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Kuwait bowling team leave for Indonesia
Altaf Karam KUWAIT: Kuwait bowling delegation will leave to Indonesia to participate in the world individuals championship to be held from Nov 16 - Nov 24. The delegation is headed by bowling club secretary and men team director Salem Al-Aradah and players Jassim Al-Saqer and Altaf Karam. The technical and administrative departments seek to provide the best circumstances to enable the team to perform with distinguished levels in the tournament...
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Sterling sanction casts shadow as England aim to seal place at Euro 2020
Raheem left to defend himself from all of the hatersLONDON: England's plan to celebrate their 1,000th international by qualifying for Euro 2020 in serene style against Montenegro at Wembley today has been ripped up by Gareth Southgate's decision to drop Raheem Sterling. The Manchester City winger was involved in a physical confrontation with Liverpool defender Joe Gomez at England's training base on Monday as emotions spilled over from the...
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NBK Adds Dark Mode Feature and New Enhancements to NBK Mobile Banking App
Carino: “We are committed to providing a comprehensive banking experience and convenient services to our customers as part of the Bank's strategy.” Cigdem Iltemir Carino KUWAIT: In an effort to provide a comprehensive and convenient banking experience to its customers and to maintain its leadership position in the sector, National Bank of Kuwait added “Dark Mode” feature and new enhancements to the NBK Mobile Banking App as part of its...
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Bushehri resigns after grilling, blames 'influential' contractors
Tabtabaei: Roads broken like biscuits • Interior minister grilled in open session KUWAIT: Picture combo shows MP Omar Al-Tabtabaei and Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Housing Affairs Jenan Bushehri during a grilling debate yesterday. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: In a dramatic turn of events, Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Housing Affairs Jenan Bushehri yesterday announced her resignation from...
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Kuwait government praises efforts to protect state funds
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet touched on the legal measures recently taken by the legal team assigned by the Fatwa and Legislation Department regarding public funds' squandering at the Public Institution For Social Services. Upon the documents and arguments presented by the team, the British higher court issued a verdict, suspending assets of the defendant Fahad Mazyad Al-Rajaan, the former director general of the institution, all over the world....
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Kuwait keen on installing technology in all sectors
KUWAIT: The acting secretary general of the Kuwaiti National Committee for Education, Science and Culture, which is part of the UNESCO program, affirmed Kuwait's keenness on acquiring latest technological and industrials innovations and employing them in diverse local sectors. Nadia Al-Wazzan, who was addressing 'the regional forum on solidarity among academic quarters and partners of converging technology' yesterday, said this approach has...
MOI officers conduct raid in Khairan
General Security police can't issue traffic tickets
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for General Security Lt Gen Faisal Al-Nawaf issued a decision to take back traffic ticket books from all non-commissioned officers and policemen of the sector and hand them to the traffic department. Sources said the decision was taken after an increasing number of complaints from citizens and expats against non-commissioned officers and policemen of the supervisory and inspection...
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Defense ministry rejects children of Kuwaiti women
KUWAIT: The defense ministry refused to accept the children of Kuwaiti women married to non-citizens other than bedoons or GCC nationals, well-informed sources said yesterday. The sources added that a parliamentary proposal had been made to the ministry in this regard but was rejected due to reasons "deemed necessary by the Kuwaiti army." "Only in certain categories, such as advisors and specialists, are bedoons and GCC nationals accepted," the...
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Gynecology doctors' club formed in Kuwait
Head of Adan Hospital's gynecology and birth department Dr Abeer Al-Thayedi announced launching the first gynecology and birth doctors' club in Kuwait with members from both the public and the private sectors. Thayedi added that the club will follow international treatment protocols to ensure the best treatment for every patient. Blood donation The women's activity department at the Patients Fund organized a blood donation campaign titled 'Your...
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4,608 liquor bottles stopped at Shuwaikh Port
KUWAIT: Customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle in around 4,608 liquor bottles into Kuwait. The contrabands were found in 384 cardboard boxes that were in a shipment that arrived from an Asian country at Shuwaikh Port.Fight Following a video clip that went viral on social media showing a fight between two persons, with one using a sharp object, the interior ministry's relations and security information department said a man lodged a...
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Lebanon leaders attempt to buy time
Protesters demand a complete overhaul of the political system BEIRUT: Lebanon's embattled leaders tried to buy time Monday, dodging mounting public pressure over the country's unprecedented economic and political crises. Nearly four weeks into nationwide protests calling for the ouster of the ruling elite, radical changes demanded by demonstrators have not been implemented. The peaceful protests against corruption and sectarianism have paralyzed...
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'Sister protests': Lebanon, Iraq look to each other
BEIRUT: A Lebanese flag flutters in the protest-hit Iraqi capital. More than 900 km away, a revolutionary Iraqi chant rings out from a bustling protest square in Beirut. "Don't trust the rumors, they're a group of thieves," sings a group of Lebanese musicians in Iraqi dialect, referring to political leaders they deem incompetent and corrupt. "The identity is Lebanese," they continue, reworking the chant by Iraqi preacher Ali Yusef Al-Karbalai,...
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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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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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HATHRAS, India: Mourners gather as the deceased who died in a stampede during a sermon are kept at a mortuary at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
‘Miracles’ and hope: Fatal stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen