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Employees’ productivity in Kuwait affected by high temperatures
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Summer in Kuwait passed with dust storms, humidity and very high temperatures caused by global climate change. These weather fluctuations were a challenge for employees to maintain their productivity levels. Kuwait Times spoke to human resource expert Aref Abdullah Al-Ajmi and discussed with him the effects of this issue locally."It has been noted that there has been changes in the performance of employees during the current...
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CBK chief launches ‘Kuwait Economic Student Award’
KUWAIT: The Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Banking Studies, Basel Ahmed Al-Haroun, announced the launch of the third round of the “Kuwaiti Economic Student Award,” addressed to undergraduate and graduate students. The awards promote scientific research in the economic and banking fields through motivating and encouraging young national cadres to enhance their research...
Carlsbad: US President Joe Biden speaks about the economy at ViaSat, an US technology company, in Carlsbad, California, on November 4, 2022. - AFP
President Biden, Trump target pivotal battleground in countdown to midterms
PHILADELPHIA: They have been shadowboxing at separate campaign stops across the United States for weeks but the Democratic and Republican leaders find themselves on the same battlefield Saturday as they make closing pitches in Pennsylvania for next week's midterm election. President Joe Biden will rally alongside his old boss Barack Obama as the Democrats deploy their big guns to build the energy they hope will spread nationwide and reverse the...
Beirut: Guests attend the national conference on the 33rd anniversary of the conclusion of the Taif Agreement. - KUNA
Lebanese political figures recall Kuwaiti role in Taif Agreement in 1989
BEIRUT: Lebanese political figures, some of whom participated in the Taif Agreement that ended the Lebanese war in 1989, praised Saturday Kuwait's prominent role in reaching the agreement and supporting Lebanon in various stages. This came during the national conference on the 33rd anniversary of the conclusion of the Taif Agreement, which was called for by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Walid Al-Bukhari, at the (UNESCO Palace) in...
Langkawi: Former Malaysia Prime Minister and founder of the Gerakan Tanah Air (homeland Movement) Mahathir Mohamad speaks to the press outside the nomination center in Langkawi Island on November 5, 2022. - AFP
Malaysia's nearly century-old Mahathir seeks re-election
Langkawi: Mahathir Mohamad, the nearly 100-year-old elder statesman of Malaysian politics, filed his candidacy Saturday in what is likely to be his final race, as campaigning for upcoming general elections began. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob called for elections 10 months ahead of schedule, with the graft-tainted ruling party of jailed ex-leader Najib Razak seeking to cement its political comeback four years after it was dramatically voted...
Seoul: People take part in a candlelight vigil to commemorate the 156 people killed in the October 29 Halloween crowd crush, in Seoul on November 5, 2022. - AFP
Candlelight vigils mourn South Korea Halloween disaster victims
SEOUL: Candlelight vigils and rallies were held in South Korea on Saturday to commemorate the 156 people killed in a Halloween crowd crush, with public anger growing over one of the country's deadliest peacetime disasters. The victims, mostly young people, were among the estimated 100,000 that had flocked to the capital Seoul's popular Itaewon nightlife district to celebrate the first post-pandemic Halloween.South Korean law enforcement officials...
KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi with the honored guests. - KUNA
Kuwait keen on offering pediatric care: Health Minister
KUWAIT: Kuwait is keen on boosting and protecting children's health care rights, as well as preventive, curative and rehabilitative care at the required required quality under the umbrella of comprehensive health care, Minister of Health Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi said on Saturday. He added during the speech he gave during the opening ceremony of Kuwait Pediatric Conference earlier today, "Protecting the child's rights in health care is basic human right...
TUNIS: Kuwait's Ambassador Mansur Khaled Al-Omar meets Tunisian President Kais Saied. - KUNA
Kuwait's ambassador submits credentials to Tunisia
TUNIS: Kuwait's Ambassador Mansur Khaled Al-Omar submitted Friday his credentials to Tunisian President Kais Saied. This came during a reception in which President Saied received Al-Omar's credentials as Kuwait's ambassador to the country, in addition to five other ambassadors in Tunis, Tunisia's presidency said in a statement.
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Othman Al-Failakawi wins gold medal at Crown Prince Shooting Championship
KUWAIT: Shooter Othman Al-Failakawi won the gold medal in the 25-meter rapid fire pistol contest during His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Shooting Championship. Failakawi, who represents the Military Sports Union, managed to win the gold after taking first place, ahead of the shooter Hassan Al-Failakawi of the National Guard, who won second place and the silver medal, and Abdullah Al-Mullah from the National...
NEWCASTLE: Saudi Abdul Rahman Al-Qahtani carries the Saudi national flag during the English Premier League football match between Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest at St James' Park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on August 6, 2022. - AFP
'Pride of Saudi Arabia': Newcastle wins new fans in Arab kingdom
RIYADH: Life supporting English football club Newcastle United was once a lonely undertaking for Alwaleed Aldebasi, who spent years watching matches by himself at his home in the Saudi capital. But that changed dramatically when a consortium backed by the kingdom bought the club a year ago, giving rise to a new community of Saudi fans motivated as much by nationalism as by any deep-rooted fealty to the Magpies."I have been a Newcastle fan for...
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Activists plan to plant 10,000 sidr trees in Kuwait by 2023
KUWAIT: Environmental activist and founder of al-sidr plant reserve initiative Obaid Al-Shemmari said that he plans to plant 10,000 sidr (Ziziphus spina-christi) trees at the sidr natural reserve in Arifjan by 2023 with the help of volunteers and those who care about greening. In an interview, Al-Shemmari said that after completing the plantation of 3,000 sidr trees, an expansion is on the way to continue with plantation of more trees in Kuwait...
DOHA: Mohammed Saadon Alkuwari of Qatar poses for a photo after a match in the Doha 2022 Men's Gulf Padel Cup championship on June 19, 2022. - AFP
The other World Cup: Qatari brothers inspire padel boom
DOHA: As Qatar busily prepares for the football World Cup, many residents' eyes this week are on its national team in padel, a tennis-like sport that has taken the country by storm. Five years since it was introduced in the tiny Gulf nation, this doubles game is now its "fastest growing sport", said Mohammed Saadon Alkuwari. He is playing for Qatar at this year's World Championship that began a short hop away in Dubai on Monday and finishes on...
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KUWAIT: Officials and citizens carry the body of Kuwaiti firefighter Abdullah Al-Farsi before he was laid to rest at Sulaibikhat Cemetery on Nov 23, 2024. — KUNA
Kuwait honors martyred fireman
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Bone fragments of the fossil skeleton of 'Lucy' are displayed at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.--AFP photos
Human ancestor Lucy still has secrets 50 years after discovery
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A Kuwaiti folklore group performs at the ceremony.
Kuwait hosts Gulf Weeks ahead of 45th GCC summit
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UFO's in Kuwait?
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People hold placards and shout slogans during a protest march against the sectarian attacks in Kurram district in Parachinar, the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Lahore on November 22, 2024. - AFP
Families fleeing after 32 killed in new sectarian clashes in Pakistan