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Judges fasting for Ramadan more lenient

PARIS: Muslim judges are more likely to give lenient decisions while fasting during Ramadan, a study said Monday, contrasting to previous research suggesting that judges who have not eaten give harsher rulings. In what has been dubbed "the hungry judge effect", a 2011 study found that judges in the Zionist entity were more likely to deny criminals parole before they ate lunch than afterwards.Sultan Mehmood of Russia's New Economic School, the...

BEIRUT: A black-market currency dealer holds US dollars and Lebanese pounds on March 14, 2023. - AFP

Lebanon pound hits historic low of 100K to dollar

BEIRUT: The Lebanese pound sank to a historic low against the dollar on the parallel market Tuesday, the latest somber milestone in an economic meltdown that has plunged most of the population into poverty. Officially pegged at 15,000 to the dollar, the pound was trading at 100,000 against the greenback, dealers said - a dizzying plunge from 1,507 before the economic crisis hit in 2019.The currency's market value was at around 60,000 to the...

TEHRAN: A picture shows Iranian magazines Sazandegi (left) and Andisheh reporting on the death of Mahsa Amini on March 14, 2023. - AFP

6 months after death, Amini not forgotten

TEHRAN: Six months ago this week, Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly flouting Iran's strict dress code for women. Within days she was dead, sparking the country's biggest protests in years. The 22-year ethnic Kurd became a household name inside Iran, a rallying point for demands for change. Around the world, she became a hero for women's rights campaigners and a symbol for Western opponents of the Islamic republic.Amini was visiting the...

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Families invest in the future

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: There is never a bad time to start investing, as it is difficult to know what the future holds. After the COVID-19 pandemic led to a financial crisis, many families started to invest in their future. Kuwait Times spoke with citizens and residents to learn more. Salman Al-Qatan believes the future is in cryptocurrency and it will replace traditional fiat currencies in the future."Cryptocurrencies are not subject to...

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Over 1,000 teachers to be terminated

KUWAIT: Informed sources said the Education Ministry informed over 1,000 teachers of both genders they will be terminated at the end of the academic year, with more teachers to be laid off. Education zones are reviewing their actual need of teachers and those who are not needed to announce who will be let go before the end of May.Sources said education zones are waiting for the end of the second school term at Kuwait University and Public...

KIPIC exports first shipment of solid sulfur from Al-Zour Refinery.- KUNA

KIPIC announces first shipment of solid sulfur from Al-Zour Refinery

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) on Tuesday announced the first shipment of solid sulfur from Al-Zour Refinery in cooperation with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). The first exported weight of the shipment amounted to 44,000 tons, official spokesman for KIPIC, Abdullah Al-Ajmi told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).In addition, the industrial island received four oil tankers as well as the first tanker to load solid...

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Japan Sami Al-Zamanan is seen with Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University President Dr Motoaki Takayanagi and other officials.

Kuwait celebrated at medical school ceremony in Japan

KUWAIT: A Japanese official said he was thankful to Kuwait for its help in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami which left close to 20,000 people dead and whole towns destroyed. In a press statement issued by Kuwait's embassy in Tokyo, Governor of Miyagi prefecture Yoshihiro Murai said the oil Kuwait had donated at the time, which is valued at about $524 million, helped accelerate the pace of reconstruction after the calamity. The...

KUWAIT: This aerial picture shows high-rise buildings during a foggy morning in Kuwait City on March 14, 2023. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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Kuwaiti delegation participates in Joint council meeting in the Arab League. - KUNA photos

MoI proposes law to counter 'hate speech' in Arab world

CAIRO: A meeting took place in Cairo on Monday to finalize a guiding draft that was submitted by Kuwait to promote peaceful dialogue between the different spectrums of Arab society. In a statement to KUNA, Interior Ministry Lt Col Fahad Al-Mesbah said that proposed draft by the Ministry is aimed at strengthening the dialogue between all parts of Arab society in order to reduce conflicts resulting from "hate speech."While also stressing on the...

Director General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Dr Fatma Al-Salem receives Gulf Electronic media committee. - KUNA

KUNA, Gulf team discuss e-media

KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Dr Fatma Al-Salem on Tuesday met with a visiting Gulf electronic media team on ways of fostering bilateral e-media cooperation. Welcoming the visiting team of the Committee of the Electronic Media in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Dr Al-Salem underlined the significance of electronic media to news coverage, but stressed that it is necessary to ensure news credibility.She pointed out that...

KUWAIT: Medical experts show the new technique for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux without surgery.n

A new technique without surgery

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Associate Professor at the College of Medicine Gastroenterologist Dr Jaber Al-Ali said a new technique for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux without surgery has been introduced in Kuwait for the first time. He said the new technology is called GERDX, adding it is highly effective with safety of more than 98 percent. He said the technique gives the opportunity to treat esophageal reflux without an invasive...

Fadia Alrefai

By Fadia Alrefai up as a girl in a fairly conservative society, I was frequently reminded of the different lenses men and women were viewed through and how this lens portrayed me, a woman, to be the weaker link in society. However, on Wednesday, the 8th of March, I was reminded at the College of Law in Kuwait University that not only am I not the weaker link, but WE, the women of the Kuwaiti society, are the vital links that make sure the web...

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