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Health Ministry's long-term plan helped qualify large number of doctors: Official

5,000 bariatric surgeries conducted annually in KuwaitKUWAIT: Health Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Allied Medical Services Affairs Dr Fawaz Al-Rifae said the long-term plan the health ministry started a long time ago to qualify Kuwaitis of both genders resulted in qualifying a large number of doctors, whether from Kuwait University's medical college or from abroad. Rifae, who spoke to journalists on the sidelines of the opening ceremony...

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Municipality sets up 'intensive plan' for Jleeb cleaning

KUWAIT: Farwaniya municipality cleaning manager Saad Al-Khrainej said an intensive plan had been set to merge all shift teams in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh from Nov 5. He added that due to the area's special circumstances, garbage collection vehicles operating in Jleeb will work from 8 am till 2 pm. Environmental auditing Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah issued a new ministerial resolution establishing a new administration for environmental...

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Morphine behind most drug overdose deaths in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Recent security statistics showed morphine was responsible for the majority of drug overdose-related deaths in Kuwait, killing around 30 citizens. The study also showed that abusing benzodiazepine sedatives was the next leading cause of death, amphetamines third, methamphetamines forth and hashish fifth. Statistics also showed that overdoses had killed 75 citizens and expats of various nationalities since the beginning of 2019. According...

Muna Al-Fuzai

Muna Al-Fuzai Last month, His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inaugurated the last session of the current National Assembly, which was elected in 2016. But the Kuwaiti political scene in recent weeks has witnessed several movements by different parliamentary and popular groups - silent public protests, parliamentary grillings and consultations between political groups. Islamists, former MPs and independents...

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Man killed in Wafra road crash; bikers injured in causeway accident

Man died in Farwaniya park of natural causesKUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man was killed while nine others including an Asian national were injured in a collision reported yesterday on Wafra road. The injured are aged between 12 to 17. An investigation was opened to reveal the circumstances behind the accident. Meanwhile, a collision of bicycles on Sheikh Jaber Causeway caused five light injuries yesterday. The injured were transferred to Sabah Hospital. An...

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Mild quake jolts Kuwait

KUWAIT: A 3.4-magnitude quake jolted the northern Rawdatain area at 9:19 pm on Friday, the national seismological network, an affiliate of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), reported. The epicenter of the quake was three kilometers underground, the network's supervisor Abdullah Al-Enzi said. "Some residents felt the quake in Abdaly; it was followed by aftershocks ranging in magnitude between 1.2 and 2.2 degrees," he added. - KUNA

KUWAIT: Participants set a new world record for the world's 'largest gardening lesson' at Shaheed Park yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Green thumbs set record for 'largest gardening lesson'

KUWAIT: A new world record for the world's 'largest gardening lesson' was set at Shaheed Park yesterday during an event hosted by HGTV and beIN. The event showed the great interest of the local community in gardening and planting. Despite long queues, participants waited patiently for over an hour to get to the area prepared for them to attend the gardening lesson. All participants had registered in advance, which was open to people of all...

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Sheikh Jaber Causeway

KUWAIT: Sheikh Jaber Causeway during sunset. — Photo by Sijo Elanji (KUNA)

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One dead as petrol protests spread in Iran

TEHRAN: One person was killed and others injured in protests that spread yesterday across Iran after a surprise decision to impose petrol price hikes and rationing in the sanctions-hit country. The death Friday occurred in the central city of Sirjan, where protesters tried to set a fuel depot ablaze but were thwarted by security forces, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. Demonstrations broke out hours after it was announced the price of...

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media prior to departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, June 22, 2019, as he travels to Camp David, Maryland. - Trump said Iran was ìvery wise ì not to shoot down the manned plane when it downed the drone and ìwe appreciate ì that move. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump 'intimidating' to ex-envoy as new call details revealed

WASHINGTON: A US ambassador ousted by Donald Trump told a riveting impeachment hearing Friday she felt intimidated by the president, after he launched an extraordinary real-time attack midway through her testimony to Congress. Testifying under oath before a national television audience, Marie Yovanovitch cut a resolute figure as she was grilled for five hours on her fraught dealings with Trump allies she accuses of undermining US foreign policy...

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Venice braced for more floods, strong winds

VENICE: Venice was on alert for more floods and fierce winds yesterday after an exceptionally high tide swamped the city of canals, where authorities have declared a state of emergency. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro ordered the iconic St Mark's Square closed on Friday as the latest sea surge struck with strong storms and winds battering the region. The square was open again yesterday, but the city forecast a high water of 160 cm for today, lower than...

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Gunmen attack buses with Muslim Sri Lankan voters

COLOMBO: Gunmen fired at buses carrying minority Muslim voters yesterday as Sri Lankans elected a new president, with the powerful Rajapaksa clan eyeing a comeback seven months after Islamist extremists staged deadly bombings. Minority Tamils and Muslims are seen as crucial in the close election, and the attack in the northwest of the island - in which no one was injured - was likely aimed at deterring people from heading to the polls. Election...

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