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KUWAIT: Health minister with doctors at the meeting.

Health minister meets doctors, discusses parity issues

KUWAIT: Dr Khaled Al-Saeed, Health Minister and Undersecretary, Dr Mustafa Redha, met with several doctors to address their demands regarding the equivalency of the board and its parity with a Postgraduate degree in their respective fields, as there were several doctors who were negatively affected and wished to see a decision taken in this regard.The minister responded by saying that the issue was discussed at the respective technical committees...

Cabinet asks for government expatriate employees' list

KUWAIT: The Cabinet has asked for an official list of all expatriate workers in the government, their qualifications and salaries, after two previous reports prepared by the audit bureau and the financial panels showed the illegal employment of expatriates in the government sectors, where they were given high salaries and employed in positions allotted for citizens.In an exclusive interview to Kuwait Times, official sources said that, the...

KUWAIT: Drugs seized by the customs department at the airport.

Customs seize illegal substances

KUWAIT: The customs at the Kuwait airport has confiscated from different smugglers a variety of illegal substances including marijuana, Tramadol, Hashish and intoxicating pills.A statement released by the Customs department said that a variety of drugs had been found with passengers coming from abroad with - two expatriates being arrested with drugs, an Arab national caught with Hashish and Tramadol, an Asian national found with illegal pills and...

SRIPERUMBUDUR, India: Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi pays tribute at his father, slain former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination memorial on Sept 7, 2022, before starting his party's Kanyakumari to Kashmir rally. - AFP

Gandhi channels namesake in 'long march'

SRIPERUMBUDUR, India: Emulating Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday began his "long march" seeking to halt the seemingly inexorable slow decline of his once-mighty Congress party. The Grand Old Party, which governed for decades after India's 1947 independence from Britain, is a shadow of its former self, discredited and crushed under the electoral juggernaut of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist...

KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry with members of the Gulf Accreditation Centre. - KUNA photosn

Commerce ministry assigns firms for product verification

KUWAIT: Fahad Al-Shuraian, Minister of Commerce and Industry, announced that the public authority for industry has admitted six companies from the private sector to support the government's plans for the supervision and inspection of products in markets and at border ports. Fahad Al-Shuraian"The quality of the products that come into the market rest on a proper inspection and verification process, as it brings in consumer trust and support within...

KUWAIT: Kits being prepared by KRCS staff. - KUNA photos

KRCS provides school kits

KUWAIT: KRCS distributed school kits to poor and low-income families, in an initiative that is aimed at supporting school-going children in the new academic year. "As a society, we need to be committed to the cause of easing the financial burden of such families," said Khaled Al-Zaid, KRCS Public Relations and Media Director General. He also praised contributions by donors, individuals and private establishments, to help the society make the...

KUWAIT: Early morning fog envelops Kuwait City. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

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NEW YORK: Russia’s Karen Khachanov celebrates after defeating Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in the 2022 US Open Tennis tournament men’s singles quarter-finals on September 6, 2022. – AFP

Khachanov stuns Kyrgios, sets up Ruud duel for US Open final spot

NEW YORK: Karen Khachanov set-up a US Open semi-final duel with Casper Ruud on Tuesday when he battled past "devastated" Nick Kyrgios in a big-hitting five-setter, shattering the Australian crowd-pleaser's dreams of a maiden Grand Slam title. Russian 27th seed Khachanov triumphed 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 over the Wimbledon runner-up to make the last-four at a major for the first time.Earlier Tuesday, Norwegian fifth seed Ruud defeated...

DUBAI: Sri Lanka's captain Dasun Shanaka (right) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa take a run during the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket Super Four match between India and Sri Lanka on September 6, 2022. - AFP

Sri Lanka prove a World Cup point with India win

DUBAI: Batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka have shaken off their underdogs tag and proved they can challenge at next month's T20 World Cup, after beating India to stand on the verge of the Asia Cup final. Rajapaksa's side bounced back from a crushing opening defeat against Afghanistan to register three straight wins in the Twenty20 tournament, which was moved from Sri Lanka to the United Arab Emirates because of political unrest and an...

KUWAIT: The door for registration for the Sept 29 Assembly elections closed on Wednesday. – Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

376 candidates to contest 50-seat Assembly as registration closes

By B IzzakKUWAIT: Forty-four members of the dissolved National Assembly are among 376 candidates who have filed their nomination papers to contest the Sept 29 snap polls, called after HH the Amir dissolved the Assembly over continued political disputes. At the close of registration of candidates on Wednesday, there are 34 former MPs from previous national assemblies, spearheaded by 87-year-old opposition leader Ahmad Al-Saadoun. Twenty-seven...

SICHUAN: Rescuers walk past uprooted trees from a landslide as they head to an earthquake-affected area following a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Shimian county, Ya’an city, in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. – AFP

China's quake death toll hits 74

BEIJING: The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck southwest China has risen to 74, state media reported Wednesday, as thousands were evacuated into temporary shelters and heavy rains threatened to cause more landslides. The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometers southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometers on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey.The state-run People's Daily said that...

GITEGA: In this file photo, Evariste Ndayishimiye Burundi's elected President from the ruling party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), and First Lady Angelique Ndayubaha attend the swearing-in ceremony at Ingoma stadium in Gitega, Burundi. - AFP

Burundi president sacks PM after warning of coup plot

NAIROBI: Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye sacked his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level purge Wednesday after warning of a "coup" plot against him. The former army general replaced Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and civilian chief of staff General Gabriel Nizigama on a day of high drama in the troubled central African country. At a hastily called parliamentary session, lawmakers approved the appointment of security minister Gervais...

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