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Gulf Bank Wealth Management clients enjoy exclusive offers throughout 2019
As part of Gulf Bank's private banking and priority banking experienceKUWAIT: As part of its continuous efforts to introduce exclusive service offerings, Gulf Bank recapped a number of exciting events and services that were enjoyed by Wealth Management clients in 2019. As part of the Wealth Management experience, Gulf Bank's Private and Priority Banking clients benefited from a number of events and activities designed to suit their distinguished...
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As going gets tough, Indians get going ... to the movies
As a prolonged economic slowdown forces Indians to curb spending on everything from underwear to automobiles, business in Bollywood has never been better - offering audiences an escape from the increasingly grim daily grind. And the cash registers are likely to keep ringing, with high-profile films such as superstar Salman Khan's "Dabangg 3" (Fearless 3) scheduled for release this week as a blockbuster season comes to a close. Ankita Maneck will...
A picture taken on Tuesday shows a detail of the restored original of ‘Adoration of the Mystic Lamb’ altarpiece (1432) by brothers and Flemish artists Hubert van Eyck and Jan van Eyck at the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent in Ghent. — AFP
Ghent's refreshed 'Mystic Lamb' artwork inspires new adoration
The grass is greener, the sky is cleaner and dozens of tiny details have been exposed to delight art historians and inspire the devotion of the faithful. The central tableau of the 15th century Ghent Altarpiece - a panel known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb - has emerged refreshed from a three-year refurbishment. It has been an object of veneration for the Catholic faithful of Flanders since 1432, and is a landmark of world art history...
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The Christian December dish nothing to do with Christmas
Stirring a giant vat in a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian Christian Maryam Salem prepares a special festive dish - not for Christmas, but the St Barbara's Day festival. It is celebrated every Dec 17 in Aboud, which residents believe is the last resting place of Saint Barbara, a third century woman killed for refusing to renounce her Christian faith. The special dessert, named after Barbara and given to hundreds of people,...
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Kuwait to play for 19 and 20 places
KUWAIT: Kuwait National Water Polo team lost its classification match for places 17 to 20 of FINA World Men's Junior Water Polo Championship, Kuwait 2019 against Uzbekistan 9-23 yesterday. Kuwait's goals were scored by Mubarak Dashti (5), Abdallah Jassim (2), Mohammad Ashkanani and Saud Al-Otaibi. Also in the same stage Brazil beat Iran 11-8, then for places 13 to 16 Russia defeated China 19-7, and South Africa defeated Egypt 8-7 for places from...
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Kuwait partakes in technical committee meeting for Asian School Sports
KUWAIT: President of International School Sport Federation Laurent Petrynka valued Kuwait's high ranking representations at the 10th General Assembly and the 8th Executive Technical Committee meeting of the Federation being held in Pattaya City, Thailand. Kuwait is represented by Deputy Chairman of Kuwait School Sports Federation Waleed Ayesh, and Secretary General Dr Ahmad Abdelhameed. Petrynka lauded Kuwait's roles among the presence of a large...
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah pose for a group photo with HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his new Cabinet ministers after they were sworn in at Bayan Palace yesterday. - KUNA n
Amir urges ministers to unite against destabilizing forces
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah pose for a group photo with HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his new Cabinet ministers after they were sworn in at Bayan Palace yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: After four weeks of consultations, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah yesterday announced his 14-member almost...
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Profiles of Kuwait's new Cabinet ministers
KUWAIT: Decreed by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the new Kuwaiti cabinet makeup consists of a total of 14 ministers, including seven new ones. The government is led by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The following are profiles the Kuwaiti Cabinet's new members: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah: Born in Kuwait in 1953, Sheikh Sabah...
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Sheikha Al-Zain declined offer as premier eyed four female ministers in new Cabinet
Next week meeting sets jurisdiction over govt authorities Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah, the former undersecretary of the Ministry of Youth Affairs, was summoned to Seif Palace Monday where she met His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, said high-ranking ministerial sources, noting that the Prime Minister offered her a portfolio in the new Cabinet. But in view of her hesitation,...
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Municipality handles heavy rain's aftermath
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality emergency teams showed a great deal of readiness and capability to immediately handle flooding resulting from Monday's heavy rains, said the municipality's public relations department, noting that the emergency teams responded to all distress calls received on its hotline 139. The municipality added that its teams hoovered 111 truckloads of water, removed 85 truckloads of fallen trees and branches, dealt with 15...
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Govt eyes 10,000 citizens in private sector
Mariam Al-Aqeel KUWAIT: Finance Minister and Acting State Minister for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel said the number of citizens targeted for appointment in the private sector during the next two years in 10,000, adding that a decision in this regard will be issued at the start of the new year. Aqeel, answering a parliamentary question by MP Mohammad Al-Dallal, said the manpower authority's vision towards increasing the percentage of citizens...
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Salmiya’s seafront
KUWAIT: A colorful view of Salmiya’s seafront at night. — Photo by Abdullah Ahmadi (KUNA)
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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MAINPURI: A portrait of former police constable-turned-Hindu preacher Bhole Baba is displayed on the terrace of his ashram at Bichhawan village in Mainpuri district, in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on July 4, 2024. – AFP
Indian preacher not hiding after stampede: Lawyer
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TAICHUNG: Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te ( C ) listens to a military official during an inspection of new conscripts at a military base in Taichung. – AFP
Taiwan says China coast guard harass fishing boat