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The head of the Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen, Dr Rashad Al-Alimi

Yemen appreciates Kuwait's generosity

ADEN: The Yemeni presidency on Monday praised Kuwait's generous support within the coalition to support legitimacy led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and its steadfast support for the Yemeni people and their political leadership at various stages. This came in a statement by the Yemeni presidency to the Yemen News Agency (SABA), in conjunction with the head of the Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen, Dr Rashad Al-Alimi official three-day visit...

KUWAIT: People relax near the beach as temperature continues to rise amid summer. The Meteorological Department has predicted that the weather would witness active northwesterly winds, sometimes reaching the edge of the storm, causing dust and significantly reducing horizontal visibility.- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Handout picture released by the Ukrainian presidential press service, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signing a woman's arm as he visits a sanatorium where Ukrainians who had been forced to leave their homes after the Russian invasion were housed during a working trip to the Zaporizhzhia region. - AFP

Ukraine suffers setback for strategic city

KYIV: Ukrainian troops suffered setbacks after retaking parts of flashpoint eastern city Severodonetsk from Russian forces, local officials said on Monday, as the see-saw battle raged on for the strategically important city. With Russia bringing the weight of its artillery to bear around Severodonetsk-the largest city in the Lugansk region not under Russian control-more help was promised from abroad. The United Kingdom said it would follow the...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden: (L-R) Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attend the UN climate summit Stockholm +50 at Alvsjamassan in Stockholm, Sweden. - AFP

Climate action must not be delayed by global crises, UN talks told

PARIS: Negotiators from almost 200 countries met in Germany Monday for climate talks tasked with reigniting momentum on tackling global warming, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine overshadows the threat from rising emissions. The conference will set the stage for a fresh round of major United Nations talks later this year in Egypt. It will also be a chance to test the resolve of nations facing a catalogue of crises, including escalating climate...

BOGOR, Indonesia: Handout photo released by the Presidential Palace on June 6, 2022 shows Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (R) and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) riding bamboo bicycles at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java. – AFP

New Australia PM, Indonesia president ride bikes as diplomatic wheels turn

JAKARTA: Australia's new prime minister and Indonesia's president rode bamboo bicycles together on Monday as they held talks to boost ties, as Canberra embarks on a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at countering China's growing assertiveness in the region. Anthony Albanese hailed relations with Indonesia and vowed to strengthen them on his first bilateral trip since being elected last month, heading to Southeast Asia's biggest economy in what has...

A consortium of investment banks successfully completes IPO of Ali Alghanim Sons Automotive

KUWAIT: National Investments Company (NIC), in its capacity as the Global Coordinator in addition to acting as a Joint Bookrunner with EFG-Hermes UAE Ltd (EFGHermes), Kamco Investment Company (Kamco Invest) and KFH Capital Investment Company (KFH Capital), has announced the successful completion of the private placement process of Ali Alghanim Sons Automotive Company (Ali Alghanim Sons). This step precedes the listing of Ali Alghanim Sons, a...

Tourist groups in Rome

Global tourist arrivals tripled in Q1; Europe leading the rebound

MADRID: International tourist arrivals tripled in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2021, with Europe leading the rebound as COVID restrictions were eased, the UN's tourism agency said Monday. In the first three months of 2022, there were 117 million global tourist arrivals, up from 41 million in the same period a year earlier, with the figures showing an increase of 182 percent, the Madrid-based UN World Tourism Organization...

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Solar energy in Kuwait: Benefits and challenges

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Kuwait enjoys sunny days almost the whole year long, but this source of energy is not exploited like in many other countries. Solar energy is used in Kuwait in a few places, including private houses. Kuwait Times interviewed Dr Abrar Al-Ali, Astronomy Specialist at Al-Ojairi Scientific Center and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (UK), for more information on the uses of solar energy in Kuwait, its benefits,...

KUWAIT: Photo shows cars at a parking lot in Kuwait City. Finding a place to park has always been a challenge for tenants who live in densely-populated investment areas, but now the problem has reached residential and commercial areas, with no action taken towards it. – Photo by Yasser Al- Zayyat

Parking space a big challenge in commercial and residential areas

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Finding a place to park has always been a challenge for tenants who live in densely-populated investment areas, but now the problem has reached residential and commercial areas, with no action taken towards it. Mariam Saeed, who lives in Hawally, told Kuwait Times her building doesn’t provide parking spaces for tenants, which causes her daily suffering searching for a nearby place to park.“Because we park in any...

Dr. Khalid Al-Saleh

Era of documentation and loss of imagination

By Dr Khalid Al-Saleh your park your vehicle in a no-parking zone, a photo of the vehicle and license plate will be taken and sent to the nearest police station by passersby, whose phones are attached to their hands. Soon, a traffic patrol will arrive and your vehicle will be towed away, and you will have to run after it. Photography has become part of people's lives all over the world. We are living in the era of documentation! Most...

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New car sales in Russia down 83.5% in May

MOSCOW: New car sales in Russia sank by 83.5 percent year-on-year in May, industry data showed on Monday, as the effects of unprecedented Western sanctions hit the country’s economy and consumers. Only 24,268 cars and light commercial vehicles were sold in Russia in May, said the Association of European Businesses in Moscow. The collapse is sales in May came after a 78.5 percent drop in April. Sales of the country’s most popular and...

SAN FRANCISCO: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors shoots during the first half against the Boston Celtics in Game Two of the 2022 NBA Finals at Chase Center on June 05, 2022.- AFP

Warriors down Celtics to level series

SAN FRANCISCO: Stephen Curry scored 29 points as the Golden State Warriors roared back into NBA Finals contention on Sunday with a series-leveling 107-88 game two victory over the Boston Celtics. Curry spearheaded a deadly display of Golden State shooting in San Francisco while a superb Warriors defensive effort shut down Boston's key offensive weapons.The Warriors, who squandered a 12-point fourth-quarter lead in game one, were in no mood to...

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