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Admit bedoons in public schools: Assembly panel
Tabtabaei inquires how Fali entered KuwaitKUWAIT: The National Assembly committee for bedoons or stateless people yesterday approved a proposal calling to allow children of bedoons who were counted in the 1965 census to join public schools, head of the committee said. MP Nasser Al-Dossari also called on the education minister to admit bedoons who passed the higher secondary examination into Kuwait University.Dossari called for dealing with bedoon...
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Delivery Hero to buy Mideast firm Carriage
KUWAIT: Online food takeaway firm Delivery Hero, which sources have said is considering a flotation imminently, has agreed to buy Middle East food delivery platform Carriage, the latest in a series of technology deals in the region.Chief Executive Niklas Ostberg said in a statement yesterday that Kuwait-based Carriage, which operates in the Gulf Council countries, would strengthen Delivery Hero's foothold in a region with "significant growth...
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Kuwait designates 26 mosques for late-night Ramadan prayers: Minister
.KUWAIT: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has prepared 26 mosques nationwide dedicated to receive worshippers performing late-night prayers during the Muslims' holy month of Ramadan, Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri said on Sunday. Jabri, also Minister of State for Municipal Affairs, made the statement during a tour to the mosques which started in Belal bin Rabah Mosque, aimed at seeing first-hand readiness to host the worshippers. He said...
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National support allowance stopped to protect public funds
KUWAIT: The cabinet made the decision to suspend the national manpower support allowance given to some citizens working in the private sector with the aim of protecting public funds, the Manpower and Government Restructuring Program 's (MGRP) Secretary General Fauzi Al-Majdali said. He was referring to recent incidents in which citizens were not paid their allowances and were told that they had to update their information in the MGRP database;...
Thekra Azouzi
Fasting: The 4th pillar of Islam
Fasting ('Sawm') during the month of Ramadan is the fourth pillar of Islam and Muslims from all corners of the planet are required to fast as it is mentioned in the verses 183-185 of Surah Al-Baqarah: 183. "O' you who have Faith! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard yourselves (against evil)." 184.    "(Fast for) a certain number of days. But whoever among you is sick or on a journey,...
KUWAIT: A menu showing names of popular foods in Kuwait. — KUNA
Food names: Passion, place or personality
KUWAIT: A menu showing names of popular foods in Kuwait. — KUNAKUWAIT: Could the names of some foods make them sound heavier, lighter, sweeter, or more delicious than others? This seems unlikely; after all, as Shakespeare said in Romeo and Juliet: What's in a name? That which we call a rose.. By any other name would smell as sweet.Juliet is expressing the theory we call conventionalism: that a name for something is just an agreed-upon...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA
Cabinet welcomes Moody’s rating
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 welcomed the recent rating of Moody's Investors' Service which changed the outlook on Kuwait to stable from negative. The cabinet said in a statement following its customary weekly meeting chaired by His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah that the...
A Kuwait Municipality worker checks the expiration date of a food package during an inspection campaign in Farwaniya.
Municipality closes down 2 stores, 59 citations issued
A Kuwait Municipality worker checks the expiration date of a food package during an inspection campaign in Farwaniya.KUWAIT:Mubarak Al-Kabeer inspectors closed down two stores and filed 59 citations for violations including hiring someone with an expired residency, selling expired foodstuff and operating a store without a license. Meanwhile, Farwaniya municipality inspectors also launched several inspection campaigns at various co-ops, foodstuff...
KUWAIT: A firefighter tackles a blaze in a building in Bneid Al-Gar yesterday
Firemen suffer from smoke inhalation in Bneid blaze
KUWAIT: A firefighter tackles a blaze in a building in Bneid Al-Gar yesterdayKUWAIT: Two firemen suffered from smoke inhalation while tackling a blaze that broke out yesterday in a building in Bneid Al-Gar. Firemen from Hilali fire station rushed to the scene in response to an emergency call and discovered that the fire had started on the top floor of a 14-storey building, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate's public relations and media department...
Rabab Algohari
Wasta takes the rights of others - Make Kuwait Great
Rabab AlgohariEach 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?Egyptian expat Rabab Algohari, who...
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Traffic cop wanted over social media video
KUWAIT: A search is on for a traffic policeman who was seen on a video shared over social media handing over a traffic citations book, driver's licenses and registrations he had withdrawn from motorists for traffic violations to a woman who appears to be his girlfriend. In the video, the girl appears to be intoxicated and can be seen waving the citations book and threatening anyone who might annoy her.Friends arrested for assaultThree army staff,...
In this Jan 18, 2010 file photo, steaks and other beef products are displayed for sale at a grocery store. — AP
India's cattle trade ban to halt beef exports, hit jobs
NEW DELHI: India's ban on the trade of cattle for slaughter threatens $4 billion in annual beef exports and millions of jobs if the government does not revoke the stoppage decreed last week, according to two industry officials. In the latest setback to the Muslim-dominated meat industry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government decreed animal markets will only be able to trade cattle for agricultural purposes such as ploughing and dairy...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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MoI: No transactions without biometrics
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah