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CSC employees protest ‘unfair’ sector merger
KUWAIT: Several employees of the employment affairs supervision sector of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) staged a sit-in in front of the commission’s building in protest of merging their sector with the commission's legal affairs sector. The move would demote the sector to just a directorate, which is “an outright violation of this sector’s independence”, they said.Employees said the government’s 2022 work program included the...
MoCI inspectors visit co-op to check prices
KUWAIT: Commerce and industry ministry inspectors visited a cooperative society in the Capital governorate to ensure availability of goods and compare prices. Head of the technical department to supervise products and set their prices at the commerce and industry ministry Faisal Al-Ansari said the inspection resulted in inspectors making sure goods are available without any artificial price hikes. Ansari said the ministry monitors 39 consumer...
UNHCR, KU hold contest for designing refugees' shelters
KUWAIT: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has wrapped up a competition in architectural designs of shelters for Bangladeshi refugees engaging young Kuwaiti architects and freshly graduated engineers. The competition was held in coordination with the Kuwait University College of Architecture, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and the Arab Consulting Engineering Office.Nisreen Rbaiaan, the UNHCR representative in Kuwait, said in...
Politics and mobiles
By Yousuf Awad Al-Azmi that we see in the nation in the form of corruption, confusion, chaos and deterioration arose from the individuals’ lack of a sense of duty”. – Ahmad Ameen The mobile phone is almost the most important object you carry with you everywhere. The minute you wake up, before you go to bed, while eating, even while being in a roundabout in the midst of traffic congestion, it’s no problem to look at a WhatsApp message!...
KRCS to renovate Lebanese hospital
BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) on Thursday inked an agreement with Al-Makased association to renovate the society's hospital maternity ward — with funding from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. The accord was inked at a ceremony held at the hospital by the KRCS Secretary General, Maha Al-Barjas, and the hospital deputy director general Dr Mohammad Hamandi.It was attended by the society president Faisal Sinno and the...
Oil extraction in Kuwait produces lowest carbon emissions globally: Official
NEW YORK: The State of Kuwait reaffirmed support to the UN-led efforts to address the climate crisis which "a clear and direct adverse impact on international peace and security”. In his address to the UN Security Council Open Debate on Climate and Security, Counsellor Faisal Al-Enezi, Kuwait's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, highlighted the linkage between regional stability and climate. "Since the beginning of the 1970s, the world...
Preparations in full force ahead of Hajj
KUWAIT: Preparations are now complete to welcome the 8,000 Kuwaiti pilgrims going to Hajj this year, said Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Sabah Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in a statement to Kuwait’s state media agency KUNA. The embassy and consulate in Jeddah give the utmost care to providing pilgrims with all the amenities they need to during their Hajj trip, he added. The Kuwaiti Consul General of the OIC in Jeddah...
Nazaha society calls for using technology, hiring more females in voting process
By Ghadeer GhloumKUWAIT: More women should be working at polling stations to help verify the identities of female voters, the Kuwait Society of National Integrity (Al-Nazaha Society) recommends. The society unveiled its final report and recommendations on the 2023 National Assembly elections in a press conference held Thursday. The Council of Ministers had tasked Al-Nazaha Society to monitor the parliamentary elections, Chairman Mohammed...
Africa Day celebrated in Kuwait, landmark initiatives underlined
By Chidi EmmanuelKUWAIT: Africans in Kuwait on Wednesday joined the rest of the continent in marking Africa Day. The celebrations, which commemorated the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Organization of African Unity, the predecessor of the African Union (AU), drew African diplomats in Kuwait, top Kuwaiti officials, expatriates and Kuwaitis. The event, organized by African envoys in Kuwait, featured lots of cultural displays, with each...
Sudan’s conflict enters third month
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s devastating war raged into a third month on Thursday, as a governor’s killing marked a new escalation in the western region of Darfur. Since April 15, the regular army headed by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanded by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo have been locked in combat that has destroyed entire neighbourhoods of the capital Khartoum. The fighting quickly spread to the...
Australian senator suspended after sexual assault claim by colleague
SYDNEY: An Australian lawmaker was suspended by his party Thursday after a fellow senator accused him of sexual assault in Parliament House and declared it was “not a safe place” for women to work. Senator David Van, of the opposition Liberal Party, strenuously denied the claims, describing them as “scandalous”. But Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton suspended Van, stating that “further allegations” had been raised against him. Later...
Australia blocks new Russian embassy near parliament
SYDNEY: Australia blocked Russia from building a new embassy in the shadow of Parliament House Thursday after intelligence officials warned it posed a spying risk and security threat. Russia holds the lease for a parcel of land about 400 metres (0.25 miles) from Australia’s parliamentary precinct in Canberra and has been laying the foundations for a new embassy building. But, after failing to block the development in the courts, the Australian...
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