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Harbi urged to cancel new health charges for expats - Lawyer submits appeal

KUWAIT: Lawyer Hashem Ahmad Al-Rifae submitted a grievance and an appeal to Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi to cancel the new health fees to be imposed on expats. He said in his letter that the decision will have negative repercussions and will harm citizens too, in addition to harming Kuwait's reputation. "Kuwait is a humanitarian country of peace, and Kuwait gives aid to victims of natural catastrophes and wars regardless of their religion,...

Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh

MPs slam Hind Al-Sabeeh for hiring expats

Minister Hind Al-SabeehKUWAIT: The moves come amid a campaign by some MPs against expatriates and their numbers. Foreigners make up around 70 percent of Kuwait's population of 4.2 million.Yesterday, MPs continued their assault on Social Affairs Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh over papers and documents leaked on social media that showed she allegedly appointed expats with salaries over KD 2,000.The MPs considered these appointments - based on the rewards...

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Kuwait City beaches ‘free of oil’

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti woman walks past a sign reading in Arabic: “for your safety swimming and fishing are temporarily banned” at a beach in Kuwait City yesterday. An oil spill was discovered recently off the Kuwaiti coast, and pollution was also detected at some beaches in the country. —Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Investigations by Kuwait Times reveal that social media rumors of a recent oil spill reaching the shores of Kuwait City are...

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Palestinian teachers return to Kuwait after a 25-year absence

KUWAIT: Palestinian teachers are returning to Kuwait, ending an absence that spanned over a quarter of a century, to join their counterparts from Kuwait and other nationalities to contribute to the development of education. The government of Kuwait agreed to re-hire Palestinian teachers, many of whom left the country during Iraq's 1990-91 invasion and occupation of Kuwait, thus paving the way for the Ministry of Education to contact the...

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Summer festival - Up to 70% discounts

KUWAIT: Chairman of the Abdullah Al-Mubarak cooperative society Affas Al-Hajiri announced the launch of its summer festival starting today until Aug 26 at supermarkets, with up to 70 percent discounts in cooperation with major suppliers. He said the number of products included is over 200 that were selected carefully. He said that the summer festival comes within a series of events to fight high prices in order to reduce burdens on...

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah presides over cabinet weekly meeting. — KUNA photos

Cabinet deplores killing of Kuwaitis in Ouagadougou

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah presides over cabinet weekly meeting. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: The Kuwait Cabinet yesterday regretted the killing of Grand Mosque Imam Sheikh Waleed Al-Ali and Sheikh Fahad Al-Husseini in a recent attack on a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The Cabinet emphatically condemned this criminal act that targeted innocents in breach of all heavenly religions and human...

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KUWAIT: Capital detectives solved the mystery of a corpse found near Sabah hospital yesterday. The suspect has been arrested. A security source said Shuwaikh detectives arrested a Kuwaiti, who claimed that he had a dispute with the victim (his father’s friend). He said he stabbed him several times and then attempted to save his life - but he died on the way to the hospital. The suspect’s father was arrested when he came to the hospital to ask...

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Warehouse gutted by fire; three firefighters injured

KUWAIT: Five firefighting squads from Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) battled to subdue a fire that broke out at a fodder warehouse in Al-Rai area on Sunday evening. Three firefighters were slightly injured; two of them received first aid at the scene and the third was rushed to a nearby hospital, according to a KFSD statement tonight. Just five minutes after receiving a notification, five squads from the fire departments of the Industrial...

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Terrorism, attacks

I do not find any joy in watching boxing matches or the scene of swollen faces, smashed noses and paramedics surrounding the fallen boxer, and I do not know how millions of people find joy in such scenes bragging about their favorite champion, while that champion suffers from a broken nose and concussion and is asked to retire or worse - forced to use a wheelchair. Tell me, how does one enjoy such scenarios? I cannot read subjects that...

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Interior orders investigation; Man jumps from 6th floor

KUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah ordered an investigation into a contract signed by the special security directorate with a local company to develop and maintain several armored vehicles for an inflated amount of money without reaching the sought after results. The special security directorate signed a contract with the local company to install turrets on armored vehicles, in additional to other mechanical...

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UAE approves ‘sin tax’

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has issued a new law that imposes taxes on tobacco products, energy drinks and soft drinks to boost revenue and help offset the impact of lower oil prices. President of the UAE Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahayan approved the tax decree yesterday.Abu Dhabi’s The National news website reported that tobacco and energy drinks will be taxed at 100 percent and soft drinks at 50 percent. The move follows Saudi...

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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP

Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation

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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP

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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP

Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor

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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos

Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan

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Columbia president resigns months after campus Gaza demos