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Eid holiday under the labor law
By Fajer Ahmed Mubarak to all readers and their families and loved ones. This is the time to celebrate, eat good food and more importantly, show people compassion and care. Eid Al-Adha is a public holiday, and under Kuwait's labor law, it is a three-day official holiday. In this article I am answering questions from readers regarding the Eid holidays. Q: I am working during Eid. Am I entitled to overtime? Fajer: Article 68 of Kuwait...
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Social media spurs overbuying, changes Kuwait's consumer habits: Economist
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: The purpose of social media has shifted from being a platform that connects people to a marketing tool that feeds buyers' desire to purchase products whether they need them or not, turning them into shopaholics. According to new data from Sprout Social, more than 68 percent of consumers have purchased directly from social media, and nearly 98 percent of consumers plan to make at least one purchase through social media or...
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People demand action to address rising crime rates in Kuwait
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: The hashtag of the interior ministry started trending on Twitter after Kuwait recently witnessed a spate of crimes and murders, which worried many citizens and residents. Within no time, MoI became one of the top trending hashtags on Twitter. People are alarmed due to the rise in crimes on one hand, and the changing patterns of how they are committed on the other. Security sources warned that 72 percent of murders, aggressive...
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Firemen battle plastic plant, carpenter shop fires
KUWAIT: Three fire stations fought a fire in a plastic plant of a cement company. Vocational Jahra, Shagaya, Kazma and backup firemen fought the blaze, with resulted in material losses. Meanwhile, firemen put out a fire in a Shuwaikh carpenter shop. Industrial Shuwaikh, Shuhada, Ardiya and backup stations responded to the blaze. No injuries were reported. Separately, a Kuwaiti suffered several injuries when he fell from a height at a Mahboula...
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KFF officials visit patients at Babtain Burns Center
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Force PR Manager Colonel Mohammad Ibrahim, accompanied by acting Awareness and PR Supervisor Lt Col Yousuf Ghuloum, visited Saud Al-Babtain Burns Center to convey greetings to patients there. Gifts and awareness brochures were distributed to them. Meanwhile, Kuwait Fire Force Chief Lt Gen Khalid Al-Mikrad visited on Saturday several fire stations in the southern region. He conveyed greetings of the political leadership to the...
JERUSALEM: Flags of the Jerusalem municipality, the US, and Zionist entity are hung up along streets by the municipality, ahead of US President Joe Biden's upcoming visit to Zionist entity. – AFP
Palestinians say US economic push no substitute for peace
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Ahead of Joe Biden's first visit to Jerusalem as US president, Washington's ambassador said his team will "pound tables" to press Zionist officials into making concessions to the Palestinians. But ambassador Thomas Nides was talking about ensuring Palestinians have access to economic benefits such as 4G internet, not throwing American diplomatic muscle into reviving a peace process moribund since 2014. Biden's...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: People line up to visit presidential secretariat in Colombo on July 12, 2022, after it was overrun by anti-government protestors. - AFP
S Lanka president seeks seaborne escape
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's president was considering using a navy patrol craft to flee the island Tuesday following a humiliating standoff with airport immigration, official sources said. Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised to resign on Wednesday and clear the way for a "peaceful transition of power" following widespread protests against him over the country's worst economic crisis.The 73-year-old leader fled his official residence in Colombo just before...
SUVA: Leaders arrive for traditional welcoming ceremonies at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Suva on July 12, 2022.- AFP
Pacific leaders struggle to keep focus on climate at key summit
SUVA: US-China rivalry and an inter-island rift overshadowed the start of a landmark Pacific summit Tuesday, hampering efforts to focus world attention on the islands' dire climate crisis. This year's Pacific Islands Forum is the region's most important meeting in years, coming after a COVID-enforced hiatus and as low-lying tropical isles run out of time for climate action.Fiji president and forum chair Voreqe Bainimarama opened Tuesday's first...
KUWAIT: People bring their sheep to be slaughtered on the Eid Al-Adha holiday at a slaughterhouse in Kuwait on July 9, 2022. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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LONG ISLAND CITY: Drivers take part in a rally demanding more job security and livable incomes, at Uber and Lyft New York City Headquarters. A leaked cache of confidential files from ride-sharing app Uber illustrates ethically dubious and potentially illegal tactics the company used to fuel its frenetic global expansion beginning nearly a decade ago, a joint media investigation showed Sunday. - AFP
Leaked Uber documents reveal bare-knuckle expansion tactics
SAN FRANCISCO: A leaked cache of confidential files from ride-sharing company Uber illustrates ethically dubious and potentially illegal tactics it used to fuel its frenetic global expansion beginning nearly a decade ago, a joint media investigation showed Sunday. Dubbed the "Uber Files," the investigation involving dozens of news organizations found that company officials leveraged the sometimes violent backlash from the taxi industry against...
TOWSON: Customers shop at The Apple Store at the Towson Town Center mall in Towson, Maryland. - AFP
Apple's self-driving car effort stuck in low gear
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple's quest to produce a viable self-driving car remains stalled despite years of work, with its team plagued by setbacks as rivals race ahead, The Information tech news website reported Monday. Buzz surrounding a potential Apple car began some eight years ago with the vehicles being touted as the first new "big thing" from the company since its iconic co-founder Steve Jobs died in October 2011.However, self-driving Apple cars...
DUBAI: A trader walks by beneath a stock display board at the Dubai Stock Exchange in the United Arab Emirates. - AFP
Biden seeks to persuade Saudi to pump more oil as prices soar
LONDON: Joe Biden will make his first visit as US president to Saudi Arabia on Friday, where he will seek to persuade Riyadh to pump more oil to bring down prices that are fuelling inflation to the highest levels in decades. Prior to his election, Biden had vowed that Saudi should be a "pariah" state following the 2018 murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in a recalibration of relations with the oil-producing country that is a kingpin...
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