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KPC maps out clean energy strategy

KUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (the KPC), the umbrella body of the national oil companies, has mapped out a strategy and roadmap for low-emission energy transformation, the KPC Chief Executive Officer announced on Thursday. Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah said that in line with the 2040 KPC strategy and Kuwait’s international obligations to attain hydrocarbon neutrality by 2050, the corporation had worked out the strategy and the roadmap for...

KUWAIT: The Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education, Dr Hamad Al-Adwani and top officials visit project sites during an inspection tour. – KUNA photos

Minister inspects college projects

KUWAIT: The Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education, Dr Hamad Al-Adwani, announced on Wednesday the establishment of a branch of the College of Basic Education (girls) in the Fahaheel region. The college will open next academic year (2023-2024) to serve about 5,000 female students in the southern regions of the country.Following an inspection tour of the project, Minister Al-Adwani said that it comes in line with the urban...

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GCC-US meeting emphasizes on security ties

KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah represented Kuwait at the ministerial meeting of the GCC-US Strategic Partnership, held at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh on Wednesday. The meeting which was attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman, reviewed various aspects of cooperation with emphasis on the political and security relations.Both sides...

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FM, counterparts discuss relations

RIYADH: Kuwait’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Thursday met Belgium’s counterpart Hadja Lahbib on margins of the ministerial conference of Global Coalition against Islamic State/Daesh. The two sides examined the close friendly relations between Kuwait and the European nation, mutual cooperation in various vital sectors, joint challenges at the regional and international levels, namely Ukraine,...

KUWAIT: Environment Public Authority is working on three environmental initiatives on the island, cultivating coral, releasing turtles marked for extinction and tracking them, and cleaning the seabed from waste.- KUNA photos

EPA rehabilitating marine biodiversity

KUWAIT: Deputy Director General for Technical Affairs at the Environment Public Authority (EPA) Dr Abdullah Al-Zaidan said that the cultivation of corals on environmentally friendly concrete models (Mayafer) on Qaruh Island is part of rehabilitating marine biodiversity in Kuwait. In statement to KUNA, Al-Zaidan said that this national project came in cooperation with various state agencies with aim of implementing goals of the development plan...

ANNECY: French police personnel maintain a secure cordon in Annecy, south-eastern France on June 8, 2023, following a mass stabbing in the French Alpine town. – AFP

France knife attack wounds four children

ANNECY: A man armed with a knife attacked a group of pre-school children playing by a lake in the French Alps Thursday, wounding four as well as an adult and sending shockwaves through the country. The suspect is a Syrian in his early 30s who was granted refugee status in Sweden in April, a police source told AFP. Witnesses described the suspected knifeman running around in a frenzy, apparently attacking people at random, before he was shot by...

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti judge and his aides count the ballots at a polling station for parliamentary elections, in the Abdullah al-Salem district of Kuwait city, on June 6, 2023. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Women not supporting women hinders them from reaching National Assembly

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Empowering Kuwaiti women politically has met with many obstacles in recent years, as Kuwaiti women are still struggling with a lot of things that are hindering them from becoming leaders or decision makers. Male dominance, societal acceptance and women not supporting female candidates are perennial issues affecting women’s access to the Assembly, which was clear in the result of the recent National Assembly elections,...

GRIMES: Former US President and 2024 Presidential hopeful Donald Trump arrives to a Team Trump Volunteer Leadership Training at the Grimes Community Center in Grimes, Iowa. – AFP

Prosecutors tell Trump lawyers he is target of classified docs probe

WASHINGTON: US prosecutors have told Donald Trump’s lawyers that he is the target of a probe into his handling of classified documents after leaving the presidency, in a sign he might be indicted, US media reported Wednesday night. The notice came from the office of special counsel Jack Smith, The New York Times, CNN and other news outlets said, and gives the clearest sign yet that prosecutors are moving closer to charging the former president,...

LAHORE: Security personnel with ballistic shields escort former Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan (C) to the High Court in Lahore. – AFP

Ex-Pakistan PM Khan granted new bail as army vows to ‘tighten noose’

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan had his bail renewed in over a dozen cases Thursday, a month after his three-day detention sparked violence, thousands of arrests, and the resignations of much of his party’s leadership. The 70-year-old former international cricket star, facing more than 150 cases registered against him since his ousting in April last year, appeared at two courts in the capital, Islamabad. “Imran Khan is...

KUWAIT: Kuwaitis gather around a feast hosted by newly-elected Kuwaiti MP Fahad bin Jamea to celebrate his victory in the National Assembly elections, in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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KUWAIT: Veteran journalist Talal Al-Kandari poses for a group photos with the attendees after the ‘news writing’ program. – KUNA

KUNA concludes training program

KUWAIT: KUNA Center for the Development of Media Skills on Thursday concluded a training program entitled “news writing”. The program, presented by the veteran journalist Talal Al-Kandari, at KUNA from 4-8 June, focused on introducing the standards of news writing, different types of news items, sources and editing.Eighteen KUNA employees participated in the five-day program, as well as participants from Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic...

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Japan, Kuwait commit to ‘carbon neutrality’

KUWAIT: On June 8, 2023, Morino Yasunari, Ambassador of Japan to Kuwait attended the Kuwait Hydrogen Symposium, which was co-hosted by Japan Cooperation Center for Petroleum and Sustainable Energy (JCCP) and Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC). CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Company Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah, CEO of Japan Cooperation Center for Petroleum and Sustainable Energy Tsuyoshi Nakai, representatives from the ministry of economy, trade and industry of...

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