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American French Film Festival opens to concern over falling audiences

The American French Film Festival opened Monday in Hollywood, marked by concerns over the sharp drop in theater attendance in France and the United States since the pandemic. "There's no hiding the fact: cinema is experiencing a real upheaval," director Jean-Jacques Annaud told AFP at the 26th edition of the festival intended to show Hollywood the best of French productions. Between inflation eating away at leisure budgets and "people who have...

Models present creations by Italy's iconic fashion house Stefano Ricci at the temple of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut on the west bank of the Nile river, off Egypt's southern city of Luxor.—AFP photos

Stefano Ricci celebrates its 50th anniversary in style in Egypt

Stefano Ricci celebrated its 50th anniversary with a memorable fashion show on Sunday evening in Egypt. The Florentine house, specializing in very high end men's clothing, chose nothing less than the temple of Hatshepsut as the set for the show, on the outskirts of the city of Luxor, in one of the best-preserved temples with its majestic portico, backed by a chain of limestone cliffs overlooking the site of Deir El-Bahari. For this event, it...

KUWAIT: Traffic jams have become a daily occurrence after all schools reopened last week. – Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

MoI to review driving licenses issued to expats from 2013

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah has ordered that driving licenses of expats issued in the “past years” must be reviewed to ensure they were issued in a legal manner, the interior ministry said on Monday. The ministry said in a statement that if driving licenses were found to have been obtained illegally, holders will be summoned to the traffic department and the licenses will be canceled. The statement...

KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah meets 10 opposition MPs on Oct 10, 2022.

Lawmakers urge PM not to postpone Assembly opening

By B IzzakKUWAIT: Prime Minister-designate HH Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah held on Monday talks with 10 opposition MPs, who urged him not to delay the opening session of the new National Assembly and select ministers who respect the constitution. It was Sheikh Ahmad's first meetings with newly-elected MPs after his attempt to form a new Cabinet stumbled when the only elected MP in the Cabinet, Ammar Al-Ajmi, declined the post in protest against...

KYIV: A rescuer helps an injured woman on Oct 10, 2022 after several strikes hit the Ukrainian capital amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. - AFP

Russian missiles batter Ukraine

KYIV: Russian forces launched a barrage of fatal bombardments across Ukraine early on Monday and President Vladimir Putin vowed even more "severe" retaliation against Kyiv. The biggest wave of strikes across Ukraine in months killed at least 11 people nationwide, and was apparent retaliation for an explosion this weekend that damaged a key bridge linking Russia to the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula.The Ukrainian military said Russian forces had...

PARIS: A demonstrator with an Iranian flag and red hands painted on her face attends a rally on Oct 9, 2022, following the death of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in Iran. - AFP

Iran students, workers defy crackdown

PARIS: Iranian protesters remained defiant Monday with students staging sit-ins and some industrial workers going on strike despite a crackdown activists say has left dozens dead and hundreds more imprisoned. Videos posted on social media indicated that protests flared at various points in the capital and other cities over recent days, with women burning headscarves and shouting slogans against the Islamic republic.Kurdish rights group Hengaw...

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Experts weigh in on oil price hike

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti oil experts attributed the 10 percent increase in oil prices last week as a result of the OPEC+ decision to lower production by two million barrels per day, starting next November, the biggest decrease in production since 2020.In separate statements to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), economists added that such an increase is also supported by the big and sudden decrease in American crude commercial oil reserves and the decline of...

KUWAIT: Dr Yaqoub Al-Tammar tour the facilities with DHAMAN officials.

Al-Tammar tours DHAMAN health network facilities

KUWAIT: The Assistant Undersecretary for External Health Services Affairs at the Ministry of Health, Dr Yaqoub Al-Tammar, toured the facilities of the Health Assurance Hospitals Company (DHAMAN). The tours included visits to the DHAMAN hospital and its primary healthcare centers, where he was briefed on the company's efforts and growth to launch the operation of its health network in the upcoming months.Al-Tammar was welcomed and joined by the...

KUWAIT: Lieutenant-Colonel Othman Gharib with the yellow box campaign team

MoI's Yellow Box campaign puts spotlight on traffic offenses

By Faten OmarA national campaign was launched recently to educate people about the dangers of stopping in the yellow box at traffic junctions. The awareness campaign was launched by the Local Flavor marketing agency, to highlight violations by drivers of the 'Yellow box' rule, which represents just one of the many traffic offenses that continue to irritate planners and road users. Ahmad SultanSpeaking to Kuwait Times, Ahmad Sultan, Head of...

JORDAN: Members and medical representatives from KFH and KRCS

KFH supports medical campaign in Jordan

JORDAN: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) participated in supporting the 3rd Kuwaiti Relief and Medical Campaign in Jordan through its voluntary team which comprised a team of Kuwaiti doctors and consultants. The campaign is organized by Kuwait Red Crescent Society in coordination with the Jordan Red Crescent.This participation represents KFH`s social role and its endeavor to enhance humanitarian activities at all levels as per the cooperation, support,...

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Ayadi Marks Mental Health Day with self awareness initiative

KUWAIT: For World Mental Health Day, the important annual reminder of the need to take a moment to look after one's mental health and well-being, Ayadi emphasizes the need to address this societally neglected aspect of our health through self-awareness as the first step toward improving the way in which we approach the stressors of modern life.Mental health issues are largely neglected in the region. In the GCC, at least 15 percent of people or...

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KEPS participates in Arab Development Challenge

KUWAIT: Chairwoman of Kuwait Environment Protection Society Dr Wejdan Al-Oqab said the participation in the Arab Development Challenges contest, organized by the Environment Center for Arab Cities, Arab Network for Environment and development and the Climate Action Network Arab World on the occasion of the Arab Environment Day, is a moral commitment and contribution to improve the Arab environment in addition to the solutions, dealings,...

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US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves as she arrives to speak on the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 22, 2024. - Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the partyís nomination for president today at the DNC which ran from August 19-22 in Chicago. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)

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