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AMRITSAR, India: In this file photograph taken on April 12, 2022, an Indian farmer poses as he harvests wheat crop in a field on the outskirts of Amritsar, in the northern Indian state of Punjab. - AFP

Wheat prices hit record high after India's ban on export

PARIS: Wheat prices surged to a new record high on Monday after India decided to ban exports of the commodity as a heatwave hit production. The price jumped to 435 euros ($453) per ton as the European market opened. Global wheat prices have soared on supply fears since Russia's February invasion of agricultural powerhouse Ukraine, which previously accounted for 12 percent of global exports.The spike, exacerbated by fertilizer shortages and poor...

KUWAIT: Traffic in Kuwait affected by a heavy dust storm that hit the country on Monday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Dust storm blinds Kuwait

By Ahmad JabrKUWAIT: A massive dust storm coming from Iraq affected large areas of Kuwait on Monday, dropping visibility to less than 1,000 km and suspending flights from and to the country. Kuwait Meteorological Center said the dust storm was accompanied with strong winds exceeding 50 km/h in speed, while sea waves would reach as high as six feet. The bad weather conditions, described as "severe" in the meteorological center's weather warning,...

Dr Dina Al-Dhubaib

Health Ministry launches obesity risks awareness campaign

KUWAIT: The Central Administration for Primary Health Care at Kuwait's Health Ministry organized a campaign to bring awareness about obesity risks. The event came amid a rise in obesity rates around the world, the administration's Director Dr Dina Al-Dhubaib said. The campaign continues for five weeks in 25 primary care centers where body mass index, blood sugar level and the hemoglobin A1C tests will be carried out, she said."The campaign aims...

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Interior Ministry launches visual sessions for prisoners

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior announced on Monday launching the visual sessions' system at correction facilities at prisons. The advanced service has been provided in cooperation with information's technology and communication sector at the ministry and the Ministry of Justice.The system has been set up upon instructions by First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior (retired General) Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Ministry's...

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Saudi Arabia, Kuwait want to discuss Durra gas field with Iran

MANAMA: Saudi Arabia has publicly encouraged Iran to come to the negotiating table on the Durra gas field, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait want to discuss the Durra field with them because resources there are of common interest between both countries, he added. "Kuwait and Saudi Arabia need gas... we cannot be derailed for more than 22 years," he said during an energy conference in Bahrain...

Seham Al-Husaini

Deliveroo launches 2022 restaurant awards for the first time in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Deliveroo Kuwait, the leading food-delivery company, has announced it is launching Deliveroo's annual Restaurant Awards for the first time in Kuwait, revealing a list of many amazing local restaurants that have been long-listed across 19 award categories.The awards, which Deliveroo (global) first launched in 2019, were created to celebrate the best restaurants around. As of today, the Kuwaiti public can vote for their favorite local...

Abdulwahab Al-Rushood

Clean fuel project enhances Kuwait's oil refining capabilities: Rushood

KUWAIT: Acting Group CEO at Kuwait Finance House (KFH), Abdulwahab Essa Al-Rushood affirmed that KFH celebration of KNPC clean fuel project, participation in the company's celebrations of the full operation of the project, illuminating the Headquarters facade in green color and posting it in the bank's social media channels reflect KFH full support to projects and products mitigating carbon emissions and environmental pollutions through cleaner...

BATROUN, Lebanon: Supporters of the Lebanese Forces party celebrate in the Lebanon’s northern coastal city of Batroun as they await results after the end of voting in the parliamentary elections on May 15, 2022. – AFP

Lebanon vote weakens Hezbollah bloc

BEIRUT: An election in crisis-hit Lebanon appears to have dealt a setback to the biggest bloc, led by the Iran-backed Shiite Muslim Hezbollah party, and boosted reformists, provisional results showed Monday. Turnout was low in the general election Sunday, the first since the Mediterranean country was plunged into a deep economic crisis that has stoked popular fury with the hereditary and graft-tainted ruling class.Many polling booths lacked...

Newly elected Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (L) sits next former president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in the capital Mogadishu, on May 16, 2022. - Somalia handed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud the presidency for a second time following May 15's long-overdue election in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, which is confronting an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine. (Photo by Hasan Ali Elmi / AFP)

Somalia's foreign partners hail peaceful election of new president

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia's international partners on Monday welcomed the election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who takes office after months of political instability and faces crises including a violent insurgency and devastating drought. Residents in the capital Mogadishu raced through the streets banging metal cans and fired guns into the air in celebration as the result of the marathon poll was announced around midnight. Many hope...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Protestors take part in an anti-government demonstration outside the Sri Lanka police headquarters in Colombo on May 16, 2022, demanding the arrest of government supporters who allegedly assaulted peaceful demonstrators who had been demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid ongoing economic crisis. – AFP

Sri Lanka's PM wins support for 'economic war cabinet'

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's new prime minister won crucial support from two main opposition parties Monday, easing the pressure on the ruling Rajapaksa clan in the face of the island's worsening economic crisis. The main opposition SJB party appeared to drop its demands that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should step down before backing a coalition to manage the crumbling economy. The SJB, or Samagi Jana Balawegaya, declined to join a unity government...

KUWAIT: Former Brazilian World Cup winner and footballer Gilberto Silva unveils the FIFA World Cup trophy during a trophy tour at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre on May 16, 2022. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

World Cup trophy displayed in Kuwait

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: For the first time ever in Kuwait, the FIFA World Cup original trophy was unveiled in Kuwait City on Monday, giving Kuwait fans a chance to experience football's most coveted prize, as the fifth FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola continues its journey to 51 countries and territories.Sheikh Ahmad Al-Yusef Al Sabah, President of Kuwait Football Association, FIFA Ambassador Gilberto Silva and Khalid Al-Muzaire, CEO,...

PARIS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, European Commission Vice President and Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, European Commission Vice President and Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and other guests pose for a family photo ahead of a dinner at the US-European Union Trade and Technology Council summit in Paris on May 15, 2022. –AFP

US, EU to ramp up chip making and raise pressure on Russia

SACLAY, France: The United States and the European Union announced on Monday a joint effort to boost microchip manufacturing and tackle Russian disinformation around the war in Ukraine. The two sides met outside Paris as part of the Trade and Technology Council, a forum created last year aimed partially at countering China's increasingly powerful position in the technology sector.But EU and US officials focused much of their efforts instead on...

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