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'Ford v. Ferrari' roars to front of North American box office
New Fox release "Ford v. Ferrari" roared to the front in North American box offices over the weekend, taking in an estimated $31 million on an overall slow weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. The film is based on the true story of how a team at Ford under legendary designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and working with British driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) builds a car to challenge Ferrari's longtime dominance of...
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Kuwait Amir to deliver address to the people tonight
Amir relieves Defense, Interior Ministries; Premier declines to form new Cabinet His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will deliver a speech at 7:00 pm tonight addressing the citizens and the people of Kuwait. This comes on the heels of an Amiri order issued earlier yesterday to relieve First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Nasser...
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Amir tells speaker Assembly will stay amid political crisis - Defense minister's letter to be debated in the Assembly
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: As the country appears to be sliding into a political crisis following a public clash between the ministers of defense and interior, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday said he was informed by HH the Amir that the Assembly is staying. Ghanem told reporters that a letter sent by Defense...
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Amir's "wisdom" sure to shore up political stability - Speaker Al-Ghanim
KUWAIT, Nov 17 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah still has the unflinching trust of the Kuwaiti people as he deals with the current turn of events in the country, said Kuwait's top lawmaker Sunday.Allaying concerns that the country could possibly slip into political instability, Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim emphasized to reporters that there is no reason to worry given His Highness the Amir's "wisdom" in dealing...
KUWAIT: Ali Hussain Al-Awadhi, Secretary General of the KDF (right) and Abdulgafoor Hajjieh, Director of Communications.—Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Government lacks real program by which it can operate: Kuwait Democratic Forum
Group calls for elected Cabinet, electoral reform as keys to end political stalemateKUWAIT: The Kuwait Democratic Forum (KDF) is a leftist political organization established on March 1, 1991. It is separate from the National Democratic Alliance, which serves as an umbrella group for secular political movements in Kuwait. KDF exited this umbrella in 2008, when it became its own political organization with its own agenda and goals. KDF last ran...
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Expats working in the public sector dropped to 123,000
Zero expat manpower in three state departmentsKUWAIT: Recent Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) reports showed that there are zero expats amongst the workforce of Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), the public authority for the Holy Quran and sunnah publication and propagation and the community development center. The statistics published by Al-Qabas daily yesterday also showed that the total number of expats working for...
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Tires used to make 'rubber asphalt' in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Officials observe as workers pave a street with ‘rubber asphalt’ yesterday. — KUNA photo KUWAIT: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) yesterday experimentally paved a street with 'rubber asphalt', one of the environmental solutions to the problem of used tires and to improve streets' quality and efficiency. This happened in a ceremony attended by KISR Director Dr Samira Ahmed Al-Sayyed Omar and in collaboration with...
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Four fire stations battle tires blaze
KUWAIT: The public relations and information department at the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) said firemen from occupational Jahra, Ardiya, Tahreer and backup fire stations put out a fire in tires in Rehaya. No injuries were reported, and an investigation commenced as soon as the fire was out to find out the cause of the blaze.By Hanan Al-Saadoun
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Lightning passes over Kuwait City
KUWAIT: A thunderstorm puts on a lightning display as it passes over Kuwait City. — Photo by Hamad Al-Suhayyeb (KUNA)
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Strikes resume in Iraq to bolster anti-govt protests
BAGHDAD: Iraqis flooded the streets of the capital and southern cities yesterday in a general strike that bolstered the weeks-long movement demanding a government overhaul. Sit-ins have become the go-to tactic for the rallies that erupted in early October in rage over corruption, a lack of jobs and an out-of-touch political class. They have resisted efforts by security forces to snuff them out and yesterday, thousands came out across the country...
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Lebanon tycoon forgoes PM job under pressure
BEIRUT: Lebanon slipped deeper into political crisis yesterday after the withdrawal of a top candidate for prime minister narrowed the chances of creating a government needed to enact urgent reforms. Mohammad Safadi, a former finance minister, withdrew his candidacy late on Saturday, saying it was too hard to form a "harmonious" government with broad political support. Safadi was the first candidate who had appeared to win some consensus among...
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Khamenei backs petrol price hike
TEHRAN: A man holds a smartphone connected to a Wi-Fi network without Internet access at an office in the Iranian capital yesterday. – AFP TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader yesterday threw his support behind a decision to hike petrol prices, a move that sparked nationwide unrest in which he said “some lost their lives”. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed “hooligans” for damaging property and said “all the centers of the world’s...
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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Today in Kuwait’s history
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Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, acting in an upcoming Formula One-based movie, follows the second practice session ahead of the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Silverstone, central England.--AFP
Brad Pitt at Silverstone for filming of F1 movie
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Uruguay's midfielder #05 Manuel Ugarte scores in a penalty shoot-out to win the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament quarter-final football match between Uruguay and Brazil at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 6, 2024. — AFP
Uruguay beat Brazil on penalties to reach Copa America semi-finals