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DOHA: Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani meets Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on March 7, 2023. – AFP
Joy and pain of states casting off UN poorest tag
DOHA: There will be jubilation in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan this year when it quits the club of the world's poorest countries, while others still have a mountain to climb. The tiny state, famed for its Gross National Happiness index, will on Dec 13 become only the seventh nation to graduate from the band of Least Developed Countries set up by the United Nations in 1971."We are taking it with a lot of honor and pride, we are not nervous,"...
KUWAIT: Chairman of BNK Group Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi (center) poses for a group photo with the participants.
BNK celebrates International Women's Day at Volvo Studio
By Ghadeer GhloumKUWAIT: BNK Holding held an event on March 8, 2023 at Volvo Studio to celebrate International Women's Day. Prominent women were chosen to share their successful journeys with BNK, such as Aseel Al-Turkait, Chief Support Service Officer at Al Thiqa; Hanan Zubaid, Head of Marketing at BNK Automotive and BNK Motion; Lulwa Al-Qaoud, Architectural Engineer, Projects at Arkan Real Estate; Hana Haddad, Pharmacist, Surgical Division at...
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Young ambassadors exposed to elements of diplomacy
By Khaled AlabdulhadiKUWIAT: The British Embassy hosted the closing ceremony on Thursday of the four-month long Young Ambassador Program initiative, which is a collaboration between the British and Canadian embassies, as well as the United Nations in Kuwait, who all partnered to bring a mix of public and private secondary school students with a range of diplomatic missions and organizations in Kuwait.The British embassy elaborated on the events...
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait deplores Zionist systematic aggressions against Palestinians
CAIRO: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has denounced the Zionist occupation's systematic assaults on Palestinian people. "The Zionist occupation authorities continue their systematic aggression against the Palestinian people and increase their suffering," Minister Salem said at the 159th session of the Arab Foreign Ministers Council, held in Cairo on Wednesday. "We condemn and denounce the continued Zionist...
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Providing mental health care for students, teachers is vital
By Ghadeer Ghloum Samia IbrahimKUWAIT: Providing mental health care for both students and teachers is important for the students' academic progression and the teachers' ability to do their jobs, teachers say. "There is clear difference in academic success for students in classes that are taught by fully present teachers and others that are taught by distracted teachers," said Samia Ibrahim, Principal of an American school in Kuwait."Teachers'...
KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways flies with an all-female crew to Riyadh.
Jazeera Airways flies flight with all-female crew
KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways, Kuwait’s leading low-cost airline, became the first Kuwaiti carrier to fly with an all-female deck and cabin crew. The flight commemorating International Women’s Day flew from Kuwait to Riyadh, encouraging diversity, gender parity and women’s empowerment. This step is a significant achievement especially in an industry considered male oriented. The eight-member crew including the pilot and co-pilot flew Jazeera’s...
Vietnamese Ambassador NGO Toan Thang
Concert celebrates Vietnamese culture, traditional music
KUWAIT: The Embassy of Vietnam in Kuwait held on Tuesday a Vietnamese concert under the title of “Hello Vietnam” at Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel. During his speech, Vietnam Ambassador to Kuwait NGO Toan Thang expressed his overwhelming joy to host the Vietnamese concert on the occasion of the participation of Vietnamese companies in a hospitality and food exhibition in Kuwait to showcasing their products.“The trade turnover of Vietnam and...
Ambassador of Nepal Durga Prasad Bhandari
Nepal ambassador holds event to promote tourism
KUWAIT: The Embassy of Nepal in the State of Kuwait organized an interactive program this week, titled “Destination Nepal: Nature, Culture and Adventure”, in the presence of travel agents, tour operators and media representatives.The program was inaugurated by Ambassador of Nepal Durga Prasad Bhandari, his spouse Bindhya Bhandari and Khalid Jassim Al-Yassin with the Asia Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by lighting a lamp....
Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi touring the exhibition on Thursday March 9, 2023.
Kuwait’s ‘top priority’: Government celebrates women’s contributions
KUWAIT: The development sector of the social affairs ministry, in cooperation with Supreme Council for Family Affairs, celebrated International Women’s Day on Thursday under the slogan “Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality” at Millennium Hotel, where an exhibition was held for those interested in women’s affairs and productive families.In a video speech, Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of State for Women and Childhood...
VELYKA VILSHANYTSIA: People search the rubble of a house following a Russian strike in the village of Velyka Vilshanytsia, some 50km from Lviv, on March 9, 2023. – AFP
Deadly Russian strikes pound Ukraine
KYIV: The largest Russian strikes on Ukraine in weeks killed at least six people and caused power outages across the war-battered nation on Thursday.  Kyiv's military downed nearly half of the missiles launched by Russia over at least 10 regions, as the fight raged on for control of the symbolic prize Bakhmut in Ukraine's east.The deadly Russian barrage on Thursday struck the relatively peaceful Lviv region in Ukraine's west and left second-city...
CUTRO: Photograph shows a view of a memorial with flowers, crosses and balloons on a beach near Cutro, with the Mediterranean Sea in the background, where at least 72 migrants died on February 26, after their boat sank off Italy's southern Calabria region. – AFP
Italian PM gathers ministers near deadly migrant shipwreck site
CUTRO: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni gathered her ministers Thursday for a meeting near the site of a fatal shipwreck, as protesters accused her right-wing government of risking lives with its hard line on migration.At least 72 people, including many children, perished when their overcrowded boat sank in stormy weather just off the coast of the southern region of Calabria on February 26. Emotions in Cutro and Crotone, the towns nearest...
PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister of Malaysia and Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin (C) arrives at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters to give a statement over allegations that his party misused public funds meant to fight COVID-19 in Putrajaya on March 9, 2023. -- AFP
Malaysia ex-premier Muhyiddin arrested by anti-graft body
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was arrested Thursday after anti-graft authorities questioned him for alleged  misuse of public funds meant to fight COVID-19. Muhyiddin, who was prime minister for 17 months between 2020 and 2021, at the height of Malaysia's battle against the coronavirus, is expected to be slapped with multiple charges in court on Friday, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said in a...
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