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KIB sponsors, raises banking awareness
KUWAIT: As part of its plans to expand the scope of its pioneering and multifaceted social responsibility program, Kuwait International Bank (KIB) sponsored a ceremony that was recently held at the Saleh Shehab School campus, honoring the academic achievements and success achieved by its high school students. Besides supporting the school event, KIB took part in its activities to introduce them to the various and integrated banking services and...
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Dasman Diabetes Institute organizes lecture series
KUWAIT: Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI), founded by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), recently held a two-day lecture series titled "Scientific Writing and Clinical Methodology". The lectures were presented by Prof Abe Fingerhut MD, FACS (hon), FRCPS (g), FRCS (Ed) hon Co-Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery (ALES).During the lectures, Prof Fingerhut showcased various topics including, but not...
KUWAIT: Marina Wave is pictured in the photo. Marina Waves offers an outstanding and spectacular view of both the sea and the city. - Photo by Tasneem Ali Asgar Paliwala
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Zain recognized for taking part in the event.
Zain participates in first Envirathon
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, recently took part in the nation's first environmental marathon 'Envirathon' held at Shuwaikh beach. The event featured volunteers of all ages along with public and private sector officials, diplomats, and community members. Zain's participation in this volunteer initiative came in line with its Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility strategy towards supporting...
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EU-GCC trade, investment growing steadily, Kuwait's ambassador says
BRUSSELS: Trade and investment have steadily grown between the 27- member European Union and the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since the 1988 Cooperation Agreement between the two sides, according to Kuwait's ambassador to Belgium, the EU and NATO, Jasem Al-Budaiwi. "Despite the dual challenges of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic the recovery is now blazing ahead and set to only increase to even greater levels" he said at an event...
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Kuwait, Brazil officials discuss cooperation
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Mohammad Al-Fares met on Thursday with Brazilian Secretary for Strategic Affairs Admiral Flavio Rocha and the accompanying delegation. According to the Cabinet Secretariat, Dr Al-Fares-also state minister for cabinet affairs-discussed with Rocha during the meeting ways to bolster bilateral relations.Minister of Commerce and Industry Fahad Al-Shuraian, Deputy Chairman of the Board and CEO of...
UVALDE, United States: People mourn as they attend a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. – AFP
Texas town mourns school victims
UVALDE, United States: Ryan Ramirez fought back tears at a Wednesday vigil as he spoke of his "lovable" 10-year-old daughter Alithia, an aspiring artist who was among the 19 schoolchildren killed in a cold-blooded shooting that has devastated a tight-knit community. As mourners embraced and wept, relatives and friends of those murdered in the latest US school massacre gathered on the bleachers and on the dirt of a fairground arena in the small...
TIVAOUANE, Senegal: Visitors stand in front of the Mame Abdoul Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital, where eleven babies died following an electrical fault, in Tivaouane, on May 26, 2022. - AFP
Eleven newborn babies perish in Senegal hospital blaze
Tivaouane, Senegal: Eleven newborn babies perished in a hospital blaze in the western Senegalese city of Tivaouane late on Wednesday, president Macky Sall said. "I have just learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire at the neonatal department of the public hospital," Sall wrote on Twitter just before midnight (0000 GMT). "To their mothers and their families, I express my deepest sympathy," he tweeted. The...
HONIARA, Solomon Islands: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and his counterpart Solomon Islands' Jeremiah Manele (R) attend a press conference in Honiara on May 26, 2022. – AFP
Western powers sound alarm on China plan for South Pacific
HONIARA, Solomon Islands: Western powers sounded the alarm Thursday over leaked plans to dramatically expand China's security and economic reach in the South Pacific, in what one regional leader called a thinly veiled effort to lock island states into "Beijing's orbit". If approved by Pacific island nations, the wide-ranging draft agreement and a five-year plan, both obtained by AFP, would give China a larger security footprint in a region seen...
BEIRUT: A first batch of buses donated by the French government to Lebanon's public transport sector is unloaded from a cargo ship at the Beirut Port.- AFP
Lebanese currency hits new low
BEIRUT: The Lebanese pound hit a new low against the US dollar on the black market Thursday after a sharp drop that coincided with May 15 parliamentary elections. According to websites monitoring the exchange rate, the pound crashed below the symbolic threshold of 35,000 to the greenback, a historic low for the national currency. For decades, the Lebanese pound was pegged to the dollar at 1,500, meaning that it has lost around 95 percent of its...
BEIJING: People commute on an electric bicycle in Beijing on May 26, 2022. - AFP
China's PM issues warning on pandemic-hit economy
BEIJING: China's premier called for more to be done to stabilize the world's second-largest economy, issuing an unusually stark warning as the country's zero-COVID strategy bites into growth. China is the last major economy welded to a policy of mass testing and hard lockdowns to eliminate virus clusters, but the strict curbs have battered businesses.Restrictions around the nation in recent months-including on the manufacturing hubs of Shenzhen...
DAVOS: A participant asks a question during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 26, 2022. - AFP
After long trek to Davos, Ukrainians await Western aid
DAVOS: Ukraine's foreign minister, lawmakers and mayors made long journeys by car, train and plane to the Swiss Alps to convince global elites to send more help to repel Russian invaders. As the four-day World Economic Forum in Davos wrapped up on Thursday, they were returning home without the heavy weapons they desperately want or the new sanctions they demand against Moscow. But while major announcements were not expected in Davos, the summit...
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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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KUWAIT: Inmates line up at the new deportation center in Sulaibiya.
New deportation center opens