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Cheap gasoline, cheaper cars: An addictive mix

Shakir Reshamwala Petrol prices are going up by up to 80 percent next month, and even though they still are among the cheapest in the world, some habits may get upended. Of course, this does not mean the end of gas-guzzling SUVs or aimless cruising on the streets, but some changes may be afoot. It is no coincidence that a major transport company has launched a carpooling service in Kuwait, a first in the state. Uber it is not, but a positive...

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Kuwait dissolves Olympic, football bodies

KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday dissolved the country’s Olympic committee and football association, citing financial irregularities.Hamoud Fulaiteh, Deputy Director General of the Kuwaiti Public Authority for Youth and Sport, said the decision was made in a meeting yesterday and two interim administrations had been appointed, state news agency KUNA reported. Fulaiteh said the two new commissions would be empowered to deal with all the alleged illegal...

Kubbar Island a haven for wildlife and a popular spot for sea enthusiast. — KUNA photos

Kubbar Island - a haven for wildlife

Kubbar Island a haven for wildlife and a popular spot for sea enthusiast. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: Kubbar Island is one of the well-known locations in Kuwait known for being a safe haven for wildlife and a popular spot for sea enthusiast. Located in the southern region of Kuwait, Kubbar Island is situated near the marine route for oil and commercial tankers passing in the Gulf waters. The Island has a communication tower erected there and also a...

KUWAIT: The board of the Danah Al Safat food stuff company including the chairman Fahad Abdulrahman Al-Mukhaizim, third from left, held the company’s annual general assembly meeting yesterday in the company headquarters. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Danah Al-Safat Foodstuff Co grows on new strategy, restructuring - Al-Mukhaizim outlines future plans, company elects new board

KUWAIT: The board of the Danah Al Safat food stuff company including the chairman Fahad Abdulrahman Al-Mukhaizim, third from left, held the company’s annual general assembly meeting yesterday in the company headquarters. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Danah Al-Safat Foodstuff Company convened its annual general assembly meeting yesterday and elected its new board of directors. Chairman of the Board Fahed Abdulrahman Al-Mukhaizim presided...

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At the end of August

So here we are. We've finally reached summer's finish line. By next week, we can all breathe a sigh of relief as we look to our calendars and turn the page to September. The kids are prepped and ready for school and soon (hopefully) the weather will start cooling off enough that people can comfortably enjoy mornings or evenings at the park or at an outdoor café. Change isn't always as quick or as easy as we want and along with the great things...

Sometimes the artist imagines a scene on existing objects, gets hold of a photo of them and shows what she imagined by doodling on them. Zouz said that doodling helps her creative thinking and innovative skills. More doodles can be found in her Instagram account @zouzthebird.

Interview with Zahra Al-Mahdi (Zouz the Bird)

Zahra Al-MahdiKnown mostly for her anatomical drawings - think da Vinci or Egon Schiele - and by her nickname Zouz the Bird, Zahra Al-Mahdi is a self-taught Kuwaiti artist and among a growing body of local artists changing the face of art and culture in Kuwait. “There’s no definition for myself - sometimes I feel that I’m seven years old, sometimes seventy. Goals should not be associated with age. My view of myself is always...

Be merciful, don’t maltreat animals

Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said in a hadith: ‘Be merciful to those on the earth and the One in the heavens will have mercy upon you.’ In the Bible, Matthew 5:7 says “Blessed are the merciful for they shall receive mercy.” Every Heavenly book speaks about mercy and compassion - teaching us to be kind to one another - and to respect every soul. The holy books demand us to help at all times and whenever we can.I am not here to preach about...

AMATRICE, ITALY: Partial view of the damaged central Italian village of Amatrice, taken yesterday, a day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 247 people. — AFP

Italy quake death toll nears 250 as rescuers search demolished towns - Many buried under rubble in their sleep

AMATRICE, ITALY: Partial view of the damaged central Italian village of Amatrice, taken yesterday, a day after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region killing some 247 people. — AFPAMATRICE, ITALY: The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy reached at least 241 people yesterday and could rise further after rescue teams worked through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble of flattened towns.The 6.2...

ALEPPO: A Syrian man carries a dead baby in the rubble of buildings following a barrel bomb attack on the Bab al-Nairab neighborhood yesterday.-AFP

Barrel bomb attack kills 11 children in Aleppo

ALEPPO: A Syrian man carries a dead baby in the rubble of buildings following a barrel bomb attack on the Bab al-Nairab neighborhood yesterday.-AFPBEIRUT: Eleven children were killed on yesterday in a barrel bomb attack carried out by government forces on a rebel-held neighborhood of Syria's Aleppo city, a monitor said. "Fifteen civilians, among them 11 children, were killed in a barrel bomb attack on the Bab al-Nayrab neighborhood" in southern...

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Burkini ban demo held in London "Ban is racist"

LONDON: A woman wearing a "Burkini" joins a protest outside the French Embassy in London yesterday.-AFPLONDON: Brandishing beach balls, towels and inflatables, around 50 people protested against the burkini ban in France yesterday by creating a fake beach outside the country's embassy in London. After demonstrators spread sand on the pavement outside the embassy, a woman in a burkini and a child sat playing in it. Others wore bikinis as...

KUWAIT: Traders chat at the Kuwait Stock Exchange in Kuwait City. — KUNA

Kuwait bourse gripped by ‘icy’ trades and liquidity shortage - Market currently witnessing slow motivation

KUWAIT: Traders chat at the Kuwait Stock Exchange in Kuwait City. — KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait bourse, throughout the week, was marked with bearish indices and lackluster activity caused by several factors such as liquidity shortage, focus on stagnant chips and recurring bouts of rumors. This atmosphere, prevailing at the market since start of this month, is also attributed to absence of market makers.Salah Al-Sultan, advisor at Arzaq Capital Holding,...

BASRA: A general view shows pipelines in the newly opened section of the oil refinery of Zubair, southwest of Basra in southern Iraq.

Kuwait’s crude oil exports to China hit 4-month high

TOKYO: Kuwait’s crude oil exports to China in July hit a fourmonth high of 1.60 million tons, an equivalent to 378,000 barrels per day (bpd), up 27.5 percent from a year earlier, official data showed. The figure was the highest since March, when Kuwait’s crude shipments to the world’s second-biggest energy consumer reached 1.73 million tons (409,000 bpd), according to the General Administration of Customs. China’s overall imports of crude...

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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos

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DHAKA: Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. -- AFP

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Late Information Minister Bader Al-Ya'agoub checking the damage.-KUNA

Invasion could not confiscate KUNA’s will, national role