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Montassar Jebali, who plays several jazz and hip-hop ensembles, tests a 'mizwad'. - AFP photos

New life breathed into Tunisia’s bagpipes

At his workshop in Tunisia’s capital, Khaled ben Khemis pieces together a type of bagpipe once banned from airwaves but now embraced by artists infusing its sound into new musical styles. Known as a “mizwad”, it “must be made from natural elements”, the 50-year-old craftsman said, taking two cow horns and connecting them to pieces of river reed and a goatskin bag for producing the musical notes. He has made the instrument for 30...

KUWAIT: KOTC Acting Chief Executive Sheikh Khaled Al-Sabah and CEO of Life Energy Hamad Al-Radhan sign an agreement on June 12, 2023. – AFP

KOTC eyes energy efficiency with two solar plants

KUWAIT: State-run Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) said on Monday that work is underway to build two new solar power plants as part of national plans aiming to attain energy efficiency. The construction of the two solar plants is part of the state’s goals to invest in and adopt renewable energy sources, said KOTC Acting Chief Executive Sheikh Khaled Al-Sabah during a ceremony to launch the project, underlining the “environment-friendly”...

KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives former National Assembly speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem at Bayan Palace on June 12, 2023. – KUNA photos

Crown Prince meets ex-speakers

By B IzzakKUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah met on Monday former National Assembly speakers Marzouq Al-Ghanem and Ahmad Al-Saadoun as part of consultations ahead of naming the next prime minister. HH the Crown Prince will also meet current and former prime ministers to complete the consultations before asking current Prime Minister HH Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah to form the new government or name a new...

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How some youth find ways to spend fun summers in Kuwait

By Munirah Al-FayezKUWAIT: It is highly likely that many people in Kuwait have heard the refrain that “there is nothing to do in Kuwait”, especially in the summertime, when children, teenagers and young adults are out of school and other educational institutions. As summer starts, parents who are not planning on going abroad to spend their summer vacation are having some worries about what activities to do during the long hot days. Kuwait...

KUWAIT: (From left) Australian Charge d’Affaires to Kuwait, Amanda McGregor, Director General of Dasman Diabetes Institute Dr Qais Saleh Al-Duwairi and Director of Public Relations and Media Tarek Abdullah Al-Eryan.

Australian envoy visits Dasman Diabetes Institute

KUWAIT: The Australian Charge d’Affaires to Kuwait, Amanda McGregor, paid a field visit to Dasman Diabetes Institute, which was established by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. McGregor was met by Director General of Dasman Diabetes Institute Dr Qais Saleh Al-Duwairi, and Tarek Abdullah Al-Eryan, Director of Public Relations and Media at the institute.She visited the institute to get to know closely the important institutions...

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No parties...no democracy

By Dr Khalid Al-Saleh kept hearing just before the Assembly elections many promises, and we hope these promises materialize. Elections are over, and 50 members of the new parliament were elected — the parliament which makes up Kuwait’s incomplete democracy. There were those who were not lucky in the elections, yet they got part of voters’ confidence, and for this they have an important role — they must make a start to complete part of...

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti business representatives and UNHCR delegates are seen during the panel discussion held Monday. -- KUNA

Kuwait-UNHCR alliance key to alleviate refugee crisis: Commerce chamber

KUWAIT: The refugee tragedy will find a fair solution only if the international community cooperates and shares responsibility so that generations are not lost to the crisis, Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Monday. Chamber President Mohammad Al-Saqer said partnership between the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and Kuwait private sector is strategic to alleviate the suffering of the displaced through providing job...

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Palestinian envoy lauds successful product festival

KUWAIT: The Palestinian products festival has concluded Saturday after a five-day run. The event was organized by the Palestinian Embassy in cooperation with women’s cultural social society at its premises under the patronage of Ambassador Rami Tahboub and was held from June 6 until June 10. The Ambassador lauded the success of the festival, thanking Kuwaiti citizens for visiting the exhibition and their confidence in the Palestinian...

KUWAIT: Stakeholders attend the press conference launching the 2022-2023 Kuwait CEO Outlook report. - photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

CEOs in Kuwait optimistic despite risk of recession

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: KPMG Kuwait held a press conference on Monday to launch the Kuwait CEO Outlook report for the year 2022-2023 titled ‘Turning the Tide’, in the presence of Managing Partner at KPMG Kuwait Rasheed Al-Qenae and members of the senior management team. The KPMG Kuwait CEO Outlook report indicates seven in 10 CEOs discount the possibility of a globally anticipated recession in the country. It also shows CEOs are not only...

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Kuwait Municipality launches app to report violations

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality launched the e-Baladia smartphone application to allow users to report violations more easily. After registering through the app via Kuwait Mobile ID app authentication, people can take pictures of the violation and send them through the app while specifying the type of the complaint. After that, Municipality workers can follow up with the complaint and proceed to remove the violation, the Municipality explained,...

CESSNOCK, Australia: This frame grab taken from video on June 12, 2023 shows the site of a bus crash where 10 people from a wedding party were killed. - AFP

Wedding bus crash kills 10 in Australia

GRETA, Australia: A bus carrying wedding guests overturned and killed 10 people in an “unimaginable” nighttime crash as it travelled through a wine-growing area north of Sydney, police said Monday, announcing a string of charges against the driver. The white Linq Buslines coach was ferrying 35 passengers from a wedding at a local winery when it flipped onto its left side late on Sunday, coming to rest on the pavement alongside roadside...

RABAT: Minister of Solidarity, Social Inclusion and Family in Morocco Awatif Hayyar (left) examines publications by Dar Suad Al-Sabah for Culture and Innovation.

Kuwaiti publications, authors shine in Moroccan book fair

RABAT: Dar Suad Al-Sabah for Culture and Innovation received Minister of Solidarity, Social Inclusion and Family in Morocco Awatif Hayyar during its participation in the 28th edition of the International Publication and Book Fair in Morocco. The minister lauded the efforts of Dr Suad Al-Sabah in promoting Arab culture as a well-known Arab writer and looks forward for her visit to Morocco. The minister toured the pavilion and saw the Dar Suad...

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Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Jassim Al-Budaiwi and President of the European Council Charles Michel. - KUNA

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