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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and other officials attend the inauguration ceremony of the International Conference on Women Leaders in Science and Technology. - KUNA
International Conference on Women Leaders kicks off
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and other officials attend the inauguration ceremony of the International Conference on Women Leaders in Science and Technology. - KUNAKUWAIT: The International Conference on Women Leaders in Science and Technology kicked off yesterday at the Arab Organization's headquarters. The event is patronized by Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahamd Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,...
KUWAIT: The opening of every new parliamentary session is an event that is eagerly awaited by citizens because they are building big hopes and aspirations on the parliament. The previous parliamentary sessions have constituted a unique political event embodying the Kuwaiti democratic experience under the dome of the parliament. — KUNA
Opposition MPs warn govt over key laws, citizenship
KUWAIT: Opposition MPs yesterday reviewed the main issues that need to be debated and approved in the National Assembly's new term opening tomorrow and warned the government over its failure to cooperate with them. MP Abdulwahab Al-Babtain, who hosted the meeting of 13 lawmakers, said the meeting insisted that seven important issues should be tackled in the first month of the new term.These include reducing the duration of preventive detention...
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Fines for discarding butts
KUWAIT: The municipality warned motorists against flinging cigarette butts out of their vehicles or stubbing them out on pavements, parks or in public places, adding that violators will be fined up to KD 200. The Capital municipality emergency team leader Zaid Al-Enezi said article 1 of the municipality services law 9/1987 stipulates that discarding cigarette butts on pavements, streets, squares, yards, parking lots, parks and public places is...
CAIRO: Egyptians walk at a market in the Egyptian capital. Ramadan is a time for daytime fasting and lavish evening feasts, but Egyptians are scaling back preparations for the Muslim holy month this year after austerity measures fuelled decades-high inflation. — AFP
Egypt agro ban lifted
CAIRO Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to lift a ban on imports of Egyptian agricultural products, Egypt said yesterday, as the country works to step up exports to narrow its budget deficit. The series of bans were said to have been on concerns over pesticide residues. The three Gulf countries had banned various agricultural imports from Egypt, including pepper, lettuce and onion, earlier this year. Egypt has asked an...
Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi
Increased fees on expats part of health reform program: Minister
Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-HarbiKUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi stressed that increasing health service fees for expatriates was necessary as part of a comprehensive health reform program. Harbi added that the nature of doctors' jobs and duties might make it difficult to impose the fingerprint system on them, because this might affect the healthcare procedures and requirements needed for patients. Harbi also stressed that it is hard...
KUWAIT: A wide variety of fruits and vegetables put on display at Al-Forda Market. — Photos by Ben Garcia
Kuwait's inflation up 0.53 percent in September
KUWAIT: Average domestic inflation climbed 0.53 percent in September, as compared to the same month last year, said the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) yesterday. The index for the first main group (food and beverages) went up by 0.65 percent, compared to the same month in 2016.The figure of the second main group (tobacco, narcotics) was up by 2.06 percent on annual basis and rose on monthly basis by 0.09 percent, as the third group (clothing,...
World Bank’s (WB) Country Manager in Kuwait Firas Raad
World Bank optimistic towards Kuwait’s economic reforms
World Bank’s (WB) Country Manager in Kuwait Firas RaadWASHINGTON: Director of the World Bank in Kuwait Dr Firas Raad has expressed optimism about the reform measures taken by the Kuwaiti government, especially in the field of improving the practice of business.In a statement yesterday, Raad said that the discussions between the Ministries of Finance and Education in Kuwait, the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the...
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Conocarpus tree: Harmless plant or legitimate threat?
Ill-advised methods blamed for tree's negative effectsKUWAIT: Though some value the positive environmental traits and qualities of the Conocarpus tree, there are individuals who voiced their concerns over planting it near populated areas due to the destructive power of tree's roots. Several individuals and experts' argued for and against the Conocarpus, leading to a debate on whether the tree was a harmless plant or a legitimate threat.On their...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and members of the parliamentary caucus which took part in the 137th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. — KUNA
Amir receives Ghanem, parliamentary delegation
MPs brief His Highness on IPU mission KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and members of the parliamentary caucus which took part in the 137th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. — KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Visa regulations for dependents
Attorney Fajer AhmedBy Fajer Ahmed Even as practicing lawyers in Kuwait, we are well aware of the confusion that may arise because of the continuously changing visa regulations, even more so for women who are accompanying their spouses to Kuwait. Many women come to Kuwait to support their working husbands and therefore have no access to information that their husbands may otherwise have access to at their work. I have answered some questions...
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14 armed men attack port guards
KUWAIT: Fourteen men attacked officers at the Mina Abdullah refinery pedestrian gate with sharp objects. Interior Ministry said that while the security men were manning the gate, they found a laptop with an employee, which is not allowed in the premises. The employee later returned with 14 men and they attacked the guards. Investigations are underway.SwindlingPublic prosecution plans to refer an actor to court for trial on a swindling case...
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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