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Home businesses under Kuwait's law

By Fajer Ahmed business laws are becoming more and more business friendly, especially for small businesses and home businesses, which were legalized under ministerial decision 330/2017. Many home businesses successfully operate from social media platforms. Today I will answer a few questions that concern home businesses which are referred to as micro businesses under Kuwaiti law. Question: Do I need a small business license as a home...

KUWAIT: Saoud Al-Marzouq at Kuwait Times office. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait Times intern Saoud Al-Marzouq talks about his passion for politics

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Being an intern can benefit students in exploring a career path, giving them an edge in the job market, helping them develop and refine their skills, granting them access to a variety of tasks and securing good references and recommendations for them.This summer, political science student Saoud Al-Marzouq, 20, joined Kuwait Times as an intern to develop his skills and get an insight into Kuwait politics. He receives training...

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Study finds young people follow influencers out of 'fear of missing out'

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Associate Professor at Kuwait University's Department of Media Fatima Al-Salem conducted a study that showed that following influencers on social media has repercussions on the mental health of their followers, especially young people.The study, which was based on the theory of social comparison and the case of "FOMO" (fear of missing out), aimed to understand the social and psychological effects on young people who follow...

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Dive Team completes protective projects in Arifjan's coral reefs

KUWAIT: Kuwait Dive Team, on Sunday, set new protective projects in the coral reefs of Arifjan, South Al-Ahmadi port. In a statement to the press, team director Waleed Al-Fadhel said that the team knows the significance of the coral reefs due to their importance to the environment and rareness."The project lasted few days, in which the team have completed maintenance for anchorages in the depth of 11 to 14 meters, checking the condition of the...

Kuwaiti photographer Majed Al-Zaabi.

Kuwaiti photographer elated after clinching UAE-based global award

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti photographer Majed Al-Zaabi expressed his elation on Saturday after he was named the winner of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - based Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA). Zaabi, who won top honors in the "content creator" category, said that this year's edition of HIPA was dedicated to nature and wildlife, saying he was glad to have been acknowledged in his quest to leave an...

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Commerce ministry closes violating stores

KUWAIT: Commerce and Industry Ministry inspectors cited a coffee shop in Fahaheel for violating its business license. Emergency teams took legal action against the violator. Meanwhile, ministry inspectors closed a store for selling counterfeit goods. Large quantities of clothes carrying fake tags for famous makers were found, so the store was closed, and legal action was taken, the ministry said in a statement.

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Photo of the Day

NABLUS, Palestinian Territories: Mourners carry the bodies of Muhamad Azizi, 25, and Abdul Rahman Jamal Suleiman Sobh, 28, killed earlier in Zionist attacks in the old quarter of the West Bank city of Nablus, during their funeral procession in the same city, on July 24, 2022. - AFP

Two Palestinians killed in Zionist raid

NABLUS, Palestinian Territories: Zionist forces killed two Palestinians during an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank, officials on the two sides said Sunday, in what Zionist entity described as a shootout with gunmen. The Zionist army said it carried out operations and used live fire in several locations, including in Nablus, adding it arrested four "individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activities".The Zionist military claimed...

ODESSA: A handout image made available by the Odessa City Council Telegram channel on July 24, 2022, shows Ukrainian firefighters battling a fire on a boat burning in the port of Odessa after missiles hit the port on July 23, 2022. - AFP

Russia says strike on Odessa port hit Western-supplied weapons

KYIV: Russia said Sunday that its missile barrage on a Ukrainian port central to a freshly-inked grain export deal had destroyed Western-supplied weapons, after the attack sparked an outcry from Ukraine's allies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Saturday's strike on the Odessa port-which came just one day after the warring sides struck a deal to resume exports from the facility-as "Russian barbarism".Turkey helped broker the...

COLOMBO: People walk past army personnel standing guard in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on July 23, 2022. - AFP

Sri Lanka president's office to reopen after crackdown

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's besieged presidential office will reopen on Monday, police said, days after anti-government demonstrators were flushed out in a military crackdown that triggered international condemnation. Widespread public anger over the island's unprecedented economic crisis saw protesters storm and occupy the colonial-era building earlier this month. Soldiers were forced to rescue then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa from his nearby...

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Boursa Kuwait crowned 'Most Sustainable Company in the Financial Services Industry'

KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait has been awarded the title of 'Most Sustainable Company in the Financial Services Industry' by World Finance magazine, which recognized the national stock exchange operator's efforts to raise awareness and foster the adoption of sustainable business practices, internally and throughout the wider capital market.World Finance is a print and online magazine providing comprehensive coverage and analysis of the financial...

MANILA: In this photo taken on July 20, 2022, a baker prepares dough for the popular breakfast roll 'pandesal' at a bakery in Manila. - AFP

Philippine bakeries shrink 'poor man's bread' as inflation bites

MANILA: As the war in Ukraine pushes up wheat prices and a weaker peso raises the cost of imported edible oil, many Philippine bakers are shrinking the size of a popular breakfast roll to cope with higher inflation. The slightly sweet and pillowy soft "pandesal", which Filipinos often dunk in coffee or stuff with cheese, used to weigh 35 grams at Matimyas Bakery, a breadmaker in suburban Manila.But as the cost of local and imported ingredients...

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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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