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US embassy informs citizens of updated worldwide caution

KUWAIT: The US Embassy in Kuwait sent the following security message for US citizens in the country:As part of the Department of State's continuous efforts to provide US citizens traveling abroad with information about safety and security events, we are updating the Worldwide Caution with information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions, political violence, and criminal activity against US citizens and interests abroad. This replaces the...

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Railway project to see the light soon: KAPP

KUWAIT: Director of Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) Motlaq Al-Sane said that plans to carry out the Kuwait Metro Rail Project have been approved. In an interview with Al-Rai newspaper, Sane confirmed that KAPP has completed the feasibility study for the project and its tender for public bidding.As for the foreign banks funding the project, Sane said that they have set conditions that exceed demands by the foreign partner.These...

MP Mubarak Al-Hajraf

Inquiry on expat hiring as an 'Executive media producer' for KD 850

MP Mubarak Al-Hajraf and Minister Hind Al-SabeehKUWAIT: MP Mubarak Al-Hajraf yesterday filed an inquiry asking Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh about appointing an expatriate as an 'executive media producer' for a monthly salary of KD 850, arguing that there are many citizens qualified for the same position.Hajraf also inquired about the measures that were followed to appoint the expat, his...

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Central Tenders Committee approves Fourth Ring Road development project

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) received approval from the Central Tenders Committee recently on a project to develop the Fourth Ring Road, one of the busiest main roads in the country. The project includes reconstructing a five kilometers long leg of the road between the UN roundabout and the road's junction with the airport road, said informed sources, noting that the project's total cost would be KD 4,304,000 and that it would be...

KUWAIT: Dr Feras Badr and Dr Ahmad Alduaij, of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and Kuwaiti cardiologist Ibrahim Al Rashdan, MD, discuss the findings of the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi study.

Survey reveals widespread concern about heart disease in Kuwait

Nearly 40 percent fear dying of heart disease KUWAIT: Dr Feras Badr and Dr Ahmad Alduaij, of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and Kuwaiti cardiologist Ibrahim Al Rashdan, MD, discuss the findings of the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi study.KUWAIT: A new survey of social attitudes toward heart disease in Kuwait has revealed widespread concern about the illness, with leading regional heart doctors calling for greater education on the topic.The survey which...

Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah

Kuwait’s security apparatus yearns for world peace, stability

Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-SabahKUWAIT: NATO Week, a plethora of activities dedicated to the international military alliance, proves that Kuwait is eager for global peace and stability, said a top Kuwaiti official yesterday. Speaking to the press after the start of ‘NATO Week,’ organized by the NATOKuwait Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) Regional Centre, Kuwait National Security Apparatus Chief Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah touted the...

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Social care development, part of Kuwait 2035 vision

KUWAIT: As an integral part of the country's 2035-development vision, the State of Kuwait is working on measures to improve and progress social care services. Kuwaiti authority have set goals to develop services for orphans and the elderly residing in their facilities, offering care and compassion. - KUNA

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Ministry of Electricity and Water backs young staff

KUWAIT: Undersecretary of Electricity and Water Mohammad Bousehri yesterday affirmed keenness on supporting junior personnel serving in the department, in line with His Highness Amir’s guidelines. In a statement at a ceremony marking the launch of the second course for the department’s team ‘Kafaat,’ Bousehri said that the department’s administration is keen on backing and encouraging the young staff and employing their creativity...

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Talk is cheap and goes uncharged; otherwise silence would prevail in all societies and we would see zero liars amongst us, not because they are afraid of losing somebody, but rather because they would not like to lose a single dime. We would also stop hearing statements made by some hotshots. Everybody would wish they had a giraffe neck to avoid saying something prematurely; for which they would immediately or later be charged and...

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Armed robbery foiled in Mahboula

KUWAIT: An armed robbery at a money exchange in Mahboula was foiled when a female employee hit the alarms after she saw a masked man pointing a pistol at the employees asking for money. The suspect escaped before police arrived to the scene. Ahmadi detectives are working on the case.FightCriminal detectives arrested five men and three women who were involved in a fight in which they used knives. Policemen were ordered to scene and were able to...

ST LOUIS: Demonstrators confront police while protesting the acquittal of former St Louis police officer Jason Stockley. -AFP

Protesters smash windows in 2nd violent night near St Louis

ST LOUIS: Demonstrators confront police while protesting the acquittal of former St Louis police officer Jason Stockley. -AFPST LOUIS: Protests turned violent for a second night near St Louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man, as a small group of demonstrators refused to disperse, breaking windows at dozens of businesses and throwing objects at police, who moved in with hundreds of...

HAMA: A picture taken during a press tour provided by the Russian Armed Forces on September 15, 2017 shows Syrian soldiers standing outside a building which was used by Islamic State (IS) group members as an Islamic court, in the town of Uqayribat in Syria's eastern Hama countryside. - AFP

Russia plays up role as a peacemaker in Syria

HAMA: A picture taken during a press tour provided by the Russian Armed Forces on September 15, 2017 shows Syrian soldiers standing outside a building which was used by Islamic State (IS) group members as an Islamic court, in the town of Uqayribat in Syria's eastern Hama countryside. - AFPDAR AL KABIRAH: At a mobile medical clinic in central Syria's Homs province, a Russian doctor takes an elderly woman's blood pressure. Nearby, his colleague...

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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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VIENNA: Ambassador to Austria in Vienna Talal Al-Fassam is seen during his visit to the Austrian company. — KUNA

Kuwait explores renewable energy solutions in Vienna