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Speaker says Assembly remains until dissolution decree's official release
By B IzzakKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said on Tuesday that the Assembly remains active and functional until HH the Amir issues its dissolution decree as promised. HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said last week he has decided to dissolve the National Assembly to end lingering political disputes between the parliament and the government.In a national address read by HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal...
WASHINGTON: US First Lady Jill Biden looks on as US President Joe Biden delivers remarks prior to signing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 25, 2022. - AFP
Biden's wife, daughter among 25 more Americans banned from Russia
MOSCOW: US President Joe Biden's wife and daughter have been banned from Russia, along with 23 other Americans, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday. "As a reaction to the constantly expanding US sanctions against Russian political and public figures, 25 American citizens are added to a 'stop list,'" the ministry said in a note accompanying the list. The list featured several US senators, including Susan Collins of Maine, Mitch McConnell...
Elmau Castle: (From left) Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi attend a meeting of five G7 leaders on June 28, 2022 at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, on the last day of the G7 Summit. - AFP
G7 urges countries, companies to release food stockpiles
Elmau Castle: G7 industrialized nations on Tuesday urged countries and companies with large food stockpiles to help ease a hunger crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine."We call on those partners with large food stockpiles, as well as on the private sector, to make food available without distorting the market," the Group of Seven leaders said in a statement after a summit in Germany.They called "on all countries to avoid excessive...
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Kuwait manpower authority's director retires after eight years
KUWAIT: Public Authority for Manpower's director Ahmad Al-Mousa has retired, sources told Kuwait Times. Mousa has not requested an extension at the end of his eight-year term, the sources said, adding that Justice Minister Jamal Al-Jalawi approved Mousa's request and referred him to retirement.   
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Kuwait, GCC states amongst first to benefit from UK's Electronic Travel Authorization scheme in 2023
KUWAIT: The UK government announced that all Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states will move to the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) scheme from 2023. The new system allows citizens of Kuwait and other GCC countries to apply for an ETA valid for multiple trips over an extended period. Prior to the introduction of ETAs in 2023, travelers from the Gulf can continue to use Electronic Visa Waivers which allows individuals to complete an online...
Foreign laborers work at a construction site in the Omani capital Muscat, amid scorching heat, on June 21, 2022. - AFP
Summer means suffering: how workers survive intense Gulf heat
DUBAI: Like millions of other migrant laborers in the Gulf, one of the world's hottest and driest regions, construction worker B Sajay does not welcome summer. "We work in very high temperatures, this is the nature of our work. And yes, we suffer from severe heat," the Indian national told AFP in Muscat, the capital of Oman. Although summer has only just begun, temperatures have already topped 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of the...
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At least 18 students score 100% as Kuwait announces high school results
KUWAIT: At least 18 students, including a Kuwaiti student, graduated from high school with a full mark. The Ministry of Education announced Sunday the lists of grade 12th highest achievers in public and private Arabic schools, including an unprecedented 18 scientific sector students who finished with a 100% GPA. In the arts sector, the top 10 students finished with a score over 99%, including the top student Rahma Khaled Mohammed, Egyptian, from...
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Apple Pay to launch in Kuwait soon
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Finance and Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority reached an agreement to launch Apple Pay in Kuwait soon. The two sides are currently working on removing obstacles that had prevented launching the service in Kuwait.Details of the agreement could not be obtained as of this writing. The Ministry of Finance had reportedly made a proposal for Apple last year to enter Kuwait through Kuwait Direct Investment Public...
Ukrainian rescuers work outside a residential building hit by Russian missiles in Kyiv on June 26, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. - AFP
Russia strikes Kyiv residential building ahead of G7 summit
KYIV: Russian strikes hit a residential building in Kyiv on Sunday, the first attacks on the capital in almost three weeks, sparking calls by Ukraine for more support from G7 leaders meeting in Germany.Four people, including a seven-year-old girl, were taken to hospital following the early morning strikes in a neighborhood near a weapons factory, said Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko.He said it was a Russian missile strike intended to "intimidate...
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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