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Music Review: Ryan Adams delivers fresh songs and heartaches
Ryan AdamsFrom the days when he exploded out of North Carolina with the alt-country band Whiskey town  to his steady growth into one of America's great songwriters, Ryan Adams has always floated just below superstar status. If it's possible to be underrated through years of sustained excellence, he has pulled it off. But the excellence continues on "Prisoner," a fine collection of fresh songs and new takes on heartache that demonstrates as much...
A displaced Iraqi woman who fled the violence in the northern city of Mosul has her hair cut by Chenoor, a hairdresser from Arbil who offers beauty treatments to women living in camps for displaced people. — AFP photos
Free hairdos to boost confidence of displaced Iraqi women
A displaced Iraqi woman who fled the violence in the northern city of Mosul has her hair cut by Chenoor, a hairdresser from Arbil who offers beauty treatments to women living in camps for displaced people. — AFP photosTwice a month, beautician Chnoor Khezri takes her equipment to a camp near Mosul and gives displaced Iraqi women who have lost everything a proper pampering and some fresh confidence. In a small room inside the camp, the young...
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Ghazali Road closure creates massive traffic snarl
MPW announces measures to tackle Ghazali traffic snarl
MoI issues guidelines on avoiding gridlock   Ghazali Road closure creates massive traffic snarlKUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works announced yesterday 'instant measures' to tackle the traffic congestion resulting from the closure of the key Al-Ghazali Road and Bridge. The extraordinary measures will be effective from today, the ministry said in a statement, indicating they are a result of intensive meetings that involved officials from the...
KUWAIT: Suspected visa violators are detained in this file photo as Ministry of Interior intensifies crackdown on illegals. — MOI
Govt mulling cancellation of kafala system
KUWAIT: Even as a number of lawmakers called for the formation of a special temporary committee to study the demographic imbalance in the country, a government committee entrusted with studying the cancellation of the kafala (sponsorship) system is forging ahead to find a solution that will protect the rights of both employers and employees, achieve public interest and preserve Kuwait's human rights image.Notably, many MPs believe that the...
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OPEC delivering on agreed output cuts
KUWAIT: The OPEC oil cartel has implemented more than 90 percent of its agreed output cuts aimed at curbing a glut on world markets, Kuwait's oil minister said yesterday. OPEC and non-OPEC producers including Russia agreed late last year to reduce output by about 1.8 million barrels per day in a landmark deal that followed a sharp drop in oil prices. "OPEC compliance with the output cuts is excellent ... Compliance has reached 92 percent," said...
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Patients' rights protection charter approved
KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi approved the patients' rights protection charter, which includes 12 articles. The new charter states that all medical facility staff will be committed to observing patients' rights based on the fact that a patient is a full-fledged trustworthy person fully responsible for his/her physical safety, has the right to receive medical care and to be treated respectfully by all healthcare providers.The charter...
Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al- Jarallah speaks on the sidelines of the ceremony and Director General of the International Organization of Migration William Lacy Swing speaks during a ceremony held Sunday to launch a documentary about Kuwait’s humanitarian role. —KUNA
Situation on borders with Iraq normal: Deputy FM
IOM launches documentary in appreciation of Kuwait Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al- Jarallah speaks on the sidelines of the ceremony and Director General of the International Organization of Migration William Lacy Swing speaks during a ceremony held Sunday to launch a documentary about Kuwait’s humanitarian role. —KUNAKUWAIT: There is nothing abnormal on the Kuwaiti-Iraqi borders, Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah stated Sunday. ...
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96,000 planes use airport per year
KUWAIT: Director of the Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) Yousif Al-Fauzan said the total number of planes annually availing aviation services at Kuwait International Airport is 96,000, in addition to other planes flying through Kuwait airspace. Speaking on opening the 16th forum of the Middle East air aviation regional planning and implementation group, Fauzan stressed that ensuring air aviation safety, efficiency and the comfort of...
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MPs demand panel to study population
Call to naturalize 34,000 bedoonsKUWAIT: Eleven lawmakers yesterday called for forming a temporary parliamentary panel to study the issue of population imbalance and rampant visa trading. The lawmakers said the number of expatriates in Kuwait has increased to abnormal levels because of the government failure to provide employment to Kuwaitis to replace foreigners and due to failure to confront visa trading. This has led to serious implications on...
KUWAIT: Pictures taken from illegal liquor breweries busted in Qusoor and Salmiya yesterday
Domestic help department to investigate absconding claims
KUWAIT: The Relations and Security Information General Department at the Interior Ministry said the ministry is keen on implementing all international treaties related to human rights and preserving human dignity and rights of domestic helpers. The department said the domestic help department of the Residency Affairs General Department stopped accepting claims of absconding domestic helpers submitted by sponsors through service centers until...
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Major security breach at border
KUWAIT: The Abdaly border outlet is facing a shortage of employees, and investigations confirmed that negligence and dereliction are the reasons behind not having employees there. Al-Rai local daily said three uniformed men were jailed for 25 days, while a passport officer received a month's salary deduction for being negligent and allowing 30 Bahraini officers to enter Abdaly without having their passports stamped, because they were not at work....
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DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government, administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) on August 8, 2024. - AFP
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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos
Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation
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KUWAIT: Workers take shelter from the sun under a tree in Kuwait City amidst a heatwave. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
‘Inadequate’ heat protection for Gulf migrant workers