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Society applauds govt energy efficiency efforts
KUWAIT: Kuwait Society of Engineers strongly commended the Cabinet's decision to cut the consumption of electricity and water by around 40 percent. The society explained that it had been making proposals to save energy by using smart technology since 2007 and made a successful suggestion to save energy by 60 percent at various mosques. The society's chairman Faisal Dowai Al-Ottol stressed that the Cabinet's response was very heartening and was...
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Pioneer Kuwaiti businessman Jamil Sultan passes away
Jamil Sultan bin Essa Al-QanaieKUWAIT: Kuwait lost one of its most prominent entrepreneurs; Jamil Sultan bin Essa Al-Qanaie, who passed away on Monday at the age of 67. A pioneer businessman known for his exceptional forward thinking and vision, Sultan is credited for several successful ventures in the Kuwaiti private sector, including the creation of the Sultan Center supermarket chain, and turning a small state-owned public warehousing company...
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KIB sponsors 33rd GCC Traffic Week
.KUWAIT: As part of the Bank's ongoing efforts to support various community awareness initiatives, Kuwait International Bank (KIB) has provided its sponsorship to the GCC Traffic Week, which is taking place between March 12th and March 18th. In its 33rd edition, this year's awareness week is being held under the theme 'Your Life is a Trust.'Organized annually in all GCC countries, the initiative seeks to spread awareness of safe driving amongst...
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Filipina drug dealer arrested
KUWAIT: Director General of the Drugs Control General Department Brig Bader Al-Ghadhouri sent a Filipina to the drugs prosecution for drug trafficking. A security source said information was received about the woman, so an undercover agent agreed to buy 10 grams of shabu from her.  She was arrested red-handed in Mahboula. Officers found 70 more grams of the drug in her house. The suspect said she is working for a central prison inmate.MuggingA...
RIYADH: Saudi women shop at a mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is racing to attract more investment and overhaul its economy as low oil prices expose it to urgent domestic challenges. —- AP
Saudis to boost 'decent, proper' jobs for women
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is aiming for a major boost in female employment in the conservative Islamic kingdom but women need not go to an office, the labor ministry said. "Telework" and work from home will generate up to 141,000 jobs by 2020, providing "decent and proper" employment particularly for women and the disabled, the ministry said in a statement dated Monday. The term "telework" applies to a variety of jobs done remotely outside of a...
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Dubai nabs man behind video of cat fed to dogs
.DUBAI: Police in Dubai have arrested a man who was behind a gruesome video showing a cat being fed alive to dogs as a punishment for eating birds, local press said yesterday. The video, which was widely shared on social media, showed a man offering the cat in an open cage to two Rottweilers, encouraging them to devour the terrified feline. "You eat pigeons and chickens?" a man is heard in the video saying to the cat, as it is being mauled by...
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Israeli patient burns nurse alive at clinic
JERUSALEM, March  14, 2017 (AFP) - An elderly man burnt a nurse  alive  at a clinic in central Israel on Tuesday after apparently being dissatisfied  by  the treatment he had received, police said. The suspect, in his late 70s, fled the scene in his car after the incident  in Holon, southeast of Tel Aviv, but was later arrested, police said. The nurse who died was a woman named Tova Kararo, 56.A senior police officer at the scene told news...
MOSUL: Displaced Iraqis from Mosul arrive at the Hamam Al-Alil camp on March 13, 2017, during the government forces ongoing offensive to retake the western parts of the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. — AFP
Iraq forces retake Mosul train station, once a major rail hub
 'Very important from a trade standpoint' MOSUL: Displaced Iraqis from Mosul arrive at the Hamam Al-Alil camp on March 13, 2017, during the government forces ongoing offensive to retake the western parts of the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. — AFPMOSUL: Iraqi forces said yesterday they recaptured Mosul train station, once one of the country's main rail hubs and the latest in a series of key sites retaken from jihadists. Baghdad's...
LONDON: A protester draped in a European Union flag takes part in a protest in support of an amendment to guarantee legal status of EU citizens, outside the Houses of Parliament. - AFP
Countdown to start of Brexit after bill passes parliament
EU leaders bracing for impending announcement LONDON: A protester draped in a European Union flag takes part in a protest in support of an amendment to guarantee legal status of EU citizens, outside the Houses of Parliament. - AFPLONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May is set to begin the countdown to Brexit after parliament gave her the green light-and Scotland wrong-footed her by launching a fresh bid for independence. Downing Street has played down...
ISTANBUL: People walk in central Istanbul’s Taksim Square, back dropped by a poster of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. — AP
Erdogan riles Dutch with jibes, threatens further retaliation
ISTANBUL: People walk in central Istanbul’s Taksim Square, back dropped by a poster of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. — APANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday prompted a fresh outcry in the Netherlands with a jibe about the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, warning of new retaliation in a spiraling diplomatic crisis. Keeping an uncompromising tone, Erdogan said a 'yes' vote in an April 16 referendum on expanding his...
DRESDEN, Germany: A woman wearing a headscarf walks past the entrance to the Fatih Camii Mosque, where traces of smoke can be seen after a bomb attack. — AFP
EU rules workplace headscarf ban legal
LUXEMBOURG: European companies can ban employees from wearing religious or political symbols including the Islamic headscarf, the EU's top court ruled yesterday in a landmark case. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said it does not constitute "direct discrimination" if a firm has an internal rule banning the wearing of "any political, philosophical or religious sign."The Luxembourg-based court was ruling on the case of a Muslim woman fired by...
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Germany proposes heavy fines on Facebook for hate speech
BERLIN: Germany's justice minister proposed a law yesterday that could see social networks such as Facebook slapped with heavy fines if they fail to wipe illegal hate speech from their sites. The minister, Heiko Maas, who has been highly critical of Facebook's efforts to clamp down on outlawed racist and xenophobic posts and comments, said the new measures could carry penalties against the offending company of up to 50 million euros ($53...
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Kuwait residents try to ward off the heat
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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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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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