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KUWAIT: Hygiene inspectors protest before the Kuwait Municipality Headquarters.

Municipal inspectors protest for third day

KUWAIT: Hygiene inspectors at Kuwait Municipality, continued their demonstration for the third consecutive day at the Municipality headquarters, against a decision to transfer them by Municipality Minister Rana Al-Fares. Consultant of the union of municipality workers, Mohammed Al-Aradah, announced that the decision will be made only by the end of this week."A group of workers at the union met Municipality Minister Al-Fares, who promised to make...

KUWAIT: Elderly expat workers are seen in these illustrative file photos. – Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh

No visas for aged skilled expatriates - unfair decision?

By Nuskiya NasarThe decision to stop issuing visas for expatriates aged sixty years and above in 2020, is making headlines again in terms of its impact on expatriates. This ruling has caused great disruption and hardship for many expatriate families, as they have to uproot their lives and leave behind everything they have built in Kuwait and has also led to a negative impact on the Kuwaiti economy. The loss of expatriate workers led to a shortage...

KUWAIT: Protestors from the social development sector in talks with officials.

Social development employees protest for benefits

KUWAIT: Workers at the social development sector have started a protest to raise awareness about some of their benefits that have been denied to them such as a freeze on promotions, adequate monetary compensation and in general, against the transfer of their department, which was initiated in 2020.The protesters were met by Fahad Al-Shuraian, Minister of Social Affairs and Development, who listened to their requests and promised to find solutions...

RIYADH: GCC Secretary-General Dr Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf meets with India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar in Riyadh. - KUNA

GCC, India sign MoU to strengthen ties

RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and India signed a memorandum of understanding on the mechanism of consultations between India and the six-nation regional bloc. The MoU was signed during the official visit of India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to the kingdom, where he held a 'productive' meeting with the GCC Secretary-General Dr Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf. Meanwhile, Dr Hajraf and Dr Jaishankar exchanged views on the...

MADRID: Real Madrid's Belgian forward Eden Hazard (center) falls on Real Mallorca's Argentinean midfielder Rodrigo Battaglia (Down) during the Spanish league football match on September 11, 2022.- AFP

Real Madrid brush Mallorca aside 4-1, to sit atop La Liga

MADRID: Antonio Rudiger became just the second German to score in four of Europe's top five leagues in the 21st century as Real Madrid brushed Mallorca aside 4-1 to sit atop La Liga on Sunday. Rudiger hit a 93rd-minute goal to match Shkodran Mustafi's feat. He had previously scored nine times in the Premier League, twice in the Bundesliga and twice in Serie A.Mallorca took the lead with a 35th-minute headed goal by Vedat Muriqi, but Federico...

CAPE TOWN: Ngarohi McGarvey-Black of New Zealand (left) runs with the ball during the men's rugby semi-final match between New Zealand and Ireland at the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in Cape Town on September 11, 2022. - AFP

Ireland shock South Africa in Rugby World Cup Sevens

CAPE TOWN: Ireland stunned hosts South Africa with a convincing 24-14 win in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup Sevens at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. "Beating South Africa on their home patch-it does not get much bigger than this," said Irish captain Billy Dardis. Ireland silenced a big home crowd with a solid performance against the Blitzboks. "We said we wanted to kill the party a bit," Dardis told SuperSport TV.Ireland took...

VENISSIEUX: La Rochelle's French hooker Pierre Bourgarit (left) and La Rochelle's French prop Thierry Paiva (right) react past teammates challenged by Lyon's rugby players during the French Top14 rugby union match between Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby and Stade Rochelais (La Rochelle) at The Matmut Stadium on September 10, 2022. - AFP

La Rochelle survive Lyon scare; Stade Francais, Racing fall to Top 14 defeats

PARIS: Fly-half Antoine Hastoy made the difference with his boot as La Rochelle survived a late Lyon fightback to edge their Top 14 rivals 23-21 in their first away game this season but Paris clubs Racing 92 and Stade Francais both suffered defeats on the road. European champions La Rochelle remained unchanged from the starting XV that opened their campaign with a win against French champions Montpellier at home last weekend. But after...

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New academic year commences

KUWAIT: The managerial departments along with school staff begin a new academic term for the year 2022-23 in the country, with kindergarten school faculties having started their term, followed by elementary and middle school faculties who would begin later this week and high school staff to commence work on Sept 18. Students at kindergarten and elementary schools will start on Sept 25, followed by the start of the academic year for middle and...

KUWAIT: Volunteers of the KRCS-alghanim back to school campaign.

Alghanim Industries supports KRCS school campaign

KUWAIT: Alghanim Industries (Kutayba Alghanim Group) participated in a major back-to-school campaign conducted by longtime partner Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS). The company donated and packaged 1,000 school kits, supplying backpacks filled with a variety of stationery items for children in need, ahead of the school year.Dozens of employees volunteered to help carefully put together each school kit, ensuring that children in need would be...

NACKA, Sweden: Swedish Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democrats Magdalena Andersson arrives to give her vote at a polling center in Nacka, near Stockholm on September 11, 2022 during the general elections in Sweden. - AFP

Swedes vote in tight election race as far right-wing surges

STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Swedes began voting in legislative elections Sunday that will either pave the way for an unprecedented right-wing government supported by the far right or a third straight mandate for the ruling Social Democrats. Opinion polls have predicted a close race with a razor-thin lead for Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats and the left bloc, following a campaign dominated by rising gang shootings and soaring...

ADDIS ABABA: Shepherds sell their livestock at a market during Enkutatash, the Ethiopian New Year holiday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 11, 2022. - AFP

Ethiopia marks new year under cloud of conflict and inflation

ADDIS ABABA: Renewed conflict in the north, a crippling drought and stubbornly high inflation: Ethiopians rang in their new year on Sunday with little to celebrate. At a livestock market in the capital Addis Ababa, traders and visitors alike bemoaned the various crises confronting Africa's second most populous nation. "As you can see now, everything is expensive. If there was peace it wouldn't be like this," trader Endashew Denekew told AFP on...

BYBLOS, Lebanon: Workers install new solar panels as shades above vehicles in the parking garage of a shopping mall in the city of Byblos in northern Lebanon on August 26, 2022. - AFP

'A dire necessity': Lebanon's forced conversion to solar

BEIRUT: Thanks to solar energy, residents of the northern Lebanese village of Toula are finally able to enjoy ice cream again-a treat in a sun-baked country plagued by power cuts. Lebanon's economy collapsed in 2019 after decades of corruption and mismanagement, leaving the state unable to provide electricity for more than an hour or two per day. Last winter, the mountain village of Toula barely had three hours of daily generator-driven...

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Lynn Whyte at Kuwait Cancer Centre, receiving chemo treatment.

Cancer care packages offer gesture of comfort, support

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KUWAIT: Rescuers work at a collapsed building in Jabriya on Aug 21, 2024. - KUNA

Minister vows legal action over Jabriya building collapse

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WARSAW: Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Belweder Palace on Aug 22, 2024. - AFP

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

Shaddadiya project to help drive wheel of industrial development