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Top Paris label sacks agency over 'sadistic' abuse of models
This file photo shows models presenting creations for Balenciaga during the 2016 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show in Paris. — AFPFashion brand Balenciaga said yesterday it had sacked its casting agency amid a furore over the "sadistic" mistreatment of models at Paris fashion week. The label, the hottest on the Paris catwalk, said it had sent a written apology to the 150 women who were forced to wait in a cramped stairwell...
This undated image shows protagonist Jesuit Sebastiao Rodrigues, left, played by Andrew Garfield, and Japanese villager Kichijiro played by Yosuke Kubozuka in a scene from Martin Scorsese’s latest film Silence. — AP photos
Japan actor in Scorsese's 'Silence' drawn to recurring theme
This undated image shows protagonist Jesuit Sebastiao Rodrigues, left, played by Andrew Garfield, and Japanese villager Kichijiro played by Yosuke Kubozuka in a scene from Martin Scorsese’s latest film Silence. — AP photosViolence pulsates in Shinya Tsukamoto's early films, driving stories into nightmarish fantasies like in the award-winning 1989 "Tetsuo," which ridicules middle-class conformity with a man-becomes-machine metamorphosis. His...
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MPs insist on scrapping power, fuel price hikes
Assembly to study nationality law amendmentsKUWAIT: Opposition MPs said yesterday they will press ahead in passing legislation to scrap recent increases in fuel prices and the planned rise in electricity and water charges despite the government's rejection. MP Riyadh Al-Adasani said the next phase is very critical and there is an urgent need to pass a law to scrap all the increases, especially the hike in petrol prices and the law increasing...
KUWAIT: (From left) Director of the General Department for Nationality and Passports Brig Yousef Al-Snayin, Undersecretary for Passport Affairs Maj Gen Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah, Director of the General Department of Information Systems Maj Gen Ali Al-Muaili and Director of the Security Media and Public Relations Department Brig Adel Al-Hashash are seen during a press conference yesterday. — Photo by Joseph Shagra
MoI starts issuing new e-passports
KUWAIT: (From left) Director of the General Department for Nationality and Passports Brig Yousef Al-Snayin, Undersecretary for Passport Affairs Maj Gen Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah, Director of the General Department of Information Systems Maj Gen Ali Al-Muaili and Director of the Security Media and Public Relations Department Brig Adel Al-Hashash are seen during a press conference yesterday. — Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Coinciding with the...
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Terminating expat teachers serves greater good: official
Proposal at parliament to discuss traffic jamsKUWAIT: The Ministry of Education's Undersecretary Dr Haitham Al-Athari stressed that terminating expatriate teachers from public schools was being done for the greater good and only includes teachers of certain subjects who can be substituted with Kuwaitis already available and awaiting recruitment. Athari added that expatriate teachers who are the children of Kuwaiti mothers and husbands of Kuwaiti...
Kuwait Municipality’s Director Ahmed Al-Manfouhi
Electronic system speeds up issuing construction licenses
Kuwait Municipality’s Director Ahmed Al-ManfouhiKUWAIT: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Mohammed Al-Jabri said yesterday that the electronic system of issuing construction licenses will end the bureaucracy and problems faced while issuing licenses. Speaking to reporters after launching the new service at Mubarak Al-Kabeer municipality branch, Jabri said issuing a construction license used to...
LONDON: Ambassador Nasser Al-Sabeeh attends the meeting of the Coalition’s Communications Working Group to Counter IS in London. — KUNA
Kuwait stresses importance of undermining IS cyberspace use
LONDON: Ambassador Nasser Al-Sabeeh attends the meeting of the Coalition’s Communications Working Group to Counter IS in London. — KUNALONDON: Kuwait's Assistant Foreign Minister for Development and International Cooperation affairs Ambassador Nasser Al-Sabeeh stressed yesterday the importance of increasing pressure on the so-called Islamic State (IS) and undermining its use of cyberspace.Sabeeh made his remarks on the sidelines of his...
Kuwait Airways celebrates National, Liberation days with TV commercial
Kuwait Airways celebrates National, Liberation days with TV commercial
'Samana Kuwaitiya' celebrates nation's individual, collective spirit Kuwait Airways celebrates National, Liberation days with TV commercialKUWAIT: To mark the occasion of both Kuwait's National Day and Liberation Day, falling on 25th and 26th February respectively, Kuwait Airways, the official national carrier of the State of Kuwait, has paid tribute to the nation with a two-minute long TV commercial (TVC) highlighting the source of national...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Bahraini Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, in the presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.— KUNA
Amir meets Bahraini Crown Prince
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Bahraini Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, in the presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.— KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday, in the presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad...
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Saudi man shoots his Kuwaiti wife dead in Taima
KUWAIT: A Saudi national shot his Kuwaiti wife dead at their Taima house yesterday. The woman arrived to Jahra Hospital with fatal gunshot wounds on the head and chest areas. She was already dead when she arrived to the hospital. Police were able to put the man under control, as he was taken in custody and sent to public prosecution for investigations to reveal his motives.Blood samplesResidency detectives arrested an Asian male nurse for...
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Not the cabinet and Prime Minister
Labeed Abdal Many columnists have harshly criticized the government and His Highness the Prime Minister as of late. Members of Britain's parliament, the world's oldest, recently criticized the Prime Minister for visiting the new US president, and inviting him to visit Britain. Most of those members criticized Donald Trump's policy towards immigrants and Muslims in general. Such criticism is staged and both the British and Kuwaiti people know...