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Experts say listing banks' shares stimulates, balances Boursa Kuwait

KUWAIT: The listing of regular and Islamic banks shares in Boursa Kuwait, Kuwait's stock exchange, is an act that stimulated and balanced the market, said a number of experts on Monday. The capital of the banking sector is worth over KD 4.5 billion ($16.2 billion). The rolling of shares in Boursa Kuwait is still at normal and fair levels, experts said in separate interviews. Banks' shares have proven to be robust and steady in the last four years...

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Education ministry starts preparations for next year

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education began back-to-school plans a bit early, preparing new contracts and extending cleaning workers' deals, while opting against hiring new staff for catering at kindergartens for the next academic year starting September 2022. Speaking to Kuwait Times, sources working at the Ministry confirmed that the ministry has officially signed a contract to provide buses in three educational zones for this coming year. The...

KUWAIT: A group of graduates at the graduation ceremony. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Al-Raja School for Girls celebrates 2021/2022 graduates

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Al-Raja School for Girls held on Sunday a ceremony for its graduating class of the 2021/2022 academic year. The ceremony was attended by General Inspector of Educational Affairs Abdulrahman Khuraibet, parents of students, teachers and heads of departments of the school. School Principal Mona Bu-Hamad said the school is keen on taking care of students with special needs according to the general education curriculum, adding an...

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Kuwait Fire Force raises beach risks awareness

KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Force launched in cooperation with National Bank of Kuwait the "Your Safety is our Concern" campaign to spread awareness among citizens and residents about the risks they may face when they go to the beach or go on boat trips or jet skis. The campaign began at Khairan resort and will continue until mid-July.

KUWAIT: A picture showing Salmiya's skyline as seen from the beach. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

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EAST LONDON, South Africa: Police and investigators put on protective clothing before going into a township pub in South Africa's southern city of East London, after 20 teenagers died. - AFP

S African police search bar for clues

EAST LONDON: South African police were on Monday combing a township tavern where 21 teenagers mysteriously died as survivors described a battle to escape the jam-packed premises and one reported a suffocating smell. Most of the victims, some as young as 13 years, were found dead inside a popular bar in the southern city of East London.Seventeen were died inside the bar, while four died in hospital. Thirty-one others were hospitalised with...

NEW DELHI, India: Demonstrators hold placards during a protest in New Delhi on June 27, 2022. Protests were held in several Indian cities over the arrest of rights activist Teesta Setalvad. - AFGP

Protests after arrest of India rights activist

NEW DELHI: Protests were held in several Indian cities Monday over the arrest of a rights activist who attempted to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared complicit in deadly sectarian riots 20 years ago. One of India's worst outbreaks of religious violence saw at least 1,000 people-mostly Muslims-hacked, shot and burned to death in Gujarat when Modi was premier of the western state in 2002.Activist Teesta Setalvad was detained on Saturday, a...

KIGALI, Rwanda: (L/R): Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson yawns as he sits alongside Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations Patricia Scotland during the Leaders' Retreat executive session on the sidelines of day six of the 2022 Commonwealth heads of Government meeting at the Intare Conference centre in Kigali. - AFP

Frustration and hope: African migrants in limbo in Rwanda

GASHORA, Rwanda: Ismail Hmdan Banaga says he's had a "frustrating and fruitless" time waiting in vain in Rwanda for his Canadian asylum request to be approved. The 33-year-old Sudanese told AFP he is so fed up he is considering a trek back to war-torn Libya to try to make it to Europe across the Mediterranean, a perilous voyage that has taken the lives of many.He is one of hundreds of Africans once stranded in Libya who are now in limbo at the...

GAYAN: In this photograph taken on June 25, 2022, a Taleban fighter stands guard beside the aid supplies for the people affected by recent earthquake in Gayan district of Paktika province. - AFP

Afghanistan earthquake relief focus shifts to long term

KABUL: International and local relief organisations are shifting their focus from the immediate to longer term for areas of Afghanistan hit by last week's killer earthquake, officials said Monday. The 5.9-magnitude quake early last Wednesday hit hardest in impoverished Paktika province in the east, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless.While aid and shelter have reached almost all areas affected, the longer-term...

WIMBLEDON: Tunisia's Ons Jabeur returns the ball to Sweden's Mirjam Bjorklund during their women's singles tennis match on the first day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 27, 2022. - AFP

Jabeur becomes World No 2

LONDON: Ons Jabeur marked her rise to number two in the world by easing into the Wimbledon second round with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Swedish qualifier Mirjam Bjorklund on Monday. Jabeur, a quarter-finalist in 2021 and fresh from the grass-court title in Berlin, raced to victory in just 54 minutes under the Court One roof. "Today I achieved my highest ever ranking and dropping just four games is a great start to the tournament," said the Tunisian....

TAMPA: Colorado Avalanche coaches and players pose for a photo after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game Six of the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena on June 26, 2022. - AFP

Colorado Avalanche win Stanley Cup Final for third NHL crown

WASHINGTON: The Colorado Avalanche won their first Stanley Cup Final in 21 years on Sunday when Nathan MacKinnon scored one goal and set up another to spark a 2-1 victory over Tampa Bay. The Avalanche captured the National Hockey League's best-of-seven championship series four games to two for Colorado's third NHL crown after 1996 and 2001. "It feels like disbelief," MacKinnon said. "It's hard to describe. To see all these warriors battle, it's...

BETHESDA: In Gee Chun of South Korea celebrates with the championship trophy after winning during the final round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club on June 26, 2022. - AFP

S Korea's Chun In-gee wins Women PGA Championship

BETHESDA: Chun In-gee captured her third major title on Sunday, winning the Women's PGA Championship to claim her first major since 2016 and snap a victory drought of almost four years. The 27-year-old South Korean fired a three-over par 75 in windy conditions at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, to finish 72 holes on five-under 283. That was good enough for a one-stroke triumph over American Lexi Thompson and Australian Minjee...

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