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Assembly crush Cabinet 4-0 in Ramadan football friendly

KUWAIT: A team comprising of National Assembly members beat a team consisting of Cabinet members 4-0 in a friendly football match held during Al-Shuhoumi Ramadan tournament on Wednesday. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

KUWAIT: Zaineb Mustansir’s husband receives the prize from Kuwait Times Advertising Manager Taleb Kanjo.

Kuwait Times Ramadan Quiz winners receive their prizes

KUWAIT: Winners of questions number 5, 6 and 7 of the Kuwait Times Ramadan Quiz - Zaineb Mustansir, Komal Muhammad Abbas, and Farida Fakhrudin Patharwala respectively - received their awards at Kuwait Times head office this week. The winners received KD 50 in cash each and a one-year newspaper subscription. Participation in the Kuwait Times Ramadan Quiz is open for everyone living in Kuwait until the end of the holy month. Komal Muhammad Abbas...

Tunisian Ambassador to Kuwait Hashemi Ajili reads Kuwait Times.

Diwaniyas, the beating heart of Kuwaiti society: Tunisian Ambassador

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: In an interview with Kuwait Times, Tunisian Ambassador to Kuwait Hashemi Ajili, who has been in Kuwait since 2020, speaks about the relationship between his country and Kuwait, and his views on Kuwaiti culture and Ramadan tradition in both countries. Some excerpts: Tunisian Ambassador to Kuwait Hashemi Ajili.Kuwait Times: Diplomats like to visit diwaniyas in Kuwait for cultural and social exchanges. Describe your...

KYIV: (L-R) President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda, President of Poland Andrzej Duda, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Latvia Egils Levits and President of Estonia Alar Karis hold a press conference following their talks in Kyiv, on April 13, 2022. - AFP

Ukraine's orphans face trafficking threat

PARIS: Left in care homes and now threatened by war, thousands of already vulnerable Ukrainian refugees are at risk of being trafficked as they are uprooted by fighting across the country. Some have come under Russian fire in their care homes. Others fled amid the sound of explosions and gunfire. Many remain unaccounted for, lost in the chaos of Ukraine's sprawling and often disorganised social service system."There was a big problem of forced...

KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sibi George visits an exhibition on Dr Ambedkar at the embassy hall accompanied by Indian Embassy First Secretary Dr Vinod Gaikwad, Joice Sibi and Ashok Kalra.

Indian embassy marks Ambedkar birth anniversary

KUWAIT: Embassy of India, Kuwait, celebrated the birth anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of the constitution of India on Wednesday. In his inaugural remarks, Indian Ambassador Sibi George spoke about the pivotal role played by Dr Ambedkar as the chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian constitution in enactment of a unique constitution which laid the framework for peaceful governance, development and progress of India,...

KUWAIT: Children celebrate gergean. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait celebrates gergean despite higher prices

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: As the holy month of Ramadan began, many Kuwaitis and residents prepared for the festival of gergean after two years of restrictions imposed by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19. Gergean is marked annually in the middle of Ramadan, where children wear traditional clothes and tour neighborhoods while carrying candy bags and singing.Kuwaiti historian Khaled Al-Rasheed said that the gergean is a heritage festival...

KUWAIT: The two vehicles involved in the crash.

Four people hurt in Fahaheel Expressway crash

KUWAIT: Rescue men freed four injured people who were trapped in two vehicles following a traffic accident near Shuaiba on Fahaheel Expressway. The injured were taken by paramedics to the hospital, Kuwait Fire Force said in a statement. An investigation was opened to reveal the circumstances behind the accident. KUWAIT: A fireman battles the blaze in Salmiya.Meanwhile, firemen put out a blaze in a Salmiya building which left no injuries, Kuwait...

KUALA LUMPUR: Kuwait's Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Hamad Burhama with Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri. – KUNA

Malaysian PM lauds cooperation with Kuwait

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri lauded on Thursday the relations with the State of Kuwait on various levels, commending the joint cooperation between the two countries on international matters. This praise came during the Prime Minister's breaking-fast banquet held in honor of the diplomatic corps operating in Malaysia. Kuwait's Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Hamad Burhama said in a statement by the embassy that he had met Prime Minister...

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Jerusalem's Christian churches resist hardline Zionist settlers

JERUSALEM: Churches in Jerusalem are up in arms against Jewish "radicals" who are settling in the Christian Quarter and threatening a fragile religious balance in the ancient Holy City. "We have a major problem here," said Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III in Jerusalem's Old City, which is split into historic Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Armenian quarters. "Jerusalem also has her Christian character, and that is what is threatened," he...

Tourists shop inside spice bazaar at Eminonu district in Istanbul .-AFP

Turkey refuses to raise rates to fight record inflation

ISTANBUL: Turkey's central bank on Thursday brushed aside an inflation reading that has soared past 60 percent and kept its benchmark interest rate steady for the fourth month in a row. The widely-anticipated decision reflects President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unorthodox conviction that high interest rates cause inflation rather than slow it down. But it means that Turkey will continue to rely on expensive economic support measures that could...

WASHINGTON: The war in Ukraine has undercut the global recovery, slowing expected economic growth in most countries in the world, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday.

IMF chief says crises slowing economic growth worldwide

WASHINGTON: The war in Ukraine has undercut the global recovery, slowing expected economic growth in most countries in the world, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday. And beyond the humanitarian tragedy and economic crises, the war has exposed fractures in the international system at a time when global cooperation is the only solution, she said. The war hit as the world was struggling to recover from the ongoing impact of...

LAHORE:Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (second right) and leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P) and collation partners of the newly formed government Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui (left) leave after a meeting in Karachi on April 13, 2022. - AFP

New PM Sharif orders 'Pakistan speed' to fix stagnant economy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Thursday the country's economy had stagnated under his predecessor Imran Khan, setting the tone for possibly months of bitterness before an election that must be held by October next year. Sharif, sworn in Monday after Khan was ousted by a no-confidence vote in parliament, is still finalizing his cabinet but has called for "Pakistan speed" to hurry along development projects and fix...

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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos

Alain Delon: Women he loved and left

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

Kuwait swelters amid power cuts

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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns

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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

India looks to upgrade bilateral ties with Kuwait: Dr Jaishankar

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MEW: Power cuts in high-consumption Industrial areas in Kuwait