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Discrimination on the basis of gender
Discrimination against women does not only spread within the culture that impedes the world around us, but it has reached a sensitive point where the presence of our female parliamentarians in only two committees is a disappointment, and a big shock. While female parliamentarians were able to reach the parliament through their achievement of getting many votes, which compared to several male parliamentarians were more in numbers, yet male...
KUWAIT: Oil Minister Bader Al-Mulla tours the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). - KUNA
Kuwait Oil Minister underlines commitment to strategic blueprints
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Oil Minister Bader Al-Mulla on Saturday stressed commitment to harnessing all potential to help achieve strategic oil plans and future projects in the oil sector. The minister made the remark in a press statement while touring the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), according to a press release by the company. He underlined the significance of coordination with state agencies in order to wipe out any obstacles that...
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Taylor Swift's 10th album 'Midnights' crashes Spotify
Taylor Swift's 10th album "Midnights," marking a gradual return to pop for the US singer-songwriter, sparked an online fan frenzy following its witching hour release on Friday - and crashed Spotify in the process. Swifties from the United States to France and Britain were forced to wait patiently for hours to get their first earful of Swift's latest sound on the streaming platform - released at the stroke of midnight.Despite the technical...
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Balenciaga breaks ties with Kanye
Paris-based fashion house Balenciaga has ended ties with rapper Kanye West following a recent run of controversial statements, including an outburst denounced as anti-Semitic, according to fashion news site WWD. "Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist," Balenciaga's parent company Kering told WWD. It follows weeks of particularly erratic behavior from West - now known as Ye.He made a...
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Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait records strong growth in first nine months of 2022
KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) is pleased to announce a sustained strong performance during the first nine months of 2022. These positive results demonstrate the Bank's long-term strategy, which focuses on customer-centric products, developing strategic partnerships, and investing in human capital.The Bank achieved a net profit of KD 27.5 million for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2022, representing 31 percent growth compared to...
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EGOV9 aims to trigger comprehensive development renaissance in Kuwait
KUWAIT: The 9th eGovernment Forum (EGOV9) and the accompanying technology exhibition will start on Sunday. This came in a press release issued by KFEOCH and NoufEXPO. “EGOV9 commences at 6.30 pm today under the patronage and with Mazen Saad Ali Al-Nahedh, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Affairs. We extend our thanks and gratitude to Al-Nahedh for his support and sponsorship...
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Kuwait expert reiterates importance of adopting healthy lifestyle
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Internal Medicine Consultant and Oncologist at Kuwait Center for Cancer Control Dr Anwar Munawer reiterated the importance of adopting a healthy lifestyle and warned of the risks of obesity to public health. He added that for cancer patients, the chemotherapy dose is calculated according to body mass.Dr Munawer spoke during a breast cancer awareness event at Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) on the...
KUWAIT: Zain Group and Zain Kuwait Chief Technical Officer Nawaf Al-Gharabally.
Middle East ORAN Consortium publishes the first whitepaper
KUWAIT: The Middle East Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) consortium has published the first open RAN whitepaper with a focus on brownfield deployment opportunities and challenges. The consortium has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for ORAN collaboration in 2021 including Zain, e& formerly known as Etisalat Group, stc, du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), Mobily, Batelco, and Omantel.The consortium launched the...
Nottingham: Liverpool players react to their defeat after the English Premier League football match against Nottingham Forest at The City Ground in Nottingham, central England, on October 22, 2022. - AFP
Liverpool lose at Forest, Haaland hits double for Man City
LONDON: Liverpool's Premier League title challenge suffered another massive blow in a 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest as Erling Haaland returned Manchester City to winning ways in a 3-1 victory over Brighton. City's first defeat of the season to Liverpool last weekend looked to have kick-started the Reds' season, but Jurgen Klopp's depleted side slumped to a shock defeat at the City Ground.Forest began the day bottom of the table, but their first...
SAN FRANCISCO: Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets dribbles the ball during the game against the Golden State Warriors on October 21, 2022 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California.
Jokic posts triple double as Nuggets stun Warriors
MIAMI: Nikola Jokic posted a 26-point triple double as the Denver Nuggets held off a ferocious late fightback from the Golden State Warriors to defeat the NBA champions 128-123 on the road on Friday. Two-time and reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Jokic led from the front as Denver bounced back from a midweek drubbing against Utah to dig in for a deserved victory at the Chase Center in San Francisco.Serbian star Jokic led the Denver scoring and...
KUWAIT: A group photo of participants in the Kuwait Mental Health Conference. - KUNA
Mental health integral part of public welfare: Ministry
KUWAIT: Mental health is an integral part of public welfare, Kuwait's Ministry of Health affirmed, stressing that taking care of people's mental wellness is "not impossible or difficult". "Enjoying ideal mental health guarantees psychological, emotional and social welfare" since it controls a person's interaction with others and ability to make good decisions, said Dr Waleed Al-Busairi, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Health Zone Director, during the...
NEW YORK: Kuwait First Secretary Fahad Hajji. - KUNAn
Kuwait pursues efforts to empower women: diplomat
NEW YORK: The State of Kuwait is pursuing efforts to empower the Kuwaiti women and enable them attain their rights in line with the National Constitution and goals of the 2030 UN sustainable development plan, a diplomat of the country has affirmed. It is continuing the efforts to accomplish gender equality, empower the women and young females, said the State of Kuwait First Secretary Mohammad Hajji in a statement at the Security Council open...
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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