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Zain wins two ‘Best Corporate Governance in Kuwait’ awards from World Finance and the Arab Federation of Capital Markets
KUWAIT: Zain, a leading provider of innovative technologies and digital lifestyle communications operating in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces winning the World Finance ‘Best Corporate Governance Award 2023 for Kuwait’, for the third consecutive year. Zain was also deemed to provide the ‘Best Corporate Governance of a listed company in Kuwait’ in 2023 at the Arab Federation of Capital Markets (AFCM) Annual...
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Present circumstances require more regional coordination: Crown Prince
JEDDAH: The present circumstances require more coordination on the regional level and joint work to face the challenges surrounding the region, Kuwait's Crown Prince His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said Wednesday. Representing His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at a meeting between GCC countries and Central Asian states, His Highness the Crown Prince said in a speech that facing those challenges...
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Kuwait's Crown Prince receives national paralympic athletes
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Tuesday at Bayan Palace Honorary Chairperson of Kuwaiti Disabled Sports Club Sheikha Sheikha Abdullah Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah, chairman of Kuwaiti Tomooh Sports Club Jassem Mohammad Al-Nouri, and the club's founder and head of Kuwait National Special Olympics Rihab Buresli as well as its members. His Highness the Crown Prince also welcomed female and male athletes...
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Kuwait's government lists 107 projects in its 4-year program
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The government on Sunday submitted to the national assembly its four-year program in which it included 107 major projects covering all economic, social, entertainment and human resources fields to be completed through to 2027. Speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun invited MPs for a special debate on the program on Tuesday.Under the program, the government pledged to operate a number of mega projects like Kuwait’s part of the Gulf Railway...
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Kuwait worst for expats among 53 countries in InterNations ranking
KUWAIT: Kuwait is the worst country for expatriates to live and work in among 53 destinations, according to a recent report that gauges performance of countries based on parameters that include quality of life, ease of settling in, working abroad, personal finance and expat essentials.Kuwait ranks last in InterNations’ 2023 Expat Insider ranking, following a trend of very poor performances across the past 10 years of the survey, the company’s...
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World job market on brink of 'AI revolution': OECD
PARIS: The world's wealthiest nations must urgently prepare for the impact of an imminent "AI revolution" that will change jobs, create new ones and make others disappear, the OECD said Tuesday. The rapid development of artificial intelligence -- with tools that can generate essays, create images and even pass medical exams -- have raised concerns that it could replace whole sectors of the workforce through automation.In its 2023 Employment...
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Actress Amal Abbas passes away
KUWAIT: Veteran actress Amal Abbas passed away on Friday after a long battle with illness. She was 63. Abbas starred in various drama works in Kuwait and the Gulf since she started her career in Kuwait in 1984. Her break into stardom came in the 2003 Kuwaiti comedy series 'Alhiala' starring Abdulhussein Abdulredha and Khaled Al-Nafisi.
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World saw hottest June on record: EU climate monitor
PARIS: The world saw its hottest June on record last month, the EU's climate monitoring service said Thursday, as climate change and the El Nino weather pattern looked likely to drive another scorching northern summer. The announcement from the EU monitor Copernicus marked the latest in a series of records for a year that has already seen a drought in Spain and fierce heat waves in China and the United States."The month was the warmest June...
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Kuwaiti FM, OPEC chief discuss world oil market
VIENNA: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, now on a visit to the Republic of Austria, met on Friday with OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais to discuss cooperation between Kuwait and organization. They reviewed the latest regional and international geopolitical developments and their impacts on the global oil market as well as the challenges related to climate change. Sheikh Salem highlighted the...
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Kuwait, France share desire to strengthen ties: Foreign Minister
PARIS: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said his country agreed with France to promote cooperation in all areas and open new horizons for the bilateral ties. In statements to KUNA and Kuwait TV on Wednesday at the end of his visit France, Sheikh Salem expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the visit. He noted that he discussed with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna...
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Kuwait Interior Minister affirms priority to monitoring borders
KUWAIT: Strategy of the Kuwait security establishment is based on continuing training and employing technology to monitor the borders, said the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior on Wednesday. Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah made the affirmation during a tour for inspecting personnel serving on Um Al-Maradem island, at Khairan coastal center and the border checkpoint. The political leadership is keen on installing...
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Titanic sub debris hauled ashore in Canada
OTTAWA: Mangled debris recovered from the small submersible that was destroyed when it imploded during a recent dive to the Titanic wreck was offloaded Wednesday in eastern Canada, bringing to an end a difficult search-and-recovery operation. Television images showed what appeared to be the Titan sub's nose cone and a side panel with electronics and wires hanging out being hoisted from a ship onto a flatbed truck at a Canadian Coast Guard...
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Unusually hot weather bakes southern Asia
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A general view shows the Shahi Idgah mosque (left) and the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple (right) in Mathura on April 26, 2024. – AFP
Calls for mosque demolition in India weigh on Muslim voters
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BEIJING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) watches as US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns (left) shakes hands with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining during a meeting at the Grand Halls in Shanghai.--AFP
Blinken urges US, China to manage differences
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This combination of pictures created on April 25, 2024, shows the Moulin Rouge, a famous cabaret and theatre at night in Paris, on on October 13, 2023, and the cabaret mill without the blades and part of the missing sign, after the Moulin Rouge windmill collapsed during the night without causing any injuries, firefighters told AFP, in Paris, on Thursday.--AFP
Landmark Moulin Rouge’s windmill sails collapse
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YANGON: A woman shelters from the sun as she walks along a street on a hot day in Yangon on April 25, 2024. Extreme heat is scorching parts of South and Southeast Asia, prompting health warnings from authorities as high temperatures are recorded across the region. (Photo by
‘Everyone sits out’: Yangon parks offer heatwave relief