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Expatriates' KU scholarships might be canceled
KUWAIT: After the start of Kuwait University's admission of expatriate students who will be studying on their own expense, the Ministry of Higher Education is now studying the cancelation of the scholarship program for 50 non-Kuwaiti high school graduates which the minister selects every year based on their grades."Scholarships for 50 students given by the Minister of Higher Education does not make sense and is not fair, given that other students...
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Experts demand restructuring of Arab environmental media: Bahzad
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: The Sabah Al-Ahmad Environmental Training Center concluded its sixth workshop for expertise for the current year. The event was held in cooperation with the Kuwait Environment Protection Society under the theme 'The Reality of Environmental Awareness and Media in the Arab World'. It featured the participation of 12 Arab countries, who developed 70 proposals to restructure environmental media and make maximum use of...
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IKEA collaborates with EPA in distributing one million eco-friendly bags
KUWAIT: In line with the commitment to have a positive impact on both people and planet, IKEA Kuwait is collaborating with the Environment Public Authority (EPA) in Kuwait to distribute a total of one million biodegradable eco-friendly bags, as part of EPA's environmental awareness campaign.The EPA campaign aims to decrease plastic waste in Kuwait by shedding light on the danger of excessive plastic usage and to encourage a public behavior of...
LONDON: Police officers patrol at Waterloo Station in London on August 18, 2022 as Britain's train network faced further heavy disruption in major walkouts that follow the sector's biggest strike action for 30 years already this summer. - AFP
Britain rail workers strike again
LONDON: Railway staff in Britain on Thursday staged the latest in a series of strikes, once again disrupting commuters and leisure travellers, as decades-high inflation hits salaries and prompts walkouts across various industries. The latest action by rail workers, which will be repeated on Saturday, is part of a summer of strike action by the sector and others at a scale not seen since the 1980s under former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.The...
ISTANBUL: File photo shows a money changer counts Turkish lira banknotes at a currency exchange office in Istanbul. Turkey's central bank on August 18, 2022, stunned the markets by lowering its main interest rate even as inflation soared to a 24-year high and looks set to climb further. – AFP
Turkey stuns markets by cutting rate despite soaring inflation
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Turkey's central bank on Thursday stunned the markets by lowering its main interest rate even as inflation soared to a 24-year high and looks set to climb further. The central bank said "recession is increasingly assessed as an inevitable risk factor" as it lowered its one-week repo auction rate to 13 percent from 14 percent. "Just insane -- with inflation at 80 percent and rising," BlueBay Asset Management economist Timothy...
BETHESDA, United States: File photo shows a jogger runs past gas stations in Bethesda, Maryland. US retail sales held steady in July as gas prices fell and spending on automobiles dropped sharply. - AFP
US retail sales flatline in July as gas prices fall
WASHINGTON: US retail sales held steady in July as gas prices fell sharply, but the new data released Wednesday showed consumers are still spending, keeping the pressure on the Federal Reserve to continue its aggressive interest rate hikes. Americans flush with savings have been a key driver of the US pandemic recovery, and the Fed is keeping a careful eye on economic data as it battles to quash red-hot inflation without tipping the world's...
KHARKIV, Ukraine: Rescue workers inspect the site of a destroyed hostel as a result of a missile strike in the second largest Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. - AFP
Russia strikes ahead of UN chief meeting
KYIV, Ukraine: Russian strikes battered the northeast Ukraine region of Kharkiv Thursday, killing at least five people, hours ahead of the first face-to-face meeting since the start of the war between the Turkish and Ukrainian leaders. Moscow meanwhile denied it had deployed any heavy weapons at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine where a recent escalation in fighting has increased fears of a nuclear...
KABUL: Afghans pray at a grave of victims, after burial ceremony in a cemetery on the outskirts of Kabul on August 18, 2022. The death toll from a blast which ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in the Afghan capital Kabul on August 17, has risen to 21, police said. - AFP
21 die as blast rips through mosque in Afghan capital
KABUL: A blast that ripped through a mosque packed with worshippers in the Afghan capital killed at least 21 people and wounded more than two dozen others, police said Thursday. The number of bombings across Afghanistan has declined since the Taleban returned to power last year, but several attacks-some targeting minority communities-have rocked the country in recent months, including those claimed by the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group.No...
PARIS, France: File photo shows a courtroom sketch of Felicien Kabuga, one of the last key suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, wearing a protective face mask as a protection due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. - AFP
Hague trial set for 1994 Rwanda genocide accused Felicien Kabuga
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Felicien Kabuga, an alleged financier of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, will go on trial in The Hague on September 29 facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, a UN judge announced Thursday. Once one of Rwanda's richest men, Kabuga allegedly helped set up hate media that urged ethnic Hutus to "kill Tutsi cockroaches" and funded militia groups. Now in his 80s, Kabuga was arrested in France in May 2020 and...
OHIO: Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a backhand during his match against Borna Coric of Croatia during the Western & Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 17, 2022. – AFP
Nadal's disaster hands Medvedev No 1 status
CINCINNATI: Rafael Nadal's disaster comeback match on Wednesday at the Cincinnati Masters leaves the Spaniard lagging in the chase for the top ATP ranking. Nadal was ambushed 7-6 (11/9), 4-6, 6-3 in his second-round start by Croat Borna Coric, ending his hopes of overtaking Daniil Medvedev for the world number one rankings. Top seed Medvedev, who played on Thursday for a quarter-final spot against Denis Shapovalov as he tried to tighten his grip...
JEDDAH: Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk (center left) and British boxer Anthony Joshua (center right) attend a press conference ahead of the heavyweight boxing rematch for the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF titles in Jeddah on August 17, 2022. – AFP
Boxer Joshua brushes off 'nonsense' retirement talk
JEDDAH:  Heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua called retirement speculation "nonsense" on Wednesday after suggestions he could hang up his gloves if he loses to Oleksandr Usyk again this week. Joshua, 32, is bidding to reclaim the world titles he lost to Ukraine's Usyk, who beat the Briton by unanimous decision in London last September. Some experts have said a third professional defeat could end the career of the former Olympic heavyweight gold...
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Kuwaitis grab medals at pan-Islamic games
KONYA: Kuwaiti swimmer Waleed Abdulrazaq won the silver medal of 50-m butterfly contest in the Islamic Solidarity Games. Finishing with a time of 23.66 seconds, Abdulrazaq made a new national record for this competition. Compatriot Abdullah Shaaban followed his suits and grabbed the silver medal of the -60 kg Men's Single Kumite competition. The Turkiye-hosted event, which brought together some 6,000 athletes from across more than 50 Islamic...
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Kuwait importers worry over new customs regulations, extra costs
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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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PIFSS denies newspapers and social media reports