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'Disney on Ice' soon in Kuwait; talks on to host 'Winter Wonderland'

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Tamdeen Group, Kuwait's leading property developer, announced on Tuesday it will soon launch the world-famous theatrical show "Disney on Ice". The group has signed an agreement with SES Live, the regional leader in providing live family entertainment. The live show will be held at Arena Kuwait, one of Tamdeen's projects located at 360 Mall's new extension.Tamdeen Group revealed that the move is in line with their vision of...

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Iran seizes, then releases US Navy drone vessel

WASHINGTON: An Iranian ship seized an American military unmanned research vessel in the Gulf but released it after a US Navy patrol boat and helicopter were deployed to the location, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The US Central Command's 5th Fleet said a support ship from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, the Shahid Baziar, was spotted towing the seven-meter Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) late Monday.The US naval...

Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi

History, freedom, ethics

By Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi "Freedom is the spirit of the ethical stand, and without freedom there are no ethics, mastery, creativity and duty." - Mustafa Mahmoud wonder sometimes what is the relationship between ethics and the science of history, and are ethics a science? Here I will talk about examples of several persons and wonder how they will write history. I, of course, am not speaking about the inaccurate saying that history is written...

KUWAIT: The Cabinet holds its weekly meeting at Seif Palace on Monday, chaired by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. – KUNA

Cabinet continues preparations for National Assembly elections

KUWAIT: The Cabinet, during its weekly meeting at Seif Palace on Monday, adopted a number of decisions to set the stage for the parliamentary elections slated for Sept 29. The meeting, chaired by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, recalled the speech of HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah expressing a sincere desire to empower the people of Kuwait to have a final say on the correction of the political course.The...

Marwan Salamah

What does financial stability term mean?

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Have you ever heard the term financial stability and wondered what it means? And how it helps countries grow their economies? In an interview with Kuwait Times, economist Marwan Salamah explained the meaning of the term and its significance and implications in the financial world today.He started explaining the term by applying it to an example to simplify the idea. "Financial sustainability is a modern fancy term for an...

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657 operations performed at Ibn Sina Hospital

KUWAIT: Ibn Sina hospital has announced that 657 surgeries have been preformed this year at the urology unit at the hospital. The head of the urology department at Ibn Sina Abdulnaser Al-Saeed said in a press conference the operations included 40 kidney surgeries, 16 urethral transplants, 121 laparoscopy operations, 379 birth defect surgeries and 101 other operations."New operations have been conducted for birth defects, as more than 90...

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KRCS launches 'donate to teach' campaign for orphans, needy families

KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society kicked off its campaign for needy families and orphans on Tuesday called 'Donate to Teach'. "This humanitarian campaign aims to enhance societal collaboration with the vision and the rights of education," said Chief Secretary of KRCS Maha Al-Barjas. "Education is one of the most important projects for KRCS to decrease the burden on needy families and disabled children specifically," she added. The donations can...

BEERSHEBA: Maher Hanna, the lawyer of Mohammed al-Halabi, the former Gaza head of World Vision, a major US-based aid agency, speaks to the press at the Beersheba district court, after his client was sentenced to 12 years in prison for funnelling millions of dollars to Islamist group Hamas. The sentencing comes after the court issued a ruling in June. – AFP

Zionist entity sentences World Vision ex-Gaza chief to 12 years for aiding Hamas

BEERSHEBA: An Zionist court on Tuesday sentenced the former Gaza head of a major US-based aid agency to 12 years in prison for funnelling millions of dollars to Islamist group Hamas. The Beersheba district court in southern Jewish state issued a sentence of "12 years' prison time, less the detention" already served for World Vision's Mohammed al-Halabi.The court had ruled in June that Halabi was guilty of siphoning off millions of dollars and...

ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine: Vasily 68, looks at his destroyed house in the village of Andriivka, Kyiv region, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. – AFP

Ukraine wages counter-offensive

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine: Intense fighting was raging on Tuesday across the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson occupied by Russia, Kyiv's presidency said, as its troops pressed counter-offensives "in various directions". Most of the region of Kherson bordering the Black Sea-and its provincial capital of the same name-were seized by Moscow's military at the start of the invasion six months ago. With the war in the eastern Donbas region largely...

SWAT, Pakistan: Stranded local tourists disembark from a Pakistan's army helicopter after they were rescued by army from the flood-hit tourist areas in Saidu Sharif. – AFP

'Second life': Helicopters rescue the stranded from Pakistan valleys

SAIDU SHARIF, Pakistan: Up to 200,000 people are stranded in remote Pakistan valleys after the unrelenting floods of the past week-with helicopters the only way of reaching them. Unprecedented rain in the Swat Valley turned rivers into raging torrents that washed away roads and bridges, cutting off tourists and residents from nearby towns, even as the water receded.Army and government helicopter missions have rescued hundreds of panicked tourists...

KARACHI, Pakistan: A volunteer distributes food to displaced families who fled from flood hit areas in Sindh province at a government school used as a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Karachi on August 30, 2022.- AFP

Pakistan floods fuel 'back-breaking' inflation; UN appeals for $160m help

LAHORE/WASHINGTON: Catastrophic monsoon floods in Pakistan have sent food prices skyrocketing, putting many staples out of the reach of the poor as the cash-strapped nation battles shortages. The floods have submerged a third of the country, killing more than 1,100 people and affecting over 33 million. Recovery could cost more than $10 billion, according to the planning minister. The rains-which began in June, and whose unusual intensity has...

AHMEDABAD, India: In this file photo taken on December 23, 2010, Indian industrialist Gautam Adani speaks during a press conference in Ahmedabad. - AFP

India's Adani becomes world's third richest, first Asian in top 3

NEW YORK: Indian industrialist Gautam Adani became the world's third-richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Tuesday, the first time an Asian has ranked in the top three. The self-made billionaire has seen his net worth more than double to $137.4 billion in the last year, rising 20 spots on the index to now rank just behind Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, Bloomberg News reported.Gautam Adani has surpassed the Fresh Business magnate...

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

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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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