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Kuwait Team seen in action at the GCC wheelchair basketball championship.—KUNA
Kuwait wins GCC wheelchair basketball championship
Kuwait Team seen in action at the GCC wheelchair basketball championship.—KUNAABU DHABI: The Kuwaiti team on Saturday won the 8th GCC Wheelchair Basketball Championship in a row after beating Saudi Arabia 62-56 in the final. The winners are likely to be honored later in Abu Dhabi following the match between UAE and Bahrain for the third and fourth places. Saudi Arabia dominated today’s game at the beginning, but the Kuwaiti players managed...
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Discount rate hike to boost competitiveness of dinar
Abdul-Majid Al-ShattiKUWAIT: The recent decision by the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) to raise the interest rate on the Kuwaiti dinar by a quarter percentage point to 2.50 percent from 2.25 percent, was much expected and will enhance the currency's competitiveness, and lure as a saving pot, bankers have agreed.In separate interviews with KUNA, they ruled out any negative impact on the national economy following the rise of the discount rate on...
VIRGINIA: In this photo, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Forensic Chemist Emily Dye, prepares a control reference sample of fentanyl at the DEA’s Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Virginia. —AP Photos
Epidemic: DEA chemists race to identify synthetic opioids
VIRGINIA: In this photo, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Forensic Chemist Emily Dye, prepares a control reference sample of fentanyl at the DEA’s Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Virginia. —AP PhotosWASHINGTON: Emily Dye walked down the echoing white hallway and into a dim room known as "the vault." The evidence was wrapped in plastic. She checked it out and placed it into a steel lockbox. New drugs were appearing...
A Sri Lankan family takes photographs standing near an enormous artificial Christmas tree as others gather around it in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday. — AP
Sri Lanka claims world’s tallest artificial Christmas tree
A Sri Lankan family takes photographs standing near an enormous artificial Christmas tree as others gather around it in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday. — APSri Lanka unveiled a towering Christmas tree on Saturday, claiming to have surpassed the world record for an artificial Christmas tree despite constructions delays and a shorter-than-planned finished product. The 73-meter (238-foot) tree, built in capital Colombo, is 18 meters taller than the...
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KUWAIT: Female security personnel participate in a training course. — KUNA
National Assembly's female security force, victory for women empowerment
Reaping the fruits of years of determination National Assembly's female guards on duty.KUWAIT: The inclusion of female security personnel in the National Assembly's Guard is considered as another victory for women empowerment in Kuwait. After reaching several key positions within the public and private domains, the ambition to be included in the state's security and armed forces took years to achieve. With their determination and willingness to...
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One million expats out!
Muna Al Fuzai Kuwait has an imbalance between the citizen and the expatriate populations. This is nothing new, as nearly all Gulf countries are also facing the same problem. Recently, Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Faisal Al-Hamoud Al- Sabah made a press statement stating that the greatest danger facing the country is marginal and illegal workers, adding that they constitute a burden on the society and its safety. He called for the deportation of...
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Cutting expats numbers by one million ‘inapplicable’
KUWAIT: A proposal made by MP Khalil Abul to reduce the number of expatriates in Kuwait and make it even with Kuwaitis’ numbers is basically inapplicable, government sources said, adding that governmental studies to address the demographic imbalance problem never discussed the possibility of a solution in that format. “Reducing the number of expats to be equal to the number of Kuwaitis cannot be made,” said the sources who spoke to Al-Rai...
Kuwaiti priest Emmanuel Gharib — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwaiti Christians celebrate Christmas
Kuwaiti priest Emmanuel Gharib — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwaiti priest Emmanuel Gharib, head of the National Evangelical Church, leads Christmas Mass at the church in Kuwait City yesterday.There are approximately 200 Christian Kuwaitis in the state, in addition to a large expatriate Christian community, mostly from southeast Asia.
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Kuwait to float Zour North One in mid-2017
DUBAI: Kuwait plans to sell shares in the Al-Zour North Independent Water and Power Project to the public in mid- 2017, state news agency KUNA reported yesterday.The Al- Zour North One plant has a capacity of at least 1,500 MW and is structured as a public-private partnership (PPP). The project is 40 percent owned by three partners - France’s Engie, Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation and Kuwaiti firm AH Al Sagar & Brothers. Kuwait’s sovereign...
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Kuwait condemns burning of two Turkish soldiers
KUWAIT: Kuwait strongly condemns the heinous terrorist crime of burning two Turkish soldiers by the so-called Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, a senior source at the Foreign Ministry stated Friday.This brutal crime reaffirms that barbarism of this terrorist group whose actions run counter to the teachings and tolerant values of Islam which calls for protection of every human soul, the source said. He emphasized Kuwait’s solidarity with...
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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait army alert, govt prepared
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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates
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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP
No end in sight for UK riots
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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP
Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh
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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP
Hamas names Sinwar new chief