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Intimate, wrenching 'Evan Hansen' takes top honors at Tonys
The cast and crew of "Dear Evan Hansen" pose in the press room with the award for best musical at the 71st annual Tony Awards on Sunday in New York. — AP/AFP photosAn intimate, heart-wrenching musical about loneliness, teen angst and suicide in the age of hyper connectivity capped its unlikely journey to Broadway smash by winning top honors at the Tonys. "Dear Evan Hansen," starring 23-year-old Ben Platt in a breakout - and knockout -...
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Wonder Woman and Wonky Women
KUWAIT: The truck used by the suspect in the failed suicide attack (bottom left), the pickup carrying the US soldiers (top left) and explosives including a suicide belt (right) are seen yesterday. - MoI
Jihadist gets life sentence for attacking US soldiers
US troops in Kuwait targeted by Islamic State File Photo of The truck used by the suspect in the failed suicide attack (bottom left), the pickup carrying the US soldiers (top left) and explosives including a suicide belt (right). - MoIKUWAIT: The Criminal Court yesterday handed a life term against an Egyptian truck driver who is a member of the Islamic State for attacking US soldiers, as the Court of Cassation confirmed tough jail terms against...
KUWAIT: A child is waiting in the hot weather for customers to buy watermelons. —KUNA Children under the age of 15 are left on the street
Kuwait strives to combat child labor
KUWAIT: A child is waiting in the hot weather for customers to buy watermelons. —KUNA Children under the age of 15 are left on the streetKUWAIT: The State of Kuwait, through its government and non-government organizations, is intensifying efforts to eliminate the phenomenon of child labor. Kuwait is keen on protecting children against abuses and violations and to help enjoy their childhood and get their rights for education and healthcare. The...
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Egg prices drop, beef’s on the rise
KUWAIT: Last April, Kuwait Times started a campaign to investigate the price changes of some basic commodities. Starting a month prior to Ramadan, the weekly campaign runs through the holy month.The survey compares the prices per kilo of five different kinds of commodities sold at co-ops on a weekly basis. These items are the most popular, whose prices usually hike during Ramadan. This year we also added eggs, milk and frozen chicken to the...
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Expert to determine private schools' tuition fees: minister
KUWAIT: Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Mohammed Al-Fares said that financial experts will be consulted to determine private schools' tuition fees. Fares also denied any intentions to increase those fees and stressed that he asked undersecretary Dr Haitahm Al-Athari and assistant undersecretary for private education Dr Abdul Mohsen Al-Howailah to set the regulations of distributing land plots to be used as schools.Competitiveness...
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FATCA law
KUWAIT: Financial establishments involved in the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) law will have to submit their second annual reports by the end of this June, said financial sources. The deferral made from June 30 to November 30 last year was exceptional and made upon a request made by Kuwait's finance ministry to the US treasury, the sources noted.The sources added that upon instructions from the US Internal Revenues Service (IRS),...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
New laws - Home Businesses, Food trucks, Indemnity on Termination
Attorney Fajer Ahmed Although I usually receive questions from non-Kuwaitis (I have stopped using the word 'expat'), I received many questions from Kuwaitis this week regarding new laws. There are a few positive changes this year towards small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and Kuwaiti entrepreneurship as part of the New Kuwait plan. The Kuwait National Development Plan sets the nation's long-term development priorities. It is organized around...
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Stay patient and calm - MAKE KUWAIT GREAT
Each of us can contribute to making Kuwait a better place for all of us to live. In our daily deeds and actions, we can find - if we choose to look - opportunities for improving Kuwait's environment. From not littering on the streets, to choosing to be kind and helpful to others, each individual here can have a positive impact on the society as a whole. Kuwait Times wants to know what can you do? .Self-control and anger management is one of the...
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It is only girgian, stop showing off
Girgian is one of the traditions we have inherited from our ancestors. It is known in other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states including Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in different names. It is also well-known in Iraq, and for the people in the Ahwaz and Al-Ahsa regions. It is usually celebrated on the 13th, 14th and 15th day of Ramadan with special songs; boys and girls going from door to door in special...
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Harasser deported for touching sensitive parts of women
KUWAIT: A security source said Director General of Farwaniya Security Maj Gen Saleh Al-Enezi sent a memo to Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for General Security Maj Gen Ibrahim Al-Tarrah asking for the deportation of an Arab man accused of harassment. The suspect was caught red handed touching sensitive parts of women, then apologized, claiming it was an accident. Citizens and expat women complained about the man who was caught while...
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12-year-old killed in hit-and-run; Nepali woman commits suicide
KUWAIT: Capital detectives are looking for a person who ran over and killed a 12-year-old child in northwest Sulaibkhat and escaped. Paramedics who arrived to the scene with police in response to an emergency call said that the child succumbed to his injuries onsite. The body was recovered by the forensic department.Suspected suicideThe body of a Nepalese woman was recovered by the coroner, after she allegedly committed suicide. Ahmadi prosecutor...
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