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Expert predicts oil at $58 pb by 2017’s end
KUWAIT: Oil prices are expected to touch the level of $58 per barrel (pb) by end of 2017, if OPEC and non-OPEC countries commit to cutting output, Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Catalyst Company Hasan Qabazard said. Oil prices may drop to $40 pb if non-OPEC countries fail to commit to their pledges aiming to reduce production, Qabazard, who was a senior official at OPEC, said in an interview yesterday.He added that average oil price depends on...
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Fake cop caught
KUWAIT: A citizen was arrested for impersonating a police detective and robbing an Asian woman in Salmiya. According to the woman, the suspect and his Iranian accomplice stopped her in a Salmiya street claiming to be police detectives, then snatched her purse with KD 170 in it. The citizen was identified and arrested, while the Iranian is still at large.Sheep thieves detained A five-member gang was arrested in Jahra for stealing sheep and...
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Expat-o-phobia
KUWAIT: Accusations towards expats for draining out state resources and blaming them for demographic imbalances has been increasing recently. It was even suggested to ban providing medicines to expats at public hospitals and clinics in order to achieve 'social justice for citizens.' I have been wondering over the past few days how this will achieve social justice for the citizens. What do expats have to do with social justice? Do citizens...
A man applies for a visa at the Al-Qabas Assurex company.
Travellers to Germany urged to apply for visa early this year
More Kuwaitis visited Germany the past few years A man applies for a visa at the Al-Qabas Assurex company.KUWAIT: As the peak summer travel season approaches, Al-Qabas Assurex (QAVISA) and the German Embassy in Kuwait held a press conference on Thursday at the QAVISA office to encourage travelers to Germany this summer to apply for their visa early to avoid delays.Al-Qabas Assurex has been the exclusive visa application center for the German...
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More citizens target private sector jobs
KUWAIT: Recent statistics released by the Manpower and Government Restructuring Program (MGRP) show that 81.1 percent of citizens registered for recruitment had filed to get private sector jobs. Statistics also showed that the total number of citizens registered for employment since the beginning of January is 1,010, including 820 applying for private sector jobs and 190 for public sector ones. MGRP is a state department primarily concerned with...
Kuwaiti Firefighters and rescue men rescue vehicles drowned in floods in Fahaheel south of Kuwait City on March 25, 2017. Kuwait is experiencing unstable weather including thunderstorms, sandstorms and strong winds.
Govt to name, shame slack officials as streets deluged
Kuwaiti Firefighters and rescue men rescue vehicles drowned in floods in Fahaheel south of Kuwait City on March 25, 2017. Kuwait is experiencing unstable weather including thunderstorms, sandstorms and strong winds.KUWAIT: The minister of public works announced yesterday that a panel would be formed to examine why some roads and public places were swamped with rainwater late Friday. Civil servants who were slack and failed to deal with the...
US President Donald Trump, with Vice President Mike Pence (R) and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price (L), speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2017.nTrump on Friday asked US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to withdraw the embattled Republican health care bill, moments before a vote, signaling a major political defeat for the US president. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN
Trump suffers humiliating defeat
US President Donald Trump, with Vice President Mike Pence (R) and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price (L), speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2017.Trump on Friday asked US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to withdraw the embattled Republican health care bill, moments before a vote, signaling a major political defeat for the US president. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump faced the...
Relatives and friends dig the graves of two civilians killed during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, March 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Troops pause Mosul push over casualties
Relatives and friends dig the graves of two civilians killed during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, March 25, 2017. -APMOSUL: Iraqi government forces paused in their push to recapture western Mosul from Islamic State militants on Saturday because of the high rate of civilian casualties, a security forces spokesman said. The halt was called as the United Nations...
TOPSHOT - (Front row, LtoR) Taoiseach of Ireland Enda Kenny, Hungary's prime Minister Viktor Orban, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, European Parliament President Antonio Tajani, Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Malta's Prime minister Joseph Muscat, France's President Francois Hollande, President of Romania Klaus Werner Iohannis, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, and (second row, LtoR) Estonia's prime Minister Juri Ratas, Federal Chancellor of Austria Christian Kern, Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa, Greec's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipila, Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, Czech Republic's Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Slovenia's Prime Minister Miro Cerar, Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel, Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, Latvia's Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis, Croatia's prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Rome's Mayor Virginia Raggi pose for a family photo during a special summit of EU leaders to mark the 60th anniversary of the bloc's founding Treaty of Rome, on March 25, 2017 at Rome's Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill). Against a backdrop of crises and in the absence of the departing Britain, the leaders signed a new Rome declaration, six decades after the six founding members signed the Treaty of Rome and gave birth to the European Economic Community. / AFP / Andreas SOLARO
EU leaders renew fraying Union's vows
ROME: Europeans must contain their squabbling and carping about the EU if the Union is to survive, leaders warned yesterday as they marked the 60th anniversary of its founding in Rome by signing a formal declaration of unity. Four days before Prime Minister Theresa May, absent from the ceremony in the Italian capital, delivers an unprecedented blow to the bloc's growth by filing Britain's formal exit papers, her fellow leaders hailed 60 years of...
Bernard J. Dunn, Boeing's President for MENAT, speaks during the interview. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
777-300ERs a game-changer for KAC
Bernard J. Dunn, Boeing's President for MENAT, speaks during the interview. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait has embarked on a new direction by realigning its vision on growth and development, especially in the aviation sector, which will pay dividends for the country, said a top Boeing official on the sidelines of a defense conference. In an exclusive interview with Kuwait Times, Bernard J Dunn, President of Boeing, Middle East, Africa...
A pro-democracy protester displays a placard during a demonstration in Hong Kong to demand genuine universal suffrage, Saturday, March 25, 2017. Hong Kong is poised to choose a new leader on Sunday when members of a committee dominated by elites favored by Beijing cast their ballots in the first such vote since 2014's huge pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Activists march ahead of Hong Kong leader's vote
A pro-democracy protester displays a placard during a demonstration in Hong Kong to demand genuine universal suffrage, Saturday, March 25, 2017. Hong Kong is poised to choose a new leader on Sunday when members of a committee dominated by elites favored by Beijing cast their ballots in the first such vote since 2014's huge pro-democracy protests. - AP HONG KONG: Pro-democracy activists and hundreds of supporters marched in Hong Kong yesterday...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., react at a joke from Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., center, as he jokes while speaking at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017. Republican leaders have abruptly pulled their troubled health care overhaul bill off the House floor, short of votes and eager to avoid a humiliating defeat for President Donald Trump and GOP leaders.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
A House divided: Republican rift threatens Trump agenda
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., react at a joke from Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., center, as he jokes while speaking at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017. Republican leaders have abruptly pulled their troubled health care overhaul bill off the House floor, short of votes and eager to avoid a humiliating defeat for President Donald Trump and GOP...
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