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Palestinians turn neighborhood walls into colorful Ramadan theme murals
Residents of Harat Azzaytoun, one of Gaza’s oldest quarters, turned their neighborhood walls into colorful Ramadan theme murals to bring some cheer and joy to their sight, especially their children’s, during the holy month. Ramadan lanterns and greetings, Arabic calligraphy, and some verses from the Holy Quran were painted on the once war devastated walls. Gaza’s municipality helped by providing paint and art supplies while locals and...
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Qatar National Library: Modern-style facility supports creativity, cultural development
Qatar National Library is a modern-style facility with more than a million books in its collection, along with more than 500,000 ebooks, periodicals and newspapers, and special collections.The library provides equal access for all visitors to an environment that supports creativity, independent decision-making and cultural development. Qatar National Library aims to be one of the world’s preeminent centers of learning, research and culture; a...
KUWAIT: Hamad Mishari Al-Humaidhi (second from right) and Mohammed Saud Al-Osaimi (second left) during the general assembly meeting of Boursa Kuwait.
Boursa Kuwait’s AGM approves cash dividend of over KD 17 million for 2022
KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait Securities Company (KPSC) held its Annual General Assembly meeting for the year ended 31 December 2022 on March 23, 2023 at the Boursa Kuwait building. The board of directors’ recommendation to distribute cash dividends of 85 fils per share was approved, amounting to KD 17,065,939 (Seventeen million, sixty-five thousand, nine hundred and thirty-nine Kuwaiti dinars). Shareholders registered by the end of the record date of...
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Barring expats from entering co-ops ‘illegal’
KUWAIT: The Consumer Protection Association slammed as illegal decisions made by a number of cooperative societies banning expatriates from entering for shopping and buying products during the holy month of Ramadan under the pretext that a large number of shoppers at co-ops leads to overbuying of Ramadan products sold at discounted prices.“Preventing expatriates from entering any cooperative society and limiting products to citizens only is...
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MoH preparing report to amend medicine fee law
KUWAIT: The Health Ministry has prepared a report to be presented to Health Minister Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi, which includes selling medicine to expatriates at hospitals and clinics instead of paying a fixed KD 5 fee to receive their medicines, even as the report praised the decision to impose higher fees on expatriates for receiving medicine.“The new report finds the consumption of medicines at the ministry’s health centers and hospitals is still...
NICHINAN: Photo shows a ‘spiranthes hachijoensis’ (Orchidaceae), a new species of orchid, in Nichinan, Miyazaki prefecture. – AFP
New ‘glass-like’ orchid species found in Japan
TOKYO: A new species of orchid with delicate, glass-like blooms has been discovered by Japanese scientists, who found the pink and white plant hiding in plain sight. Despite its presence in Japan’s parks and gardens, it took researchers at Kobe University a decade to confirm that the plant—dubbed the “Spiranthes hachijoensis”—was a previously unknown species. “It was a surprise to discover a new species of spiranthes, which is so...
FLORIDA: This handout screengrab shows the third launch attempt of the first 3D printed rocket, Terran 1, from Launch Complex 16 in Cape Canaveral.- AFP
First 3D-printed rocket lifts off but fails to reach orbit
WASHINGTON: The world’s first 3D-printed rocket launched successfully on Wednesday, marking a step forward for the California company behind the innovative spacecraft, though it failed to reach orbit. Billed as less costly to produce and fly, the unmanned Terran 1 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11:25 pm but suffered an “anomaly” during second-stage separation as it streamed towards low Earth orbit, according to a livestream...
KUWAIT: A vendor sets up his shop with Ramadan decorations in Kuwait City. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Saudi, Iran foreign ministers exchange Ramadan greetings
RIYADH: The Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers spoke by phone to mark the beginning of Ramadan, vowing to meet “soon” to implement a landmark bilateral reconciliation deal, Riyadh said on Thursday. The Saudi minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, called Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and the pair “exchanged congratulations on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan”, which begins Thursday in both countries, the Saudi foreign ministry said in a...
RIYADH: 155th Session of the GCC Foreign Ministers’ Council opens in Riyadh.— KUNA photos
Saudi-Iran deal hailed; Foreign ministers meet
RIYADH: The 155th Session of the GCC Foreign Ministers’ Council opened in Riyadh on Wednesday with Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah leading Kuwait delegation to the gathering. In his inaugural speech, Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Albusaidi, the current chair of the Council, hailed the Chinese-mediated Saudi-Iranian deal to resume the diplomatic relations between both countries.“The agreement constitutes a significance step...
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Ministry to boost Kuwait water supply
KUWAIT: Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy stated that it had prepared a water supply plan of producing approximately a billion Imperial Gallons of water by 2035. Ministry Undersecretary Eng Mutlaq Aburgubah stated, on occasion of world water day, that the Ministry is working round the clock to achieve the 2035 vision objectives, adding that the growth of residential and utility projects stipulate an increase in water demand with...
AKKAR: A girl speaks with another as he carries a young boy while walking past tents at a make-shift camp for Syrian refugees in Talhayat in the Akkar district in north Lebanon.- AFP
Kuwait’s Charity distributes Iftar meals to refugees
BEIRUT: To celebrate the advent of the Holy Month of Ramadan and help Syrian refugees, Al-Najat Charity distributed Iftar meals to Syrian refugees in Arsal camps located at the border area in northeastern Lebanon. Speaking to KUNA, Tarek Al-Essa, public relations official at Al-Najat Charity, said that a delegation from the charity joined the refugees in Arsal to welcome Ramadan and hold Tarawih prayers. GCC Secretary-General Jassem...
BRUSSELS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (R) talks with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (C) and Cyprus' President of the Republic Nikos Anastasiadesas they attend a EU Summit, at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on March 23, 2023. – AFP
Existing France-Germany tensions overshadow EU leaders’ summit
BRUSSELS: A burgeoning row between France and Germany fired by differences over nuclear energy and combustion engines threatened to spill over into a gathering of the 27 European Union leaders Thursday. Existing strains between the European Union’s two biggest players after Berlin upset some of its partners by blocking—at the last minute—a landmark deal to prohibit new sales of fossil fuel cars from 2035.The ban is key to Brussels’...
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17th female minister marks significant milestone in Kuwait’s political history
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GUBA, Ethiopia: This general view shows the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia.--AFP
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Committee seeks unified procedures for joining army, MoI, NG