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Gilt-y pleasure: Italian artisan crafts 24-carat gold shoes
Antonio Vietri, artisan and founder of A&V Fashion, shows men shoes as part of his collection "Gold" on in his workshop in Turin. — AFP photosFilthy rich and already boast enough glass slippers to win a dozen princes? Italian shoemaker Antonio Vietri has the thing for you: 24-carat gold shoes. Vietri, from Turin in northern Italy, hopes to attract shoppers from wealthy Gulf countries with his blue or black suede moccasins with stitched...
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Cabinet seals extradition deal with United Kingdom
Dosari confirmed MoI undersecretary - Jassar named CSC chief .KUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday approved an extradition agreement with the United Kingdom, which was signed in December and subsequently referred to the National Assembly. Speaking to KUNA after the Cabinet's routine meeting, Minister of Justice and Minister State for Cabinet Affairs Falah Al-Azab said that the Cabinet has approved the extradition deal with Britain.He said the agreement...
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Controversy over citizenship law as govt forms panel
KUWAIT: The National Assembly is expected to debate today amendments that allow legal recourse when the government revokes citizenship amid a controversy on whether the changes should be expanded. The Cabinet meanwhile formed an independent panel headed by an advisor to HH the Amir and former Assembly Speaker Ali Al-Rashed to look into the process of reinstating citizenship of several opposition figures revoked in the summer of 2014.The panel...
The proposed route of the GCC railway project
'Technical problems' delay GCC railway project: official
Construction starts in 2020 instead of 2018 The proposed route of the GCC railway projectKUWAIT: Secretary General of the Federation of GCC Chambers (FGCCC) Abdul Raheem Naqi said that the GCC railway project would be delayed because of infrastructural and technical problems. Naqi also denied there being any political problems behind the delay and stressed that instead of commencing construction in 2018, it would start in 2020.The GCC railway is...
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Cabinet briefed on measures taken to face damage caused by heavy rain
KUWAIT: The Cabinet listened during its weekly session yesterday to a presentation by Minister of Public Works Abdurrahman Al-Mutawa on measures and steps taken to face damage caused by heavy rains that hit the country last week.  He told ministers about efforts made by all ministry's teams to remove all obstacles that accumulated rainwater and caused traffic congestion on some roads across the country, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and...
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Meeting discusses obstacles facing application of renewable energy
KUWAI: The eighth meeting of the renewable energy sources uses development committee was held yesterday at the ministry of electricity and water. The meeting was chaired by Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq in the presence of officials from concerned ministries and departments. It took place as a response to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah's instructions to diversify sources of energy by...
KUWAIT: CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Nezar Al-Adsani speaks during the conference. — KUNA
Drop in oil prices poses risk to primary industries: KPC CEO
KUWAIT: CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Nezar Al-Adsani speaks during the conference. — KUNAKUWAIT: The drop in oil prices is posing risks on investment, mainly in primary industry which could create unstable conditions in international markets, said CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC).  Nezar Al-Adsani's statement came during his speech at Kuwait's fourth Enterprise Risk Management Conference yesterday.The three-day...
KUWAIT: Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information delivers his speech during the forum
Forum helps boost youth role in sustainable development: Minister
'Kuwaitis spend more than $10 billion on traveling' KUWAIT: Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information delivers his speech during the forumKUWAIT: The first Kuwaiti Youth and Tourism Forum helps boost the role of youth in sustainable development, achieve the required economic reforms and provide jobs, a Kuwaiti minister said yesterday.Youth and tourism are interconnected by...
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34,313 traffic tickets issued in one week
.KUWAIT: The General Traffic Department carried out several campaigns in all Kuwait governorates over the course of last week, resulting in issuing 34,313 traffic tickets, impounding 179 vehicles and two motorcycles, while 72 persons were sent to the traffic department's detention cell and an expat was deported for driving without a license.Detour openedMeanwhile, the General Traffic Department, in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Works,...
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Policeman arrested for blackmailing expats
KUWAIT: A policeman took advantage of his work at the criminal detectives department to blackmail expats for money to release them, after making them believe they were in violation of the law. The suspect was arrested and sent to the public prosecution. A security source said the suspect stopped an Indian delivery driver in Fahaheel and told him he is in violation of the traffic law. He gave him an option of paying KD 200 and be released or be...
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Fake kidnap of 2 teen sisters
KUWAIT: Two juvenile girls failed to make their mother believe they were kidnapped, as police found they had run away to join their friends. The mother called police asking them to find her 13-year-old and 16-year-old daughters. She had given them the car keys and asked them to start it for her. The mother was then surprised to find the car's doors open and the engine running, with the two girls missing. Police and detectives located them by...
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Kuwait residents try to ward off the heat
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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
Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
Brazil plane crash kills 62
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