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KUWAIT: The ‘Wathefati’ (My Job) employment exhibition. – KUNA
PADA empowers people with disabilities to work
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Persons with Disabilities (PADA) is working to increase the empowerment of people with disabilities to work in public and private sectors, in order to integrate them into the society, a senior official said Saturday. PADA is keen to offer opportunities to this segment of the society to allow them to reach comprehensive empowerment in our country, through offering various training courses to develop their...
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Diving team: Involving institutions key for environmental campaigns
KUWAIT: The Kuwait diving team of the Environmental Voluntary Foundation stressed importance of involving governmental and private institutions and young people in campaigns to clean the beaches to promote environmental concepts and ensure safety of the marine environment. Head of the team Walid Al-Fadhel told KUNA on Saturday that the team organizes cleaning campaigns at all of the country's beaches, and allows volunteers to participate in its...
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MoI to proceed with reducing unskilled workers
KUWAIT: A decision has been made by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah to assign Interior Minister Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah to apply the law regarding organizing the demographics of the state. "The appointment comes because the minister is responsible for iqama affairs along with the Public Authority of Manpower, which grants permits to residents. The minister has vowed to prioritize population demographic issues...
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MoE prepares list of teachers to be terminated
KUWAIT: Sources revealed that the education ministry has started preparing a list of names of teachers who are going to be terminated at the end of the current school year on the instruction of Education Minister Hamad Al-Adwani, who assured there will be exceptions where there are no Kuwaitis who can replace the positions, as some specializations will be mostly for citizens."The ministry asked education zones to submit the names of non-Kuwaiti...
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Deliveroo surprises campers with Kuwait's first desert delivery
KUWAIT: With the return of everyone's favorite season of the year, and with camping "kashta" lovers heading to the desert, Deliveroo partnered with District Butchery, % Arabica and Eighty Six for a one-off surprise delivery using an exclusive 4x4 to campers in Sabiya.Seham AlHusaini, the General Manager of Deliveroo, commented: "Winter is one of our favorite seasons of the year in Kuwait. Deliveroo is excited to meet our customers where we are...
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Durant leads Nets to win at Pelicans, Hornets equal record first quarter
MIAMI: Kevin Durant scored 33 points and Kyrie Irving turned it on late in the game as the Brooklyn Nets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 108-102 on Friday. The Nets, who had seen their 12-game NBA winning streak end at Chicago on Wednesday, trailed 64-53 at half-time but got a grip on the contest in the third quarter.Durant also grabbed 10 rebounds, the 111th time in his career he has combined 30-plus points with double-figure rebounds. The...
ADELAIDE: Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic hits a return during his semi-final match against Russian Daniil Medvedev at the ATP Adelaide International tournament in Adelaide on January 7, 2023.— AFP
Injury scare as Djokovic beats Medvedev to make Adelaide final
ADELAIDE: An intense Novak Djokovic brushed aside Daniil Medvedev on Saturday to set up an Adelaide International final against Sebastian Korda and played down injury concerns after appearing to tweak his hamstring. The top seed, who has an ominous 22-1 record since September, was breathtaking at times as he cruised past the former world number one Russian 6-3, 6-4 in preparation for the Australian Open, where he is a nine-time champion.In the...
WARSAW : Participants attend the Christmas supper for Ukrainian refugees staying in Warsaw on Orthodox Christmas Eve in Warsaw, Poland.- AFP
Refugees celebrate first Christmas since fleeing Ukraine
WARSAW: Filled with sadness and hopes of a victorious 2023, hundreds of Ukrainian refugees celebrated their first Christmas since fleeing the Russian invasion at a contemporary theatre in Warsaw. The celebrants at the Nowy Teatr, a former truck repair workshop, were among the 1.5 million Ukrainians who have settled in Poland since the war began-the highest number for any country. Almost all were women as most Ukrainian men of recruitment age are...
MARSEILLE: People take part in a tribute march in the memory of three Kurdish activists, who were murdered in January 2013, in Marseille, on Saturday. — AFP
Thousands march in Paris in memory of 2013 murder of Kurds
PARIS: Thousands of demonstrators marched in central Paris on Saturday to pay tribute to three Kurdish activists murdered a decade ago. The march, an annual event since the killings on January 9, 2013, came two weeks after an eerily similar triple slaying on December 23 at the Kurdish Cultural Centre in Paris-just a few minutes' walk from the site of the earlier shootings. The organizers said more than 25,000 people from all over Europe had...
SHANGHAI: File photo shows Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma preparing to deliver a speech during the main forum of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018 (WAIC 2018) in Shanghai. - AFP
Jack Ma to cede control of Ant Group
BEIJING: Jack Ma will cede control of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, the company announced Saturday, following a Communist Party crackdown on the nation's tech sector that targeted the charismatic billionaire. One of China's most recognisable entrepreneurs, Ma once exemplified a generation of Chinese technology moguls with his rags-to-riches personal tale and penchant for public showmanship. But the former English teacher has retreated from...
LAS VEGAS: Razer Chroma lights are displayed above a computer station with accessories for video gaming and lifestyle content creation at the Razer Inc. booth during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. – AFP
CES looks to shake off economic gloom
LAS VEGAS: The annual CES consumer electronics extravaganza threw open its doors in Las Vegas on Thursday as the industry looks to the latest innovations to help cure the pain from an ailing global economy. High inflation, lingering supply chain troubles and company layoffs provide a dark backdrop for technology's premier trade show where more than 100,000 attendees are expected from around the world until Sunday.Consumer Technology Association...
KUWAIT: A bird flies in front of the waxing gibbous moon above Kuwait City. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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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