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HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center) speaks at the meeting on April 3, 2023.
Crown Prince urges MoI to stay updated on cybersecurity
KUWAIT: Representative of His Highness the Amir and the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has urged the Ministry of Interior staff to carry on advancing the ministry’s system and equipment, as well as training human resources at all sectors.This came in a speech delivered by His Highness the Crown Prince Monday evening during a...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Heart Foundation (KHF) participated in the Clinical Cardiology Updates conference in cooperation with Gulf Heart Association to review the latest treatments of heart diseases.
Conference review latest treatments of heart diseases
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Heart Foundation (KHF) participated in the Clinical Cardiology Updates conference in cooperation with Gulf Heart Association to review the latest treatments of heart diseases. KHF Board Member Dr Mohammad Zubaid said one of the issues discussed was the upcoming study of KHF on scientific research about heart attacks in Kuwait, which will start next month.He said it is a study of all heart attack cases in...
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Gold: The ‘most trusted’ precious metal in Kuwait
By Ghadeer GhloumKUWAIT: Throughout history, it has been proven that gold has a special value. To take a closer look at Kuwait’s gold market in terms of investing, trustworthiness, people’s preferences and challenges, Kuwait Times interviewed Abu Mahdi, owner of a gold shop in Mubarakiya, and Abu Hashem, manager of a gold store in Hawally, to learn more about gold sales post-COVID and the new hallmark.Trust in gold Abu Hashem said gold...
KUWAIT: This photo shows a groundsel setting seed with its fluffy, white seed heads. The flower is commonly found in Kuwait. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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NEW YORK: Former US President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at Trump Tower in New York on April 3, 2023. Trump arrived on April 3, 2023 in New York where he will surrender to unprecedented criminal charges, taking America into uncharted and potentially volatile territory as he seeks to regain the presidency. — AFP
Trump due in court on historic charges
NEW YORK: Donald Trump will make an unprecedented appearance before a New York judge Tuesday to answer criminal charges that threaten to throw the 2024 White House race into turmoil. Trump is the first sitting or former American president to be criminally indicted—a historic development that has propelled the United States into uncharted political waters. Amid tight security in Manhattan—and a global media frenzy—the 76-year-old will learn...
YAGIDNE: Ukrainian resident Ivan Polgui, 63, stands in the basement of a school where villagers were kept for almost a month by Russian troops in the village of Yagidne, north of Kyiv, a year after the liberation of the settlement, on April 3, 2023 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. – AFP
‘Worse than prison’: A year on survivors recount Yagidne horror
YAGIDNE: They spent nearly a month crammed in the basement of a local school, forced out of their homes by invading Russian troops and held in conditions described as “worse than prison”. Soon after the invasion in February last year, the Russians forced 367 people—nearly the entire population of the village of Yagidne north of Kyiv—into a basement with no windows measuring less than 200 square metres. Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
BELMOPAN: Handout picture shows (L-R) Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, Belize’s Prime Minister John Briceño and Belize’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Immigration, Eamon Courtenay pose for a picture after the signing ceremony of a Technical Cooperation Framework Agreement and the handing over of digital devices at the Foreign Ministry in Belmopan. — AFP
China vows ahead of Tsai-McCarthy meeting to ‘firmly defend sovereignty’
BEIJING: China vowed on Tuesday to “firmly defend” its national sovereignty, ahead of a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California this week. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Beijing would “closely monitor the situation and firmly defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity” after McCarthy confirmed the talks the day before. China claims the democratic island of...
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Musk changes Twitter logo to ‘meme dog’
PARIS: A meme-inspired cryptocurrency’s price jumped on Tuesday after Elon Musk changed the bluebird logo of Twitter to a dog associated with the digital token, despite the mogul being sued over his previous promotion of the coin. Musk bought Twitter in October last year for $44 billion and has since slashed the workforce, introduced paid-for accounts and reinstated banned users including former president Donald Trump.His decision to change the...
DHAKA: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out in a clothing market in Dhaka on April 4, 2023.nHundreds of firefighters were battling an immense blaze in the Bangladeshi capital as an inferno ragednthrough a popular clothing market. — AFP
Huge fire destroys clothes market in Bangladeshi capital
DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi firefighters battled an inferno that raged through a popular clothing market in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday and blanketed the city’s oldest neighbourhoods in black smoke. No fatalities have been reported so far, but shop owners and fire officials told reporters that the famous Bongo Bazar and three adjacent markets had been almost completely gutted in the dawn fire.Tempers flared as the morning wore on with a...
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Credit Suisse chiefs say sorry to angry and tearful shareholders
ZURICH: Credit Suisse chairman Axel Lehmann said Tuesday he was “truly sorry” that the beleaguered bank could not be saved as he faced angry and tearful shareholders whose money has gone up in smoke. Credit Suisse’s chiefs fronted up at the bank’s annual general meeting, 16 days after its hastily-arranged takeover by larger Swiss rival UBS—a mega-merger in which the shareholders of both banks had no say at all. The 167-year-old bank’s...
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National Fund holds forum to discuss SMEs’ success stories
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Under the Patronage of Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investments Abdulwahab Mohammed Al-Rushaid, the National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprise Development held on Monday “The Second Forum of National Fund Entrepreneurs”. The event saw entrepreneurs narrating their journeys of success since launching their businesses years ago, which were financed and incubated by the National...
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ADB: Developing Asia’s growth to accelerate after China reopening
MANILA: The Asian Development Bank raised its 2023 growth forecast for developing Asia on Tuesday, after China’s abrupt loosening of COVID-19 restrictions and reopening of its borders brightened the region’s prospects. The Philippines-based lender expects economic growth of 4.8 percent this year, up from its 4.6 percent projection in December. That compares with growth of 4.2 percent last year. Developing Asia refers to 46 members of the ADB,...
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