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KUWAIT: Senior Public Relations Officer at NBK Joanne Al Abdul-Jaleel receives the trophy from Founder of KALD Amaal Al-Sayer.

NBK honored for efforts in serving Kuwaiti society

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Association for Learning Differences (KALD) has honored National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) for its significant social responsibility contributions, particularly in supporting education, students and young talent. This honoring demonstrates NBK’s clear footprint in serving the Kuwaiti society, in continuation of its unwavering approach and culture to deliver on its CSR commitments.This came on the sidelines of KALD’s eleventh...

KUWAIT: Charge d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Kuwait James Holtsnider participates in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of warehouses. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

US Army, Kuwaiti partners inaugurate five warehouses

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: The US Army and Kuwait partners celebrated on Wednesday the completion of five logistics warehouses at a cost of $27 million at Camp Arifjan. On the sidelines of the Army Prepositioned Stock (APS)-500 series warehouses’ ribbon-cutting ceremony, Col Naval Staff Abdullah Waleed Al-Zawawi stressed Kuwait’s keenness to follow up on military events and be fully prepared for all threats at the regional or global level.Zawawi...

KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadi (left) is shown at the Ramadan Ghabka held by the KuwaitnMedical Association. — KUNA

MoH, KMA prioritize supporting physicians

KUWAIT: Kuwait places developing the quality of health services provided to citizens at the top of its priorities, Minister of Health Dr. Ahmed Al-Awadi said Wednesday. Awadi affirmed the ministry’s keenness to provide support to all medical staff in order to raise the level of medical services provided. The remarks came at the Ramadan Ghabka held by the Kuwait Medical Association. Dr. Ahmad Al-AwadiPresident of the Kuwait Medical Association...

BRASILIA: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (R) gesturing during a meeting with the party's lawmakers at the Liberal Party headquarters in Brasilia on March 30, 2023. – AFP

Bolsonaro returns to Brazil since election loss

BRASILIA: Three months after leaving for the United States in the final hours of his term, Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro returned home Thursday to reenter politics—complicating life for his successor and nemesis, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The far-right ex-army captain, who skipped town two days before Lula’s inauguration on January 1, arrived back in Brasilia on a commercial flight from Orlando, Florida.Scores of supporters waving...

SAKHNIN: Protesters wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration marking the annual Land Day in the northern Arab-Zionist town of Sakhnin on March 30, 2023. Land Day commemorates the events of March 30, 1976, when Zionist troops shot and killed six people among Arab Zionists and Palestinians protesting land confiscations. — AFP

Zionist entity strikes near Damascus wound two soldiers: Defence ministry

DAMASCUS: Zionist entity carried out missile strikes near Damascus early Thursday that wounded two soldiers, Syria’s defence ministry said. During more than a decade of war in Syria, Zionist entity has launched hundreds of air strikes on Syrian territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Hezbollah fighters, as well as Syrian army positions.Explosions were heard in the Syrian capital early Thursday morning, an AFP correspondent...

LAKKI MARWAT: Relatives and security officials gather around the coffins of policemen who were killed by a roadside bomb in Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on March 30, 2023. – AFP

Roadside bomb attack by Pakistan Taleban kills four policemen

PESHAWAR: Four policemen were killed by a roadside bomb as they scrambled to protect a police station under siege by Taleban militants in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Pakistan has witnessed rising attacks by Tehreek-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP) since the Afghan Taleban retook Kabul in 2021, and police are increasingly on the frontline of Islamabad’s bid to quell the movement.TTP fighters launched a heavy-weapons assault early...

KUWAIT: According to labor market data issued by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) in Feb 2022, the average salary of citizens in Kuwait increased by more than 9.3 percent amounting to KD 127 ($410.03) in the last six years.

Will strategic payroll alternative solve wage disparities of citizens?

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: The strategic payroll alternative is a project that was proposed in 2015 by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to have similar salaries among Kuwaiti citizens who work in the public sector as long as they have the same qualifications, degrees and positions. This project was welcomed by large segments of Kuwaiti citizens, especially those who work in sectors that don’t pay high salaries compared to other sectors, such as...

DEL MAR,US: Engineer Martin Cooper holds a contemporary copy of the original cell phone he used to make the first cell phone call on April 3, 1973, in Del Mar, California on March 20, 2023. – AFP

Take your eyes off your mobile phone, says inventor, 50 years on

DEL MAR, US: The problem with mobile phones is that people look at them too much. At least, that’s according to the man who invented them 50 years ago. Martin Cooper, an American engineer dubbed the “Father of the cell phone,” says the neat little device we all have in our pockets has almost boundless potential and could one day even help conquer disease.But right now, we can be a little obsessed. “I am devastated when I see somebody...

LONDON: Nearly half of British workers are at risk of burnout as the cost-of-living crisis adds to anxiety, with work-related stress costing the British economy £28 billion ($34 billion) last year, a study said. - AFP

Survey: Nearly half of British workers at risk of burnout

LONDON: Nearly half of British workers are at risk of burnout as the cost-of-living crisis adds to anxiety, with work-related stress costing the British economy £28 billion ($34 billion) last year, a study said Wednesday. The report, published by French insurer AXA and UK think tank CEBR, found that Britons took a total of 23.3 million sick days last year due to poor mental health.Researchers quizzed 30,000 adults across 16 European, Asian and...

JAKARTA: This handout picture taken and released by the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) shows members of Indonesia’s Under-20 team and officials reacting after FIFA announced the cancellation of the Indonesia 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup football tournament at a hotel in Jakarta. – AFP

Fury, sadness in Indonesia after FIFA pulls WCup

JAKARTA: Indonesian football players, fans and pundits reacted with anger and sadness Thursday after FIFA pulled the Under-20 World Cup from the host nation weeks before it was due to kick off, following protests against Zionist participation. The humiliating loss came after two influential governors advocated banning Zionists from the competition.Indonesia and Zionist entity do not have formal diplomatic relations, and support for the...

LONDON: Arsenal’s Swiss defender Noelle Maritz (rear left) fights for the ball with Bayern’s Serbian forward Jovana Damnjanovic during the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final second-leg match between Arsenal and Bayern Munich on March 29, 2023. – AFP

Barcelona reach Women’s Champions League semis

BARCELONA: Barcelona booked their place in the Women’s Champions League semi-finals by thrashing Roma 5-1 on Wednesday as Arsenal came from behind to knock out Bayern Munich 2-1 on aggregate thanks to a 2-0 win at the Emirates. Tournament favorites Barca had been held to a slender 1-0 advantage from the first leg in the Italian capital last week. But last season’s runners-up stormed into a 3-0 lead before half-time in front of 55,000 at the...

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh’s captain Shakib Al Hasan plays a shot during the second Twenty20 international cricket match between Bangladesh and Ireland on March 29, 2023. – AFP

Bangladesh hammer Ireland, seal three-match series 2-0

CHITTAGONG: Shakib Al Hasan took five wickets and Liton Das hit a quick-fire half-century as Bangladesh hammered Ireland by 77 runs in the second T20 to seal the three-match series 2-0 in Chittagong on Wednesday. Liton hit a career-best 83 off 41 balls and Rony Talukdar made 44 off 23 as the two openers guided Bangladesh to 202-3 in a rain-reduced 17 overs.Shakib then claimed 5-22 to restrict Ireland to 125-9 and become the leading international...

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