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Women arrested for shoplifting
KUWAIT: Hawalli detectives recently arrested a 26-year-old female citizen and a Canadian woman of Arab origin for shoplifting from a prestigious garment store. Security sources said that one of the suspects usually distracts the sales ladies while the other used a device they had bought from an Asian country to deactivate the alarm device fixed on each of the items. Detectives had received various reports about robberies in a famous Salmiya mall,...
KFH booth at the AUM Job Fair
KFH takes part in Job Fair at AUM
KFH booth at the AUM Job FairKUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) participated in the American University of the Middle East (AUM) Job Fair as part of the bank's keenness to support the efforts of qualifying national cadres while offering them suitable job opportunities. KFH's booth was heavily visited by university students who wanted to explore their potential in joining KFH and the banking sector in general. A Human Resources team was...
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Citizenship petitions to be received till April 25
KUWAIT: The commission of withdrawn nationalities receives applications for examining requests to restore the Kuwaiti citizenship until April 25th. This was announced by the committee secretary, Dr. Nayef Al-Ajmi, in a statement to KUNA. Tuesday (April 25th) is the last day for accepting applications on citizenship restoration, he said. The commission, since its formation, has been holding an open-ended session. It has examined a number of cases...
Kuwait Ambassador to China Samih Jawhar Hayat poses for a group photo with other officials during the Asia Pacific Business Summit in Guangzhou, China. - KUNA
Kuwait woos Chinese companies
Kuwait Ambassador to China Samih Jawhar Hayat poses for a group photo with other officials during the Asia Pacific Business Summit in Guangzhou, China. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait has urged Chinese companies and conglomerates to partake in the national development schemes. Samih Johhar Hayat, Kuwait Ambassador to China made the call during the Asia Pacific Business Summit, held in the city of Guangzhou, particularly addressing companies specialized in...
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrives for a meeting with Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie meet during the G20 at the 2017 World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Address rising anti-globalization anger: IMF
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrives for a meeting with Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie meet during the G20 at the 2017 World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON: As the global recovery gathers pace, the IMF is turning up the volume on its call for wealthy countries to address popular anger over the impact of globalization and head off the threat of protectionism. The...
Japanese officials with a disaster relief team survey the site of a garbage dump collapse that killed 32 people on the northeastern edge of Sri Lankaís capital Colombo on April 21, 2017. A Japanese disaster relief team is advising the Sri Lankan government on measures to deal with the huge rubbish dump and relocate hundreds of families in the neighbourhood following the April 14 disaster. / AFP / Ishara S. KODIKARA
Sri Lanka bans anti-garbage protests after dump disaster
Japanese officials with a disaster relief team survey the site of a garbage dump collapse that killed 32 people on the northeastern edge of Sri Lankaís capital Colombo on April 21, 2017. A Japanese disaster relief team is advising the Sri Lankan government on measures to deal with the huge rubbish dump and relocate hundreds of families in the neighbourhood following the April 14 disaster. / AFP / Ishara S. KODIKARACOLOMBO: Sri Lanka has...
Syrian civilians and loyalist fighters, evacuated from the two besieged government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya, arrive at a makeshift shelter in Jibrin on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo, on April 21, 2017. / AFP / George OURFALIAN
Syria evacuees on move again after 48-hour delay
Syrian civilians and loyalist fighters, evacuated from the two besieged government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya, arrive at a makeshift shelter in Jibrin on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo, on April 21, 2017. / AFP / George OURFALIANRASHIDIN, Syria: Hundreds of frightened Syrian evacuees were on the move again yesterday after being blocked for 48 hours at a transit point where a bomber killed dozens of their fellow townspeople. Ten of the 45...
French municipal policemen observe a minute of silence on April 21, 2017 in the courtyard of the town hall in Bordeaux, southwestern France, to pay tribute to the police officer who was shot dead by an attacker on the Champs-Elysees the day before in Paris. A handwritten note praising the Islamic State group was found near the attacker who shot dead a police officer and wounded two others on Paris's Champs Elysees, a source close to the probe said. / AFP / MEHDI FEDOUACH
Fears engulf French election after policeman shot in Paris
French municipal policemen observe a minute of silence on April 21, 2017 in the courtyard of the town hall in Bordeaux, southwestern France, to pay tribute to the police officer who was shot dead by an attacker on the Champs-Elysees the day before in Paris. A handwritten note praising the Islamic State group was found near the attacker who shot dead a police officer and wounded two others on Paris's Champs Elysees, a source close to the probe...
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Address rising anti-globalization anger: IMF
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrives for a meeting with Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie meet during the G20 at the 2017 World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON: As the global recovery gathers pace, the IMF is turning up the volume on its call for wealthy countries to address popular anger over the impact of globalization and head off the threat of protectionism. The...
Philippine Defense Secretray Delfin Lorenzana, center, Armed Forces Chief Gen. Eduardo Ano, second from left, and other officials take their oath of allegiance to the flag during their visit to the Philippine-claimed Thitu Island off the disputed South China Sea in western Philippines Friday, April 21, 2017. Their visit Friday was aimed to assert the country's claim to the heartland of the disputed area where China is believed to have added missiles on man-made islands. The South China Sea issue is expected to be discussed in the 20th ASEAN Summit of Leaders next week. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Philippine defense chief visits disputed Spratly island
Philippine Defense Secretray Delfin Lorenzana, center, Armed Forces Chief Gen. Eduardo Ano, second from left, and other officials take their oath of allegiance to the flag during their visit to the Philippine-claimed Thitu Island off the disputed South China Sea in western Philippines Friday, April 21, 2017. Their visit Friday was aimed to assert the country's claim to the heartland of the disputed area where China is believed to have added...
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017 file photo, Ledell Lee appears in Pulaski County Circuit Court for a hearing in which lawyers argued to stop his execution which is scheduled for Thursday. Unless a court steps in, Lee and Stacey Johnson are set for execution Thursday night. Lee was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing Debra Reese with a tire iron in February 1993 in Jacksonville. (Benjamin Krain/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File)
Arkansas carries out 1st of planned executions
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017 file photo, Ledell Lee appears in Pulaski County Circuit Court for a hearing in which lawyers argued to stop his execution which is scheduled for Thursday. Unless a court steps in, Lee and Stacey Johnson are set for execution Thursday night. Lee was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing Debra Reese with a tire iron in February 1993 in Jacksonville. (Benjamin Krain/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...
Musallem Al-Barrack
Al-Barrack released today?
Musallem Al-BarrackKUWAIT: Powerful opposition leader and ex MP Musallem Al-Barrack is scheduled to be released from prison today, following Friday prayers. Al-Barrack served two years in jail for comments deemed insulting and undermining the status of His Highness Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.  Unconfirmed reports suggest that his supporters would greet Al-Barrack's release with a rally march from the Central Prison to...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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PARIS: Gold medallists USA pose during the podium ceremony after the women's gold medal basketball match against France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena on Aug 11, 2024. - AFP
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