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Call to boost local production for food security, low prices
KUWAIT: The ministerial committee for food security has prepared a wide-ranging report that includes a roadmap and presented it to the Cabinet. The report is the first after two months since its formation, with requests and recommendations the next government must execute immediately to obtain the desired results to shield the country from global food price fluctuations during crises.The committee emphasized supporting local agricultural...
JERUSALEM: Lina Abu Akleh, the niece of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, watches on TV the speech of US President Joe Biden upon his arrival in Tel Aviv on July 13, 2022. - AFP
Abu Akleh kin invited to US as Biden visits
JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden's administration has invited relatives of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to Washington, an American official said Wednesday, as Biden arrived in the Zionist entity. Secretary of State Antony Blinken "has invited the family to the United States to be able to sit down and engage with him directly", Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters aboard Air Force One.Abu Akleh, a...
COLOMBO: Demonstrators shout slogans and wave flags during an anti-government protest inside the office building of the prime minister on July 13, 2022. - AFP
Sri Lanka PM office stormed as prez flees
COLOMBO: Protesters in Sri Lanka defied tear gas, water cannon and a state of emergency to storm the prime minister's office on Wednesday after the president fled overseas, with the crowd demanding both men step down in the face of an economic crisis. In a televised statement Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he had instructed the military and police to do "what is necessary to restore order".But footage showed armed security personnel...
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Global economic outlook 'darkened significantly': IMF
WASHINGTON: The global economic outlook has "darkened significantly" and could deteriorate further, the IMF's managing director said Wednesday, citing Russia's war in Ukraine and the rapid inflation it has caused, threatening widespread hunger and poverty. The warning comes just months after the IMF already cut its global growth forecast for 2022 and 2023.The Ukraine war hit as the world was struggling to recover from the ongoing impact of the...
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Despite rising prices, Kuwait remains cheapest in Gulf
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: A recent study showed Kuwait is the cheapest Gulf country in the first half of 2022 and the ninth cheapest in the Arab world. The ranking by Numbeo, the world's largest cost of living database, includes costs of groceries, eating out at restaurants, transportation and utilities.Athoob Al-Shuaibi, a Kuwaiti currently living in Dubai, told Kuwait Times that Dubai is considered expensive in some ways compared to Kuwait. "Fuel is...
KUWAIT: This file photo shows people swimming at a beach in Kuwait. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Interior Minister forms committee to organize beaches
KUWAIT: First Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Lt Gen Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a decision to form a committee of senior officials to organize and secure beaches. The committee will be headed by Kuwait Fire Force, and features members from the interior, health, commerce and industry ministries, Kuwait Municipality, Environment Public Authority, Fatwa and Legislation Department, and Touristic Enterprises.Kuwait Fire Force...
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Patients Helping Fund distributes Eid gifts to children
KUWAIT: The Patients Helping Fund Society (PHFS) held several activities in hospitals on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha. The women activities department held activities at Farwaniya, Jahra, Zain, Salem Al-Ali, Genetics and Razi hospitals, during which gifts were distributed to children. The children clubs department held an activity at Sabah Hospital with entertainment and educational programs, and gifts, corn, popcorn, ice cream and cotton candy...
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Re-Engineering Administrative operations (2)
By Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi "A successful administrator is one who can organize matters in a way that work will no longer need his presence". It is supposed, in the general administration of various entities, to have an administrative mentality and the charisma and tools of a leading personality to be able to manage in the best way possible. Administration begins with the human being managing himself, then managing his close relationships...
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Cutting plastic waste essential for Kuwait's sustainable development goals: Environmentalist
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: According to the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, the amount of plastic waste in Kuwait is estimated at about 18 percent of total solid waste, or around 200,000 tons annually. Member of the Board of Directors of Kuwait Environment Protection Society Jenan Bahzad spoke to Kuwait Times about the importance of reducing the use of plastics and its dangers to the environment."Every year, according to scientific and field...
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Indian envoy George to leave Kuwait
KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sibi George is tipped to be the new envoy to Japan, according to reliable sources. George will replace the current Indian Ambassador to Japan Sanjay Kumar Verma, who in turn will move to Canada. However, it is not clear who will replace George in Kuwait as an official confirmation regarding the reshuffle is still awaited, the sources added.George, over the last two years as Indian ambassador to Kuwait, has...
KUWAIT: An ice cream vendor pours water on his head to cool off as he waits for customers near a street in Mutlaa, northwest of Kuwait City. The weather is expected to remain very hot in the coming few days, with the temperature reaching up to 48 degrees Celsius. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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SUVA, Fiji: US Vice-President Kamala Harris speaks via video-link to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Suva on July 13, 2022. - AFP
US launches Pacific push with new embassies
SUVA, Fiji: The United States launched a major push into the Pacific Wednesday as it seeks to hold off China's advances in the region, with Vice President Kamala Harris announcing the opening of two new embassies at a key regional summit. Washington will open missions in Tonga and Kiribati and also appoint its first-ever Pacific regional envoy, Harris said as she pledged $600 million in funding for the region in her address to the Pacific...
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