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BRUSSELS: Vice President of the European Commission meets with Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs. - KUNA
Kuwait's Speaker meets MEP, discusses Schengen visa issue
BRUSSELS: Speaker of Kuwait's National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem met on Thursday with chair of European Parliament's Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula Hannah Naumann - discussing the issue of lifting the Schengen visa for Kuwaiti citizens. According to the Al-Dostour news network, the two officials also touched on cooperation between Kuwait and the EU on all possible domains. Members of the Al-Ghanim's delegation as well as...
Dr Bibi Al-Amiri, American Board in child and adolescent Psychiatry Consultant
Mental health problems common among students
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Mental health problems are as common among students as they are in the general population, but many parents do not identify these issues as mental health conditions in order to benefit from counseling. Students in Kuwait, whether at university or school, suffer from stress and anxiety, so Kuwait Times spoke with students, parents and psychiatrists to learn more about issues they are going through and strategies they use to...
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Blue Bird arrives in Casablanca
KUWAIT: As part of the continuous efforts to expand its network of destinations, Kuwait Airways announced the launch of its first scheduled commercial flights to Casablanca, Morocco, commencing from 1st June 2022, with two flights per week on Sundays and Wednesdays. In this regard, Kuwait Airways CEO, Eng Maen Razouqi stated, "Kuwait Airways is pleased to launch its first flight to the city of Casablanca in Morocco.This destination has always...
KUWAIT: The Italian embassy held Wednesday a reception on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Italy where it was hosted by the Ambassador of Italy to Kuwait Carlo Baldocci and attended by Kuwait Deputy Minister Foreign Affairs Majdi Ahmed Ebrahim Al-Dhafiri, diplomats and other dignitaries. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Italy Embassy celebrates 76th anniversary of National Day
KUWAIT: Italy Embassy on Wednesday celebrated the 76th Anniversary of the National Day of the Italian Republic - the first time after the two-years period of COVID-19 pandemic. Italian Republic is a young and modern Republic with an ancient civilization and thousands of years of history. The Ambassador of Italy to Kuwait Carlo Baldocci recalled one of the great challenges that the world had to deal with two years ago; Italy was heavily hit by the...
KUWAIT: Arabian Gulf coastline is captured in this photograph. The Kuwait Meteorological Department is expecting the weather to be hot during the day and hot at night with relatively humid on the coastal areas at the weekend. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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LVIV, Ukraine: People standing near a Ukrainian national flag watch as dark smoke billows following an air strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. - AFP
Russia tightens noose around Ukraine city
SOLEDAR, Ukraine: Russian forces on Thursday hammered the last Ukrainian defences holding a strategic city in the Donbas region as the war approached its 100th day and Washington warned it could still last for months. Vladimir Putin's troops have set their sights on capturing eastern Ukraine since Ukrainian forces repelled them from seizing Kyiv after the Russian invasion began on February 24. Defending the east has come at a high cost for...
TULSA, United States: Handout photo shows, police officers respond to a call about a man armed with a rifle at the Natalie Building at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A gunman killed at least four people Wednesday at a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma. - AFP
Gunman kills four at Tulsa hospital in US mass shooting
TULSA, United States: A gunman has killed at least four people at a hospital building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said-the latest in a string of mass shootings across the United States in recent weeks. The killings come as Texas families bury their dead after a school shooting left 19 young children dead just eight days earlier.The Tulsa shooting suspect, who was armed with a rifle and a handgun during his attack on the Saint Francis hospital...
SUN VALLEY, Idaho: In this file photo taken on July 8, 2021, CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg walks with COO of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg after a session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference. - AFP
Key Facebook force Sandberg steps down
SAN FRANCISCO: Meta's second most powerful executive Sheryl Sandberg made the shock announcement Wednesday she will leave after a 14-year tenure that included helping steer scandal-prone Facebook to advertising dominance. Sandberg, 52, has been one of the most influential women in Silicon Valley and her departure comes as the social media juggernaut faces an uncertain future and fierce competition.Her exit from Facebook parent Meta will be...
SHENYANG, China: This photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows a worker transferring newly-produced cars at a BMW factory in China's northeastern Liaoning province. – AFP
China to double wind, solar capacity by 2025
BEIJING: China aims to double its wind and solar capacity by 2025, according to a new road map that also allows for more coal-fired power plants to bolster energy security. The world’s biggest polluter earlier estimated it needs to double wind and solar use by 2030 to deliver on its pledges under the Paris climate accord. The latest plan — if implemented — means China might reach that goal earlier.But Beijing has also ramped up reliance on...
HUWARA, Palestinian Territories: A young boy rides a bicycle showing a Palestinian flag in the town of Huwara near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. - AFP
'Battle of flags' flares in Zionist-Palestinian conflict
HUWARA, Palestinian Territories: Dozens of Zionist soldiers stood guard in the occupied West Bank town of Huwara, where the Palestinian flag was blowing in the warm breeze from an electricity pole. Suddenly, a Jewish settler jumped from a car, hoisted himself up the pole and tore down the flag, to the fury of Palestinian onlookers. The soldiers watched on, without intervening."Many martyrs fell for the sake of this flag, many people were killed,"...
HONG KONG: File photo shows a woman holding candles in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong after police closed the venue where Hong Kong people traditionally gather annually to mourn the victims of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 which the authorities have banned and vowed to stamp out any protests on the anniversary. - AFP
Hong Kong police warn against Tiananmen anniversary gatherings
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police have warned that people risk breaking the law if they gather on Saturday to commemorate China's Tiananmen crackdown-particularly in the city's Victoria Park, the site of a once annual candlelit vigil. Discussion of the 1989 clampdown, when the government set troops and tanks on peaceful protesters, is all but forbidden in mainland China.But semi-autonomous Hong Kong had been an exception until two years ago, when...
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden meets virtually with baby formula manufacturers at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on June 1, 2022. - AFP
Biden defends his handling of spiraling baby formula crisis
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden defended his handling of a spiraling baby formula supply crisis Wednesday, insisting at a meeting with infant food executives that the White House is doing all it can. A product recall and shutdown of a major plant by industry leader Abbott in February triggered a dramatic and ongoing reduction in availability of formula for parents across the country.Increasingly, the issue is also turning into a political...
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GAZA: Friends and relatives mourn over the body of photojournalist Ibrahim Muhareb, who was killed as he was covering the advance of Zionist forces north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip the previous day, at Al-Nasser Hospital on Aug 19, 2024. - AFP
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