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KSHR condemns ‘blood bag’ fees for foreigners

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Recently, the Health Ministry issued a new decision that requires expatriates, both residents and visitors, to pay fees for blood transfusions. According to the decision, expats in Kuwait will be charged KD 20 for each bag of blood, while foreigners on a visit visa will be charged KD 40. Kuwait Society for Human Rights (KSHR) said the Ministry of Health has disregarded, with this decision, international obligations that...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Sports Club were crowned champions of His Highness the Amir Cup for the 16th time in history after defeating holders Kazma 3-0 in the final of the 2022-2023 season.

Kuwait Club crowned champions

By Chidi Emmanuel KUWAIT: Kuwait Sports Club were crowned champions of His Highness the Amir Cup for the 16th time in history after defeating holders Kazma 3-0 in the final of the 2022-2023 season. The match was held on Tuesday at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium. With the match being goalless until fulltime, Kuwait scored three goals in extra time. Kazma and Kuwait met again 16 days after the Premier League Championship round match, which...

KUWAIT: Heavy traffic is seen on two main highways in this March 27, 2023 aerial file photo, after heavy rain the previous night caused flooding and road closures. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

End of the road for PART after bumpy 9-year ride

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet approved during its weekly meeting Monday a recommendation to scrap the Public Authority for Roads and Land Transport (PART), which was founded in 2014. The decision was referred to HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah before being submitted to the National Assembly for approval. Minister of Public Works Amani Bugammaz had submitted a request to the Cabinet in March to scrap PART, while a...

Abdulghaphor Hajjieh

Kuwaiti student leader campaigns against using GRE as prerequisite

By Faten Omar KUWAIT: The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) is a standardized test that is commonly required for admission to graduate programs in universities in the United States and many other countries. The GRE measures a student’s readiness for graduate-level academic work through a variety of question types. But according to student Abdulghaphor Hajjieh, calling GRE test a math and verbal test is quite deceiving, as it tests some...

One person is answering question about education. He chooses co-ed school over single sex school.

Opinions differ over segregating boys and girls at public schools

By Ghadeer GhloumKUWAIT: The issue of boys and girls mixing at schools in Kuwait has been a controversial topic over the years. Many people have differing opinions about the effect of coeducation on the academic performance and moral behavior of students. Some support coeducation and argue that it provides an opportunity for both boys and girls to work collaboratively, which can improve academic performance. Coeducation also encourages equality...

KUWAIT: Facilitators of field schools for palm pest management pose for a picture with FAO representatives during a workshop held for red palm weevil eradication. — KUNA

Plan needed for pasture management to maintain sustainability, diversity

KUWAIT: Kuwait needs a comprehensive plan for pasture management and allocating specific areas for grazing, a representative from the country’s Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources said Monday.The plan is essential to rehabilitate the environment in a sustainable manner and help increase the botanical diversity of fungal flora, said environment management expert in the resilient agricultural livelihoods program Dr Munir...

Dr Khalid Al-Saleh

Will well-educated Kuwaitis leave?

Political activities in Kuwait are not linked to education, and when electing National Assembly members, and sometimes selecting government members, education, wisdom and scope of thinking are far from the attributes in those selected. That is why the educated are suffering in Kuwait. They are suffering from the deteriorating cultural situation, the many pretenders, end of the evaluation era and the supremacy of superficiality in most fields...

KUWAIT: This photo, taken at a bakery in Souk Al-Mubarakiya, shows the tanoor bread baker's hand as he tries to get the dome-shaped dough as close to the fire as possible. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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Kaspersky launches training program in Saudi Arabia

KUWAIT: Kaspersky on Monday announced its Training and Internship program in Saudi Arabia, further fueling its commitment to build national capabilities within the cybersecurity sector in the Kingdom. One of the many initiatives pioneered by Kaspersky, this program is open for all students and aims to increase cybersecurity awareness, while enabling skills and knowledge sharing to defend against the evolving threats of today’s cyberreality....

In this picture taken on April 27, 2023, Iraqi Kurd Shylan Kamal poses for a picture at a gym in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. - As a young girl, Shylan would help her mother knead bread until one day she realised the work was a way to build up muscles -- and she liked it. Now 46 and herself a mother to three adult children, Kamal sees her passion for bodybuilding as a matter of gender equality in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. —AFP

Iraqi Kurdish bodybuilder breaks down gender barriers

Kamal Taha As a young girl, Iraqi Kurd Shylan Kamal would help her mother knead bread until one day she realised the work was a way to build up muscles -- and she liked it.Now 46 and herself a mother, Kamal sees her passion for bodybuilding as a matter of gender equality in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region."Having muscles is good for women too," she told AFP during a session at a gym in the provincial capital Arbil, where she spends four hours...

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Movement slams new blood bag fees for expats

By B Izzak KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti leftist political group, Kuwaiti Progressive Movement, on Sunday strongly criticized a decision by the health ministry to impose charges on blood units for expats, describing the measure as “discriminatory”. The ministry of health on Saturday issued a decision imposing a fee of KD 20 per bag of blood for expat patients if they have legal residency and KD 40 for visitors. The ministry also increased charges on 37...

JABBET AL-DHIB: Palestinians pick up papers and books from the site of a school that was demolished by Zionist authorities in this village east of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on May 7, 2023. – AFP

Zionists raze Palestinian primary school

JABBET AL-DHIB: Zionist forces on Sunday demolished a Palestinian primary school in the occupied West Bank, citing safety issues and drawing sharp criticism from the European Union which had funded the project. Palestinians hurled rocks at Zionist forces who fired tear gas at them as bulldozers moved in on the site at Jabbet al-Dhib village near Bethlehem.The EU said it was “appalled” after Zionist forces arrived at dawn at the school site,...

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