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CARACAS: Anti-government activists drag a police motorbike burnt after the explosion of an explosive device during a protest against the elections for a Constituent Assembly. - AFP
Venezuela braces for new protests after deadly vote
CARACAS: Anti-government activists drag a police motorbike burnt after the explosion of an explosive device during a protest against the elections for a Constituent Assembly. - AFPCARACAS: Venezuela braced for new protests yesterday after a controversial election for an assembly to rewrite the constitution unleashed a wave of unrest that left 10 people dead. Opponents of embattled President Nicolas Maduro vowed another day of nationwide marches,...
LONDON: Pedestrians pass the Bank of England in the City of London yesterday. Last-minute talks with staff at the Bank of England began yesterday in an attempt to avert the first strike at the central bank in more than 50 years. - AFP
Europe's jobs market is healing, but wages weak
LONDON: Pedestrians pass the Bank of England in the City of London yesterday. Last-minute talks with staff at the Bank of England began yesterday in an attempt to avert the first strike at the central bank in more than 50 years. - AFPBRUSSELS: The eurozone economy is healing nicely but inflation remains weak - good news for consumers in the short run but a sign of underlying weakness in wages and companies' pricing power. That's the take-away...
Ali Al-Zahid, CEO of Zain Iraq with Naji Bolous, MD of Memac Ogilvy Beirut
Memac Ogilvy partners with Zain Iraq telecom
Ali Al-Zahid, CEO of Zain Iraq with Naji Bolous, MD of Memac Ogilvy BeirutKUWAIT: Memac Ogilvy, the leading advertising and public relations agency in MENA, succeeded to partner with Zain Iraq, part of Zain Group - the leading telecom and mobile data service provider across MENA, to offer communication services following a lengthy review with competitors. Held at Zain Iraq headquarters in Baghdad, the signing ceremony was attended by senior...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center) meets with Cabinet Affairs Minister and Acting Information Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (right) and Chairman of the Central Agency for Information Technology Salem Al-Uthaina. - Amiri Diwan photosn
Amir commends national cyber security strategy
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center) meets with Cabinet Affairs Minister and Acting Information Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (right) and Chairman of the Central Agency for Information Technology Salem Al-Uthaina. - Amiri Diwan photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet's meeting yesterday. - KUNA
Cabinet urges Kuwaitis to recall invasion lessons to preserve national security
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet's meeting yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti cabinet yesterday urged the Kuwaiti people to recall the "bitterness of injustice and tyranny" they experienced during the 1990 Iraqi Invasion, to take lessons from the occasion and further preserve the security and stability of the nation. During its weekly meeting held at the Bayan Palace, chaired...
KUWAIT: Meshal Al-Ansari, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Kuwait Food Bank (left), and Ahmed Al-Bannai, KASCO's Chairman of the Board attend the press conference. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait Food Bank, KASCO join hands to help needy families
KUWAIT: Meshal Al-Ansari, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Kuwait Food Bank (left), and Ahmed Al-Bannai, KASCO's Chairman of the Board attend the press conference. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Under the patronage of Kuwaiti businessman Bader Al-Kharafi, Kuwait Food Bank signed a joint cooperation agreement with Kuwait Aviation Services Company (KASCO) yesterday at the food bank's headquarters in Kuwait City to provide meals and fresh food...
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Lawmaker demands stripping Abdali cell convicts off nationalities
MP Dr Waleed Al-TabatabaeKUWAIT: MP Dr Waleed Al-Tabatabae suggested yesterday that the governments withdraws the Kuwaiti nationality from citizens convicted in the Abdali cell case, saying that their crimes amount to acts of treason. "The cassation court's ruling states that the convicts planned to overthrow the ruling system, contacted foreign parties, and promoted the Iranian Revolution's ideologies, which all are considered acts of treason,"...
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man observes fish baskets displayed at the main fish market in Sharq. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait eyes fish self-sufficiency to narrow supply, demand gap
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man observes fish baskets displayed at the main fish market in Sharq. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) seeks to achieve self-sufficiency of locally-consumed fish as part of its ambitious strategy aimed at narrowing the gap between supply and demand. The strategy tends to expand and enhance several operations and projects such as fish farming, natural...
Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq
Two million barrels of Kuwaiti crude oil to be shipped to Vietnam refinery: Oil Minister
Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Essam Al-MarzouqKUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) is preparing to ship two million barrels of Kuwaiti crude oil to the Vietnam refinery to supply it with quantities required for operations today. Through the marketing sector, the company will continue sending other shipments later in accordance with agreements concluded in this regard, Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and...
KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Ministers Khaled Al-Jarallah (right) and the Moroccan Ambassador to Kuwait Jaafar Hakeem cut the cake during a ceremony to celebrate Morocco's national day on Monday. - Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Kuwait continues mediation efforts to resolve Gulf crisis: Deputy FM
KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Ministers Khaled Al-Jarallah (right) and the Moroccan Ambassador to Kuwait Jaafar Hakeem cut the cake during a ceremony to celebrate Morocco's national day on Monday. - Photos by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: The State of Kuwait has been continuing its mediation efforts aiming to contain the Gulf crisis "amongst brothers," Deputy Foreign Ministers Khaled Al-Jarallah stressed on Sunday. "We are pinning big hopes on efforts by His...
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Man assaults officer inside Hawally station
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti citizen in his twenties faces multiple charges after he caused chaos inside a police station in Hawally. The citizen's mother was questioned by police inside the station when the citizen who was accompanying her started behaving in an inappropriate way. When an officer asked him to behave, he started yelling then attacked the policeman. Then he broke a lighter and cut himself while his mother collapsed in a suspicious manner,...
Tom Straeke Lagergren, aka Matoma, performs at the 2017 Panorama Music Festival.
Biggie gets bigger via young Norwegian DJ
Tom Straeke Lagergren, aka Matoma, performs at the 2017 Panorama Music Festival.The Notorious B.I.G. would figure at or near the top on any list of hip-hop all-stars, yet the slain rapper's top song on Spotify comes via a 26-year-old Norwegian. Matoma, a fresh-faced DJ who played to a packed, raucous crowd Saturday at the Panorama festival in The Notorious B.I.G.'s hometown of New York, grew up admiring the rapper before he ever understood the...