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Info Minister Abdulrahman Al-Mutairin

50 info consultants sacked; no iqama renewals of expats

KUWAIT: Information and Culture Minister and State Minister for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi has issued decisions terminating the contracts of more than 50 consultants at the information ministry. The consultants were serving in various sectors of the ministry and were receiving salaries without a real need for their jobs. A very limited number of consultants were retained based on the needs of the ministry.Information Ministry...

KARBALA: Iraqi rescue workers search for survivors trapped under the rubble of the Qattarat al-Imam Ali shrine following a landslide on Aug 21, 2022. - AFP

Four bodies pulled from Iraq shrine

KARBALA: Iraqi rescue workers Sunday were desperately searching for survivors trapped under rubble after a landslide hit a Shiite shrine, killing at least four people. "We have found four bodies, including of a woman" at the site near Karbala, central Iraq, civil defense official Abdelrahman Jawdat told AFP. Between six and eight pilgrims had been reported trapped under the debris of the shrine, known as Qattarat al-Imam Ali, civil defence...

CAIRO: Hind Omar, an Egyptian metro train driver, poses on a life-size train simulator at Adly Mansour station in Heliopolis on May 31, 2022. - AFP

Cairo metro employs first women drivers

CAIRO: As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has recruited Egypt's first female train drivers, a novelty in a country where few women have formal jobs. Since April, commuters on the network's newest line have seen women take the controls in the driver's cab, with reactions ranging from raised eyebrows to outright disapproval, according to the two pioneers.Egyptian women have had the right to vote...

Attorney Fajer Ahmad

Employment agreements

By Fajer Ahmed employee agreement is the traditional document used in relationships between employees and employers for the purpose of laying out rights, obligations and responsibilities. Today we are going to be discussing employment agreements and their importance to employees, as they discuss rights and obligations, as well as responsibilities. Below are some common questions and their answers: Question: I have been working for a...

KUWAIT: Students arrive at Kuwait University's College of Business in this Oct 2021 file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Action plan a priority for Kuwait education reform

KUWAIT: The government established Kuwait University in 1966, distributed over buildings in various residential areas of Kuwait. In the early 1980s, the government decided to build a comprehensive university. But this took about 40 years to complete, with its costs doubling several times and its buildings catching fire on seven different occasions. During that long period, high school graduates compounded and reached 44,600 students in the...

KUWAIT: Firemen battle a blaze at a farm in Sulaibiya.

Fire at Sulaibiya farm controlled

KUWAIT: A fire at a farm in Sulaibiya agricultural area was controlled on Saturday. "The central command sent fire squads from Sulaibikhat, Istiqlal, Jahra Al-Harfiya and support stations. Upon arriving at the scene, it appeared the fire started from a makeshift room located outside the farm and spread to a number of trees and agricultural crops spread out over an area of 10,000 square meters," the Public Relations Department of the Kuwaiti Fire...

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Air customs seizes Lyrica, capsules

KUWAIT: The director of the General Directorate of Customs said air customs officers discovered 80 kg of Lyrica powder and 300,000 capsules ready to be filled in four shipments that arrived from an Asian country. The goods mentioned on the shipping documents included table salt, paint and food supplements.

LUANDA, Angola: Supporters of Joao Lourenco, Angola's President and presidential candidate of the the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) gather during a campaign rally in Luanda on August 20, 2022, ahead of the Angola elections scheduled for August 24, 2022. - AFP

Ex-president dos Santos' body lands in Angola from Barcelona

LUANDA, Angola: The body of Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain last month, arrived in Luanda on Saturday, ending a weeks-long feud over the repatriation of the ex-president's corpse. A plane carrying the remains landed in the Angolan capital from Barcelona in the evening, AFP reporters at the scene said. Only a few dozen people had gathered at Luanda's airport to welcome the former president's casket."I was told he was going to...

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Security officers patrol near the destroyed Hayat Hotel after a deadly 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists in Mogadishu. – AFP

Somalia hotel siege toll hits 21

MOGADISHU, Somalia: The death toll from a devastating 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21, Health Minister Ali Haji Adan said Sunday, as anxious citizens awaited news. Emergency workers have been trying to clear the debris of a gun and bomb attack by the Al-Qaeda-linked group on the popular Hayat hotel which left parts of the building in ruins, with many feared trapped inside the...

MUNICH: Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's Pole Vault final during the European Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, southern Germany on August 20, 2022. - AFP

Pole vault king Duplantis rules supreme; Bol grabs third gold

MUNICH: World and Olympic pole vault champion Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis retained his European title in comprehensive fashion in Munich on Saturday while the irrepressible Femke Bol sealed a third gold of the championships. Duplantis, fresh from breaking his own world record in Eugene as he clinched world gold with 6.21 metres last month, set a championship record of 6.06m at the Olympic Stadium. "It was great. The goal going into today was to try...

AMMAN: People visit the 20th Amman International Book Fair in this Sept 23, 2021 file photo. - Xinhua

Kuwait 'Guest of Honor' at 2022 Amman int'l book fair

AMMAN: Kuwait was chosen as the "Guest of Honor" at this year's edition of the Amman International Book Fair, starting from September 1 for a period of 10 days, it was announced Sunday. In a statement to KUNA, President of the Jordanian Publishers Association and Exhibition Director Jber Abu Fares said the decision came to enhance the brotherly relationships between the two countries, mainly in the cultural field. (210923) -- AMMAN, Sept. 23,...

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AU to extend strategic partnership with CQUniversity

The Australian University (AU) has signed a collaboration agreement with Central Queensland University Australia (CQUniversity) to offer a joint "Doctor of Philosophy" degree. The agreement was signed by Prof Isam Zabalawi, AU President, and Prof Grant Stanley, Vice President Research - CQUniversity, during an AU-CQU Joint Research Committee meeting held on June 29, 2022. The PhD program is set to commence during the 2022/2023 academic year and...

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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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