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NEW YORK: Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi speaks before the UN General Assembly. - KUNA

Kuwait concerned over rising tensions on Korean Peninsula

NEW YORK: Kuwait reiterated Thursday that it is following with great concern the rise in tensions on the Korean Peninsula and the danger of military escalation following the launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles by North Korea, saying that it is one of the oldest and most serious issues. This was in a statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi before the UN General Assembly, under...

KUAWIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Hissein Brahim Taha. - KUNA photos

Kuwait's Prime Minister receives OIC chief

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received on Thursday the visiting Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha and his accompanying delegation at Seif Palace. The meeting was attended by Head of His Highness the Prime Minsiter's Diwan Abdulaziz Dakheel Al-Dakheel, and Kuwait's Consul General in Jeddah Wael Al-Hathal Al-Enezi. Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad...

KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets Huawei CEO in the GCC William Zhao. - KUNA

Foreign Minister, Huawei CEO discuss cooperation

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Minister, Chairman of the Board for Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah met on Thursday with Huawei CEO in the GCC William Zhao. Both sides discussed several ways of enhancing cooperation in all fields. Director General for Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) Dr Mishal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah attended the meeting. - KUNA

MADRID: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Majdi Al-Dhefeeri meets with Spain's State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affair Angeles Moreno Bau. - KUNA

Spain in full support of Schengen visa exemption for Kuwaitis

MADRID: Spain fully supports the exemption of Kuwaitis from the Schengen visa requirements, allowing the Gulf country's nationals to travel freely into the European signatories of the pact, a visiting diplomat said on Wednesday. Madrid will seek to see the completion of related procedures to this effect, Angeles Moreno Bau, State Secretary for Foreign and Global Affairs was quoted as saying by a Kuwaiti statement.The position was outlined, amid...

IRBIL: Kuwaiti Consul General in Irbil Omar Al-Kandari (center) lays the foundation stone of the project. - KUNA

Kuwait funds new college in Iraq's Irbil

IRBIL: Kuwaiti Consul General in Irbil Omar Al-Kandari on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a new college of Islamic studies at Salahaddin University in Iraq's Kurdistan capital, Irbil. Speaking to the press, Kandari said the project, which is part of Kuwait's humanitarian campaign in Iraq, will be funded by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, and will be carried out by the Kuwait Society for Relief.Since Kuwait launched its...

LOS ANGELES: US President Joe Biden speaks during opening ceremony of the 9th Summit of the Americas at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 8.- AFP

Biden vows to step up action on climate

LOS ANGELES: Joe Biden sought Thursday to step up action on climate at an Americas summit with hopes for at least small progress with Brazil, whose far-right leader will hold a potentially tense meeting with the US president. Some two dozen leaders have descended on Los Angeles for the Summit of the Americas, where Biden late Wednesday implored them to show that democracy can produce results. "There is no reason why the Western Hemisphere...

KUWAIT: Regional Director of the GCC Countries of the World Bank Issam Abousleiman speaks during the seminar.

WB: GCC must move towards a low-carbon growth model

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Kuwait Economic Society (KES) on Wednesday hosted a seminar in partnership with the College of Business Administration at Kuwait University and the World Bank Country office in Kuwait to discuss the World Bank Economic report for the GCC countries (Spring 2022). Issam Abousleiman, World Bank Country Director of the GCC countries, Middle East and North Africa, said that the World Bank report which was issued under the...

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine: A woman holds her baby as she waits to board a bus and evacuates from the city of Lysychansk in the eastern Ukraine region of Donbas on June 9, 2022, as Russian forces have for weeks been concentrating their firepower on Severodonetsk and its sister city of Lysychansk across the river. - AFP

Ukraine says fate of Donbas rests in battleground city

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the fate of the whole Donbas region hinges on the "very fierce" battle with Russian troops for the flashpoint eastern city of Severodonetsk. Moscow's forces are concentrating their firepower on the strategically important industrial hub as part of efforts to capture a swathe of eastern Ukraine. As shelling and air strikes killed another 11 people around the country, Ukraine said on Thursday that...

COLOMBO: Former Sri Lanka's finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, the younger brother of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, speaks during a press conference to announce his resignation as member of parliament, in Colombo on June 9, 2022. – AFP

Another member of Sri Lanka's ruling clan quits in fresh crisis

COLOMBO: Another member of Sri Lanka's ruling family quit public office on Thursday, denying responsibility for an economic crisis that has caused severe hardship in the island nation. Basil Rajapaksa was once nicknamed "Mr Ten Percent" in a BBC interview, in reference to commissions he allegedly skimmed from government contracts. He has insisted that he had committed no wrongdoing in office. The 71-year-old had until April served as finance...

BOSTON: Fans at The Greatest Bar celebrate the Celtics scoring points and leading in the game during the first quarter of the game during game three of the NBA playoffs with the Boston Celtics taking on the Golden State Warriors on June 8, 2022. - AFP

Celtics outmuscle Warriors 116-100

BOSTON: Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 53 points as the Boston Celtics outmuscled the Golden State Warriors 116-100 to take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals on Wednesday. Boston, bullied by the Warriors in a game two blowout in San Francisco on Sunday, bounced back with a dominant physical performance to regain the initiative in the best-of-seven series in a pulsating clash at the Celtics' TD Garden.Brown led Boston scoring with 27...

BAKU: Mechanics work on the car of Mercedes' British driver George Russell ahead of the Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit in Baku on June 9, 2022. - AFP

F1 pitches up in Baku with Perez out to promote title credentials

BAKU: Sergio Perez has fond memories of last year's Azerbaijan Grand Prix and this weekend the Mexican finds himself returning to the fast and furious streets of Baku as a viable contender for the world championship. 'Checo' arrives on the Caspian Sea coastline fresh from his Monaco triumph and with the ink barely dry on a two-year extension to his Red Bull contract. Monaco, following three second-place finishes, lifted Mexico's most successful...

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Kuwait Futsal team remain on the top

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Futsal National team goalkeeper Mohammad Majki said that beating Palestine 5-1 in the third and final round of group one competitions in the 4th West Asia championship placed Kuwait on top of the group."The Palestinian team are known for being fast and skilled while Kuwait team are known for pressuring the opponent," he added. Majki was the only goalkeeper because Mohammad Al-Hazeem had a red card in the...

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