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Occupation rules force Palestine visitors to declare love interest
RAMALLAH: Foreigners must tell the defense ministry of the Zionist entity if they fall in love with a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, according to new rules. If they marry, they will be required to leave after 27 months for a cooling-off period of at least half a year. It is part of a tightening of rules on foreigners living in, or wanting to visit, the West Bank, BBC reported.The regulations laid out in a lengthy document include a demand...
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Kuwait Amir heads to Italy on private visit
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Saturday left for Italy on a private visit. His Highness the Amir was seen off at the airport by His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime...
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'It’s been a fun ride': Serena ready for retirement after US Open exit
NEW YORK: Serena Williams bowed out of the US Open and headed into retirement on Friday after a battling loss to Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic while world number one Daniil Medvedev crushed the giant-killing dreams of Chinese youngster Wu Yibing with an emphatic victory.On another night of searing emotion in the Billie Jean King Tennis Center's main Arthur Ashe Stadium, 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams finally met her match in Tomljanovic,...
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Kuwaiti engineer wins gold medal at world cup for scientific research
TUNIS: Jenan Al-Shehab, a Kuwaiti female engineer, on Friday won a golden medal at the World Cup 2022 for Invention and Scientific Research, in recognition of her invention of electromagnetic cells for wireless power transmission.Shehab's invention won a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The competition, which opened Thursday on the sidelines of the Eighth Summit of Tokyo International Symposium on Development in Africa...
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Man arrested for attempted shooting of Argentine VP Kirchner
[video width="480" height="848" mp4="https://www.kuwaittimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mpXBXZXzkudoI1Pp.mp4"][/video]Buenos Aires: A man attempted to shoot Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner near her home in Buenos Aires on Thursday, a shocking incident that prompted a wave of sympathy from Latin American leaders."Cristina remains alive, because for a reason that has not yet been technically confirmed, the gun which contained five...
DOHA: Photo shows an exterior view of the Al Janoub Stadium in Doha, which will host matches of the FIFA football World Cup 2022. - AFP
Kuwaitis traveling to Qatar urged to follow new health guidelines
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti citizens wishing to travel to Qatar should follow the health updates and guidelines in this Gulf country, the Kuwaiti embassy said on Friday. They need to have negative PCR documents valid for 48 hours or rapid antigen tests (RAT) valid for 24 hours prior to travel to Qatar, and download Ehteraz App on their mobile phones, the embassy said in a press statement.
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Sancho sinks Leicester as Man Utd win three in a row
Leicester: Jadon Sancho fired Manchester United to a 1-0 win at Leicester on Thursday as the England forward showed he still has a role to play despite the big-money signing of Brazil winger Antony.Sancho netted with a clinical finish in the first half to seal United's third successive Premier League victory.It was a well-timed contribution from Sancho, coming just hours after United officially confirmed their £82 million ($94 million) swoop for...
KUWAIT: This archive photo shows travelers at a Kuwait Airport terminal. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Tough new rules eyed for visit visas from next year
KUWAIT: The ministry of interior is considering stricter regulations for visit visas, the issuance of which is likely to resume from the beginning of next year. “A security team from the interior ministry discussed with the Public Authority of Manpower and Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry salaries and specializations in preparation to issue new regulations for visit visas, including medical insurance of KD 1,500 to KD 2,000,” sources...
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Kuwait Airways launches World Cup packages starting at KD 200
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways is offering packages that would include tickets for the matches and flights starting from KD 200 (around $649), Kuwait Airways CEO Maen Razouqi said on Thursday. He added that after booking the tickets and flights, clients should enter these details into the Qatari Hayya application to enable them to attend matches. He revealed that Qatar would be handling transportation of fans to and from the venues free of charge and...
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EU watchdog approves first Omicron jabs
The Hague: The EU's drug regulator on Thursday approved COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna adapted for the Omicron variant, paving the way for a booster campaign this winter. The so-called "bivalent" jabs target both the original virus that emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in 2019 and the BA.1 subvariant of Omicron, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said. The vaccines are not updated for the newer and more infectious BA.4 and...
KUWAIT: Former minister Jenan Bushehri is seen after registering to run for parliament on September 1, 2022. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Assembly candidates rise to 264 after 42 new hopefuls register
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Forty-two new candidates yesterday signed to run for general elections scheduled for September 29, bringing the number of candidates after four days of registration to 264, including 15 females. One member of the dissolved assembly, former MP Khlail Al-Saleh, was among the new candidates raising the number of hopefuls from the dissolved house to 28. In addition, four former MPs from previous assemblies also registered to contest...
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Poland asks Germany for war reparations of 1.3 trillion euros
WARSAW: Poland's government on Thursday estimated the financial cost of World War II losses to be 1.3 trillion euros (dollars) and said it would "ask Germany to negotiate these reparations". "It is a major sum of 6.2 trillion" zloty, Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the ruling Law and Justice party, said, adding that receiving reparations would be a "long and difficult" process. Kaczynski was speaking at a conference dedicated to...
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DHAKA: An unidentified man bleeds after being shot during a clash between police and anti-quota protesters on July 19, 2024. - AFP
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KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Sheikh Salem Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah chairs a meeting of the Supreme Traffic Council on July 21, 2024. - KUNA
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HODEIDA: This handout satellite image shows a view of burning oil tanks in the port of Yemen’s Houthi-held city of Hodeida on July 21, 2024, a day after Zionist airstrikes. - AFP
Kuwait expresses concern as Zionists attack Yemen