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Kuwait inflation climbed by 3.15% in 2022
KUWAIT: The consumer prices on annual basis grew by 3.15 percent by the end of 2022 compared with the year before, according to the State of Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau (KCSB). The bureau, in a report to KUNA issued on Sunday said that inflation rate rose 0.17 percent in December, on Monthly basis, due to increase of prices of all main groups that influence movement of the key indices particularly food and education.Record number of the...
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KU and MoI gear for GCC traffic week
KUWAIT: Based on Kuwait University's keenness to enhance cooperation with government agencies in Kuwait, Acting Secretary-General of Kuwait University Dr Fayez Al-Dhafiri and the interior ministry, represented by the general traffic department, coordinated with the committee of the unified GCC traffic week under the slogan "Your Life is a Trust". The events will be organized at Kuwait University during from March 5 to 9.A series of lectures and...
KUWAIT: The training workshop organized by KFAS in collaboration with lecturers from Harvard nUniversity.
KFAS, Harvard lecturers hold medical workshop
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS) has organized an intensive training workshop for workers in the Kuwaiti medical sector in cooperation with lecturers from Harvard University. The workshop was expected to prepare the participants for specialized medical research and enlighten them about the best ways to write medical researches as well as using quantitative statistics and analyzing their results.The workshop was...
Nader Golsharifi with Hassan Al-Mousawi
BNK Padel Open a smashing success
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: The BNK Padel Open finals concluded on Saturday with the participation of Kuwaiti, GCC and international players, including Juan Lebron, the world number one. The professional Spanish padel player is at the top of the World Padel Tour ranking.During an interview with Emirati media figure Haitham Al-Hamadi, BNK Group Chairman Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi said the BNK Padel Open can see the success of the tournament from the turnout...
MELBOURNE: Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina hits a return against Poland's Iga Swiatek during their women's singles match of the Australian Open on Jan 22, 2023. – AFP
Swiatek, Gauff dumped out
MELBOURNE: Stefanos Tsitsipas battled into the Australian Open's last eight on Sunday but women's top seed Iga Swiatek and a tearful Coco Gauff became the latest big-name victims. Swiatek's defeat to Elena Rybakina made it the first Grand Slam since the Open era began in 1968 to lose the top two seeds in both the men's and women's draws before the quarterfinals.That left Greece's Tsitsipas as the highest remaining men's seed at three, and he...
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Haaland scores hat-trick as Man City tame Wolves
MANCHESTER: Erling Haaland's fourth hat-trick in 19 Premier League appearances hauled Manchester City to within two points of leaders Arsenal with a 3-0 win over Wolves on Sunday. Pep Guardiola got the reaction he was hoping for from the English champions after questioning their hunger to retain the title after Thursday's 4-2 win over Tottenham.The hosts had to come from 2-0 down in a dramatic second half against Spurs, but there was little...
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Outstanding Kuwaiti students fly to Tajikistan, Rwanda
KUWAIT: A delegation of outstanding Kuwaiti students has flown to Tajikistan and Rwanda, in line with 12th edition of the initiative launched by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). Speaking to KUNA on Sunday, Saleh Al-Taqi, head of KFAED marketing and exhibitions' department and supervisor of the journey, said the male and female students would visit some development projects carried out by the fund in Rwanda like Hospital...
KUWAIT: An aerial view of Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
'Quota system' in Kuwait development projects leads to losses, risks: Analyst
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Development projects in Kuwait suffer from several obstacles that prevent the country from enjoying improvement and growth, in addition to its effect on the economic situation of the country that could be very negative in the future if project development remains almost frozen. Kuwait Times spoke to economic analyst Hajjaj Bou Khaddour and discussed with him different aspects related to the country's development projects and...
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Manpower completes 88,491 transactions online during 2022
KUWAIT: The official spokesperson and director of the Public Relations and Media Department of the Public Authority for Manpower, Aseel Al-Mazyed, announced Sunday, that the authority completed 88,491 transactions via the platform Our Pride is Individuals.Al-Mazyad said in a press statement that the transactions are divided into several categories, including the completion of the graduates' reward of 13,325 transactions, receiving a password of...
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Kuwaiti Environmental Lens reports Greater Spotted Eagle's arrival
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Environmental Lens Team reported on Sunday arrival of the Greater Spotted Eagle from Russia to Al-Jahra Nature Reserve. Board member of the team, Omar Al-Sayed Omar, told KUNA that it is the first time Kuwait tracks an endangered bird and revealed that the spotted eagles migrate to Russia during their breeding season.Omar said there was a DNA test on one of these eagles that revealed the bird was a female, adding that it might had...
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National Library of Kuwait: A century-long cultural journey
KUWAIT: January 23 of the year 1923 marked the beginning of a century-long cultural journey of what began as a privately owned library and ended up as the state's national library. Library founding fathers Abdulhameed Al-Sane and Sultan Al-Kulaib held a meeting during the reign of late Amir Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah with the attendance of a number of Kuwaiti intellectuals to discuss the nitty-gritty of their project.The congregation...
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Gold prices exceed $1,926 per ounce
KUWAIT: Gold price in Kuwait has exceeded the $1,926 per ounce barrier with a five percent increase since the beginning of the year. A report issued on Sunday by Dar Al-Sabaek Company pointed out that gold hovered at $1,926 per ounce on Friday, as the fears of a global economic recession and the easing of the US interest rate hike had a direct impact on the rise gold prices, which is considered a "safe haven" during economic tensions. As for the...
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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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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
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Cooperate and prioritize national interest, Amir tells new ministers