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Kuwait Consulate working round the clock to serve pilgrims

RIYADH: Kuwait's Consul General to Jeddah Wael Al-Enezi affirmed Monday that the consulate and all its members are working round the clock to better serve Kuwaiti pilgrims, as per directives of Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah and his deputy Majdi Al-Dhafeeri. Consul Al-Enezi, while speaking to the press, hailed the work of the Kuwaiti Hajj Mission, saying that the consulate is working in cooperation with them to facilitate and...

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Eid clothes' shopping a struggle in Kuwait with increasing prices

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: With Eid Al-Adha approaching and the travel season in its prime, the Kuwaiti market has witnessed a significant increase in the prices of clothing and other products amid great demand from buyers. Some sellers said the price hikes are due to a rise in shipping costs and shop rentals, as well as wages.Margaret Gitonga told Kuwait Times prices are not like before the pandemic. "Prices are higher, in addition to a lack of...

KUWAIT: Jet skis lined up on a beach in Kuwait. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Minister of Justice Mattias Tesfaye lay down flowers at a makeshift memorial as they visit the site of a shooting at Fields mall, the day after the deadly shootings, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 4, 2022. - AFP

Copenhagen shooting suspect in psychiatric ward

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: The chief suspect in a Copenhagen mall shooting was Monday remanded into a psychiatric care facility, one day after three people, including two teenagers, were shot dead. "The court remands the 22-year-old in a closed psychiatric ward," Copenhagen police said in a statement, following a two-hour hearing involving the suspect.The suspected perpetrator of the attack, which took place late on Sunday afternoon, would be kept in...

CANAZEI, Italy: This photograph taken on July 3, 2022 from Canazei, shows a UNESCO World Heritage sign of The Dolomites, near the Marmolada mountain and glacier, where the collapse of an ice serac killed six. - AFP

'Slim' chance of finding survivors after Italy glacier collapse

CANAZEI, Italy: Rescuers warned on Monday that hopes of finding survivors were diminishing after an avalanche set off by the collapse of an Italian glacier during a heatwave killed at least six people. Authorities said they did not know how many climbers were caught when the glacier gave way on Sunday on Marmolada, the highest mountain in the Italian Dolomites.Ice and rock thundered down the slope at 300 kilometres an hour (185 miles per hour),...

ANKARA: People shop at a vegetable and fruit market in the historical Ulus district in this April 29, 2022 file photo. - AFP

Turkish inflation hits two-decade high

ISTANBUL: Inflation in Turkey in June soared to an annual rate of 78.6 percent - the highest in 24 years, according to official data released Monday - as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unconventional economic policies continued to take their toll. But independent estimates published by Turkish economists showed prices rising at more than double that figure.The inflation rate reported by Turkey's state statistics agency was the highest since the...

WIMBLEDON: Chile's Cristian Garin returns the ball to Australia's Alex De Minaur during their round of 16 men's singles tennis match on the eighth day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships on July 4, 2022. - AFP

Garin books Wimbledon quarters

LONDON: Chile's Cristian Garin came back from two sets down and saved two match points to beat 19th seed Alex de Minaur and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday. The unseeded Garin looked down and out when he was trailing by two sets but took the third set on a tie-break and went on to win 2-6, 5-7, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 7-6 (10/6) in four hours, 34 minutes.De Minaur was in charge from the start after breaking in the first game, before...

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New Zealand's McLaughlin wins IndyCar Mid-Ohio title

WASHINGTON: New Zealand's Scott McLaughlin held off Spain's Alex Palou over the final laps to win Sunday's Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio for his second career IndyCar triumph. The 29-year-old Kiwi started on the outside of row one and dominated the final 50 laps of the 80-lap feature over the 13-turn, 2.258-mile road course at Lexington, Ohio. "Amazing," McLaughlin said. "I really wanted to get a win with mom and dad here. To have mom and dad here is...

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Boubyan's Visa FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Prepaid Card launched

KUWAIT: Boubyan Bank and Visa celebrated the launch of Boubyan's Visa FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Prepaid Card in the presence of many of representatives from the partners, and a group of media professionals, social media influencers, and customers of the bank. In his word at the ceremony, Abdullah Al-Mejhem, Chief Private Banking and Consumer Banking, stated: "It is no secret that Kuwait, the region and the whole world are passionate about...

SYDNEY: Flooded buildings are pictured next to the old Windsor Bridge along the overflowing Hawkesbury River in the northwestern Sydney suburb of Windsor on July 4, 2022. – AFP

Rising rivers force thousands to flee 'dangerous' Sydney floods

SYDNEY: Rapidly rising rivers swamped swathes of rain-lashed Sydney on Monday, forcing thousands to flee "dangerous" floods as the city's largest dam spilled torrents of water. On the third day of torrential east coast rains, emergency workers said they had rescued more than 140 people since the stormy weather began.But evacuated residents in one area of western Sydney were now being allowed to return home, officials said, as weather conditions...

LUGANO, Switzerland: Swiss President Ignazio Cassis (left) introduces Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (giant screen) prior to his address at the start of a two-day international conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine on July 4, 2022. - AFP photos

Ukraine estimates cost of reconstruction at $750bn

LUGANO, Switzerland: Ukraine told an international conference Monday that it will cost an estimated $750 billion to rebuild the war-shattered country, a task President Volodymyr Zelensky said was the shared duty of the democratic world. Speaking at the opening of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Switzerland, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal described the massive destruction and acknowledged the needs were towering.Ukraine's recovery, he...

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After Dubai, Aleid Foods in Riyadh

KUWAIT: Aleid Foods Company announced the establishment of Riyadh-based Company Aqtar Al Khaleej, to be the outset of the company's operational expansion within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as part of its regional expansion strategy Goals_25.Aleid Foods CEO Mohammed Al-Mutairi said that the establishment of Aqtar Al Khaleej Company comes within the first phase of the Goals_25 strategy, which aims for Gulf market expansion and the presence in...

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