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Interior Ministry calls for increased efficiency
KUWAIT: It is imperative for security personnel to hone their skills to ensure readiness and aptness in dealing with any emergencies, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said yesterday. In a speech to open Al-Ahmadi Governorate's Security Directorate building, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled underscored the importance of boosting defense capabilities to overcome security challenges in an efficient...
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Kuwaiti suspects nabbed; Bangladeshi arrested with 200 tramadol tablets
KUWAIT: An employee at Abdaly outlet left the country through Nuwaiseeb outlet with the help of a friend who claimed he returned an hour later. According to security source, the suspect returned through the airport after 23 days and was arrested by police. The citizen had wanted to go on vacation, so asked his friend to document his return after an hour later. The employee returned through the airport and lied to the immigration officers that he...
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Rent cheaters
Muna Al Fuzai Rent cheating is a new form of deception in Kuwait. Today’s story is not new to me, as I have heard about it many times before, except this seems to be the worst. When you fall victim to rent cheaters, you can end in jail, while they can take your money and sell your furniture too. Guess what? If you thought you can leave the country, you can’t, because your name will be on the travel ban list until you settle this matter. It...
Nejoud Al-Yagout
A Thinly Veiled Sideswipe
Nejoud Al-Yagout There are many of you out there who choose to wear the veil*, and I respect your choice. I honor your commitment . I know that many of you wear it with pride. You have found immense peace in your decision. But, there are also many of you out there who are forced to wear it, and I am speaking on behalf of you. I want you to know that I, like many others, feel your pain. Immensely. Your relatives may think it is merely a tiny...
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Cup reading for fun
Tasseography is the practice of reading tea leaves or coffee grounds for the purpose of fortune telling. Illegal in Kuwait, it is often practiced for 'fun' with a focus on personality traits and past events rather than the future. .Two lines on the top of my cup symbolize hands praying to God, according to Marwa, a coffee ground reader who does it "just for fun". In fact, most of what she told me about previous events was correct. She didn't say...
Ghalia Al-Tamimi, Dana Hussain, Nadiya Al-Awadhi and Aya Hussain
If I held the power to change my school...
Ghalia Al-Tamimi, Dana Hussain, Nadiya Al-Awadhi and Aya HussainMany private schools in Kuwait kicked off the academic year this week. Public schools will resume after the Eid Al-Adha holiday. Kids usually feel very energetic on the first day of school, when they reunite with their friends and talk exaggeratedly about what did during the summer holiday. The sparkle soon fades away by the end of the day, when they realize that they're back to...
NEW YORK: This file photo taken on September 28, 2015 shows US President Barack Obama (R) and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) posing for a photo ahead of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters. — AFP
G20 offers Putin last stab at Obama
NEW YORK: This file photo taken on September 28, 2015 shows US President Barack Obama (R) and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) posing for a photo ahead of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters. — AFPMOSCOW: The G20 summit starting in China on Sunday gives Russian President Vladimir Putin one more chance to try to strongarm US leader Barack Obama over Syria...
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Gold hits 2-month low
LONDON: Gold dropped to its lowest in more than two months yesterday as European shares rose and investors waited to see if US jobs data could put the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates. Spot gold was down 0.2 percent at $1,306.25 by 1202 GMT, having earlier touched its lowest since June 24 at $1,303.95. US gold futures fell $2 to $1,309.40. “Having heard the Fed last week saying that the US economy is doing well, an interest rate...
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Qatar prepares for World Cups
DOHA: Qatar football officials are concerned right now with qualification for the 2018 World Cup finals, but preparations continue apace for the Gulf state’s controversial hosting of the 2022 tournament. Despite continued human rights and trade unions concerns over labor, a Swiss corruption investigation into the awarding of the tournament to the tiny Gulf emirate, switching the tournament from its traditional June and July to November and...
INGOLSTADT: Refugees from Syria (four men in dark blue navy shirts) are trained by instructors of the German army Bundeswehr at the education center of the engineer forces of the German army Bundeswehr. — AFP
Unseen refugees dominate German regional elections - Migrants create impact on political, social landscape
INGOLSTADT: Refugees from Syria (four men in dark blue navy shirts) are trained by instructors of the German army Bundeswehr at the education center of the engineer forces of the German army Bundeswehr. — AFPWISMAR: There's barely a refugee to be seen on the streets of northeastern Germany, but in campaigning for Sunday's regional election they feature everywhere-particularly at rallies of the populist, anti-migrant AfD party. "If we want to...
ROME: A visitor passes by pictures of Mother Teresa, the Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary, during a photograph exhibition held in Rome yesterday. — AFP
Mother Teresa speeds to sainthood - Thousands expected at Sunday’s canonization
ROME: A visitor passes by pictures of Mother Teresa, the Albanian Roman Catholic nun and missionary, during a photograph exhibition held in Rome yesterday. — AFPVATICAN CITY; Affectionately called the "saint of the gutters" during her lifetime, Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be made an official saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, just 19 years after her death. A Nobel peace prize winner, Mother Teresa was one of the most influential...
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Delhi women’s minister sacked for ‘sex tape’
NEW DELHI: The Delhi women’s minister has been sacked after a ‘sex video’ showing him kissing two women was leaked to the media, in the latest scandal involving the Indian capital’s government. Women’s and children’s minister Sandeep Kumar was removed from his post by the Delhi chief minister late Wednesday shortly after the “objectionable” tape was sent to him and national television stations.“We never try to cover up...