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KUWAIT: Awarding the sponsors during Honeywell Technology Summit
Honeywell hosts oil & gas industry leaders to support Kuwait's vision
Tech summit discusses future direction of oil industry KUWAIT: Awarding the sponsors during Honeywell Technology SummitKUWAIT: Honeywell Technology convened a two-day Technology Summit yesterday for Kuwait's oil and gas industry leaders. The summit discussed the future direction of the industry, in support of the country's long-term vision to become a global hub for oil, gas and petrochemicals industry. The event, held under the patronage of...
A combo made of file photos shows (LtoR) Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne, who won the Nobel Physics Prize 2017. — AFP
US trio wins Nobel Physics Prize for spotting wrinkles in cosmos
'It is already promising a revolution in astrophysics' A combo made of file photos shows (LtoR) Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne, who won the Nobel Physics Prize 2017. — AFPSTOCKHOLM: US astrophysicists Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss were awarded the Nobel Physics Prize yesterday for the discovery of gravitational waves, offering a sneak peak at the Universe's very beginnings. Predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago as...
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Pray for Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil at the corner of Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard for the victims of Sunday nightís mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada.-AFPn
Was IS claim for Las Vegas attack 'fake news'?
LAS VEGAS: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil at the corner of Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard for the victims of Sunday nightís mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada.-AFPPARIS: Claims of responsibility for terror attacks by the Islamic State group were once seen as credible, but in the wake of the Las Vegas atrocity, experts stress that the retreating jihadists are increasingly spreading fake news. Via its propaganda news agency Amaq, IS...
nnnnWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump along with Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence take part in a moment of silence for the victims of the Las Vegas shootings, on the South Lawn of the White House. - AFP n
For many hotels, terror risks make tight security a routine
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump along with Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence take part in a moment of silence for the victims of the Las Vegas shootings, on the South Lawn of the White House. - AFPHONG KONG: Across the globe, risks of terrorism and other violence have made tight security at hotels and resorts routine, even in countries where strict gun control laws may help prevent the kind of...
nnNEW DELHI: Indian workers remove religious offerings and frames of the idol of goddess Durga which were immersed in the Yamuna River after the Durga Puja festival yesterday. - AFP nn
Witches buried and burned for land in princely India state
NEW DELHI: Indian workers remove religious offerings and frames of the idol of goddess Durga which were immersed in the Yamuna River after the Durga Puja festival yesterday. - AFPBHILWARA: Gulabi Kumawat was an elderly widow living in a modest home in India's Rajasthan state, until the day she was branded a witch by fellow villagers and her life went catastrophically wrong. Beaten. Buried. She was set alight and left for dead. Somehow Kumawat...
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Amir sends condolences to Trump
KUWAIT: HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable yesterday to Trump, offering his condolences over the victims of the mass shooting. In his cable, the Amir deplored the “criminal attack” that left scores of people dead or injured, wishing those wounded a speedy recovery. HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah both sent...
Photo of Kuwait City seen from Salmiya with the Green Island in the foreground. — Kuna
Air-conditioners consume bulk of power in Kuwait: Minister
KUWAIT: Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq said yesterday air-conditioners consume 70 percent of the power in Kuwait. The minister, speaking at inauguration of a workshop themed “power efficiency and cooling technology,” revealed that the ministry, this year shifted surplus of electricity to another GCC country via the Council power grid, indicating that power was saved due to rationing plans.The ministry...
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110 industrial plots allotted in 3 years
KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry, State Minister for Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan said the Public Authority of Industry (PAI) distributed 110 industrial plots from 2014 to 2017. Roudhan said land withdrawals took place after discussing the rejection of grievances from investors by the grievance committee. He said the number of industrial projects that were withdrawn and taken back by the PAI from 2014 until 2017 are 13 industrial...
MOI crackdown
Traffic campaigns - 4 sent for deportation
KUWAIT: Separately, the traffic department carried out several surprise campaigns, resulting in issuing 31,890 traffic citations, while 911 vehicles were impounded, 13 persons were jailed for grave violations and four were sent for deportation.Meanwhile, fire broke out in a Salmiya building yesterday morning, and Salmiya and South Salmiya fire centers responded. The building was evacuated as firemen battled the blaze on the fourth floor. No...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah (center) meets with Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al- Roudhan (right), as well as Capital Markets Authority Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and Managing Director Nayef Al-Hajraf. — KUNA
Amir praises Boursa Kuwait's emerging market upgrade
Promotion supports investment efficiency, national growth KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah (center) meets with Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al- Roudhan (right), as well as Capital Markets Authority Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and Managing Director Nayef Al-Hajraf. — KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday hailed local officials' "enormous...
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Rapid bacteria detection system soon in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Central Circle Company has launched a workshop for the first fully-automated solution permitted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for quantitative antibiotic susceptibility testing direct from patient samples. Accelerate Pheno System enables laboratories to substantially reduce the processing time to provide patients with optimal therapy by up to 40 hours faster than conventional methods. This means that bacteria detection and...
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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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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
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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA
Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey
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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.
KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka