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KUWAIT: Motorists drive amid heavy rain and low visibility on Dec 6, 2022. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Kuwait gears for emergency response amid heavy rains
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: A major emergency response effort in Kuwait is underway after several areas around Kuwait were flooded following heavy rains that hit the country on Tuesday. Meanwhile, citizens and residents are preparing for more heavy rains in the coming days. Abdulrahman Al-Fraih, Manager of Organic Agriculture Department, told Kuwait Times the best thing farmers can do is try to build up their soil with microbes and strength the bond,...
Admiral Commander of the French Forces in the Indian Ocean and the United Arab Emirates, Emmanuel Slaars, during his speech
Kuwait, French military participate in Pearl of the West 2022 exercise
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Admiral Commander of the French Forces in the Indian Ocean and the United Arab Emirates Emmanuel Slaars affirmed France’s unwavering commitment to the security of Kuwait and the region. Slaars’ statement came in a press conference on the eve of the conclusion of the “Pearl of the West 2022” exercise in Kuwait held by the Kuwait armed forces and the National Guard with friendly French forces.Slaars, who is also the...
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Avatar's James Cameron on art, AI and outrage
From "Terminator" to "Titanic" to "Avatar", director James Cameron has pushed Hollywood's technical wizardry to new limits, but human emotion must always come first, he told AFP. In an era when special effects are much more accessible to filmmakers, and studios are willing to regularly spend hundreds of millions of dollars on blockbusters, it is the artistic talent that makes the difference, Cameron said during a visit to Paris. Whether he can...
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Warmer noses are better at fighting colds
WASHINGHTON: Chilly weather and common respiratory infections often go hand in hand. Reasons for this include people gather inside more in winter, and viruses survive better in low-humidity indoor air. But there has been less certainty about whether lower temperatures actually impair human immunity and, if so, how. Now, a new study published Tuesday in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology details a previously unknown way that the immune...
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine:  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky records his address to Ukrainians in front of the sign of the town of Sloviansk during his visit in the Donetsk region amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - AFP
Zelensky visits Donbas near Ukraine front
KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday visited the frontline region of Donetsk in east Ukraine, describing fighting in the area as "difficult" with Russian forces pushing to capture the industrial city of Bakhmut. The visit came as Russian President Vladimir Putin convened his security council in the wake of the latest spate of drone attacks on military-linked facilities inside Russian territory.The focus of fighting in Ukraine has shifted...
DOHA: Morocco's players celebrate with a Palestinian flag at the end of the Qatar 2022 World Cup round of 16 football match against Spain at the Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan on Dec 6, 2022. - AFP
Morocco the last African and Arab nation standing at WCup
DOHA: Achraf Hakimi struck the decisive penalty to send Spain crashing out and Morocco into the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time, winning 3-0 in a shoot-out on Tuesday after a 0-0 draw. Spain coach Luis Enrique had claimed his players prepared by taking 1,000 penalties as homework but Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets all missed from the spot and Madrid-born Hakimi dinked his home to the delight of Morocco's raucous...
KUWAIT: Motorists drive amid heavy rain and low visibility on Dec 6, 2022. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Kuwait can deal with rainwater deluge: Official
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s drainage system can cope with water accumulations resulting from the ongoing rainfall in the country, the public works ministry said on Tuesday. Ahmad Al-Saleh, the official spokesperson of the ministry of public works and the roads authority, told KUNA that rain has been continuously falling since early Tuesday. Emergency teams of the ministry and the authority are handling some water puddles in inner districts and on the...
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Citizens, residents of GCC can enter Qatar without Hayya card
KUWAIT: GCC citizens and residents will be allowed to enter Qatar without the need to register for the Hayya card, the Qatari interior ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry, in a statement carried by the Qatar News Agency (QNA), said Gulf citizens and residents coming to Qatar from all border points will be allowed into the country without registering for digital Hayya cards. However, the card, along with the ticket, is required to attend World...
Shireen Abu Akleh
Al Jazeera takes slain journalist's case to the ICC
THE HAGUE: TV network Al Jazeera submitted the case of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, saying she was killed by Zionist forces. The Qatar-based channel said it had "unearthed new evidence" on the death of the Palestinian-American, shot while covering a Zionist army raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on May 11.Any person or group can file a complaint to the ICC prosecutor for investigation,...
Rana Al-Naibari
Kuwait banking institute trained 50,000 in 10 yrs
KUWAIT: Kuwait Institute of Banking Studies (KIBS) has trained up to 50,000 people, mostly Kuwaiti citizens, over the past 10 years, the institute's director general Rana Al-Naibari said. Naibari, in an interview with KUNA, said the institute held 130-260 training programs annually in recent years. And, over the past 10 years, it organized nearly 2,500 training programs on professional accreditation, upgrading leaders' skills and updating various...
SINGAPORE: PAM officials at the ILO meeting.
PAM participates in ILO conference, holds workshop
KUWAIT: Singaporean President Halimah Yacob opened the International Labor Organization's 17th Asia and Pacific Regional Meeting, which is attended by the Kuwaiti government represented by ministries, businessmen and workers. "The scheduled agenda for the meeting includes a number of subjects which will be discussed. Most important is a framework for supporting transitions towards formalization and decent work, which focuses on the legal...
Dr. Khalid Al-Saleh
Values of democracy and values of ethics
By Dr Khalid Al-Saleh 33rd US President Harry S Truman (May 8, 1884 - Dec 26, 1972) once said "you want a friend in Washington? Get a dog". This is Western democracy, which did not strike a balance between democracy and ethical values such as tolerance and love, as well as keeping up with the human instinct. Fair people appreciate Western civilization's adoption of democratic values, which hold people equal in freedoms and opportunities....