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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...

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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...

ARLINGTON, Virginia: A traveler looks at a flight information board at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Jan 11, 2023. – AFP

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...

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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,...

TOKYO: This handout photo shows an Aedes aegypti mosquito at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases laboratory. – AFP

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...

KUWAIT: Participants attend a dialogue session organized by KUNA on Tuesday under the title 'Drugs Are Your Doom.' - KUNA

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...

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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...

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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...

RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Industry and MineralnResources, Bandar Al-Khorayef delivers the inaugural speech. —KUNA photos

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...

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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...

KUWAIT: Participants being honored at ENCON3 forum. – Photos Yasser Al-Zayyat

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...

MEXICO CITY: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (C) shake hands as US President Joe Biden looks on after speaking to the press at the end of the 10th North American Leaders’ Summit at the National Palace in Mexico City. – AFP

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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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