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Kuwaiti academics refute Iraqi ruling on Khor Abdullah
KUWAIT: Academics have refuted the historic and legal allegations in the recent baseless declaration made by Iraq's supreme federal court regarding the treaty for regulating navigation in Khor Abdullah – inked by Kuwait and Iraq in 2012. The academics, in an interview by KUNA and Kuwait Television organized by the Kuwaiti Research and Studies Center on Saturday, lauded United Nations Security Council Resolution 833 issued in 1993 on demarcating...
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Kuwait relations with heavyweight France is ‘very significant’: Al-Sagr
PARIS: On Friday, the visiting President of the Kuwait Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Mohammad Al-Sagr, affirmed the significance of Kuwaiti-French relations, noting that Kuwait is a great state with membership in the United Nations. Al-Sagr, also the head of the Kuwaiti side in the Kuwaiti-French Friendship Committee, was speaking to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) following the joint commission’s first meeting in the French capital. He described...
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Kuwait population equation shifting
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: There is a current generational shift in priorities regarding family formation, attributed to a complex interplay of social, economic and personal factors. The annual growth of Kuwaiti population has seen a decline, from 3.3 percent in 2011 to approximately 2 percent in 2020, further dropping to 1.8 percent in 2021, as per data from the Public Authority for Civil Information. Furthermore, a 2022 report from the National Bank...
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Kuwait opens new village for displaced people in Yemen
ADEN: The Kuwait-based Tanmeia Charitable Society has opened the Mansour Al-Khulaifi village to shelter displaced persons in the Yemeni governorate of Ma’rib. The village, which comprises of 60 houses, was built by donations from the Kuwaiti Mansour Al-Khulaifi Endowment and as part of “Kuwait By Your Side” campaign to aid the conflict-ravaged Yemenis.In a press statement, Director of the Executive Unit for Displaced Persons in Ma’rib...
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N Korea thrash South at Asian Games
HANGZHOU: North Korea thrashed South Korea 4-1 in women’s football while India battle Pakistan in hockey later Saturday as fierce rivalries took centre stage at the Asian Games. The men’s and women’s 100m sprint titles will also be contested on the athletics track in Hangzhou, where rain fell on and off throughout the day. With the Games approaching their halfway point, hosts China have raked in 108 gold medals, far ahead of the rest, with...
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‘Unlucky’ Sergio Ramos own goal helps Barca beat Sevilla
BARCELONA: Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos’s own goal handed his old enemy Barcelona a narrow 1-0 win over Sevilla on Friday in La Liga, taking the Catalans top of the table. Veteran centre-back Ramos deflected Lamine Yamal’s header into his own net in the 76th minute to break the deadlock in a tight clash. The 37-year-old said this week he had planned a special goal celebration if he scored against Barca after his summer return to Spain from...
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Kazma beat Jahra 2-1
KUWAIT: Kazma Club team defeated its counterpart Al-Jahra with two goals to achieve its first victory in the Kuwaiti Premier League football competitions (Zain League) season (2023-2024). Al-Jahra opened the match, which was held at Yarmouk Club Stadium, with a goal by professional Pietro in the sixth minute, but Kazma snatched its three points with the goals by Silva in the 68th minute and Michel Milad in the 93rd minute. The round concludes...
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Record breakers Hovland and Aberg help Europe turn Ryder Cup screw
ROME: Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg led Europe’s charge towards Ryder Cup glory on Saturday as the event’s biggest ever foursomes win contributed to a 9.5-2.5 third-session lead over the shellshocked USA in Rome. Captain Luke Donald said on Friday he wants a “historic week” from Europe, gunning to reclaim the Ryder Cup lost in a record 19-9 thrashing two years ago at the hands of the USA, who are trying to win on this side of the...
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Kuwait secures chairmanship of diving committees
KUWAIT: The Board of Directors of the West Asian Diving Federation formed on Friday its seven permanent committees, where Kuwait won the chairmanship of three of them, namely the International Relations committee, Legal Committee and Gender Equality Committee for the next four years. The results of the committees resulted in the recommendation of the representatives of Kuwait, namely Salam Al-Rajeeb to chair the Committee (International...
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New triathlon achievements
KUWAIT: Kuwait Triathlon Federation and Club Athletes continued their winning ways as Abdullah Al-Refae and Saleh Al-Muhaini qualified for the World “middle distance – ½ Ironman” Championship to be held in December 2024 in New Zealand, as they bagged 4th and 7th places during the championship that was held in Salalah, Oman.President of Kuwait Triathlon Federation and Club Rashid Al-Kandary congratulated Al-Refae and Al-Muhaini for this...
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Almost all ethnic Armenians flee breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh
KORNIDZOR, Armenia: The flood of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh dwindled to a trickle Saturday as Armenia said nearly the entire population of the breakaway territory had already fled after Azerbaijan seized back control. An AFP journalist at the Kornidzor crossing into Armenia saw only several ambulances arrive as border guards said they were waiting for a final few buses. In the nearest town of Goris, hundreds of exhausted refugees waited...
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Malta summit urges EU to stop migration at source
MDINA, Malta: The leaders of nine Mediterranean and southern European countries called Friday for a “significant increase” in the EU’s efforts to tackle the thorny issue of migration at its roots, in origin and transit countries. Italian far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that front-line countries were struggling to deal with arrivals now, but without “structural” solutions from the bloc, “everyone will be overwhelmed”. A...
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program
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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’