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MINNEAPOLIS: Branislav Ivanovic #2 of Chelsea and Giacomo Bonaventura #5 of AC Milan go after the ball during the second half of the International Champions Cup match on August 3, 2016 at US Bank Stadium. — AFP
Chelsea thump AC Milan 3-1
MINNEAPOLIS: Branislav Ivanovic #2 of Chelsea and Giacomo Bonaventura #5 of AC Milan go after the ball during the second half of the International Champions Cup match on August 3, 2016 at US Bank Stadium. — AFPLOS ANGELES: Oscar scored a second-half double as Chelsea cruised past AC Milan 3-1 in their final International Champions Cup game on their pre-season tour to the United States. The Brazilian scored in the 70th and 87th minutes on...
BELO HORIZONTE: Julie Johnston of the USA vies for the ball with Ria Percival of New Zealand during a Rio 2016 Olympic Games first round Group G women’s football match United States vs New Zealand at the Mineirao stadium. —AFP
Empty feeling as Brazil, USA women off to winning start
BELO HORIZONTE: Julie Johnston of the USA vies for the ball with Ria Percival of New Zealand during a Rio 2016 Olympic Games first round Group G women’s football match United States vs New Zealand at the Mineirao stadium. —AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: Hosts Brazil and world champions the United States made winning starts in the Olympics women’s football tournament on Wednesday although the competition met with a lukewarm response from fans. Brazil...
KUWAIT: Interior Ministry officials hold a press conference to explain the new domestic helper law yesterday. — MoI
Call to pay citizens after fuel hike - MoI explains bylaws of ‘housekeeper’ law
KUWAIT: Interior Ministry officials hold a press conference to explain the new domestic helper law yesterday. — MoIKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday said that a meeting is expected to take place next week between MPs and the government to study the Cabinet decision to hike petrol prices and find ways so that the raise does not harm citizens. Ghanem’s statement came a day after he held an informal meeting with...
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Kuwaiti fencer goes it alone, defying odds
SAO PAULO: Without a national delegation, an Olympic scholarship or even an international ranking, Kuwait's first fencer at the Games in 16 years knows the odds are stacked against him. But Abdulaziz Alshatti has beat long odds before, including the stunning first place finish at a qualifying event this year that punched his ticket to Rio de Janeiro. The Kuwaiti rattled off a string of upsets in that April tournament, starting with a second-round...
DUBAI: A Boeing 777 of the UAE airliner Emirates is seen after it caught fire following a crash-landing at Dubai airport yesterday. (Inset) Emirates CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum gives a press conference near the airport yesterday. — AFP
Emirates plane catches fire after Dubai crash-landing - All passengers, crew safe after fleeing jet; One firefighter killed
DUBAI: A Boeing 777 of the UAE airliner Emirates is seen after it caught fire following a crash-landing at Dubai airport yesterday. (Inset) Emirates CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum gives a press conference near the airport yesterday. — AFPDUBAI: An Emirates flight from India with 300 people on board crash landed at Dubai’s main airport yesterday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and halting all flights at the Middle East’s...
Crackdown on illegals
Scores arrested in Aswaq Al-Qurain crackdown - Campaigns continue to ‘remove’ residency violators: Ministry
Crackdown on illegalsKUWAIT: A security campaign was carried out in Aswaq Al-Qurain in Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorate led by Acting Assistant Undersecretary for General Security Affairs Major General Ali Madhi with the participation of Director General of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Security Director Major General Farraj Al-Zubi and other leaders.The campaign resulted in the arrest of 89 violators. Policemen closed the surroundings of Aswaq Al-Qurain area...
KUWAIT: This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows suspects arrested for stealing dump truck beds.
Five people arrested for stealing dump truck beds
KUWAIT: This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows suspects arrested for stealing dump truck beds.KUWAIT: Ahmadi detectives arrested a gang of five Egyptians who stole dump truck beds. Ahmadi detectives received several complaints from dump trucks owners, so the area where they are parked was put under surveillance. It was noticed that four persons were inspecting the place, and when they made sure no one was there, they...
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Policemen need permission to travel to six countries
Lt Gen Suleiman Al-FahdKUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Suleiman Al-Fahd has banned travel to six countries for policemen until after obtaining prior written permission from the assistant undersecretary of the concerned sector.The circular said members of the police force must provide their departments with all required information about their whereabouts during their leaves, be it in Kuwait or abroad, to be able to recall them...
KUWAIT: Buildings of the expatriate labor housing complex in Shadadiya. — Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Finance Ministry receives Shadadiya expat labor complex - KD 28 million, 100,000 square meters project
KUWAIT: Buildings of the expatriate labor housing complex in Shadadiya. — Photos by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works announced yesterday handing over the expatriate labor housing complex in Shadadiya to the Ministry of Finance. This is the second project of the type, Assistant Undersecretary for Construction Projects Sector at the Public Works Ministry Engineer Ghalib Shalash said in a press release.The first complex was...
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MEW technical works threaten strike over unpaid salaries
KUWAIT: Technical workers at power stations and Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) facilities threatened to strike unless their companies pay their back salaries for several months. A large number of these workers staged a sit-in in front of the MEW undersecretary’s office Tuesday and demanded payment of their salaries, otherwise they would strike. The workers belong to several companies that are carrying out MEW projects through...
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Shrimp prices drop
KUWAIT: The price of a shrimp basket varied between KD 65 to KD 80 during the second day of shrimping season, after prices reached KD 90 on the first day.There were nearly 450 baskets for sale on the second day compared to 45 on the first day, while it is expected that quantities will increase and prices will drop in the coming days.The price of one kilo of shrimp is between KD 4 to KD 6 depending on its size, especially that shrimping is still...
The outgoing USnAmbassador to KuwaitnDouglas Silliman
US Ambassador ends tenure in Kuwait
The outgoing US Ambassador to Kuwait Douglas SillimanKUWAIT: US Ambassador to Kuwait Douglas Silliman ended his tenure in Kuwait yesterday. Ambassador Silliman took up the Kuwait post in August 2014.He will be moving to his new role as US Ambassador to Iraq, replacing current Ambassador Stuart Jones. In Kuwait, Ambassador Silliman will be replaced by longtime diplomat Lawrence R Silverman, Kuwait ambassador designate. Silverman, a career member...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story