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KUWAIT: Doctors and paramedics work with the new equipment, Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (Abdsorb). — Photo by Joseph Shagra
Kuwait's Chest Hospital performs rare surgery - Robotic Stenting used for the first time in the region
KUWAIT: Doctors and paramedics work with the new equipment, Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (Abdsorb). — Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: For the first time in Kuwait, the Chest Hospital performed a successful cardiac catheterization surgery through the CorPath Vascular Robotic Stenting using Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (Abdsorb). This is the first time the equipment has been used in the region. Kuwait is the first in the Gulf region to...
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Oil employees reject ‘freezing’ salaries, cancelling privileges
KUWAIT: A possible pay dispute is brewing within Kuwait’s strategic oil sector, with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) executives planning a freeze on salaries and the cancellation of economic incentives, bonuses and privileges and energy sector staff staunchly rejecting such ‘rationalization’ efforts.Energy industry sources said that oil sector employee syndicates have refused initiatives that would jeopardize oil sector employees’...
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Private schools must refund any tuition increases
KUWAIT: Director General of Private Education Department at the Education Ministry Abdallah Al-Busairi said a circular was sent to all private schools asking them to cancel fees increase and refund parents, adding that schools who do not comply will have their files closed.Al-Basri said there is a ministerial decision that sets the amount of increase and in case it is violated, the private education department should be contacted to cancel them,...
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Interior rejects responsibility for online charity donations oversight
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry has informed the Social Affairs Ministry that it has no authority to investigate or punish people collecting donations through social media and the internet. The Social Affairs and Labor Ministry is responsible for overseeing charitable donations and activities in Kuwait.The Interior noted that it cannot act to arrest or investigate anyone with a prosecutorial directive. However, a new law is now being drafted that...
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Prosecution to summon MP Dashti next week
MP Abdulhameed DashtiKUIWAIT: The Public Prosecution is expected to summon MP Abdulhameed Dashti next week for questioning on charges of slandering Saudi Arabia after his parliamentary immunity was lifted. In case Dashti does not show up for investigation, the case is expected to be referred to the criminal court. Meanwhile, the justice ministry sent Dashti a letter requesting that he attends the legislative committee's meeting next Sunday to be...
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ALAFCO to lease Air India 14 Airbus aircraft
HYDERABAD: The Kuwait-based ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company announced that it has signed an agreement with Air India for the lease of 14 new Airbus A320neo aircraft powered by CFM’s LEAP-1A engines. In a press statement, ALAFCO said that the aircraft will be leased for a period of 12 years, with the first six aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2017, six to be delivered in 2018 and the last two aircraft in 2019.All 14 aircraft are part...
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45 years of China-Kuwait Diplomatic Relations
Javaid Ahmed Today, China celebrates its 45th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relationship with Kuwait. These diplomatic and friendly relations over the time get stronger in the fields of politics, economy and culture. For last 35 years, I have witnessed smooth development of this relationship and had observed the major events of this bilateral diplomatic relations between the two friendly countries. Kuwait was the first country among...
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Users lose cash at malfunctioning ATMs
KUWAIT: A citizen told Sabah Al-Salem police that a bank stole KD 500 from her. She said she inserted the ATM card in the machine to withdraw KD 500, but the card was returned without the money, then she received a SMS stating that KD 500 was debited from her account. She said bank officials insisted that I received the money, though this was not true.Meanwhile, a Cambodian man filed a report a Jabriya police station regarding a faulty ATM...
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Eleven arrested on drug-related charges
KUWAIT: Drugs Control General Department (DCGD) officers led by Acting Director General Colonel Waleed Al-Duraiee handled six drug import and trafficking cases during the period between the fifth and ninth of March 2016. A total of eleven suspects including five Arabs and six Asians were arrested. A total of 18 kilograms of hashish, 110,000 captagon tablets, 250 grams of marijuana, 140 gram of shabu (methamphetamine) and 170 gram of heroin were...
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Report urges nations to tackle inequality - Denmark world's happiest country, Burundi the least
ROME: Denmark overtook Switzerland as the world's happiest place, according to a report yesterday that urged nations regardless of wealth to tackle inequality and protect the environment. The report, prepared by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, showed Syria, Afghanistan and eight sub-Saharan countries as the 10 least happy places on earth to live. The top 10 this year were...
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Indian mother kills herself after caste discrimination
NEW DELHI: A mother hanged herself in India after a council of elders punished her family for her suspected extra-marital romance with a lowercaste man, a local police officer said yesterday. The mother-of-four killed herself on Monday as dozens of villagers gathered outside her house in central Madhya Pradesh state for a party the council had ordered her family to host as a punishment for the relationship.The council, comprising members of the...
ISTANBUL: In this Oct 7, 2015 file photo, Syrian refugees wait with their belongings in Aksaray neighborhood. —AP
Syrians dream ‘miracle’ despite slammed doors
ISTANBUL: In this Oct 7, 2015 file photo, Syrian refugees wait with their belongings in Aksaray neighborhood. —APGAZIANTEP: Borders are slamming shut and European leaders are desperately trying to stem the flow of migrants to their shores-but near the Turkey- Syrian border, Mohammed Bilal is still dreaming of Real Madrid. The 23-year-old from Syria’s wartorn Aleppo province was a promising footballer in his homeland and he still hopes to...
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
Mideast seethes amid carnage
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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
The impact of oil discoveries
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‘Protect yourself against skin cancer,’ CAN warns
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The image shows a finger directing attention to A PET CT scan image shows comprehensive views of organs and tissues isolated on white background. Clipping path.
MoH underlines importance of compact imaging device