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UAE names oil chief to head COP28 talks
DUBAI: The head of the United Arab Emirates' national oil company was named Thursday as president of this year's COP28 climate talks. Sultan Al-Jaber, chief executive of the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), will be the first CEO to take the role at the UN summit, said a statement carried by the official WAM news agency."I sincerely believe that climate action today is an immense economic opportunity for investment in sustainable...
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‘Spare’ sells 1.4m copies on day one
LONDON: Prince Harry’s autobiography “Spare” sold 1.4 million English-language copies on its first day in the UK, United States and Canada, smashing Penguin Random House’s sales record, the publisher said on Thursday. The figures come as the first opinion poll since the memoir’s publication showed Harry’s popularity in the UK continuing to nosedive.The headline-grabbing book was published Tuesday, accompanied by four high-profile...
BASRA: Oman and Saudi players vie for the ball on Jan 12, 2023.
Iraq and Oman qualify for semis
KUWAIT: Iraq and Oman qualified on Thursday for the semifinals of the Arabian Gulf Cup (Khaleeji Zain 25) after beating Yemen 5-0 and Saudi Arabia 2-1 respectively in Group A matches. At Basra International Stadium, Iraq swept Yemen with five clean goals by Mustafa Nazim in the 40th minute, Amjad Atwan in the 64th minute and Ayman Hussein in the 74th and 75th minutes, while Hussein Ali concluded the goal spree in the 88th minute.In the other...
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KD 149,700 project approved for National Day
KUWAIT: Acting undersecretary of the social affairs ministry and head of the national project cooperation committee Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi said a contract has been signed to start construction of a "National Day Camp" at a total cost of KD 149,700. "This national entertainment project aims to celebrate National Day with Kuwaitis and will reflect the participation of the ministry during this special event," Mutairi said."The project will be in...
KUWAIT: Dr Abdul Hadi Al-Ajmi addresses a press conference. - KUNA
Art exhibitions build bridges of cultures
KUWAIT: The Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Kuwait University, Dr Abdulhadi Al-Ajmi, stressed Thursday the importance of organizing art exhibitions in building bridges of culture. "They help the convergence of civilizations and peoples and linking them to the cultures of the East and West in the common human history," he said. Dr Al-Ajmi addressed a press conference which was held to announce that Kuwait will host the exhibition next Monday. Dr...
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Light rain forecast for Friday in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Kuwait Meteorology department forecast on Thursday a mild to cold weather, with a chance of light rain for Friday evening. In a press statement, it stated that the expected minimum temperature would be between 08 and 10 degrees Celsius, and the sea would be light to moderate, with waves between 1 and 3 feet high.It expected the weather during the day on Saturday to be fair and partly cloudy to cloudy, with southeasterly to variable winds,...
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Real reform needed to bolster job generation for Kuwaiti youth
KUWAIT: Kuwait is the only country in the world whose public budget has relied 90 percent on oil revenues for nearly 60 years. The average price of Kuwait oil per barrel dropped from $107.33 last April, the beginning of the current FY 2022/2023, to an average of $79.21 per barrel since the beginning January till last Wednesday, indicating a decline by-26.2 percent.Once again, Kuwait is the only country in the world whose educational institutions...
KUWAIT: Dr Latifa Al-Kandari and Dr Michael Masoumi
MoH stresses importance of research and development
KUWAIT: Director of the medical emergency department at the health ministry Dr Ahmad Al-Shatti said scientific research and development are key to sustaining the services of medical care, especially in clinical improvement and quality assurance, as well as medical training. Shatti said during a conference titled "One step to excellence" organized by the scientific research and development committee of Adan Hospital on Thursday the conference saw...
KUWAIT: Participants of the mock evacuation drill pose for a picture.
KU and civil defense conclude mock evacuation
KUWAIT: The safety and security administration at Kuwait University has organized, in cooperation with the general administration for civil defense, a mock evacuation drill in the Engineering and Petroleum College in the northern campus in Sabah Al-Salem University city on Wednesday.This comes within the decision of the general secretary of the University to form a committee between KU and the general administration for civil defense to put a...
MERCED: Residents scramble to retrieve belongings before flood waters rise too high Merced, California. Relentless storms were ravaging California again, the latest bout of extreme weather that has left 18 dead. – AFP
California braces for more heavy rain
SANTA CRUZ: A "relentless parade of cyclones" hitting the US state of California was expected to shift farther to the north, the US National Weather Service said Thursday, as the region continued to struggle with massive floods and landslides. At least 18 people are known to have died in the recent series of storms that have lashed the western United States, bringing rainfall levels not seen in 150 years to some places. Communities have been...
VATICAN CITY: File photo shows, German Archbishop Georg Gaenswein (R) attends during the funeral mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter's square in the Vatican. – AFP
Benedict's confidant spills beans on two-popes tension
VATICAN: Just one week after the funeral of Benedict XVI, his closest aide released a much-trailed memoir Thursday, revealing details of tensions between the late pope emeritus and his more liberal successor Pope Francis. Georg Gaenswein's book reveals private conversations with both popes in charting the German ex-pontiff's rise to power and the decade spent in retirement following his shock resignation in 2013. The Vatican has not officially...
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (R) shakes hands with Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada following meetings at the US Department of State in Washington. – AFP
US to defend space with Japan, deploy mobile Marines as China worries grow
WASHINGTON: The United States said Wednesday that attacks in space would invoke its defense treaty with Japan and announced the deployment of a more agile Marine unit on its ally's soil as alarm grows over China. Weeks after unveiling plans to ramp up security spending, Japan sent its defense and foreign ministers to Washington where the two countries issued a statement vowing to "modernize the alliance in order to address the increasingly...
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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