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Education Ministry announces 2023/2024 public schools' schedule
KUWAIT: The Education Ministry announced Monday the schedule for the 2023/2024 school year at public and Arabic private schools. According to the schedule, first grade students start school on September 17, 2023, followed by the remaining stages on September 18, 2023 and finally kindergarteners on September 20, 2023. The spring break will be on January 11, 2024 - February 4, 2024 for kindergarten and elementary school students, and on January 21,...
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Kuwaiti referee speaks on his Wimbledon debut
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti referee Mohammad Al-Shatti on Sunday said he was "honored" to have represented his home nation as he made his officiating debut during tennis' showpiece Wimbledon event last week. Shatti was among the group of referees to have taken charge of the men's final match in which Spain's Carlos Alcaraz dethroned seven-time champion Novak Djokovic. Shatti told KUNA via telephone that he was thrilled to have taken part in an event of such...
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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: 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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stc implementing stock option plan to enhance work environment