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Deliveroo sets up water distribution stations for riders
KUWAIT: As part of Deliveroo's commitment to rider safety and satisfaction, Deliveroo will set up water distribution stations providing riders with access to cold water throughout the month of August. In addition to ensuring water is available all day across major restaurant partners, Deliveroo supervisors have been stationed at three key areas across Kuwait during peak summer hours, with distribution windows open from 12:00 PM until 10:00 PM...
KUWAIT: Minister of Information Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi chairs a meeting with the high committee for the Kuwait International Book Fair. – KUNA
Book expo Kuwait's biggest cultural event: Minister
KUWAIT: Kuwait's cultural significance lies in its Kuwait International Book Fair, which will be launched in the period between the 16th and 26th of November of this year with the support of the government, a senior government official said Sunday. Furthermore, this necessitates coordination in a manner that represents Kuwait faithfully, Minister of Information, Minister of Youth Affairs, Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi said during a press conference."The...
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Resumption of UK priority visa services for students
KUWAIT: The British Embassy will resume priority and super priority visa services from August 12. "Priority and super priority services will be different for visit visa requests, as there will be no cap for requests regarding student visas currently, but a maximum cap is in place for visit visas," a statement by the British Embassy said. The process takes around three weeks, and since August is considered the peak month for visa requests, the...
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Local residents stand next to the destroyed buildings following a rocket attack in the town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region, amid the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.— AFP
Nuke plant standoff stirs Chernobyl memories
VYSCHETARASIVKA, Ukraine: Anastasiya Rudenko clutches the gleaming gold medal her late husband Viktor was awarded for working in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone. He died in 2014 from bladder cancer-perhaps a result of radiation, she thinks. Now she mourns his loss in the Ukrainian village of Vyschetarasivka, across the river from the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant.Kiev and Moscow accuse each other of shelling near the facility. Rockets have...
WASHINGTON: File combination of pictures created shows US President Joe Biden (L) in Wilmington, and former US President Donald Trump (R) in Washington. - AFP
Tump vs Biden again? Documents scandal makes it more likely
WASHINGTON: If you think you've seen this movie before, it's because you have-except the second time will be even more nerve-racking. Yes, world: Get ready for Biden vs Trump 2. That's a potential takeaway from the scandal embroiling Donald Trump over his alleged hoarding of secret government documents almost two years after losing reelection to Joe Biden.If Trump was previously considered likely to announce a 2024 comeback bid, one school of...
NAIROBI: Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) clerks work to verify presidential results of the just concluded general election in the national tallying centre at 'The Bomas of Kenya' in Nairobi. – AFP
Calls for peace in Kenya as presidential race tightens
NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenyans prayed for peace Sunday as they waited anxiously for the final outcome of a tight presidential race, with the two frontrunners neck and neck, according to partial official results. As of Sunday morning, Deputy President William Ruto had scored 51.25 percent of the vote, reversing earlier gains for his main rival Raila Odinga, who had 48.09 percent, according to data from the election commission covering nearly 50 percent...
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Kuwait's economic data, inflation prompted CBK rate hike: Bouresli
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) raised the discount rate for the fifth time this year by about a quarter of a percentage point, from 2.5 to 2.75 percent, with the aim of maintaining the attractiveness of the dinar, expanding the margin between the domestic discount rate and the US interest from its narrowest level in a century, according to the latest banking data.The Central Bank also clarified that the maximum limits for...
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'Now hiring': American employers struggle to find enough workers
WASHINGTON: Salespeople, food servers, postal workers -- "Help Wanted" ads are proliferating across the United States, as companies struggle to deal with a worker shortage caused by the pandemic, a rash of early retirements and restrictive immigration laws.More than 10 million openings went unfilled in June, according to government data, while fewer than six million people were seeking work, even as employers desperately try to boost hiring amid...
Farmers are at work to collect eggplants some kilometers away from the frontline in Donbass region on August 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. – AFP
Farming under fire on the frontlines in eastern Ukraine
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine: The combine harvester lies crippled in a field of eastern Ukraine, surrounded by a blackened patch of cropland. The machine was lumbering through a pasture outside the village of Maidan-around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the frontline with Russian forces-when it struck a mine, according to farmer Pavlo Kudimov.One front wheel was wrenched off and the giant rotating reel prised aside, as the cabin was scorched by flames. The...
KUWAIT: The sunset captured in Kuwait on August 13, 2022. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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EUGENE: Armand Duplantis of Team Sweden clears the bar to set a world record at 6:21 and win gold in the Men’s Pole Vault Final on day ten of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 24, 2022 in Oregon. – AFP
Duplantis, Warholm head stellar cast at European Athletics Championships
MUNICH: World and Olympic pole vault champion Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis will headline the European Athletics Championships that also features the top Norwegian duo of Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Italy's Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs. Track and field will headline the European Championships in Munich, the biggest sports event in Germany since the 1972 Summer Olympics in the same Bavarian city.The athletics has drawn a record...
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Gaming industry feels squeeze after pandemic boom
In the height of the pandemic, video games offered people solace in isolation. But now that life is slowly returning to pre-crisis normal, and inflation is soaring, gaming companies are feeling the pinch. Makers of consoles, accessories, and software for gaming are experiencing the same kind of post-pandemic effect as tech titans who saw business boom while Covid-19 fears kept people close to home.The squeeze has been exacerbated by steep...
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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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Australia OKs world’s ‘largest’ solar power hub
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PIFSS denies newspapers and social media reports
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KFH students explore Kuwait Times and Kuwait News