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MADRID: In this screen grab taken from video on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, Lina Alvarez leaves Lucas Augusti Hospital with her new born baby.—AP
Babies cry more in UK, Canada and Italy, less in Germany: Study
LONDON: Babies cry more in Britain, Canada, Italy and Netherlands than in other countries, while newborns in Denmark, Germany and Japan cry and fuss the least, researchers said yesterday. In research looking at how much babies around the world cry in their first three months, psychologists from Britain have created the first universal charts for normal amounts of crying during that period. “Babies are already very different in how much they cry...
Jason Aldean poses with the Entertainer of the Year award in the press room. — AP/AFP photos
ACM Awards kick off with energy, jokes about Oscars mishap
Jason Aldean poses with the Entertainer of the Year award in the press room. — AP/AFP photosThe Academy of Country Music Awards kicked off with six separate performances full of energy, including a tribute to Chuck Berry featuring Joe Walsh, Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley. The trio performed "Johnny B. Goode" at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as audience members got out of their seats Sunday to sing and dance along. "For the man that...
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KUWAIT: MP Safaa Al-Hashem is seen during a session of the National Assembly. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Hashem: One car for expats, no licenses
Kandari: Finance ministry suspends reform packageKUWAIT: MP Safaa Al-Hashem, the only female member in the 50-seat National Assembly, yesterday filed yet another proposal targeting the expatriate population in the country by calling to prevent foreigners from owning more than one car and stop issuing driving licenses to newcomers. Citing traffic congestions and problems on most Kuwaiti roads, Hashem called in her proposal that the traffic...
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Concerns over retroactive deportation of absconders
KUWAIT: Responding to a report in Al-Rai daily on retroactively deporting expats reported as absconding, acting manpower authority director Abdullah Al-Motoutah said neither laws nor administrative decisions are imposed retroactively, and if a worker has already procured a sponsor's approval to transfer his visa or settle the dispute, the interior ministry would be contacted to cancel the absconding report. Motoutah denied taking any exceptional...
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Absconding...
Badrya Darwish Al-Rai newspaper shocked all expats in Kuwait when it reported on April 1 that article 18 visa holders can now be deported immediately if their sponsors file absconding cases against them. An absconder would be subject to deportation without any recourse to appeal or file a countersuit at the labor courts. What astonished me was that Al-Rai made this report their lead story. For a minute I thought maybe it was an April Fool's...
KUWAIT: KFAED Director General Abdulwahab Al-Bader and UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Kelly Clements sign a $10 million aid agreement yesterday. —KUNA
UN urges Gulf to do more to help Syrian refugees
KFAED, UNHCR sign aid agreement - Kuwait’s contributions hailed KUWAIT: KFAED Director General Abdulwahab Al-Bader and UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Kelly Clements sign a $10 million aid agreement yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: A senior United Nations refugee official yesterday called on Gulf Arab states to give more to help Syrians displaced by six years of civil war, saying she saw little sign that the crisis would end any time soon. Speaking...
Minister Khaled Al-Roudhan
Importers prosecuted for meat price-fixing
Khaled Al-RoudhanKUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan yesterday referred several livestock importers to the public prosecutor upon directives from HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah for colluding to suspend live sheep imports for a certain period to boost prices in the local market.Investigations by the Competition Protection Authority (CPA) concluded that the agreement among the livestock...
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Fishermen evicted from their residences
Schools to be built as PPP projectsKUWAIT: Kuwait Fishermen Union (KFU) officials said that they were surprised that fishermen were kicked out of their residences. "There are those who want to eradicate the fishing profession by harassing fishermen since the past few years. Despite the problems we are facing, we will continue to back fishermen's just causes," it said. Fishermen had reportedly received eviction orders yesterday, and were given a...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Visa issues
Attorney Fajer Ahmed As a Kuwaiti, I can say that I am really blessed that I grew up in a country like Kuwait. It is so diverse, and that makes me feel blessed because with differences we can prosper and learn more about others and ourselves. I went to a school with students from all walks of life. I had an Iranian, Croatian and Ghanian best friends. I saw families that came to work in Kuwait, some left within a year and others still live in...
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Tareq and Safaa
It is alright to have diverse views about a single issue. It is also alright to strongly disagree with others' opinions. Yet, it is unacceptable to try to fool and underestimate us by telling silly stories and giving silly excuses such as those mentioned by Dr Tareq Al-Alawi and MP Safaa Al-Hashem in an attempt to justify their arguments. To support opinions about certain issues, individuals or groups of people may use real life examples so that...
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism