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Constitutional court rejects petition to suspend polls

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The constitutional court rejected on Tuesday a petition challenging the legality of two emergency Amiri decrees related to the snap polls, and also rejected a demand to suspend the Sept 29 general elections. The rejection means that Kuwaiti voters will head to polls on Thursday as scheduled to elect a new 50-seat National Assembly, hoping to end decades of political disputes.It also means that the constitutional court, the...

TOKYO: A portrait of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe hangs above the stage during his state funeral in the Nippon Budokan on Sept 27, 2022. - AFP

Abe honored at controversial state funeral

TOKYO: Japanese and foreign dignitaries paid tribute to assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe at a state funeral on Tuesday that drew both mourners and protesters to central Tokyo. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida described the former leader as a "person of courage" in a eulogy, listing his achievements, including efforts to strengthen Japan's diplomatic ties. "I feel heart-breaking grief," Kishida said as he faced a photograph of Abe that...

LAUREL, Maryland: This screengrab made from NASA live feed on Sept 26, 2022 shows Dimorphos just before the DART impactor made impact with the asteroid, as watched by the NASA team at DART headquarters. - AFP

NASA strikes asteroid with spaceship

LAUREL, Maryland: Bullseye: A NASA spaceship on Monday struck an asteroid seven million miles away in order to deflect its orbit, succeeding in a historic test of humanity's ability to prevent a celestial object from devastating life on Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor hit its target, the space rock Dimorphos, at 7:14 pm Eastern Time (2314 GMT), 10 months after blasting off from California on its pioneering...

DUBAI: A man collects items from a vending machine that gives out free bread on Sept 22, 2022. - AFP photos

In Dubai, poor get free bread from machines

With the cost of living surging, free hot bread distribution for the poor has been introduced in Dubai, a rich Gulf emirate where millionaires rub shoulders with hard-working migrants. The city of skyscrapers soaring above the desert, which imports almost all of its food, has been impacted by rapidly rising consumer prices, a global trend exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Ten vending machines were installed last week in supermarkets,...

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Three persons...and one!

By Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi "It is not important to read a lot, rather it is useful reading." - Arnold J Toynbee was browsing the shelves of a library in the city, looking for a certain book. As I was moving slowly, I thought about thousands of titles of the books of all types, and how the author gets the name of the book to be indicative of the subject and express its idea. It logically supposed that the title will be unique. The author will,...

KUWAIT: The Cabinet during their weekly Monday meeting. – KUNA photo

Cabinet lauds decision to cede camp to PAHW

KUWAIT: Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al Sabah, Acting Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Interior, informed the Kuwaiti Cabinet on his decision to move the camp of the Southern Brigade to the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW), during the Cabinet's weekly Monday meeting. Dr Mohammad Al-Fares, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs lauded the decision adding that it highlighted the government's...

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Mudawi Diwaniya discusses key women's issues ahead of elections

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Former education minister Moudi Al-Humoud told Kuwait Times on the sidelines of a discussion event held on Monday by Mudawi List Platform titled "Mudawi Diwaniya" that Kuwaiti women from an earlier stage are fully empowered at all levels, while their success in reaching the parliament depends on voters' trust, elections and nomination of women."We hope women have a better opportunity to win in the current elections,...

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Kuwaiti activists: Environmental causes should be a legislative priority

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti activists said on Monday that candidates running for positions in the upcoming national elections, scheduled to be held next Thursday, must put environmental causes on the forefront of their respective campaigns, to achieve sustainable development for the country.Several sources stressed on the importance of protecting the environment saying that the issue was not to be ignored and had been put in the back burner for way too long....

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Kuwait's electoral campaigns get creative

KUWAIT: There is no doubt that the candidates for the National Assembly elections 2022 have the right to use all traditional, modern or advanced media and new technological methods in their election campaigns, as long as they are within the legal framework, to ensure the integrity of electoral campaigns aimed at attracting voters' attention and to promote themselves. However, an observer of the current campaigns held ahead of the National...

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National Guard begins preparations for rainy season

KUWAIT: National Guard Undersecretary, Hashem Al-Refaei, accompanied by leaders, visited Al-Tahrir encampment, to inspect the strength of support units ahead of the rainy season. He listened to plans regarding the handling of rain related issues, starting October, which included technical squads being trained to use modern equipment to deal with flooding, plans to rescue trapped people and measures to facilitate road movement.Al- Refaei also...

KUWAIT: A jetski enthusiast races against the horizon. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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KUWAIT: The National Assembly.

Kuwaiti economists: Legislations needed to boost economy

KUWAIT: With the 2022 National Assembly planned to be held on Sept 29, Thursday, Kuwaiti economists stressed the importance of choosing candidates eager to promote the sustainability of the national economy through laws and legislations. Speaking to KUNA, the economists shared a vision focused on diversifying income, cultivating a viable atmosphere for commerce and investment, as well as encouraging creativity and ingenuity in business....

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JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia inaugurated on Wednesday the largest logistics investment by global shipping company Maersk in Jeddah Islamic Port. – AFP file photo

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BEIRUT: Acting governor of Lebanon's Central Bank Wassim Manssouri, gives a press conference at the bank's headquarters in Beirut . -- AFP

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