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An internet user reads on his mobile phone 'unable to connect' as he tries to log into Facebook Messenger. - AFP

Facebook battles cyber campaigns targeting Ukraine

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook's parent company Meta on Thursday said Russian state actors and others are relentlessly trying to use the social network against the Ukraine with deception, hacking and coordinated bullying campaigns. Social media networks have become one of the fronts in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, home to sometimes misleading information but also real-time monitoring of one of the biggest geopolitical crises in decades."Since the start...

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) shakes hands with Sultan Al-Arada, a member of Yemen's new leadership council, in Riyadh. - AFP

Yemen leader cedes powers to council

RIYADH: Yemen's president said Thursday he is handing his powers to a new leadership council, in a major shake-up in the coalition battling Houthi rebels as a fragile ceasefire takes hold. But Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam dismissed the move as "a desperate attempt to rearrange the ranks of the mercenaries" fighting in Yemen, and said peace would only come once foreign forces leave.President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi made the announcement in...

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Alghanim Industries organizes grand Ramadan donation drive with KRCS

KUWAIT: Alghanim Industries, one of the largest privately owned companies in the region, participated in a major annual donation drive in collaboration with its strategic partner, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS). The company donated and packaged 1,000 boxes of provisions for families in need.Dozens of employees volunteered in this event, packaging an array of food staples and necessities in provision boxes. The company extended this...

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Kuwait's RIHS carries out Ramadan food projects in Jordan

AMMAN: Kuwait's Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) has implemented the "Iftar for the Fasting" and "Ramadan Food Basket" projects for 2022 for Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanian families in different regions in northern Jordan. Director General of the Jordanian Charitable Society, the implementing agency of the two projects, Khaled Nawasra said Thursday that the two projects, which came with a generous donation from the Kuwaiti...

SANAA: Yemeni children wait in line to receive a free fast-breaking 'iftar' meal in the capital Sanaa during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on April 4, 2022. - AFP

Kuwait welcomes formation of Yemen Presidential Leadership Council

KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait welcomed on Thursday the decision to form the Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen, a step in line with the Yemeni constitution and the GCC peace initiative. A statement by the Foreign Ministry expressed the State of Kuwait's full support to the council's efforts to achieve stability, peace, and security for Yemen and its people.Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi launched a new Presidential Leadership Council...

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Suspected drug dealer arrested in Shaab

KUWAIT: Police arrested a man in possession of 22 bags suspected to contain drugs, the interior ministry announced. Maidan Hawally patrolmen headed to a building in Shaab in response to an emergency call reporting an intruder. The caller said that the suspect was taking pictures of homes in the area. Police arrested the suspect following a brief chase.He confessed to taking the pictures, adding he was placing envelopes containing drugs in various...

KUWAIT: Zara Yasir, the first day winner receives her award from Kuwait Times Advertising Manager Taleb Kanjo.

Kuwait Times Ramadan Quiz winners receive their prizes

KUWAIT: Winners of the first four questions of the Kuwait Times Ramadan Quiz - Zara Yasir, Mohsin Mavli, Rukaiya Abbas, and Armaan Ali 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.Mohsin Mavli, the second day winner...

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti engineer Adel Al-Wasis. - KUNA photos

Kuwaiti inventor wins 1st place in GCC award on water distillation project

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti engineer Adel Al-Wasis won the first place in the GCC Patent Office award for the best water distillation project, held recently at the GCC pavilion in Dubai Expo 2020. In a press statement on Thursday, Wasis said he was one of five inventors who qualified to the finals for his invention on "watering with cold steam".He added that his project focuses on purifying salty water by using an air-free tank to reduce water boiling...

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ABK pledged support to KNPC's Clean Fuels Project

KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK), pledged its support to Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)'s new green initiative - 'Clean Fuels Project'. The project aims to reduce carbon emissions and pollution by using products and services that meet strict environmental standards.As part of its commitment to KNPC's 'Clean Fuels Project' ABK lit up the façade of its Head Office in hues of green to raise awareness about the initiative reaffirming...

KUWAIT: Photo taken on April 7, 2022 shows buildings shrouded in dust in Kuwait City. - Xinhua

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BRUSSELS: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (L) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak to the press as they arrive for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on April 7, 2022.-AFP

Ukraine calls for 'weapons' at NATO talks

BRUSSELS: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday called on NATO members to provide Kyiv with all the heavy weaponry it needs to fight Russia's invading forces. "My agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it. Its weapons, weapons, and weapons," Kuleba told journalists at a meeting with NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. "I call on all allies to put aside their hesitations, their reluctance, to provide Ukraine with...

CUENCA, Ecuador: Police guard the CRS Turi prison a day after a riot in Cuenca, Ecuador, on April 5, 2022. At least 20 people died in a prison riot early Sunday in southern Ecuador, the president's office said. - AFP

Ecuador's deadly prison riots show no signs of slowing

QUITO: After another bloody year in Ecuador's interminable cycle of prison violence, authorities appear no closer to taking control. The latest sordid massacre saw 20 inmates killed-some mutilated-last Sunday in the El Turi penitentiary in the southern city of Cuenca. It was the fifth such mass murder in a prison riot since February 2021. The government blames these horrors on drug gangs taking over prisons, but some experts claim authorities...

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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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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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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns

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