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High school exams postponed due to mourning over Sultan's death
By A Saleh KUWAIT: Kuwaiti flags are flown at half-mast outside the State Audit Bureau building yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced yesterday deferring Sunday and Monday midterm exams to Tuesday and Wednesday, following His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah's orders to declare a three-day mourning period in Kuwait, flying flags at half-mast and giving three days off to various government bodies over...
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Passenger traffic at Kuwait airport up 4% in 2019
KUWAIT: Passenger traffic at Kuwait International Airport increased by four percent last year from a year prior, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said. Some 15.448 million passengers used the airport in 2019 compared to 14.813 million in 2018, it explained in a statement. This includes 7.715 million arrivals compared to 7.425 million, with departures recording 7.733 million compared to 7.387 million. Planes traveling through the...
KuwaitnSecurity Council meeting continuationnnMaintenance of international peace and securityn nUpholding the United Nations CharternnLetter dated 31 December 2019 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2020/1)nnRemarks by the Secretary-General
UN charter first line of defense for small countries: Kuwait
NEW YORK: Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi speaks during the session. – KUNA NEW YORK: Kuwait affirmed that the United Nations charter constituted "the first line of defense for small countries," noting that the 1991 liberation of Kuwait was an example how efforts could be coordinated for such an achievement. The Kuwaiti stance was demonstrated at a United Nations Security Council session-addressed by the...
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Penumbral lunar eclipse visible in Kuwait
KUWAIT: A penumbral lunar was visible in Kuwait Friday evening, said a Kuwaiti astronomer. The eclipse took place at 8:05 pm local time and ran until 12:15 am yesterday morning, Adel Al-Saadoun said. The penumbral lunar eclipse could only be seen with a microscope, he said, adding that no part of the moon entered the Earth's much darker umbra and the lower portion of the moon tracks deep into the Earth's outer shadow. Six lunar and solar eclipses...
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Global box office has biggest ever year thanks to Disney mega-hits
In this file photo taken on April 25, 2019, fans of the Avengers strike a pose while dressed in costumes for a costume contest before the first screening of "Avengers: Endgame" at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. - AFP If streaming was meant to mark the demise of movie theaters, Disney did not get the memo. Theaters around the world took in an all-time record $42.5 billion last year, thanks largely to an unprecedented string of...
A falcon hunts during during a falcons hunting competition, at the Sabah al-Ahmad heritage village 140 km north west of Kuwait City on January 10, 2020.
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KUWAIT: A falcon performs during a hunting competition at the Sabah Al-Ahmad heritage village, about 140kms northwest of Kuwait City on Friday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Muna Al-Fuzai
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Muna Al-Fuzai I really am surprised by those who are anxiously waiting or hoping to hear news of a world war, imagining war is a football match or a fiction movie, so that everyone can enjoy the maximum thrill and suspense and then go back home happily and safely! But they do not know that they will be part of the killing, displacement and destruction, and that they may no longer have a roof over their heads. Unfortunately, there are those who...
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 10: A screen displays Industrials Average after the close on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 10, 2020 in New York City. Amid new sanctions on Iran and 145k more U.S. jobs added and wage growth in December, the Dow topped the 29,000 milestone before pulling back to 28,823.77. Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP
Middle East tensions could impact markets after strong end to 2019
A screen displays Industrials Average after the close on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City. KUWAIT: Financial markets enjoyed a strong end to 2019 with the US S&P equity index up 3 percent m/m and 10-year treasury yields edging back above 1.9 percent as optimism grew over the outlook for global growth amid mildly encouraging economic data and the agreement of a 'phase one' trade deal between the US and China. Some...
Startup Bzigo displays a mosquito hunting gadget at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 9, 2020. - Startup Bzigo was at the Consumer Electronics Show this week with gadget designed to spot mosquitos and then mark them for death. (Photo by Glenn CHAPMAN / AFP)
Bzigo marks mosquitoes for death
LAS VEGAS: Startup Bzigo displays a mosquito hunting gadget at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 9, 2020. - AFP LAS VEGAS: Startup Bzigo was at the Consumer Electronics Show this week with a gadget designed to spot mosquitos and then mark them for death. Bzigo, pronounced like "buzz" and "go" combined, watches constantly for flying mosquitoes and then hits them with a beam of laser light after they land.The first generation...
An apartment complex is pictured during a controlled implosion ordered by the Supreme Court for violating coastal construction regulations in Kochi on January 11, 2020. - Four luxury waterfront high-rises in southern India will be reduced to rubble in controlled explosions this weekend in a rare example of authorities getting tough on builders who break environmental rules. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
India blows up luxury high-rises over environmental violations
KOCHI: An apartment complex is pictured during a controlled implosion ordered by the Supreme Court for violating coastal construction regulations in Kochi yesterday.-AFP KOCHI: Two luxury waterfront high-rises in southern India were reduced to rubble in controlled explosions yesterday in a rare example of authorities getting tough on builders who break environmental rules. The 19-floor H2O Holy Faith complex of 90 flats-overlooking Kerala...
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Future of mobility: Some wild rides ahead
LAS VEGAS: Attendees visit the Neon booth on Friday on the final day of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. - AFP LAS VEGAS: In the not-too-distant future you could ride one, two or three wheels… or maybe none at all. Tech-inspired solutions for mobility-on land, air and water-featured prominently at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show this week. Some innovators played with long-established ideas like the bicycle or...
Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah (R) and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas al-Saleh attend a parliament session at Kuwait's national assembly in Kuwait City on January 9, 2020. - Kuwait denied reports that the United States had decided to withdraw its troops from the Gulf state, saying the Twitter account of its official news agency had been hacked. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Government says no secret clause in neutral zone pact
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh attend yesterday's parliament session. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: The government told the National Assembly that Kuwait has not made any territorial concessions in striking a new border pact with neighboring Saudi Arabia in the divided zone,...
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KOLKATA: Gold jewelry kept on display inside a shop in Kolkata. India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23 announced a reduction in custom duty on gold and silver to 6 percent and platinum to 6.4 percent in Budget 2024. -- AFP
India duty cut halts silver, platinum imports from UAE
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KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi (right) visits the newly inaugurated dialysis unit at Sabah Al-Ahmad Health Center. – KUNA photos
MoH unveils new dialysis unit, medical warehouse
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KARAKUDUK, Kazakhstan: Indira Egenberdieva prepares kumys (a local fermented milk drink) in the village of Karakuduk. -- AFP
Kazakhstan villages go ‘dry’ to combat alcoholism
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OULED ESSI MASSEOUD, Morocco: A shepherd checks his mobile phone sitting on cracked earth at Al-Massira dam in Ouled Essi Masseoud village, some 140 kilometeres (85 miles) south of Casablanca. – AFP
Morocco heatwave kills more than 20 people in 24 hours
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French economist Gabriel Zucman poses during a photo session in Paris. -- AFP
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