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MOSCOW: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, top, jumps over Spartak's SalvatorenBocchetti during the Champions League soccer match between SpartaknMoscow and Liverpool in Moscow, Russia, yesterday. – APnnnnn

Coutinho scores as Liverpool held to 1-1 draw in Moscow

MOSCOW: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, top, jumps over Spartak's SalvatoreBocchetti during the Champions League soccer match between SpartakMoscow and Liverpool in Moscow, Russia, yesterday. – APMOSCOW: A sparkling Philippe Coutinho goal was not enough to earn Liverpool victory as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Spartak Moscow in the Champions League yesterday. Coutinho cancelled out Fernando's free-kick in the 31st minute, but Liverpool's quest...

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Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square

California Adventure Park in Anaheim, Calif.The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and others in India and other countries, has long been observed in immigrant communities around the US. But now public celebrations of the holiday are starting to pop up in places ranging from Disneyland and Times Square to parks and museums. The Times Square event is the...

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Egypt concert-goers arrested for raising rainbow flag

At least six people have been arrested in Egypt after raising the rainbow flag of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at a Cairo concert, security and judicial sources said. They are accused of "public indecency" and "inciting immorality among young people", the sources said following Monday's arrests. Egypt's state security prosecutor has been tasked with carrying out the investigation into the incident on Friday at a concert of...

KUWAIT: Shaikha Al-Bahar, Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, National Bank of Kuwait, in an interview during the Euromoney Conference Kuwait yesterday.

Kuwait's development plan moving on fast-track: NBK

More activity in project awards since 2014: Shaikha Al-Bahar KUWAIT: Shaikha Al-Bahar, Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, National Bank of Kuwait, in an interview during the Euromoney Conference Kuwait yesterday.KUWAIT: Implementation of Kuwait's development plan has been moving more rapidly in the last few years. The country's needs are more urgent, and the government is, and has been, more dedicated, said Shaikha Al-Bahar, Deputy Group Chief...

China disrupts WhatsApp ahead of Communist Party meeting

This photo illustration shows the WhatsApp application logo (C) on a smartphone screen in Beijing yesterday. Chinese authorities appear to have severely disrupted the WhatsApp messaging app in the latest step to tighten censorship as they prepare for a major Communist Party congress next month.—AFPBEIIING: Chinese authorities appear to have severely disrupted the WhatsApp messaging app in the latest step to tighten censorship as they prepare...

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Russia threatens to ban Facebook in 2018

MOSCOW: Russia's internet watchdog yesterday warned Facebook it would be banned in 2018 unless it complies with a law on storing local users' data. "The law is compulsory for all," the head of Roskomnadzor telecoms watchdog Alexander Zharov told journalists in Moscow, quoted by Interfax news agency."We will work on getting Facebook to observe the law," Zharov said. "This will all happen in 2018 definitely." A controversial law passed in 2014...

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Angela Merkel wins 4th term

Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem

National Assembly will not be dissolved; Speaker denies rumors

Next Assembly term to open October 24 Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-GhanemKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem yesterday denied rumors that claim the Assembly will be dissolved soon, saying the rumors are politically motivated to create tension. Ghanem said that such rumors have been circulating since the start of the first legislative term by "sides well known to all" with the aim to incite tension and encourage MPs...

KUWAIT: Civil Service Commission’s President Ahmad Al-Jassar, as well as Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah inspect the damage inside the building. - KUNAn

CSC building evacuated due to facade collapse

KUWAIT: Civil Service Commission’s President Ahmad Al-Jassar, as well as Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah inspect the damage inside the building. - KUNAKUWAIT: Hundreds of employees of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) in Industrial Shuwaikh were evacuated as a precautionary measure following a minor collapse in the building's facade. According to a statement from...

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Interior: No officers reshuffle

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior denied yesterday the authenticity of news reports circulated recently in a local newspaper and some media outlets and social networking sites about an intention to rotate a number of Interior Ministry's Undersecretaries and senior officials.The ministry appealed to the media in a press release to please contact it's Department of Security Media, noting that its doors are open to answer any questions and queries.On...

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Lawmakers slam Co-op dissolution

KUWAIT: MP Abdelkareem Al-Kandari said Social Affairs Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh "does not know that dissolving Kaifan Co-op Society confirms that she will be ousted in the upcoming grilling." He added that the minister "knows the homes and families of Kaifan and she will not be able to distort that reputation by dissolving the coop."Kandari, who spoke during a gathering held by the dissolved co-op's board of directors in Kaifan warned Sabeeh that...

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Anti-Corruption Authority refers six officials to Public Prosecution

The Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority.KUWAIT: The Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (KANCOR) announced yesterday that six officials have been referred to the Public Prosecution for not submitting their financial disclosures on the dates provided by the law.KANCOR explained that these referrals were the result of the authority's follow-up with the cases relating to the officials required to submit financial disclosure and after matching them with...

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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)

Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait

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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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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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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