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KFH launches walking competition in collaboration with 'V-Thru'

KUWAIT: As part of the "Better health... Better Life" campaign and Ramadan program themed "Increase good deeds in Ramadan", Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has launched in collaboration with V-Thru application, the walking competition to the public to encourage them to practice sports in general, namely walking.The program was launched at the Avenues Mall in the presence of KFH and V-Thru team in the campaign pavilion to interact with the public and...

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Post office employee explains 'parcels sale' video

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: A video has gone viral on social media showing huge plastic bags with parcels for sale, with a caption reading "sale of people's parcels". After visiting a post office, an employee clarified that the video is of parcels that belong to a private postal company and not the public post offices. There are unclaimed parcels at public post offices too, but only a few at each post office. There are 61 post offices in various...

KUWAIT: Officials pose for a group photo before a plane carrying aid to Ukrainian refugees left Kuwait yesterday. – KUNA photos

Aid plane for Ukrainian refugees leaves Kuwait

KUWAIT: A plane carrying 40 tons of food and medical aid to Ukrainian refugees left Kuwait's Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base to Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday, Kuwait Red Crescent Society announced. The aid came as per instructions of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to help the Ukrainian people in their current humanitarian crisis, KRCS Deputy Chairman Anwar Al-Hasawi said. Kuwaiti students help distribute food to Syrian...

KUWAIT: Marzouq Al-Ghanem with Bader Al-Kharafi. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Al-Ghanem Diwan hosts well-wishers on Ramadan

KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem said he will remain the representative of people's will and steadfast in the defense of Kuwait's security and stability. Ghanem thanked all those who attended the ghabqa he held at Ali Al-Ghanem diwan in Abdullah Al-Salem. "I cannot express my feelings and gratitude for the generosity Kuwait's people have afforded me on every occasion," he said.Marzouq Al-Ghanem with Minister of Public Works...

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Boubyan Bank records KD 17 million in net profits for first quarter of 2022

KUWAIT: Boubyan Bank has announced KD 26 million in operating profits for the first quarter of this year as the bank recorded KD 17 million in net profits at a growth rate of 34 percent compared with last year, while the earning per share amounts to 4.17 fils.Boubyan Bank's Vice-Chairman & Group Chief Executive Officer, Adel Al-Majed stated: "Thanks to Almighty Allah, our Q1 profits were good, which is a good start to the year 2022 as we hope it...

KABUL: Medical staff move a wounded youth on a stretcher outside a hospital in Kabul on April 19, 2022, after two bomb blasts rocked a boys' school in a Shiite Hazara neighbourhood killing at least 6 people.-AFP

Blasts at Shiite school kills 6 in Kabul

KABUL: At least six people were killed and 24 wounded on Tuesday by two bomb blasts that struck a boys' school in a Shiite Hazara neighbourhood of the Afghan capital, police and hospital staff said. The number of attacks in the country has significantly declined since the Taleban ousted the US-backed Afghan government in August, but the jihadist Islamic State group has claimed several attacks since then.Several bodies were strewn outside the gate...

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) hosts a bilateral meeting with Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicu Popescu at the State Department in Washington. - AFP

Blinken renews US focus on migration with Panama trip

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed Tuesday to Panama on a new diplomatic bid to check migration in Latin America, a rising cause of political headaches despite the global focus on Ukraine. The top US diplomat's two-day trip, his first to Latin America this year, comes weeks before President Joe Biden's administration ends pandemic restrictions that allowed swift expulsions to Mexico.Blinken and US Homeland Security Secretary...

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British PM Johnson to face MPs' fury over 'Partygate'

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face angry lawmakers on Tuesday for the first time since being fined for breaching his own coronavirus laws by attending a party at his Downing Street office. The embattled Johnson last week became the first modern British leader to be fined for breaking the law, after police ruled he had failed to abide by lockdown curbs in 2020. But he has weathered the initial storm at the unprecedented...

TEHRAN, Iran: An Iranian woman lifts a Quran as she takes part in a student rally in front of the embassy of Sweden in Tehran, on April 18, 2022, to protest a Swedish far-right group's plan to burn Qurans. - AFP

Several dozen hurt in days of unrest in Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Several days of unrest in Sweden, sparked by a far-right group's burning of the Koran, have injured at least 40 people, police said on Monday, calling for more resources to deal with the violence. More Muslim countries meanwhile protested the burning of their religion's holy book. Protests have turned violent in several cities since Thursday, leaving 26 police officers and 14 civilians injured, police said at a press...

LAHORE: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (2R) and leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P) and collation partners of the newly formed government Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui (L) leave after a meeting in Karachi. - AFP

No surprises as Pakistan's new premier names cabinet

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sprang no big surprises in naming his new cabinet Tuesday, doling out key portfolios to officials from the two parties that combined to oust Imran Khan after weeks of political crisis. The cabinet is drawn mostly from Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), two usually-feuding dynastic groups who combined to force a no-confidence vote that ousted...

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NBK announces a net profit of KD 116.6 million for 1Q 2022

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait ("NBK", the "Bank" or the "Group") has announced its financial results for the three-month period ended 31 March 2022. The Bank reported a net profit of KD 116.6 million ($383.6 million), compared to KD 84.3 million ($277.4 million) for 1Q 2021, improving by 38.3 percent year-on-year. Total assets as of end of March 2022 grew by 8.7 percent year-on-year to reach KD 33.7 billion ($110.9 billion), whereas total...

COLOMBO: Protesters shout slogans during an ongoing anti-government demonstration near the president's office in Colombo on April 18, 2022, demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation over the country's crippling economic crisis. - AFP

Acute fuel shortage ignites protests across Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: A severe fuel shortage sparked spontaneous protests across Sri Lanka on Tuesday, with tens of thousands of angry motorists burning tires and blocking a major road leading into the capital, police and local officials said. Sri Lanka has run out of dollars to finance vital imports including food, medicine and fuel, sparking weeks of protests calling for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the country's worst economic crisis...

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Aug 18, 2024. — KUNA

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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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