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Govt boycotts Assembly session
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The government boycotted the National Assembly session on Wednesday, a day after ministers walked out of the Assembly chamber, saying it was not allowed to express its opinions regarding bills that have financial costs. Assembly Speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun said he was informed by the government that it will not attend Wednesday's session and adjourned the Assembly until Jan 24. Instead, the Cabinet held an extraordinary meeting to...
Egypt currency halves in value since March
CAIRO: The Egyptian pound traded Wednesday at half its value from March after the central bank intervened for a third time as part of an International Monetary Fund loan agreement. The devaluation, representing a drop of around 50 percent against the dollar over the 10-month period, comes as the price of imported food and other goods soars in the Arab world's most populous country.The currency plunged to 31.95 pounds to the dollar in state banks...
Grounded US flights resume after outage
NEW YORK: US air authorities ordered an hours-long grounding of flight departures nationwide Wednesday following an outage affecting a key system used by pilots before takeoff. Near 1400 GMT, the Federal Aviation Administration said that normal operations were resuming gradually as airlines warned of lingering delays. "Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the US," the FAA said on Twitter near 1400 GMT. "The ground stop has...
Alarm as ocean temperatures hit new record
PARIS: The world's oceans, which have absorbed most of the excess heat caused by humanity's carbon pollution, continued to see record-breaking temperatures last year, according to research published Wednesday. Climate change has increased surface temperatures across the planet, leading to atmospheric instability and amplifying extreme weather events such as storms. Oceans absorb about 90 percent of the excess heat from greenhouse gas emissions,...
Super-resistant mosquitoes pose growing threat
TOKYO: Mosquitoes that transmit dengue and other viruses have evolved growing resistance to insecticides in parts of Asia, and novel ways to control them are desperately needed, new research warns. Health authorities commonly fog mosquito-infested areas with clouds of insecticide, and resistance has long been a concern, but the scale of the problem was not well understood.Japanese scientist Shinji Kasai and his team examined mosquitos from...
Experts stress necessity of concerted efforts to combat the scourge of drugs
KUWAIT: Participants in a dialogue session organized by KUNA on Tuesday under the title 'Drugs Are Your Doom', emphasized the importance of concerted efforts by the competent authorities to combat and reduce drugs by spreading a societal culture to prevent the danger of addiction. The speakers in the session, which was moderated by the Director General of KUNA, Dr Fatima Al-Salem, said that the media has an important role in highlighting the...
Videogames sessions might lead to drug addiction: Experts
KUWAIT: Unsupervised videogames sessions might lead individuals into drug addiction, especially if such medium was dedicated to adult content and audiences, said Kuwaiti experts on Wednesday. Speaking to KUNA, the experts affirmed that with the development of video-gaming technologies in recent years, it was important to set certain standards to avoid leading individuals into drug use and addiction.Children, youth and adults spend nowadays a...
Once in 50,000 years comet to be visible on February 1
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti astronomer Adel Al-Saadoun said on Wednesday that the comet, C/2022 E3 (ZTF), will approach the Earth and is forecast to be seen on February 1. He told KUNA that people will be able to view it with the naked eye - the first comet to be seen without equipment for the first time in two decades.The bright green comet will pass by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years and will first pass by the Sun, arriving from the outer parts of...
Kuwait participates in Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh
RIYADH: The second edition of the Future Minerals Forum launched on Wednesday under the patronage of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. Representative of Kuwait's Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Mazen Al-Nahedh, Acting Director General of the Public Authority for Industry Mohammad Al-Adwani headed the Kuwaiti delegation to the meeting.Speaking to KUNA and Kuwait TV in a...
Children of Saudi women can be granted citizenship in major rule change
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has introduced a new amendment to Article 8 of the Saudi Arabian Nationality System, which that stipulates that Saudi citizenship may be granted to a person born in the Kingdom of a foreign father and a Saudi mother, if conditions are met.The conditions include that he has the status of permanent residence in the Kingdom when he comes of legal age, and he is of good conduct and sound character and has not been convicted of a...
ENCON3 kicks off, addresses Kuwait's building and housing sector challenges
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Under the patronage of Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Abdulaziz Al-Mojel, the 3rd Consulting Services for the Development Plan Forum (ENCON3) kicked off on Tuesday at Crowne Plaza Hotel under the slogan "Completing the plans of the electronic portal for permits and addressing the challenges of building and housing plans".The event is organized by the Federation of Kuwait Engineering Offices and Consultant Houses...
North American leaders see bright future in clean energy
MEXICO CITY: The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada pledged Tuesday to deepen regional economic integration and boost cooperation in clean energy, setting aside simmering trade tensions. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador welcomed his US counterpart Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the National Palace in Mexico City for what is known as the "Three Amigos" summit.The three countries were working "to...
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