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Customs seize 41 kg of Lyrica
KUWAIT: Kuwait's air customs confiscated 41 kg of powdered Lyrica. "The confiscated material weighed around 41 kilograms, hidden inside food supplement boxes in five shipments," interim Manager of Kuwait Customs Sulaiman Al-Fahad announced."There will be no laxity by Kuwait Customs at any of our borders, and our focus will remain on all exported and imported shipments in order to maintain the security of the country," he said, insisting that...
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Unlicensed medical storages in Salmiya shut down
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health has announced that they have issued tickets against medical storage facilities that were unlicensed and were not following regulations by harboring expired products. "A surprise investigative squad has been released in Salmiya to uncover violations in medicinal storage facilities in cooperation with Kuwait Municipality and the Kuwait Fire Force," the ministry of health announced in a press statement."The storage...
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Kuwait hands out 200 tillers to Yemeni farmers
ADEN: The Kuwait-based Humanitarian Relief Society dispensed Tuesday 200 tillers to farmers in four Yemeni governorates, namely Al-Hodeida, Lahj, Taiz and Abyan. The support is part of "Kuwait by your side" campaign that has been in Yemen for the 8th year in a row.Deputy director of the society in Yemen Adel Baashan said it is one of the projects funded by the society that contributes to upgrading the agricultural sector in the four governorates....
KYIV, Ukraine: Combination of pictures shows (L-R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and UN chief Antonio Guterres will meet in Ukraine, the United Nations announced. - AFP
UN chief to meet Ukraine, Turkey leaders
KYIV: UN chief Antonio Guterres will meet with the leaders of Ukraine and Turkey this week, officials announced Tuesday, as Kyiv reported an "unprecedented" cyberattack on its nuclear energy agency's website. A deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last month has allowed a tentative restart of grain exports from Ukraine after Russia's invasion blocked essential global supplies.Guterres will hold talks in the western Ukrainian city of...
SEOUL: People sit near a screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on August 17, 2022, after North Korea fired two cruise missiles, Seoul's defence ministry said. – AFP
Seoul defence ministry says North Korea fires two cruise missiles
SEOUL: North Korea fired two cruise missiles Wednesday, Seoul's defence ministry said, ending a month-long lull in Pyongyang's record-breaking spate of weapons tests this year. The isolated nation has not tested a cruise missile-which are not banned under United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang-since January, the Yonhap News Agency reported.The last time North Korea conducted a weapons test was July 10, when they fired what appeared to be multiple...
DHAKA, Bangladesh: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (L) speaks during a press conference in Dhaka on August 17, 2022. – AFP
UN rights chief says Rohingya refugees unable to return home
DHAKA: UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday that it remained unsafe for Rohingya refugees to return to their homes in Myanmar, nearly five years after a crackdown there sparked an exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh.Nearly a million members of the mostly Muslim minority live in a sprawling and squalid patchwork of refugee settlements near Bangladesh's southern coast. Most fled their homes after a 2017 Myanmar army offensive that is now...
RIYADH: Record profits for oil giant Saudi Aramco on the back of high oil prices and output are set to help the kingdom's economy achieve growth of 7.6 percent this year, the IMF says.— AFP
IMF sees Saudi growth soaring 7.6% this year on oil revenues
RIYADH: The Saudi economy is expected to grow 7.6 percent this year, up from 3.2 percent in 2021, on the back of soaring oil revenues, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. The government's Vision 2030 reform program, designed to reduce the kingdom's dependence on oil, has also given the economy a boost as more Saudis join the workforce, particularly women, the IMF said."Liquidity and fiscal support, reform momentum under Vision 2030...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s economy contracted about 58 per cent between 2019 and 2021, with GDP falling to $21.8bn in 2021. - AFP
Lebanon may record second highest inflation rate globally in 2022: Fitch
BEIRUT: Lebanon is expected to post the second-highest inflation rate in the world this year, trailing only Sudan, according to Fitch Solutions. Inflation in the country, which faces its worst economic crisis in more than three decades, will average 178 per cent in 2022, up from about 155 per cent last year, Fitch said. This is an upward revision from Fitch's previous forecast of about 156 per cent for this year due to stronger inflationary...
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Germany's Russian gas crisis sparks coal rush
BERLIN: "A rush like this in the summertime, it's unheard of-everybody wants coal," says Frithjof Engelke, a supplier of the briquettes which have become a hot commodity in the German capital. A looming shortage of Russian gas in the wake of the Ukraine war has reignited enthusiasm for this method of heating private homes despite its sooty residue and heavy carbon footprint.Engelke, 46, head of the century-old Berlin business Hans Engelke...
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Special Olympics tests for athletes
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Special Olympics carried out medical tests for the athletes as part of health promotion in Kuwait. 80 athletes of both genders participated under the supervision of Yousuf Abdelredha and specialist Dalal Buhamdi - both from the health promotion program of Special Olympics. The event was carried out in the presence of Tomroh Club Chairwoman and National Director of Kuwait Special Olympics Rihab Buresli, Sheikha...
COPENHAGEN: Trabzonspor’s Greek forward Anastasios Bakasetas (right) fights for the ball with Copenhagen’s Danish midfielder Rasmus Falk during the play off Champions League football match FC Copenhagen vs Trabzonspor, in Copenhagen on August 16, 2022. – AFP
PSV rescue Rangers draw a 2-2; Copenhagen stun Trabzonspor
GLASGOW: Armando Obispo spared Walter Benitez's blushes as PSV Eindhoven rescued a 2-2 draw against Rangers in the Champions League play-off first leg on Tuesday. PSV goalkeeper Benitez looked to have gifted Rangers the advantage when he allowed Tom Lawrence's free-kick to squirm through his hands in the second half at Ibrox. Benitez's howler put Rangers 2-1 ahead after Antonio Colak had cancelled out Ibrahim Sangare's opener for PSV. But Obispo...
MUNICH: Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs (center) wins the men’s 100m final during the European Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, southern Germany on August 16, 2022. – AFP
Jacobs storms to Euro 100m crown as Ingebrigtsen and Perkovic shine
MUNICH: Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs put an injury-ravaged season behind him to storm to gold in the 100m gold in the European Athletics Championships in Munich on Tuesday. Jacobs, who was world indoor 60m champion in Belgrade in March, but withdrew before the semi-finals of the 100m at last month's world championships in Oregon, clocked a championship record-equalling time of 9.95 seconds.Defending champion Zharnel Hughes claimed silver in...
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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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Kuwaiti artist Etaf Redefining music with a fusion of cultures and stories
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WARSAW: Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Belweder Palace on Aug 22, 2024. - AFP
Modi urges peace ahead of historic visit to Ukraine
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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