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Lawyer warns of rising threat of online scams in Kuwait
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Users of various social media platforms in Kuwait have reported an increase in online scams by fraudsters who use those platforms as their base, with a significant increase reported in dangerous and highly targeted online scams. Taking advantage of people's fears and concerns, scammers trick users into clicking on links or attachments that contain malwares.To understand the issue from a legal standpoint, Kuwait Times spoke to...
Commerce and Industry Minister Fahad Al-Shuraian.
Minister extends official's suspension
KUWAIT: Commerce and Industry Minister Fahad Al-Shuraian issued a new decision extending the suspension of the Director General of Kuwait Ports Authority for three months starting July 28, 2022 and paying him half of his salary during the suspension period. The minister first suspended the director on April 28th. Former Commerce and Industry Minister Dr Abdallah Al-Salman issued a ministerial decision to suspend the director Sheikh Yousuf...
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Manpower authority officials meet Sri Lankan Ambassador
KUWAIT: Acting Director of Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Dr Mubarak Al-Azmi received Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Jowhar on Tuesday. Azmi welcomed the guess, lauded the historic relations between the two countries and expressed keenness on strengthening them. The two sides discussed ways to improve cooperation on matters related to Sri Lankan manpower in Kuwait.
The National Assembly.
Five political groups call for 'changing electoral system'
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Five Islamic, liberal and national political groups on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah as the new prime minister and urged reforms that include changing the electoral system. In a joint statement, the five groups expressed the hope that the next government will undertake reforms that lead to the election of a true representative National Assembly through the amendment of the election system and...
Photo shows a hepatic function panel blood test tube.
Breakthrough in mysterious child hepatitis
WASHINGTON: British researchers reported a breakthrough Monday in mysterious hepatitis cases affecting young children, finding the serious liver condition was linked to co-infection of two common viruses, but not the coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported at least 1,010 probable cases, including 46 that required transplants and 22 deaths from the illness dating back to last October. Previous theories had centered on a spike...
RANIYE: Bapir Kalkani, an Iraqi Kurdish agricultural trade unionist, inspects his wheat farm in the Rania district near the Dukan reservoir, northwest of Iraq's northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah in the autonomous Kurdistan region.- AFP
Iraq Kurd farmers battle drought as Dukan retreats
LAKE DUKAN: Farmers in Iraqi Kurdistan seeking to irrigate crops face seeing their economic lifeline slip away as the waters of Lake Dukan recede and dams upstream in Iran stem the flow. Bapir Kalkani, who is also a trade unionist, farms near the picturesque lake but has seen marked changes over the past three years as Iraq suffers prolonged drought."There was water where I'm standing now" in 2019, the 56-year-old said. "It used to go three...
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Dr Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets GCC Secretary General Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf. - KUNA
Kuwait's Foreign Minister meets GCC Chief
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Dr Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah met on Tuesday with the visiting Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf. During the meeting, they discussed enhancing efforts to support the process of joint Gulf action towards greater solidarity and interdependence within the framework of the Gulf system, said the GCC Secretariat in a statement. It added that they also discussed topics...
Palestinian Ambassador Rami Tahboub
Palestinian Ambassador congratulates Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf
KUWAIT: Ambassador of Palestine to Kuwait Rami Tahboub congratulated retired General Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on being appointed as Kuwait's new prime minister. "On behalf of the Palestinian community in Kuwait and myself, I am honored to convey congratulations to His Excellency retired General Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for the confidence put in him by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,...
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Sheikh Khaled Al-Saleh Al-Sabah exchanges gifts with Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sibi George.
Kuwait's Army Chief of Staff meets Indian Ambassador
KUWAIT: Chief of General Staff of Kuwait's Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sheikh Khaled Al-Saleh Al-Sabah met with Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sibi George on Tuesday. The two sides discussed interalia, bilateral ties, ways of enhancing cooperation in various fields especially in the domains of defense and security, and other matters of mutual interest, the Indian Embassy said in a press statement.
KUWAIT: Birds drink from water pots at a location in Kuwait. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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MASKWACIS, Canada: Pope Francis wears a headdress presented to him by Indigenous leaders at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada. – AFP
Pope apologizes for Indigenous abuse
MASKWACIS, Canada: Pope Francis on Monday apologized for the "evil" inflicted on the Indigenous peoples of Canada on the first day of a visit focused on addressing decades of abuse at Catholic-run residential schools. The plea for forgiveness from the leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics was met with applause by a crowd of First Nations, Metis and Inuit people in Maskwacis, in western Alberta province-some of whom were taken from their...
MANILA, Philippines: File photo shows Northern Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lord David Trimble discusses efforts to negotiate a peace accord between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, in the south during a press briefing in Manila. - AFP
Northern Irish Nobel laureate David Trimble dies at 77
DUBLIN: David Trimble, the Nobel peace prize-winning former first minister of Northern Ireland whose statecraft helped end decades of conflict, died Monday aged 77. Trimble, a key architect of the landmark 1998 peace deal in the troubled UK province, won the prize along with pro-Irish leader John Hume that year after the pair sealed the historic agreement."It is with great sadness that the family of Lord Trimble announce that he passed away...
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GAZA: A Palestinian child injured in a Zionist strike reacts as she is carried to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug 21, 2024. - AFP
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