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SINGAPORE: People take pictures in front of the Merlion statue in Singapore.-AFP
Singapore to lift virus travel curbs in 'milestone'
SINGAPORE: Singapore will lift restrictions for all vaccinated travelers from next week, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday hailing it as a "major milestone" in the aviation hub's efforts to live with COVID-19. The city-state is the latest Asian country to ease travel restrictions in a region that has generally been more reluctant to lift barriers than Europe and North America. A gateway for many travelers arriving in the...
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Interior clarifies entry visa issues
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Interior Ministry clarified about a new law published last week on entry visas being valid for three months, which went into effect from March 20, 2022. Brig Gen Tawheed Al-Kandari, Director of the Public Relations and Security Media Department at the Ministry of Interior, told Kuwait Times that this decision is only related to business visas.“MoI extended the validity of business visas up to six months in the...
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Zain hosts virtual discussion series on latest tech concepts, Metaverse
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, hosted a virtual discussion series titled "A New Digital Generation" in collaboration with NEST, the national company for educational services and training and a subsidiary of the National Technology Enterprises Company (NTEC), and EON XR, a multinational virtual and augmented reality software developer. The talks featured exciting discussions on some of the latest and most disruptive...
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works and Minister of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Ali Al-Mousa inaugurates the tenth edition of the Kuwait Motor Show 2022 at the 360 Mall on Wednesday.
Tenth edition of Kuwait Motor Show 2022 opens
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works and Minister of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Ali Al-Mousa inaugurated the tenth edition of the Kuwait Motor Show 2022 at the 360 Mall on Wednesday in the presence of representatives from reputed international automobile companies, ambassadors of various countries and car enthusiasts in Kuwait. The show is organized by Osama Bastaki's International Group for General Trading and Contracting. The Motor...
MOSCOW: A view of the Moscow Exchange office in Moscow on March 24, 2022. - AFP
Moscow stock market partially reopens after month-long closure
MOSCOW: The Moscow Stock Exchange resumed trading of some shares Thursday, the second stage in a phased re-opening after being suspended for a month due to Russia's military operation in Ukraine. Trading renewed for only 33 of the largest companies that make up the ruble-denominated MOEX Russia Index, which saw gains of 10 percent at opening but closed at 4.4 percent. The RTS Index, which is calculated in US dollars, was down 9.0 percent as...
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Eurozone growth slows as war threatens recovery
FRANKFURT: Business activity in the eurozone slowed in March, according to a closely watched survey, as high prices and a gloomy outlook raised fears the Ukraine war could snuff out economic recovery. Thursday's data indicated that while Europe was still growing at a solid pace after the lows of the coronavirus pandemic, clouds loomed for the health of the economy moving forward. The survey underscores the "immediate and material impact" of the...
In this file photo Kristen Stewart speaks onstage during the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California. – AFP photos
Hollywood grapples with Ukraine ahead of Oscars
With the Oscars set for Sunday, Hollywood is weighing how or whether to address Russia's bloody assault on Ukraine, trying to thread the needle between showing support for Kyiv and being seen as too preachy. As Leonardo DiCaprio's climate crisis warning and Joaquin Phoenix's outrage over artificially inseminated cows have recently shown, A-listers are rarely shy about making political statements at the Academy Awards-despite accusations of...
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Kuwait GP attract 200 shooters
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International Grand Prix ended on Friday as 200 shooters from 20 countries participated. Today, Skeet shooters will play the final rounds of 25 targets each as the top six scorers will compete for the medals rounds.Meanwhile, Lebanon's Elie Bejjani won the Men's Singles Trap gold medal - followed by Kuwait's Ahmad Al-Daihani (second) and Khalid Al-Mudhaf...
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Red Bull Paper Wings takes off in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Red Bull Paper Wings, the biggest paper plane competition in the world, takes off on Kuwait campuses this month. The event was created to celebrate students and their creativity. This year, 490 separate qualifiers will be spread over 62 participating countries. Red Bull Paper Wings 2022 will take place at two separate collegiate Kuwait locations on separate competition days, and combines the physical and mental skills of players, in the...
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Kuwait's referees, women honored
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: President of Kuwait Olympic (KOC) Committee Sheikh Fahad Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad honored 10 Kuwaiti referees in addition to members of Woman Sports Committee in the presence of Women Committee Chairwoman Fatima Hayat. The honoring of the female referees, coaches and sports leaders was in appreciation of their efforts in the development of women sport in Kuwait and their various contributions in various games. It is aimed...
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'Rhino bond' charges onto markets to save S African animals
Critically endangered black rhinos in South Africa will get help from an unusual source: Wall Street, where institutional investors have expressed a willingness to buy a new type of bond being issued by the World Bank that will pay for successful efforts to save the animals. In this pilot project that will be judged on whether the population of horned animals in two parks in the country increases, the Washington-based development lender will...
US actor and director Sean Penn looks on during a press conference in Krakow, Poland.—AFP
Sean Penn signs deal to help Ukraine refugees
American actor and director Sean Penn on Wednesday signed an agreement for his CORE Foundation to provide help to Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Under the deal between CORE, which he co-founded, and the municipality of Krakow, the foundation will open an office in the historic southern Polish city and provide educational activities and also convert unoccupied premises to accommodate around 50 refugees, the Polish agency PAP said in a report.Penn...
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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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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka
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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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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP
Hezbollah reveals its military muscle