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KUWAIT: The ground is packed with hailstones after a hailstorm in Umm al-Haiman on Dec 27, 2022. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Thundershowers, hailstorm lash Kuwait amid cold wave

By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: Heavy rains accompanied by lightning, thunder and hail lashed Kuwait on Tuesday, disrupting movement of pedestrians and vehicles. The rains hit most parts of the country on Monday and Tuesday, as cloudy skies blanketed the country, while motorists endured bumper-to-bumper traffic on rain-soaked roads. Kuwait's meteorological department had forecast heavy but scattered rains accompanied by thunder across the country with...

The National Assembly.

Delivery of Caracal choppers suspended; call to scrap PART

By B IzzakKUWAIT: Head of a parliamentary panel probing alleged corruption in two major defense deals, MP Adel Al-Damkhi, said on Tuesday that acting Defense Minister Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah has ordered the temporary suspension of the delivery of Caracal helicopters from France. Kuwait has already taken delivery of most of the 30 Caracals it had ordered at the cost of over $1 billion, but MPs have repeatedly raised concerns about alleged...

TEHRAN: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi speaks on Dec 27, 2022 following a funeral procession carrying the remains of 200 Iranian soldiers recovered from former battlefields of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). – AFP

Raisi vows 'no mercy' for protesters

TEHRAN: President Ebrahim Raisi said Tuesday Iran would show "no mercy" towards "hostile" opponents of the Islamic republic, gripped by more than 100 days of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death. The "riots", as Tehran generally refers to them, were triggered by the Sept 16 death in custody of Iranian-Kurdish Amini, 22, after her arrest for an alleged breach of the strict dress code for women.Addressing a crowd in Tehran, Raisi accused...

BEIJING: A health worker uses her phone as she waits for people at a nucleic acid testing booth on Dec 27, 2022. - AFP

Jubilant Chinese plan trips abroad

BEIJING: People in China reacted with joy and rushed to plan trips abroad Tuesday after Beijing said it would scrap mandatory COVID quarantine for overseas arrivals, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation. In a snap move late Monday, China said that from Jan 8 inbound travelers would no longer need to quarantine, as it further unwinds hardline virus controls that had torpedoed the economy and sparked nationwide protests.Infections...

The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) Headquarters.

PAAET graduates 10,000 per year

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) plays a key role in feeding the domestic work and business market with qualified labor force, graduating more than 10,000 would-be personnel per year. PAAET has been fulfilling this task since its proclamation on December 28, 1982, making up for shortages of the required workforce. At core of its activities is the holding of training courses involving thousands of students...

AMMAN: A Jordanian man smokes a cigarette as he checks his computer on March 26, 2021. - AFP n

Smoking, addiction and health hazard

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Secretariat General of the Arab Federation for Drug Prevention in cooperation with Kuwait Society for Preventing Smoking and Cancer organized a workshop titled 'Smoking and addiction and its relation with health'. The workshop was part of efforts to focus on the problem of drug use, which is considered a social deviation that causes much harm to the individual and family, which is the society's nucleus.This comes as an...

KUWAIT: The CBK headquartes.

Kuwait Central Bank's resilient monetary policy bears fruit

KUWAIT: The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) said Monday it keeps a close eye on global economic and monetary developments as well as geopolitical trends when making monetary decisions. The CBK adopts a resilient monetary policy that adapts to the requirements of the Kuwaiti economy, according to a CBK press release. In its World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast in October that global inflation would to rise from 4.7...

The digital transformation journey of the GCC region (Gulf Cooperation Council) is a defining success factor in its bid to carve a niche in a world that is fast transitioning to a technologically driven era.

GCC economies make significant progress in digital transformation

KUWAIT/DUBAI: The latest GCC E-Performance Index 2022 reveals that all countries from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region have performed exceptionally well on five major global indicators, displaying significant progress in digital transformation, according to MENAFN. The report was issued by Orient Planet Research (OPR), an independent unit of Orient Planet Group (OPG), in collaboration with information and communications technology (ICT)...

KUNA's anti-drugs campaign 'drugs kill you'

Drug scourge crosses red lines into society’s ominous threat

KUWAIT: Rampant drug abuse among youngsters in Kuwait is posing a perilous threat to society, giving way to growing national pleas for stiffer legislation to prevent a further slip into moral decadence. Given the detrimental effects drug abuse has on society and the national economy alike, concerned bodies in Kuwait have ratcheted up efforts to clamp down on the scourge, which include enacting tougher drug prohibition laws to penalize traffickers...

BUCHAREST: Kuwaiti air force aircraft arrived in Bucharest, Romania, to deliver 40 tons of relief aid to Ukrainian refugees in this file photo. – KUNA photos

Kuwait humanitarian achievements in 2022

KUWAIT: In 2022, Kuwait carried out a lot of humanitarian activities and initiatives, and made major accomplishments in various domains. The following is a list of such activities and achievements: Humanitarian Aid:Jan 26: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) signed a cooperation agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to support and implement a relief medical program for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.Feb 3: KRCS...

Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Kuwait and India FMs discuss bilateral ties

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar held a telephone conversation on Tuesday. The conversation is part of the enhanced high-level political exchanges between India and Kuwait, a press release issued by Indian Embassy, Kuwait said.During the conversation, both sides touched upon important areas of bilateral relations and exchanged views on the regional and...

PARIS: Protesters react as they hold Kurdish traditional musical instruments while taking part in a demonstration to pay tribute to the Enghien Street shooting victims in Paris. - AFP

Mystery endures in Paris murder of activists

PARIS: The unsolved 2013 murder of three Kurdish women activists in Paris has been an open wound for their community, with lingering frustration over France's failure to bring those responsible to justice. That wound was compounded after Friday's attack in which a white French gunman allegedly killed three Kurds, just minutes' walk from the scene of the slayings nine years ago. The new attack has brought the 2013 murders back under the spotlight...

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Four new ministers in Cabinet

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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