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Kuwait will commit to oil freeze only if others do so - Govt to issue int'l, domestic bonds to cover deficit
KUWAIT: Kuwait will commit to a potential global oil production freeze if major oil producers, including Iran, also agree to join the pact, acting oil minister Anas Al-Saleh said yesterday. OPEC leader Saudi Arabia and non-OPEC producer Russia, the world's two largest oil exporters, said last month they would freeze output at January levels to prop up prices if other nations agreed to join the first global oil pact in 15 years. "If there is an...
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School should refund fee increases: Athari
KUWAIT: Ministry of Education’s (MoE) Undersecretary Dr Haitham Al-Athari recently met members of the parliamentary educational affairs committee to discuss private school fees and the owners’ demands to increase them, Al-Qabas reported During the meeting, Athari stressed that the ministry has not approved any fee increases in private schools so far and that the topic was still being discussed with the committee pending a further meeting to...
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Millions in allowances paid to undeserving people: Subaih
Minister Hind Al-SubaihKUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih announced forming a special committee to investigate violations worth millions of dinars, which were detected in the social allowances sector. The violations came in the form of paying allowances to people who did not deserve them, including company owners and board members. Subaih added that the committee had...
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MP Ashour lodges grilling against Minister Subaih
MP Saleh AshourKUWAIT: MP Salah Ashour yesterday lodged a grilling motion against Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Planning Affairs and Development Hind Al-Subaih, in line with clauses number 100 and 101 of the Kuwaiti Constitution. The grilling motion, Ashour described, consists of two items, with one dealing with alleged attempts to "privatize cooperative societies," while the other relates to "cessation of...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Nobel Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank Dr Mohammad Yunus.—Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos
Nobel Laureate ‘very happy’ to have met Amir
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Nobel Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank Dr Mohammad Yunus.—Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: Nobel Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank Dr Mohammad Yunus underscored the productiveness of his meeting yesterday with His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Yunus, who is on a visit to the country, said that the meeting primarily focused on...
The proposed route of the GCC railway project
Kuwait removes obstacles for Gulf railway project: Omair
DUBAI: Kuwait has cut a long way in removing obstacles on the would-be lines of the Gulf railway project, Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Ali Al-Omair said.The project’s course in Kuwait has been identified, and will go through cultivated lands whose owners will be compensated, the minister said during a reception held by the Kuwaiti Consul General in Dubai Theyab Al- Rashidi. Al-Omair is taking part...
(From left) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s CEO Nizar Al-Adasani, Minister of Commerce and Industry Yousef Al-Ali, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, State Minister for Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih and MP Faisal Al-Shaya attend the conference.
Govt supports public, private sector partnerships: Premier
(From left) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s CEO Nizar Al-Adasani, Minister of Commerce and Industry Yousef Al-Ali, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, State Minister for Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih and MP Faisal Al-Shaya attend the conference.KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday affirmed the government's support of all initiatives that will strengthen public and private sector...
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Four get death for drug trafficking in Kuwait
KUWAIT: The Criminal Court has sentenced four people to death - three Indian men and a Sri Lankan woman - for drug trafficking. The three were caught in a case related to heroin smuggling. The court found the four, including three men from Kerala guilty of possessing and selling the narcotic in the country.A case against them was registered in April 2015 following the bust at Kuwait International Airport. All four sentenced may appeal the...
Firefighters take rest after tackling the blaze.
Child dies in Jahra house fire
Firefighters take rest after tackling the blaze.KUWAIT: A child died in a fire reported at a house in the Oyoun district of Al-Jahra yesterday. The cause of death was determined as smoke inhalation, according to initial investigations. Firemen had rushed to the scene after receiving a call about a fire that trapped 18 persons inside their home. They were able to evacuate all residents, and handed over those injured to paramedics. Some of the...
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Filipina Maids burn two-year-old child by pouring hot water
KUWAIT: A citizen accused his two domestic helpers of scalding his daughter with hot water. The man said that the two Filipina women escaped from his Adan house after committing their crime. A security source said the man told Adan area police that his two-year-old daughter sustained second degree burns, accusing the workers of pouring hot water on her. Detectives are looking for the two.Home robberyA citizen reported a theft that happened at his...
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Woman beats retired father; Large drug smuggling attempt foiled
KUWAIT: A woman beat her retired father in his Qairawan house, and was charged accordingly. The victim gave police a medical report stating that he sustained several bruises and grazes after his 27-year-old daughter beat him. Detectives were asked to arrest and bring her for further legal action.Large drug smuggling attempt foiled Shuwaikh customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle four million illicit tablets to Kuwait, said security sources....
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Kidnapped son of slain Pakistani governor found after five years
Shahbaz TaseerISLAMABAD: The kidnapped son of a liberal Pakistani governor assassinated by his bodyguard has been found, senior officials said yesterday, just over a week after his father's killer was hanged. Shahbaz Taseer is in "feeble" health, said Aitzaz Goraya, head of the Counter-Terrorism Department of southwestern Balochistan province, where officials said he was found after a police raid. Taseer had been abducted by Islamist gunmen from...
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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