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KUWAIT: Head of Office at UN-Habitat for Arab Gulf States Dr Ameera Al-Hassan and KISR’s Director General Dr Manea Al-Sudairawi sign an agreement on Jan 19, 2023. – KUNA
Deal signed to combat dust storms
KUWAIT: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) signed an agreement with the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) to finance the adaptation and resilience project for cross-border sand and dust storms coming from southern Iraq and address the dust problem affecting Kuwait and Gulf states. KISR's Director General Dr Manea Al-Sudairawi said in a statement on Thursday that the project will be implemented in two areas in the south of...
ARARA: Maher Younes is welcomed by friends and relatives following his release after 40 years in a Zionist prison on Jan 19, 2023. – AFP
Palestinian freed after 40 years; 2 killed by Zionists
ARARA: An Arab citizen of the Zionist entity jailed for killing a Zionist soldier was released on Thursday after serving 40 years, officials said, with the Zionist entity warning it would not tolerate celebrations glorifying "terror". Maher Younis was released from Beersheba prison shortly after dawn, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said.Younis was convicted in 1983 of the 1980 murder of Zionist soldier Avraham Bromberg near Hadera, on his way...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces on Jan 19, 2023 she will resign from her post next month. – AFP
New Zealand PM Ardern announces shock resignation
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global figurehead of progressive politics, shocked the country Thursday by announcing she would resign from office in a matter of weeks. The 42-year-old - who steered the country through natural disasters, the Covid pandemic, and its worst-ever terror attack - said she no longer had "enough in the tank"."I am human. We give as much as we can for as long as we can and then it's time. And for...
Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi
Restructuring of administrative responsibility-VIII
By Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi is something called civil society in the state structure, and the civil society is varied with all types of voluntary work. I am here talking about purely voluntary work for which the volunteer does not get a salary or financial reward, as in a true civil society. As for my personal understanding of work for which money is paid, regardless of the nature of that money, these are jobs or certain duties with noble and...
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British initiative mobilizes local ambition in climate change fight
By Khaled Al-AbdulhadiKUWAIT: The British Council held a 5-day workshop as part of the Climate Change Champions, where young leaders from throughout Kuwait learned tips and tricks to create meaningful and lasting social action plans to tackle climate change in Kuwait.The event saw local participation from local companies and teachers and students on behalf of the education ministry on reducing the effects of carbon emissions in Kuwait through...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) signed a contract with Worley Consulting. – KUNA
KOC signs contract to study exploitation of renewable energy
KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) signed on Thursday a consulting contract with Worley Consulting to conduct a detailed feasibility study for the exploitation of renewable energy in its fields. In a press statement, the KOC said that this step came in accordance with the roadmap regarding the energy transition to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.The electricity produced from the renewable energy stations to be established will be used to...
BARCELONA: Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (C-R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (C-L) pose for a group picture during a visit of the Picasso Museum as part of the Franco-Spanish summit in Barcelona on January 19, 2023. Macron and Sanchez inked a Franco-Spanish friendship treaty in Barcelona, as Paris seeks Madrid's support for its uncompromising stance in a brewing trade dispute with Washington. – AFP
Macron, Sanchez agree joint approach to brewing trade dispute with US
BARCELONA: French President Emmanuel Macron and Spain's Pedro Sanchez on Thursday joined forces to call for a "proactive" European response to a brewing trade dispute with Washington over alleged protectionism. Speaking in Barcelona following a Franco-Spanish summit, the two leaders said they had reached a common position on how to respond to Washington's massive investment plan to accelerate the US transition to green energy."We are both aware...
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Mild weather expected at the weekend
KUWAIT: Kuwait is expected to witness stable moderate weather conditions at the weekend, with mild temperatures of 18-20 degrees Celsius expected by day and cooler 8-11 degrees Celsius at night amid predominately northwestern winds, according to a meteorologist.Thursday's high temperatures were 17-19 degrees Celsius with light to moderate northwesterly wind at a speed of 12-38 km/h by day, while sea conditions were moderate with waves reaching...
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Expert warns youth against searching for spouses online
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Traditionally, matchmaking was done through personal connections, with families relying on friends or relatives to introduce them to suitable partners for their children. However, recently, women and men are using TikTok as a platform to get married. The matchmaker (the host) goes live and women will ask for a list of characteristics they wish to see in their future husbands, then the host will match the women with "male...
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DWC attends event marking air strikes to liberate Kuwait
KUWAIT: At the invitation of the volunteer women's development in Shamiya, the Diplomatic Women's Committee (DWC) attended a celebration at Shamiya Reserve to mark the anniversary of the start of air strikes to liberate Kuwait from the brutal aggression of Iraq. To maintain this glorious memory among the people of Kuwait, the women of Shamiya, despite the rain and cold, held a celebration to educate the attendees about the invasion of Kuwait in...
KUWAIT: Electricity pylons are seen against wisps of clouds. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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ZHARREZ: Workers work on an old oil well in the village of Zharrez, near the city of Fier, about 120 km south of Tirana. More than 18 thousand square meters of land are contaminated with crude oil in this locality, as a result of the abandonment and degradation of the old oil infrastructure. – AFP
The black hell of Albania's ageing oil fields and rusting storage tanks
ZHARREZ: The people of Zharrez in central Albania live amid a stinking apocalyptic landscape of leaking oil wells and rusting storage tanks, the soil blackened from spills of crude that seep into their water. "We all have health problems," said Milita Vrapi, one of 2,000 villagers who live cheek by jowl with the Balkan nation's largely unregulated oil industry."The air is very heavy. I often feel dizzy and nauseous with headaches and persistent...
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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