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PM continues meetings with MPs on next course of action

By B IzzakKUWAIT: Prime Minister-designate HH Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah continued on Tuesday meetings with lawmakers over the formation of the Cabinet and future plans following general elections last month. The premier met on Monday 15 MPs and on Tuesday met around the same number of lawmakers from different political groupings.MP Hani Shams said the meeting with the prime minister was fruitful and extremely positive. He said among issues...

SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on Oct 11, 2022. - AFP

Putin meets MBZ, hails UAE mediator role

SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United Arab Emirates can play a "significant" role in efforts to reach a resolution in his war in Ukraine as he held talks with the Gulf nation's ruler. "I am aware of your concerns about how the situation is developing in general and of your wish to help with resolving all controversial issues, including the crisis that's happening now," Putin said at the start of their meeting Tuesday...

BAABDA, Lebanon: Lebanon's deputy parliament speaker and negotiator Elias Bou Saab hands the latest draft of a proposal to demarcate Lebanon's maritime border with the Zionist entity to Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace on Oct 11, 2022. - AFP

Lebanon, Zionist entity agree on sea border deal

BEIRUT: Lebanon has secured its “full rights” in the latest text drafted by US mediators to demarcate the maritime border with the Zionist entity, its lead negotiator said Tuesday, after the Zionist entity said it met its terms too. “Lebanon has obtained its full rights, and all of its remarks have been taken into account,” said lead negotiator Elias Bou Saab, the deputy speaker of parliament, after handing the draft to President Michel...

KUWAIT: (From left) Abdullah Boftain, Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah and Asrar Al-Ansari at the launch event of the Houna Initiative. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Sheikha Majda Al-Sabah launches Houna Initiative

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: The Global Burden of Disease study estimates that, within the GCC region, approximately 15 percent of the population is believed to suffer from mental disorders in any given year. However, an estimated 75 percent of individuals who experience mental health difficulties do not seek professional help. This October, and as a follow up to her ongoing awareness campaigns to break the stigma around mental health, philanthropist,...

KUWAIT: Dr Leila Bastaki and other officials inaugurate the conference.- KUNA photos

Conference urges concerted response to genetic diseases

KUWAIT: Dr Noufa Al-Shemmari said that responses to challenges pertinent to genetic diseases requires collective cooperation and teamwork among specialists. She made the remark in a keynote speech during the Medical Genetics Conference in Kuwait, held between 11-13 Oct and organized by the Kuwait Medical Genetic Centre (KMGC). Dr Noufa Al ShemmariRepresenting the health minister, who is the patron of the three-day medical conference, Al-Shemmari...

Dr Wafaa Al-Hashash

Kuwait records spike in Lipoid proteinosis cases

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Consultant of internal medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dr Wafaa Al-Hashash said around 160,000 citizens and residents will get Cirrhosis in the next ten years and she attributed this to the increased rates of Lipoid proteinosis cases in the country.Al-Hashash said in a press statement that Lipoid proteinosis affects more than 20 percent of the global population, adding that in comparison with global...

KUWAIT: Members of the (Kuwait Sat-1) project. – KUNA Photos

Kuwait Sat-1 ready for launch next year

KUWAIT: Dr Hala Al-Jassar, Director of the National Project for Kuwait's First Educational Satellite and member of the teaching faculty at Kuwait University's Physics Department said that (Kuwait Sat-1) is ready to launch by the end of the year.Dr Al-Jassar said in a press statement on the occasion of celebrating the world space week, that the launch was announced as part of the national project for the first Kuwait Satellite (Kuwait Sat-1) that...

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Dive Team discovers new coral growth

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Dive Team said that it noticed the presence of a dense coral of several types of colonies near the coasts extending from Kuwait Towers to Ras Salmiya, during a general observation visit done to monitor the corals of the Gulf coasts. This discovery is the first of its kind. The Head of the Environmental Projects in the team, Mahmoud Ashkanani said on Monday, that "preserving the coral reefs is one of the most important...

Dr Tarek Elsheikh

Young Ambassador Initiative on Int'l Day of Girl Child

KUWAIT: In the last ten years, there has been increased attention on issues that matter to girls amongst governments, policymakers and the general public and more opportunities for girls to have their voices heard on the global stage. Yet, investments in girls' rights remain limited and girls continue to confront a myriad of challenges to fulfil their potential, made worse by the concurrent crises of climate change, COVID-19 and humanitarian...

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AU announces its 2022 career fair

KUWAIT: The Alumni and Career Placement Center at the Australian University (AU) is organizing its 2022 Career Fair, scheduled to be held over the course of two days (16-17, October). The annual career fair aims to provide AU students and graduates with a valuable opportunity to network and meet industry leaders and recruiters from different industries such as Banking, Oil and Gas, Telecom, Automotive and much more.The career fair will serve as a...

KYIV, Ukraine: People stand by a rocket crater next to a child playground in central Kyiv after Ukraine's capital was hit by multiple Russian strikes early on today. – AFP

Russia bombards Ukraine before G7 meeting

KYIV: Russia said on Tuesday it launched "mass" strikes on Ukraine hours ahead of a G7 meeting expected to condemn an earlier missile blitz that Kyiv's allies said was a mark of Moscow's desperation. Officials in Ukraine's western region of Lviv said at least three Russian missiles targeted energy infrastructure and the mayor of the region's main city, also called Lviv, said about one-third of the city was without power.Russia's defence ministry...

GLASGOW, United Kingdom: File photo taken on May 1, 2021 pro-independence protesters wearing protective face coverings to combat the spread of the coronavirus, gather in George Square, Glasgow, ahead of the upcoming Scottish Parliament election. – AFP

UK's top court mulls legal basis for new Scottish independence vote

LONDON: The UK Supreme Court was on Tuesday urged to rule on the legality of Scottish moves to hold a new referendum on independence next year without the consent of the government in London. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's nationalist government in Edinburgh wants a fresh vote on the question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" Her SNP ran in the 2021 Scottish parliamentary elections on a promise to hold a legally valid referendum...

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Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by the Zionist entity's Iron Dome air defense system over the Upper Galilee region on August 23, 2024. — AFP

Airlines fly over Afghanistan as Middle East skies become risky

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Palestinian senior medical students attend to patients. – KUNA photos

Kuwait to send Palestinian med students to Gaza

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TARIM, Yemen: The Terkait Medical Center includes eight medical clinics and related departments. - KUNA photos

Kuwait opens medical center in Hadhramaut

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Oh I-se (right), vet and CEO of Sky Animal Medical Group, and an assistant X-raying goldendoodle dog Mozzi before using the 'X Caliber' software to help pin point x ray abnormalities in Yongin.--AFP photos

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