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VERTOU: This file photo shows logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook in Vertou, western France. — AFP
Facebook tests splitting its News Feed into two
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing the idea of dividing its News Feed in two, separating commercial posts from personal news in a move that could lead some businesses to increase advertising. The Facebook News Feed, the centerpiece of the world's largest social network service, is a streaming series of posts such as photos from friends, updates from family members, advertisements and material from celebrities or other pages...
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In the market for human bodies, almost anyone can sell the dead
Company acquires dead bodies, dissects and sells them  A paramedic inspects a dead body in the morgue.LAS VEGAS: The company stacked brochures in funeral parlors around Sin City. On the cover: a couple clasping hands. Above the image, a promise: "Providing Options in Your Time of Need." The company, Southern Nevada Donor Services, offered grieving families a way to eliminate expensive funeral costs: free cremation in exchange for donating a...
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Assembly term opens today with crises looming
KUWAIT: The National Assembly opens its new term today amid indications of strained relations between lawmakers and the government, which is facing several grillings against a number of its ministers. HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will open the new term with a speech expected to call for more cooperation between the government and the legislature in a bid to avoid political crises.The Assembly will elect members of permanent...
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Dogs switched from customs, used in fights
KUWAIT: Two dogs illegally imported to Kuwait from Romania are now suffering in poor conditions and are stuck in customs without adequate food or care, local animal rights activists allege. The two pit bulls, a breed banned in Kuwait, were imported on Sept 22. But they were not allowed to pass through customs and were instead kept in their crates in the cargo terminal.Only they weren’t. Sources close to the matter claim the animals were...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA
Cabinet notified about panel to examine domestic helpers' recruitment costs
Ministers reaffirm solidarity with Sheikh Mohammad KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The cabinet was informed about forming a panel to examine domestic helpers' recruitment costs, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Acting Minister of State for Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan said yesterday. The committee comprises representatives of the...
The National Assembly
Pensions, petrol price, nationality atop agenda of new legislative term
KUWAIT: The second legislative term of the National Assembly opens today, with draft laws on pensions, petrol prices and nationality being on top of the agenda. Other draft legislations, suggested by lawmakers, deal with good governance, revision of the penal code, the family court, and the government-run universities as well as the file of unaccredited university degrees, scholarships and nominations. The draft amendments to the social security...
Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh
Ministry acts to fight fake employment
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor plans to provide companies with certificates showing their commitment to hiring national workers on a quarterly basis instead of annually. This was made in a bid to foil any fake employment attempts, Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of State for Economic Development Hind Al-Sabeeh said yesterday. "Violating companies will not be allowed to take part in any tenders," she underlined, pointing...
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New screening machine installed at border crossing
KUWAIT: Kuwait Custom Directorate has installed and operated CIB 300 x-ray screening machine at Nuwaiseeb border crossing, southern Kuwait, Director General Jamal Al-Jalawi said Sunday. The machine, to be installed at the Abdali and Salmi border crossings soon, will help inspectors detect smuggled goods thus eliminate trafficking, Al-Jalawi said in a statement.Jalawi, speaking after a visiting to Nuwaiseeb to check the machine, said the new...
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5 companies okayed for constructing Jahra workers cities project
KUWAIT: Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects in collaboration with Kuwait Municipality announced yesterday that five companies and consortia have been awarded South Jahra Workers Cities project. The authority said in a press statement that it had invited companies and consortia for the construction of the South Jahra Workers City project in Kuwait's official gazette last May 14.It added that following revision of qualification applications...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry officials meet with a visiting Indian delegation yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
India is Kuwait’s 3rd trade partner
KUWAIT: Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry officials meet with a visiting Indian delegation yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait has ranked third among commercial partners with Kuwait with the imports from the Asian nation amounting to $1.83 billion in 2016, member of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tareq Al-Mutawaa said yesterday.Mutawaa, in a statement during a meeting with a visiting Indian delegation headed...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with organizers of the International Conference on Women Leaders in Science and Technology. — KUNA
Amir praises women's leading role in society development
His Highness receives Int'l conference participants KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with organizers of the International Conference on Women Leaders in Science and Technology. — KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday Director of Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin. His Highness the Amir...
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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos
Alain Delon: Women he loved and left
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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka
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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait swelters amid power cuts
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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP
Hezbollah reveals its military muscle