets committee, and also deals with comments by the State Audit Bureau in its accounting reports about the budget of the manpower...
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Amir receives invitation to attend Riyadh camel festival
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah reads an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, delivered by Saudi Ambassador to Kuwait Prince Sultan bin Saad bin Khaled Al Saud. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah....
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More participation expected for 12th Int'l Invention Fair in Mideast
KUWAIT: (From left) Mohammed Al-Saffar, Dr Yahya Abdaal and Aws Al-Nisef attend the press conference. By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Kuwait Science Club (KSC) will be hosting the 12th International Invention Fair in the Middle East from Feb 16-19, 2020. The fair is being held under the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and the organizers expect even more participants this year.Secretary General of KSC and member...
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Zain strategic partner of W3C Forum for GCC
KUWAIT: Zel Iscel with Zain employees at ZINC. KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its strategic partnership with the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) second Forum for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) 2020. The event, which comes in collaboration with the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the Public Authority of the Disabled, is held on 20-23 January 2019. Zain's strategic partnership...
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Kuwait looks into Ukraine's "enticing" investment laws
KUWAIT: Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry officials meet with members of a Ukrainian trade delegation yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: Ukraine possesses "enticing" investment legislation, in addition to an alluring business environment, Kuwait's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) said yesterday. Kuwait and Ukraine's "ever-growing" cooperation encompasses numerous fields, including agriculture, information technology and industry, KCCI's...
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Kuwaiti Blood Bank organizes donation campaign at KUNA
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Central Blood Bank at the Ministry of Health (MoH) organized a blood donation campaign yesterday at the headquarters of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), said a ministry official tasked with blood transfusions. Director of the Department of Blood Transfusion Services at MoH Dr Reem Al-Radhwan said that the campaign aimed to spread the concept of giving, saving the lives of patients while maintaining the strategic stock of blood. The...
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Kuwaiti cultural office obtains ISO certificates
CAIRO: The head of the Kuwaiti Cultural Office Dr Ahmad Al-Mutairi receives the ISO certificate. - KUNA CAIRO: The Kuwaiti Cultural Office in Cairo held a ceremony, under the auspices of the Kuwaiti Minister of Education (MoE) Dr Saud Al-Harbi, over being the first Kuwaiti cultural bureau in the Middle East to win three International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certificates. Assistant Undersecretary for Administrative and Financial...
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Vuitton's diamond as big as a tennis ball steals the show in Paris
Picture shows the second world biggest rough diamond named "Sewelo" displayed at place Vendome's Louis Vuitton luxury shop in Paris. -AFP Louis Vuitton made a splash as it showcased its latest purchase yesterday: the world's second-biggest rough diamond. The LVMH-owned brand, which said last week that it was the new owner of the 1,758-carat Sewelo, displayed the glinting, blackened stone at its Place Vendome store in Paris. The company has not...
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Russia fines director of Cannes winner over snow delay
In this file photo Russian director Sergey Dvortsevoy poses during a photocall for the film "Ayka (My Little One)" at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.-AFP "Ayka", a gritty low-budget drama about a Central Asian woman living in Moscow, caused a sensation when its star won the best actress prize at Cannes in 2018. But Russia's film funding body has ordered the director to pay the equivalent of 100,000 euros...
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Fans heartbroken as Kuwait loses to Iran in nail biting finish
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait National Handball team lost its first match in the main draw against Iran with the score of 24-28 during their match Monday in the 19th Asian Championship in the second group of the main draw. Meanwhile Qatar defeated south Korea 34-27 in the same group. Kuwait national team still have hopes to qualify for the semifinals and World Cup if it beats South Korea, in a late match, and if Iran loses to S Korea, or...
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Iran confirms two missiles fired at airliner
SEOUL: South Korean activists hold placards reading "No dispatch to Hormuz!" during a rally near the US embassy yesterday denouncing the government's decision to send troops to the Strait of Hormuz. - AFP TEHRAN: Iran has confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed all 176 people on board and sparked angry protests. The country's civil aviation authority said it has yet...
TOPSHOT - A Syrian boy cries as he sits on the rubble of the house where he lived with his displaced family in the village of Kafr Taal, in Aleppo's western countryside, after a reported pro-regime bombardment, on January 20, 2020. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)
Russian strikes in Syria kill 13 civilians
KAFR TAAL, Syria: A Syrian boy cries as he sits on the rubble of the house where he lived with his displaced family in this village in Aleppo's western countryside after pro-regime bombardment on Monday. - AFP BEIRUT: Russian air strikes killed 13 civilians yesterday in northwestern Syria, as renewed violence tightened the noose around the country's last major rebel-held bastion and deepened an already dire humanitarian crisis. Retaliatory...
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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: 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