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Final decision on new airport practice today
KUWAIT: The cabinet is expected during its weekly meeting today to make the final decision regarding the practice to build a new airport in Kuwait. According to informed sources, it is almost certain that the cabinet will instruct the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) to give the KD 1.312 billion project to Limak company.The source added that cabinet is scheduled also to discuss several other topics on its weekly agenda including bills approved by...
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Kuwait's inflation up 3.08% in March
KUWAIT: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) recorded a hike of 3.08 percent last March, compared to the same month last year, a recent statistical report shows. The index figure for the month of March 2016 recorded an increase at 140.7, by 0.72 percent as a result of the rise in prices of some major groups of influential figures in the movement and low standard of some groups, said the report released by the Central Statistical Bureau. The figure...
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Filipinos in Kuwait earnestly watch last presidential debate - Frontrunner Duterte promises to create separate ministry for OFWs
KUWAIT: Barely two weeks before presidential elections in the Philippines which is set to be held on May 9, Filipinos in Kuwait watched the last of three scheduled presidential debates organized by the Philippines Commission on Elections (Comelec). The debate, which was simulcast worldwide via TFC and Internet livestreaming, concluded with a clearer stance on many issues including criminality, economy, the rebellion in Mindanao, education,...
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Illicit services
KUWAIT: Vice detectives arrested a woman with dual citizenship, one of them European, following information that she organized suspicious activities and presented forbidden services on social media. A security source said detectives received information about the illicit services of the woman and when they it was confirmed, she was put under surveillance and arrested. She said she is known among the youth as (Um Sh.). The suspect was born in a...
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Man murdered near Jleeb restaurant
KUWAIT: A man was stabbed to death near a restaurant in Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh, and police arrested the killer. A security source said that the victim, an Indian man, had two stab wounds, while the killer who had turned himself in had an injury to the back of his thigh.Bird huntingThe supervision and inspection department is looking for a person who was reported hunting birds on a tree in a school while wearing a police uniform. A security source said...
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AK-47, pistols found in Um Al-Haiman house
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry's weapons detectives raided a Kuwaiti man's house in Um Al-Haiman and found an AK-47 mechanical weapon, two pistols and ammunition. The homeowner was arrested and sent to the public prosecution.Smuggling foiledCustoms officers at Kuwait International Airport foiled a passenger's attempt to smuggle 300 Tramadol tablets into Kuwait yesterday. The Asian man was sent to concerned authorities to face charges.Thieves...
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So beautiful to sit with my aunts
Every Monday evening, children, grandchildren and loved ones meet in my father's aunts home, and this time we discussed a topic many families are suffering from - not only Kuwaiti, but many foreign societies too - lack of contacts. Discussions began when we spoke about WhatsApp and what this technological advancement has done in severing the ropes of contact between people. Rather how did this technology made writing the basis of human relations,...
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King sacks water and electricity minister - Saudis await prince's vision of future
RIYADH: Saudi Arabians are anticipating with hope, doubt and worry the release of a government plan to liberate the kingdom from its reliance on oil, which could solve deep-rooted problems but bring economic pain. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 30-year-old son of King Salman, is to announce today his "Saudi Vision 2030", which is expected to set goals for the next 15 years and a broad policy agenda to reach them, official sources...
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Suicide Bomber kills atleast 14 - Clashes erupt between Kurdish, Shiite fighters in Iraqi town
BAGHDAD: Heavy clashes erupted yesterday between Kurdish peshmerga forces and Shiite paramilitary troops inside a contested town north of Baghdad, a spokesman said.A quarrel between two neighbors, a Kurd and a Shiite Turkoman, evolved into a military confrontation between the peshmerga forces and Shiite fighters who share the town of Tuz Khormato, said Karim al-Nouri, the spokesman for Iraq's paramilitary forces - which are made up mainly of...
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on Saturday. — AP
Trump tells Connecticut voters he's "not toning it down" - 'Everything I say I'm going to do, folks'
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on Saturday. — APBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut: A confident Donald Trump told supporters on Saturday that he's not changing his pitch to voters, a day after his chief adviser assured Republican officials their party's front-runner would show more restraint while campaigning."You know, being presidential is easy - much easier than what I have to...
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Two Britons, one Indian held for illegally transporting migrants
BUDAPEST: Two Britons and an Indian were arrested in Hungary on Saturday night accused of trying to transport more than a dozen migrants illegally to Austria, Hungarian police said.Until it sealed its southern border last autumn, Hungary was the main gateway to northern Europe, predominantly Germany, for hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing poverty and violence in the Middle East and Africa.The flow slowed to a trickle as the Hungarian...
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. —AFP
Pakistan's Khan sees Panama Papers as second chance to oust PM - At least three offshore holding companies linked to PM
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. —AFPISLAMABAD: Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan is leading a party rally yesterday to rail against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, seizing on the Panama Papers leak linking Sharif's family with offshore wealth as a second chance to unseat the leader.Former cricket hero Khan, who staged protests in Islamabad for months in 2014 over alleged electoral fraud, has threatened to call new...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
Prince Mohammed endorses Saudi FIFA World Cup 2034 bid