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KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting. — KUNA
Current economic conditions require spending cuts: PM
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting. — KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah called on all authorities to understand “critical circumstances,” which required spending cuts to overcome the current economic conditions. His Highness the Prime Minister said authorities should abide by all measures and show...
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah takes part in the Global Vaccine Summit 2020. —KUNA
Amir’s representative takes part in Global Vaccine Summit 2020
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah takes part in the Global Vaccine Summit 2020. —KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir’s0 Representative, Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, headed the Kuwaiti delegation in the Global Vaccine Summit (GAVI) which was held Thursday online at the invitation of the UK Prime Minister. This summit comes to support the concerted international efforts to find...
The Central Bank of Kuwait.
Central Bank tables proposal to boost Kuwait’s coronavirus-hit economy
The Central Bank of Kuwait. KUWAIT: A proposal to boost the coronavirus-impacted local economy has been tabled during the most recent cabinet meeting, Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel said late Thursday. The twofold proposal comprises eased financing for SMEs and introduces the state as a guarantor for the aforementioned funding, noted Hashel. the CBK chair’s remarks came during a press conference following an online...
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Kuwait affirms PCR tests haven’t stopped
KUWAIT: Kuwait Ministry of Health said Thursday swabs taken through the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PRC) tests have not stopped and were conducted as planned by MoH. The MoH was reacting to media and social media reports it was halting PCR tests except for coronavirus patients, and affirmed the tests were conducted on suspected cases and on people who might have come into close contact with infected persons. The ministry, in a statement, warned...
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Kuwait to receive Avigan COVID-19 drug this week
KUWAIT: The first shipment of Japanese medicine (Avigan) will arrive in the country this week, after its positive results in clinical trials conducted by many countries to treat coronavirus, said Kuwait’s Health Ministry Friday. The Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for Medicines and Medical Equipment Affairs, Dr Abdullah Al-Bader, affirmed that the first shipment of the drug comes within the emergency response and humanitarian purposes...
Antonio Guterres and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
Guterres thanks Amir for promoting cooperation with UN
Antonio Guterres and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. KUWAIT: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed gratitude to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for the State of Kuwait’s keenness to promote cooperation with UN and support to global efforts in fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Guterres made the remarks in a phone call with His Highness the Prime...
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Over 70 Zain branches now ready to serve customers across Kuwait
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced the reopening of over 70 branches across Kuwait to serve customers once again, while taking into consideration the strict implementation of all health and safety precautionary measures as directed by the authorities to protect customers and staff. Zain’s valued customers may learn about the opened branches and their working hours via kw.zain.com or the Zain smartphone...
PHILADELPHIA: File photo shows a Nike Michael Jordan “Air Jordan” logo remains illuminated beside merchandise at a sporting goods store in the aftermath of widespread unrest following the death of George Floyd in Philadelphia. (Inset),  Michael Jordan said, he is making a record $100 million donation to groups fighting for racial equality and social justice amid a wave of protests across the United States. —AFP
Jordan to donate $100m to social justice groups
PHILADELPHIA: File photo shows a Nike Michael Jordan “Air Jordan” logo remains illuminated beside merchandise at a sporting goods store in the aftermath of widespread unrest following the death of George Floyd in Philadelphia. (Inset),  Michael Jordan said, he is making a record $100 million donation to groups fighting for racial equality and social justice amid a wave of protests across the United States. —AFP LOS ANGELES: Michael...
BIRMINGHAM: A paramedic takes a blood sample from a front line ambulance worker during an antibody testing programme at the Hollymore Ambulance Hub of the West Midlands Ambulance Service in Birmingham. — AFP
UK virus death toll tops 40,000
BIRMINGHAM: A paramedic takes a blood sample from a front line ambulance worker during an antibody testing programme at the Hollymore Ambulance Hub of the West Midlands Ambulance Service in Birmingham. — AFP LONDON: Britain’s official coronavirus death toll has topped 40,000, after the government on Friday reported a further 357 fatalities in the last 24 hours. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said reaching the grim milestone was “a time of...
UTAH: A bottle and pills of Hydroxychloroquine sit on a counter at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah. – AFP
UK halts trial of hydroxychloroquine as ‘useless’ for COVID-19 patients
UTAH: A bottle and pills of Hydroxychloroquine sit on a counter at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah. – AFP LONDON: British scientists halted a major drug trial on Friday after it found that the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine, touted by US President Donald Trump as a potential “game changer” in the pandemic, was “useless” at treating COVID-19 patients. “This is not a treatment for COVID-19. It doesn’t work,” Martin Landray,...
NEW YORK: Protesters take a knee and raise their fists during a ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstration in front of the Brooklyn Library and Grand Army Plaza on June 5, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York, amid ongoing protests over the death in police custody of George Floyd. — AFP
UN condemns modern-day ‘lynchings’
NEW YORK: Protesters take a knee and raise their fists during a ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstration in front of the Brooklyn Library and Grand Army Plaza on June 5, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York, amid ongoing protests over the death in police custody of George Floyd. — AFP GENEVA: Independent UN rights experts called Friday for systemic reform in the United States following the killings of George Floyd and other African Americans they said...
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Be sure about yourself
I came across a story about a man who married from the same family, where some of its members have a hereditary disease causing difficulty hearing as age progresses. The man one day became suspicious that his wife’s hearing had starting to deteriorate, so he consulted their family doctor.The doctor told him there is an easy way to make sure about his wife’s hearing. He said speak to her in moderate tone from 50 feet away, and if there is...
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Kuwait shivers in subzero cold
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Crown Prince of Jordan Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II at Bayan Palace on Dec 15, 2024. - Amiri Diwan
Jordan Crown Prince visits Kuwait
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DAMASCUS: People chat at a pub on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP
Syrian pubs warily reopen
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SEATTLE: Kuwait's Undersecretary of Finance Aseel Al-Munifi and Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Public Sector Angela Heise sign a memorandum of understanding during a meeting in the presence of officials. — KUNA
Ministry of Finance, Microsoft sign deal to advance digitization
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Crown Prince receives son of Bohra Sultan