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Mohamed Talaat, Vice President at EMC, Saudi Arabia (Left), Habib Mahakian, Vice President for Gulf and Pakistan.
EMC upbeat over cloud solutions
Mohamed Talaat, Vice President at EMC, Saudi Arabia (Left), Habib Mahakian, Vice President for Gulf and Pakistan.LAS VEGAS: During the EMC World Summit in Las Vegas, Kuwait Times spoke to Habib Mahakian, Vice President for Gulf and Pakistan.Kuwait Times: The drop in oil prices has affected everything in Kuwait. Has this impacted any EMC projects in Kuwait?Habib Mahakian: Most companies’ budgets are shrinking, but operational budgets are...
Chairman, president, and CEO of EMC Corporation Joe Tucci (left). Michael Dell, founder, chairman and CEO of Dell (Right), during EMC world Summit.
EMC launches wave of new tech - New products and services to modernize data centers
Chairman, president, and CEO of EMC Corporation Joe Tucci (left). Michael Dell, founder, chairman and CEO of Dell (Right), during EMC world Summit.LAS VIGAS: EMC Corporation has announced multiple new modern data center products and services fundamental to customers’ modern data center transformation initiatives. This transformation is leading to complex data center priorities: maintaining traditional business applications as efficiently and...
Professor Kefah Mokbel
New studies and data in the field of sentinel node biopsy and conservative mastectomy
Professor Kefah MokbelKUWAIT: Professor Kefah Mokbel lead oncoplastic surgeon at the London Breast Institute of the Princess Grace Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK, has presented three studies with new data at the fifth Kuwaiti Cancer Control Centre conference. The presentations focused on his research in the field of the sentinel node biopsy and conservative mastectomy combined with immediate reconstruction for the breast cancer.In the...
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Perry is proud that some people ‘hated’ her Met Gala look
Katy Perry and her stylist are proud that some people “hated” her Met Gala look. The ‘Firework’ hitmaker turned heads at the fashion extravaganza earlier this week with her charm-laden velvet Prada gown and while some watchers slammed the ensemble - which saw the 31-year-old singer bleach out her eyebrows and pile her hair high - stylist Leslie Fremar thinks it is good not everyone “understood” her outfit because it proved it was...
This photo shows singer Tizzy, from Antigua and Barbuda, performing during the Latin American and Caribbean music festival in Beijing. — AP photos
China and Caribbean cosy up to the sound of music
This photo shows singer Tizzy, from Antigua and Barbuda, performing during the Latin American and Caribbean music festival in Beijing. — AP photosGyrating in the night, Trinidadian soca singer Lil Bitts's derriere, hugged by a pair of hot pants, is center stage in efforts to bring together China and the Caribbean as Beijing seeks a more prominent presence in Washington's back yard. "I want to teach people how to jump and wave and wind and...
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AMMAN: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah on Friday. - KUNA
Kuwait-Palestinian ties hailed
AMMAN: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah on Friday. - KUNARAMALLAH: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said his visit to Palestine attests to Kuwait's continuous support of the Palestinian cause, no matter what circumstances arise. Arriving at the...
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
PM's South Korea visit to further ties: Ambassador - Visit gives momentum to economic partnership
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-SabahKUWAIT/SEOUL: The anticipated visit of His Highness the Premier Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah to Seoul today reflects mutual desire to further relations in all domains, Kuwait's Ambassador to South Korea Jassem Al-Bedaiwi said yesterday."The significant magnitude and variation of the Kuwaiti delegation accompanying His Highness the Premier embodies Kuwait's true will in...
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Kuwaiti killed in Thailand cafe fight
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti army officer in his twenties was stabbed to death yesterday during a fight with two young bedoon (stateless) men in Thailand.Kuwaiti Ambassador to Thailand Abdullah Al-Sharhan said the embassy was closely monitoring the killing of the citizen in a bloody brawl in the Thai tourist city of Pattaya. Another Kuwaiti citizen was also wounded in the quarrel, he said, adding that he has received necessary medical treatment and has been...
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Abuse of Expat Women
Muna Al Fuzai An Arab man locked up his wife for four days without food or water, but got away with it after he signed a pledge of good conduct at the police station, reported Al-Anbaa daily. I know for some this is just news that should not be given extra attention, but the truth of the matter is it is not. I've been in the field of journalism covering stories of expatriate women and I know for sure that expat women who are abused at the hands...
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7,828 illegal residents adjust their status
KUWAIT: Around 7,828 illegal residents have adjusted their status in Kuwait from 2011 and until end of April 2016, some, the Central Agency for Remedying of the Illegal Residents' Status said yesterday. A total of 5,523 illegal residents have adjusted their status and reverted back to their Saudi nationality, 842 to the Iraqi and 770 to the Syrian, Head of the status adjustment department of the apparatus Colonel Mohammad Al-Wohaib said. He...
KUWAIT: The opening of every new parliamentary session is an event that is eagerly awaited by citizens because they are building big hopes and aspirations on the parliament. The previous parliamentary sessions have constituted a unique political event embodying the Kuwaiti democratic experience under the dome of the parliament. — KUNA
National Assembly could delay payroll alternative, Silk City
KUWAIT: The payroll strategic alternative might not be discussed in parliament during this term, well-informed sources said, adding that the reason is because the project is still being prepared after the parliament's human resources committee requested some amendments. The sources added that out of some election-focused considerations, some lawmakers had also been calling to postpone the project till the coming term.Separately, the parliament's...
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Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Duaij Al-Sabah and other officials take a group photo after the 54th session of the Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights. – KUNA photos
Kuwait promotes human rights, calls for exchange of expertise