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Zain shares joys of national celebrations with Kuwaitis

KUWAIT: Zain, Kuwait's leading digital service provider, announced that it is the official sponsor of the February Kuwait Festival 2023. The event, organized by Rotana throughout February, features many stars from the GCC and Arab world, and is held at the Arena Kuwait, 360 Mall in celebration of Kuwait's National and Liberation days.Zain is proud to strategically support this national festival since its inception as part of the company's...

KUWAIT: Students in Kuwait go back to school nationwide, kick-starting the 2022-23 semester. - KUNA photos

Calls for flexible work timings as school resumes

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Kuwait's streets were congested again with the return of half a million students back to school for the second semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. The hashtag 'flexible_fingerprint_attendance' trended on Twitter, where citizens complained about traffic jams in various areas. To fix the traffic crisis, many solutions have been suggested, including "flexible fingerprint attendance", which allows employees to have flexible...

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How can Kuwait be a magnet for investors?

By Muhammed Al-Muthafar Kuwait became independent in the year 1961 and the British protectorate was lifted from it, the country was enveloped in the mantle of democracy through fair and free elected legislative systems, national oversight and executive bodies, and a stable economic climate. The Kuwaitis are dreaming of their country becoming a destination for investors and surpassing its counterparts in its regional environment in attracting...

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A record turnout at Gulf Bank's booth at Qout Market event

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank concluded its participation in the first 2023 Qout Market event- the largest market in Kuwait that brings together local farmers, craftsmen, and food enthusiasts in one place. The first day of the event witnessed a large turnout of more than 10,000 visitors, and Gulf Bank's booth received a record turnout from the public, in light of the activities launched at the booth creating a fun, joyous and interactive atmosphere for the...

Horses are paraded during the 10th International Arabian Horse Festival at the Bait Al-Arab Arabian Horse Center. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

The Beauty of Arabian Horses

KUWAIT: The first round of the 10th Kuwait International Arabian Horse Festival concluded on Saturday with a ceremony to award the winners of the championship's six categories. The four-day event was held to showcase the beauty of Arabian horses, Abdullah Al-Breihi, director of the championship, told KUNA.Close to 298 purebred horses from Kuwait and beyond were paraded in the equestrian beauty pageant hosted by Bait Al-Arab State Stud. Here are...

ADEN: KRCS launched a medical camp at the Kara General Hospital among other medical and developmental projects in Yemen's Ma'rib. - KUNA photos

KRCS launches aid projects in Yemen

ADEN: The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has opened a health center, an orphanage and a medical camp in the Ma'rib governorate in central Yemen. The buildings are part of the "Kuwait Beside You" campaign, which has been ongoing for eight years. The KRCS had distributed clothes to 400 displaced families as part of the campaign earlier this month.The Late Fatemah Haddadeh health center, with an area of 230 sq. m., 12-beds and 10 wards, will...

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Firemen control Jleeb house blaze

KUWAIT: Firemen controlled a fire that broke out in a traditional house in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh on Sunday at dawn. “The central command received a report of the fire, so teams from Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Ardiya headed to the location of the blaze. They managed to extinguish the fire, which appeared to have started on the ground floor of the two-storey traditional building,” the public relations department at Kuwait Fire Force announced.

KHARKIV: Ukrainian policemen evacuate a woman wounded following a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, on February 5, 2023. - AFP

Ukraine fights off Bakhmut assault

BAKHMUT: Heavy fighting was underway Sunday in the northern parts of the frontline hotspot Bakhmut, while Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv wounded five people. Despite the flow of Western weapons to Ukraine, Russia has in recent days claimed gains around war-ravaged Bakhmut in the eastern region of Donetsk.However, the head of Russia's mercenary group Wagner said Sunday that the Ukrainian army was not retreating...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi women's rights activists lift placards during a rally near the Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad on February 5, 2023, to protest the killing of Iraqi youtuber Tiba al-Ali by her father in Diwaniyah. – AFP

Iraqi activists protest after father kills YouTuber daughter

BAGHDAD: Iraqi activists protested Sunday to demand a law against domestic violence, days after a YouTuber was strangled by her father in a killing that has outraged the conservative country. Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 in the southern province of Diwaniyah, interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan said on Twitter on Friday.Maan said there had been an attempt to mediate between the young woman and her relatives to resolve...

NICOSIA: Head of Cyprus' ruling Democratic Rally (DISY) and presidential candidate Averof Neofytou talks to supporters after casting his vote at a polling station in the capital Nicosia, on February 5, 2023. – AFP

Cypriots vote in a close presidential election between three front runners

NICOSIA: Cypriots voted on Sunday in a close presidential election between three front runners, with the electorate focused on corruption and the economy amid deadlock over the island's long-standing division. A record 14 candidates-but only two women-are standing, with the winner needing 50 percent plus one vote to succeed two-term President Nicos Anastasiades.Opinion polls predict a run-off on February 12, with no contender expected to secure...

PALMA: Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior reacts during the Spanish League football match between RCD Mallorca and Real Madrid on February 5, 2023. - AFP

Mallorca dent Real's title hopes

PALMA: Real Madrid's hopes of retaining the La Liga title were dented Sunday as the champions lost 1-0 at Real Mallorca, to remain five points behind leaders Barcelona. The Catalans host Sevilla later on and can open up an eight point lead after a frustrated Madrid fell short against Javier Aguirre's side, with Marco Asensio missing a penalty against his former club.Nacho's 13th minute looping header into his own net separated the teams in a...

BERLIN: Union Berlin's German forward Kevin Behrens (2nd left) scores the 1-0 goal against Mainz' German goalkeeper Finn Dahmen (right) during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Union Berlin v Mainz 05 on February 4, 2023. - AFP

Union Berlin knock Bayern off top of the Bundesliga

BERLIN: Sebastien Haller crowned his recent return from testicular cancer with an emotional first goal for Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, as Union Berlin knocked Bayern Munich off the top of the Bundesliga with a dramatic late win over Mainz. Six months after a shock diagnosis which saw him miss the entire first half of the season, Haller finally opened his account for the club he joined last summer. The Ivory Coast international's second-half...

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Kuwait-based high school students secure patent for healthcare robot

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KUWAIT: H the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs and Managing Director and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Al-Kaabi on Aug 26, 2024.

Kuwait signs 15-year Qatar gas deal

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What is behind the decline of marriage?

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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in the attendance of HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, receives HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah and four newly appointed ministers on Aug 26, 2024. – KUNA

Amir calls for good governance

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QUETTA: A man mourns the death of his father, who died in a separatist militant attack, at a hospital on Aug 26, 2024. - AFP

73 killed after militant attacks in Balochistan