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Kuwait ex-addict tells story of addiction, road to recovery
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Ex-addicts live their lives on the edge. The shame, guilt and powerlessness can be overwhelming. Those who've successfully recovered worked hard to understand what led them to substance abuse, and how they can keep the addiction from invading their lives again. An ex-addict, 25, who asked to remain anonymous, told Kuwait Times about his story with addiction and how substance abuse was an intruder that encroached onto every...
KUWAIT: Firemen are seen at the site of the fatal truck crash.
Truck driver dead in accident
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Force said a concrete truck flipped over and caught fire on Seventh Ring Road. The driver was trapped in the vehicle and died in the accident. Jleeb firemen responded, freed the body and handed it to interior ministry authorities. The vehicle after its fall from the Amiri Hospital parking lot.Car fallA 63-year-old Kuwaiti woman suffered various fractures after her car fell from the first to the ground floor of Amiri Hospital...
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MOI: 308 residency violators arrested in Mahboula campaign
KUWAIT: On the instructions of First Deputy Premier, Interior Minister Gen (rtd) Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and follow up by Undersecretary Lt Gen Anwar Al-Barjas to go after violators, Ahmadi security directorate carried out a surprise campaign in Mahboula, resulting in the arrest of 308 residency violators. Two other cases of drugs and liquor were reported. Nahda, criminal detectives, and MoI's public relations and security...
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Three fire stations control Farwaniya blaze
KUWAIT: Firemen controlled a blaze in a Farwaniya building on Tuesday, Kuwait Fire Force said in a statement. No injuries were reported in the fire which gutted two apartments and required efforts of three fire stations to extinguish, KFF indicated, adding that investigations are ongoing to reveal the cause of the blaze.
KUWAIT: Ali Thunayan Alghanim (third right), Boursa Kuwait Board Member Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi (second left), CEO of Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Fahad Ali Alghanim (third left), Khalid Waleed Al-Falah (left), Khalid Mohammed Alghanim (right) and Ali Marzouq Alghanim (second right) during the listing ceremony of Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Co on Boursa Kuwait on June 7, 2022.
Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Company lists on Boursa Kuwait
KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait witnessed on Tuesday the listing of Ali Alghanim & Sons Automotive Company KSCC, marking a historic milestone as the first family-owned company and automotive agents to be listed on an exchange across the Gulf markets. The company stated the public offering which took place a few days prior was oversubscribed approximately 11 times, mirroring investors' trust, considering the high demand during the subscription process for...
LOS ANGELES, United States: US Vice President Kamala Harris (c) speaks with faith leaders including Reverend Dr Amos Brown about reproductive health care during a roundtable at the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor on the sidelines of the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California. - AFP
Harris announces migration funds
LOS ANGELES, United States: US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced another $1.9 billion in private-sector funding to boost jobs in hopes of reducing migration from Central America, at a Latin America summit in Los Angeles snubbed by the leaders of Mexico and other affected countries. Harris has been given the unenviable task of tackling the root causes of rising migration into the United States, an issue seized upon by the rival...
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa: File photo shows Atul Gupta attends the 53rd national conference of the African National Congress in Bloemfontein. Two Indian-born businessmen brothers have been arrested in Dubai and are facing extradition to South Africa. - AFP
Graft-accused Indian-born Gupta brothers face extradition to S Africa from UAE
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: Two Indian-born brothers who allegedly wove a web of corruption across South Africa have been arrested in Dubai and face extradition, in a landmark step in Pretoria's anti-graft fight. Dubai police confirmed Tuesday they had arrested Atul and Rajesh Gupta after receiving a so-called red notice from Interpol, and were coordinating with the South African authorities for their extradition.South Africa's National...
DUDU, India: Farmer Sardar Meena (center L) stands next to the well where his three married daughters and two grandchildren were found dead in a well in Dudu village of India's Rajasthan state. – AFP
Death of three sisters and children spotlights India dowry violence
JAIPUR: Before the three sisters and their children were found dead in a well, they left a message blaming the family they had married into. Kalu, Kamlesh and Mamta Meena were victims of a dispute over dowries, the often hefty sums Indian parents pay to marry off their daughters. The sisters had wed brothers from the same household and lived under the same roof, but suffered constant violence from their husbands and in-laws, according to the...
CUPERTINO, US: Apple CEO Tim Cook (C) holds up a new MacBook Air inside the Steve Jobs Theater during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California on June 6, 2022 . -AFP
Apple unveils message recall, other 'wish list' features
CUPERTINO, US: Apple opened Monday its first in-person developers conference since the onset of the pandemic with chips, maps and a way to delete precipitously sent messages, but was mum on any virtual reality offerings. The tech giant touted new features and capabilities being built into the operating systems running iPhone, Apple Watch and more, along with a speedy new MacBook Air computer driven by a second generation of its custom chip.Apple...
COLOMBO: People stand beside empty Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders as they block a road to protest against paucity of fuel and cooking gas in Colombo on June 7, 2022. -AFP
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka urgently seeks $6bn to keep economy afloat
COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Tuesday asked the International Monetary Fund to arrange a creditor meeting for $6 billion in loans to help keep the country afloat during its unprecedented economic crisis. Months of daily blackouts, long queues for petrol and record inflation have made daily life a misery in the South Asian island nation of 22 million people.The government has already defaulted on its $51 billion foreign debt, and a critical...
PARIS: A combination of photos shows former FIFA ex-president Sepp Blatter (left) UEFA leader Michel Platini. - AFP
Fallen football chiefs Blatter and Platini face fraud trial
LAUSANNE: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, face trial on Wednesday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top. Former FIFA president Blatter, 86, and Platini, 66, start a two-week trial at Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona, following a mammoth investigation that began in 2015 and lasted six years.The pair are...
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38th Gulf Handball Cup
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The match between Bahrain's Najma handball team and Saudi Arabia's Mudar team gave the 38th Gulf Handball Cup winners a new excitement. The match ended in favor of Najma 33-26. The match was held at Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah Halls complex on Tuesday. Najma are now on top of the first group with two points, followed by Mudar with the same number of points but with goal difference. Salmiya remain pointless in third place....
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