author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
BRUSSELS: (L to R) President of the Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and Spanish Finance Minister Nadia Calvino pose for a family photo during a Eurogroup meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels. – AFP
EU vows to protect European industry to counter US subsidies
BRUSSELS: The EU on Monday said it would take "decisive steps" to protect Europe in the face of massive US subsidies that have left the bloc scrambling to find a way to keep businesses on the continent. Last year, Washington passed the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that contains around $370 billion in subsidies for green energy, as well as tax cuts for US-made electric cars and batteries, to speed up the transition to a low-carbon...
LONDON: File photo shows a healthcare worker holds a placard at a picket line during a strike, outside St Thomas' Hospital in London. Industrial action looked set to intensify Monday as Britain's largest teaching and nursing unions announced further walkouts over pay, while the government sought to clamp down on strikes. - AFP
UK strikes to intensify as teachers and nurses announce walkouts
LONDON: Industrial action looked set to intensify Monday as Britain's largest teaching and nursing unions announced further walkouts over pay, while the government seeks to limit strikes with a controversial bill. The National Education Union (NEU) said its members voted overwhelmingly to walk out from February 1, calling for an above-inflation pay rise to counteract soaring prices and energy bills.This week nurses in England, Wales and Northern...
MUNICH: File photo shows Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (R) talking with Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Boris Pistorius as they attended a meeting with the country's federal Interior Ministers in Munich, southern Germany. As government sources said, Pistorius will become Germany's new Defence Minister. - AFP
Pistorius, new German defence minister
BERLIN: Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday picked little-known Boris Pistorius to be Germany's new defence minister, saying he is the "right person" to steer the armed forces through an era of momentous change. The appointment follows the resignation of Christine Lambrecht at a crucial time for the ministry, with Germany under intense pressure to send battle tanks to Ukraine.Pistorius, 62, who is a member of Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) and...
MINSK: Presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya gestures to supporters during her campaign rally in Minsk. The trial in absentia of Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya opened in Minsk on January 17, 2023. - AFP
Belarus begins trial in absentia of protest leader Tikhanovskaya
MOSCOW: The trial in absentia of Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya opened in Minsk on Tuesday, state news agency Belta reported, as strongman Alexander Lukashenko pursues critics that challenged his last election. Tikhanovskaya, who claimed victory in 2020 presidential elections, faces a litany of charges including high treason, "conspiracy to seize power" and creating and leading an extremist organisation, Belta said.The...
POKHARA: Nepal's army and volunteers carry the body of a victim who died in a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara on January 17, 2023. The Yeti Airlines ATR 72 plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames as it approached the central city of Pokhara. - AFP
Nepali hospitals return bodies from air crash to grieving families
POKHARA: Nepali hospital staff began the grim task of handing over bodies to grieving families on Tuesday after a plane with 72 people on board crashed, the country's worst aviation disaster in three decades. The Yeti Airlines flight with 68 passengers and four crew plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames as it approached the central city of Pokhara on Sunday.All those on board, including six children and 15...
Dark rain clouds hover buildings.
Heavy rain wreaks havoc on roads and drainage system
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works said on Tuesday that the country has suffered from heavy rain within a short span of time as the rainfall exceeded the capacity of the rainwater drainage system. The ministry's teams are working around-the-clock to clear water-logged roads and bring the traffic flow to normal.Acting assistant undersecretary of the Planning and Development department and spokesperson of the ministry, Ahmad Al-Saleh said: "The...
KUWAIT: Inundated desert camps in Sulaibiya area on Tuesday following incessant rains. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Photo of the Day
Fadia Alrefai
Don't study abroad
By Fadia Alrefai the late 30s, 1939 specifically, the Kuwait government decided to start sending Kuwaiti students abroad on scholarships to get degrees in different fields, whether to then flourishing Cairo or Baghdad or even London. Since then a status quo has been built in the mentality of many that if I want to fit into that upper class or middle upper class, I have to study abroad as well, not knowing the many negative effects this could...
No Image
Greece ready to help develop Failaka Island
KUWAIT: An official Greek delegation expressed readiness to offer its experience in developing the Failaka Island project to make it a tourist and entertaining destination. This came during a meeting held Monday between Undersecretary of Kuwait's Ministry of Finance Aseel Al-Munifi, and Greek Minister of Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Kostas Fragogiannis,...
BANGKOK: Thailand's football team celebrates winning the AFF Cup final match against Vietnam at Thammasat Stadium on Jan 16, 2023. - AFP
Theerathorn strike seals AFF Cup triumph for Thailand
BANGKOK: Thailand secured their second successive AFF Cup trophy Monday, seeing off a poor Vietnam side 1-0 in the second leg of the final to cement their status as the leading force in Southeast Asian football. A fierce first-half drive from captain Theerathorn Bunmathan was enough to win in a scrappy encounter in Bangkok, played under the watchful eye of FIFA supremo Gianni Infantino.Theerathorn and Peeradol Chamrasamee effortlessly controlled...
CHARLOTTE: Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics dunks the ball during the game against the Charlotte Hornets on Jan 16, 2023 at Spectrum Center. – AFP
Tatum scores 51 as Celtics pound Hornets, Curry saves Warriors
LOS ANGELES: Jayson Tatum produced an electrifying 51-point display as the Boston Celtics marked the NBA's Martin Luther King Day holiday schedule with a 130-118 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday. Two days after scoring 33 points against Charlotte on Saturday, Tatum once again took center stage with a commanding performance as the Eastern Conference leaders claimed a seventh straight victory.Tatum's virtuoso display was one of several...
No Image
Shooters preparing for Sheikh Jaber Cup
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Sport Club will organize the Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Cup from Jan 19-21. Shooters from the club, National Guard and Kazakh federation will compete in the 25m pistol, 50m three position rifle and Olympic archery for men and women. Concerned committees are preparing for the event to bring out as best as possible from all aspects of the game.President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting...
arrow
most read
1
No Image
Kuwait-based high school students secure patent for healthcare robot
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
No Image
Cooperate and prioritize national interest, Amir tells new ministers