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Recent crises drive up local demand on gold in Kuwait
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Investing in gold is the best way for people to be financially safe, as it helps them face any crisis in the future. Kuwait Times has visited gold shops and asked about the demand for gold among local customers for saving purposes. "People always buy gold despite the price changes, as it is the best way to secure themselves. Even if the prices are high, they buy and sell it later when prices get higher," Romany Ayyad, an...
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IWG hosts Nepal Cultural Day Event
KUWAIT: The International Women's Group in Kuwait held a Nepal Cultural Day Event on Sunday, June 5, 2022, at hotel Crowne Plaza amidst the presence of a number of distinguished guests. The program was organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Nepal and inaugurated jointly by Durga Prasad Bhandari, Ambassador of Nepal to the State of Kuwait, Bindhya Bhandari , Spouse of the Ambassador and Cristiana Baldocci, IWG President by lighting the lamp...
KUWAIT: Vehicles drive on Fourth Ring Road in this file photo. – Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi. - KUNA
Kuwait Crown Prince welcomes Yemen president council's chief
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in presence of His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, received the visiting head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi at Bayan Palace on Wednesday. During the reception, His Highness the Crown Prince said he was pleased to convey the greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to...
DOHA: Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani grants Al-Wajbah Decoration to the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Qatar Hafeez Mohammad Al-Ajmi. - KUNA
Qatar Amir grants Al-Wajbah Decoration to Kuwaiti Ambassador
DOHA: Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Wednesday granted Al-Wajbah Decoration to the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Qatar Hafeez Mohammad Al-Ajmi for his efforts on enhancing bilateral relations. Qatar's Amir received the Kuwaiti ambassador on the occasion of the end of his tenure in the country, wishing him success in future missions and the relations further progress and prosperity. The Kuwaiti ambassador expressed appreciation to the...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah meets Director General of the Public Authority for Sports Dr Humoud Al-Shimmary, President of Kuwait Olympic Committee Sheikh Fahad Nasser Al-Sabah and Youth Affairs Minister Mohammed Al-Rajhi. - KUNA
Prime Minister receives senior sports officials
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received on Tuesday Director General of the Public Authority for Sports Dr Humoud Flaiteh Al-Shimmary, and the President of Kuwait Olympic Committee Sheikh Fahad Nasser Sabah Al-Sabah. The meeting took place at Bayan Palace, with the attendance of Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Mohammed Obaid Al-Rajhi.During...
AMMAN: Officials pose for a group photo after signing the KD 38.3 million loan agreement. - KUNA
Kuwait-based fund approves $38.3 million loan deal for Jordan
AMMAN: Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has completed a loan worth $38.3 million to help Jordan in its efforts to reform its education sector, the Kuwait-based institution said on Wednesday. The loan deal is part of a $500 million aid package Kuwait has pledged to deliver to the Hashemite Kingdom, the bulk of which is earmarked for Amman's health and education sectors KFAED chief Marwan Al-Ghanim said in a statement.The agreement...
KUWAIT: Director General of Public Authority for Youth Mishal Al-Rabie World Bank Regional Director for the Gulf Cooperation Council Esam Abu Sulaiman, Resident Representative of the Bank's office in Kuwait Ghassan Al-Khouja and other officials. - KUNA
Authority encourages youth to start projects, develop economic sectors
KUWAIT: Director General of Public Authority for Youth Mishal Al-Rabie Tuesday stressed keenness on backing and helping initiatives of youth to start their projects and develop the promising economic sectors in a way that contributes to creating jobs at the private sector and supporting the State's development plan.This came in a statement issued by the authority after Rabie's meeting with World Bank Regional Director for the Gulf Cooperation...
LOS ANGELES: US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) speaks during a roundtable with business executives at the IV CEO Summit of the Americas on the sidelines of the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California. – AFP
Biden woos Latin American leaders
LOS ANGELES: US President Joe Biden headed Wednesday to a Latin America summit on a mission to woo back the region as his administration pushed out pledges, including a plan to train half a million health workers. The long-awaited Summit of the Americas was marred by a boycott from Mexico's president, who was upset that Biden did not invite the leftist leaders of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela on the grounds that they did not meet democratic...
BERLIN, Germany: Rescue workers tend to an injured person on a stretcher at the site where a car ploughed into a crowd near Tauentzienstrasse in central Berlin. – AFP
One dead, dozen hurt as car ploughs into Berlin crowd
BERLIN: One person was killed and at least a dozen others injured when a man drove a car into a crowd, including teenagers, at a busy shopping district in central Berlin on Wednesday, police said. The driver was briefly detained by passers-by before being handed over to police after the car smashed through a shop front, according to police spokesman Thilo Cablitz.It was not clear whether the crash was intentional. The driver, a 29-year-old...
HONG KONG: Police use cordon tape to control crowds in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on June 4, 2022, near the venue where Hong Kong people have traditionally gathered to mourn victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. – AFP
With Tiananmen gatherings banned, Hong Kongers remember in private
HONG KONG, China: As Saturday night fell in Hong Kong, democracy activist Chiu Yan-loy turned off the lights, lit a number of candles and observed a moment of silence to commemorate those killed in China's Tiananmen crackdown 33 years ago. For the first time since 2000, when he started attending an annual vigil to mark the anniversary alongside tens of thousands of fellow Hong Kongers in the city's Victoria Park, Chiu was performing this ritual...
BELLINZONA, Switzerland: Former UEFA president Michel Platini leaves Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court after the first day of his trial on June 8, 2022. - AFP
Blatter and Platini start fraud trial
BELLINZONA, Switzerland: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, appeared in a Swiss court on Wednesday to face trial over a suspected fraudulent payment. Former FIFA president Blatter, 86, and Platini, 66, appeared in Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona, following an investigation that began in 2015 and lasted six years.The pair are being tried over a two million Swiss...
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