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Dr. Khalid Al-Saleh

Alliance of leaders and scientists

By Dr Khalid A Al-Saleh are hearing great promises these days, the days of getting ready for the National Assembly elections. There are tens of candidates promising us reform, as if reform is a readymade item successful candidates will deliver to us. If reform was this simple, we would be the most developed country today, but we are still hearing promises, and our movement is still very slow and not up to our aspirations. Reform principles...

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Cabinet gives new departmental directives in weekly meeting

KUWAIT: The Cabinet has conducted its weekly meeting headed by his Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah. The Cabinet decided - to approve the Kuwait municipality's request to approve the donation from Kuwait Finance House to repair the damage caused at Souq Al-Mubarakiya; to grant approval to Atlas International Estate company to construct a multi-storied parking building in block two in Hawalli; to grant approval to the Kuwait...

Title constitutional law on a book and a gavel.

Values document - a political faux pas?

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: A controversial document went viral on social media on Sunday, sparking widespread controversy and division between supporters and opponents of the document. After several candidates running in the Sept 29 parliamentary elections signed a document titled "The document of values", in which they pledged to support Islamic laws, the hashtags #Kandahar_document and #values_document, trended on Twitter, with thousands of citizens...

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GCC supports efforts to stabilize Yemen

RIYADH: Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) announced the organization's support for the UN's efforts to restore security, stability and peace in Yemen. This decision was announced after a meeting between Al-Hajraf and the US Special Envoy to Yemen, Timothy Linderking, which was held at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh.Meanwhile, both sides reviewed the UN's efforts to end the conflict in Yemen and spoke...

KUWAIT: Srilankan officials with the honorary winners. – KUNA

Sri Lankan Ambassador rewards honorary students

KUWAIT: Honorary Sri-Lankan students in Kuwait have been lauded for their high school results-an event which was organized by the Muslim Sri-Lankan community in Kuwait, Iqraa Islamic Committee, which is accredited by the ministry of endowment in Kuwait."I would like to express my appreciation to the society for its noble and exceptional support, which it offers to the community through its committee," Sri Lankan ambassador to Kuwait, Othman Johar...

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Kuwait's citizenship rights - a gray area

By Majd OthmanKuwait: "She does not know what her children's future will look like" - in these exact words, the founders of the Gray Area campaign described the situation of Kuwaiti mothers who have children from non-Kuwaiti men, explaining the insecurity and fear from their uncertain future, which prevents them from getting their rights and depriving them from being secure and safe in the only homeland they know. Kuwait Times spoke to the...

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Housing affordability in Kuwait lowest in the region

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: A report indicated that affordability of housing in Kuwait is the lowest among Gulf countries, with a price-to-income ratio of 15:8, making it one of the least affordable places in the world to own residential property, according to Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz).The report showed that although Kuwait attaches great importance to meeting the housing needs of its citizens through the Public Authority for Housing Welfare,...

Dr Mohammad Al-Sulaimi

Rare hernia condition operated on at Sabah Hospital

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Dr Mohammad Al-Sulaimi, Senior specialist in General, Laparoscopic and Obesity surgery at Sabah Hospital, said that a successful hernia operation was carried out on a 17-year-old patient, who was diagnosed with a very large inguinal hernia. The doctor added that the hernia which reached till the patient's testis was a rare condition, as most cases of hernia in young people occur at birth or are corrected within a...

KUWAIT: Winners of the 'Pookalam' competition with officials at the PonnOnam 2022 fest.

LuLu Hypermarket celebrates 'PonnOnam 2022' promotion

KUWAIT: Retail giant, LuLu Hypermarket celebrated a week-long 'PonnOnam 2022' promotion that ran from 6 to 13 Sept at all outlets of the hypermarket in Kuwait. The PonnOnam 2022 promotion was inaugurated at the Al Rai outlet of the hypermarket on 10 Sept by the top management of LuLu Kuwait along with Al Rai branch members and in the presence of a large gathering of shoppers, well-wishers and media personnel. Onam, a ten-day long cultural...

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Football Premier League roundup

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The final match of the third round of Zain Football Premier League lived up to expectations as it was enthusiastic and exciting in most of the match. Kuwait controlled the events, as forwards Taha Yassin Khenissi and Shairkam Kareem coordinated attacks with support from the midfield particularly from Arshad Al-Alawi, Ahmad Al-Dhafiri and Mahdi Burahma - creating several opportunities score.Al-Arabi meanwhile, opted for...

Faleh Al-Otaibi, Secretary General of KTF

Kuwait to host 6 International tournaments

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Six International Tennis Tournaments will be held at Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International Tennis Complex for juniors and men. The tournaments will start on September 19th until November 6th. Top-ranked world tennis players will compete for points. Secretary General of Kuwait Tennis Federation (KTF) Faleh Al-Otaibi said the Federation is ready for the organization of the tournaments under the...

DUBAI: Sri Lanka’s players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket final match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on September 11, 2022. – AFP

Shanaka dedicates Asia Cup victory to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

DUBAI: Skipper Dasun Shanaka on Sunday called the Asia Cup triumph a "real turnaround" for Sri Lankan cricket ahead of the T20 World Cup and dedicated the win to the crisis-hit nation. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 23 runs in the final with Bhanuka Rajapaksa hitting an unbeaten 71 and Wanindu Hasaranga starring with bat and ball in Dubai. The win was nothing short of a fairytale ending for a team which started the tournament, a precursor to the...

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Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Humoud Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah speaks during the visit. - KUNA photos

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