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KUWAIT: Travelers at Kuwait International Airport. — KUNA

427,000 travelers since onset of summer vacation, Eid Al-Fitr: DGCA

KUWAIT: Travelers at Kuwait International Airport. — KUNAKUWAIT: The total number of travelers through Kuwait International Airport since the beginning of the summer vacation and Eid Al-Fitr holiday have reached 427,000 traveler, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said yesterday.DGCA said the number of departures from June 22 to first of July reached around 275,000 , while number of arrivals reached 152,000.Kuwait Airport faced a...

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Temperatures on the rise - Avoid direct sunlight between 10 am and 4 pm

KUWAIT: Meteorologist Essa Ramadan said temperatures are expected to rise in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq during the next few days, along with draining humidity. Ramadan said direct sunlight must be avoided between 10 am and 4 pm, and people must remain hydrated.CrackdownThe Commerce Ministry's emergency team in Siddiq raided a warehouse containing food products unfit for human consumption whose expiry dates were tampered with, and 8.5...

Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri

Minister highlights Kuwait’s efforts to tackle water scarcity

Minister Mohammad Al-JabriROME: Kuwait on Tuesday gave a presentation about its successful efforts in dealing with water security, affirming strong backing to UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) initiative to crystallize a joint regional strategy towards challenges of water scarcity.Speaking at the 40th Session FAO Conference on tackling the water scarcity and improving food security amid climate change, Mohammad Al-Jabri, Minister of...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

Amir receives German Foreign Minister

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and the accompanying delegation. Present during the meeting were His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime...

LONDON: Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah and UK Minister of state for Middle West Alistair Burt sign the Joint Steering Group’s plan of action for six months to come. — KUNA

Kuwait, UK hammer out joint group’s six-month blueprint

Britain recognizes Kuwait's mediation on Gulf crisis LONDON: Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah and UK Minister of state for Middle West Alistair Burt sign the Joint Steering Group’s plan of action for six months to come. — KUNALONDON: Kuwait and the UK yesterday signed the Joint Steering Group's plan of action for six months to come aimed at ensuring an effective and smooth implementation of previously inked agreements....

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Multiple drug-related arrests made; Municipality conducts raids on restaurants and stores in Riggae

KUWAIT: Farwaniya police arrested an Arab man without a residency permit with three shabu envelopes and two envelopes of chemical, along with 37 red pills. He was also found wanted over a debt. They also arrested an Asian for entering the country illegally. Meanwhile, Hawally police arrested a citizen with 30 tablets suspected of being drugs.Separately, Ahmadi police arrested two citizens in Mahboula. Both were in an abnormal condition. One...

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Doctor and a male nurse assaulted at Sabah hospital

KUWAIT: A doctor and a male nurse at Sabah Hospital were beaten by three bedoons who work at the public relations department over a dispute over using a toilet. The doctor and nurse exchanged blows with the three because they insisted on using the nurses' toilet. Hospital security controlled the fighters and called police, adding that the nurse was badly injured and was taken for surgery, while the others were taken to Shuwaikh police...

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Teen killed by electric shock; Kidnappers arrested

KUWAIT: A bedoon juvenile died of electrocution in a swimming pool at his family's stable in Jahra. Police and paramedics rushed to the stable and found the boy in a critical condition, so he was taken to Jahra Hospital, where doctors' attempts to revive him failed. Kidnappers arrestedPolicemen freed a juvenile from two bedoons who kidnapped him after befriending him on social media, then met and threatened to kill him if he did not obey them....

CAIRO: Director General of the Arab Women Organization Ambassador Mirvat Al-Tellawi (center) honors Fawziya Al-Rifae (left).

Arab Women Organization honors Fawziya Al-Rifae

'Honoring linked to being companion of a man who loved Egypt' CAIRO: Director General of the Arab Women Organization Ambassador Mirvat Al-Tellawi (center) honors Fawziya Al-Rifae (left).KUWAIT: Director General of the Arab Women Organization Mirvat Al-Tellawi honored the widow of the late Nasser Mohammad Al-Kharafi, Fawziya Al-Rifae, along with several other pioneering women for their great contributions in serving their countries and advancing...

LIMA: An image of the Lady of Cao and her mummified body are unveiled in a ceremony on Tuesday. - AFP

Peru reveals face of ancient ruler

LIMA: An image of the Lady of Cao and her mummified body are unveiled in a ceremony on Tuesday. - AFPLIMA: Introducing the Lady of Cao: using high-tech 3-D printing and based on the skull of an ancient mummy, scientists have reconstructed the face of a woman who governed in northern Peru 1,700 years ago. The woman's mummified remains were discovered at the Cao Viejo adobe pyramid in 2006 in the Chicama Valley, just north of the modern city of...

ALEPPO: Displaced Syrians who fled with their families Islamic State controlled areas in Raqa, Deir Ezzor and Mayadeen gather at Aleppo’s bus station of Ramussa. —AFP

For families fleeing IS, a waystation in Aleppo

ALEPPO: Displaced Syrians who fled with their families Islamic State controlled areas in Raqa, Deir Ezzor and Mayadeen gather at Aleppo’s bus station of Ramussa. —AFPALEPPO: Syrian escapees from the Islamic State group languished for hours on the sizzling concrete pavements at Aleppo's main bus station, their faces gaunt and eyes rimmed by dark circles. Just six months ago, the Ramussa station was the main transit point for thousands of...

RAQQA: People inspect the damage from airstrikes and artillery shelling in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the IS. — AP

You destroy, we rebuild': a builder's life in war-torn Syria

RAQQA: People inspect the damage from airstrikes and artillery shelling in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the IS. — APBEIRUT: When builder Abu Salem repairs a shell hole in a house in rebel-held southern Syria, he knows it might not be the last job he does on the structure. "There is a chance the buildings will be hit again," he told Reuters. "But in the short term people should be able to take refuge in their...

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Boats are moored in waters in front of the Auckland city skyline, New Zealand. People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. – AFP

People leave New Zealand amid rising economic crisis

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Chalet rental scams continue throughout summer in Kuwait

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BAGRAM: Taleban military vehicles parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base on Aug 14, 2024. - AFP

Military show marks 3 yrs of Taleban rule

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah preside over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. - KUNA

Cabinet mourns Sheikh Salem Al-Ali

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LONDON: Pedestrians walk in the winter sunshine down Oxford Street in central London. Britain’s unemployment rate has unexpectedly dropped to 4.2 percent and wage growth has slowed to the lowest level in nearly two years, official data showed Tuesday. – AFP

UK wages growth tumbles; German investor morale falls