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Four dead, six injured in Zour Road crash
KUWAIT: Four Kuwaitis were killed and six injured after a pick-up truck they were in rammed into a lamppost at Al-Zour Road yesterday. Three of the injured are in critical condition. An investigation was opened to reveal the cause of the accident.Body found KUWAIT: A firefighter is seen in a Qurain building where a fire was reported in the basement. An Egyptian man's body was found under the rubble after firefighters battled a blaze reported...
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Five expat doctors among up to 4,000 to be granted Kuwaiti citizenship before year’s end
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti government is currently preparing a list of names of up to 4,000 non-Kuwaitis to be granted Kuwaiti citizenship, well-informed sources said, noting that the list would be announced sometime before the end of the year. The naturalization process will be made according to a law passed in parliament and stipulates that the government cannot give citizenship to more than 4,000 a year. However, the law does not stipulate that...
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Six hours to free child's hand from meat mincer
KUWAIT: Rescue team members help free the child’s hand from the meat mincer KUWAIT: Firemen spent six hours before successfully freeing a child's hand that became stuck in a meat mincer yesterday. The child was medevaced from Wafra to Adan hospital shortly after the incident was reported. A Kuwait Fire Service Directorate rescue team then worked to free the child's hand without causing him harm. They were able to do so after six hours, after...
Minister of Finance Dr Nayef F Al-Hajraf
Kuwait minister's resignation accepted
KUWAIT: A decree was issued yesterday accepting the resignation of Kuwaiti Minister of Finance Nayef Al-Hajraf. Another decree appointed Mariam Al-Aqeel as the Acting Minister of Finance, in addition to her post as Minister of State for Economic Affairs. The decree indicated that the prime minister would inform the National Assembly of the decision, effective as of issuance. Moreover, it will be published in the official gazette. Furthermore, the...
Muna Al-Fuzai
Deportation
Muna Al-Fuzai Kuwait has deported more than 18,000 expatriates from the beginning of this year until the end of September. The 12,000 men and 6,000 women sent back to their countries were deported for various reasons, including violating residency and work laws, infectious diseases that made them unfit for work, criminal cases and other violations of state law. The interior ministry had previously indicated that almost 148,000 expatriates of...
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Sadu weaving in Kuwait, genuine reflection of desert life
KUWAIT: Sadu weaving is one of the traditional handicrafts that were popular among women who used to live in the desert in the past, a genuine reflection of their surrounding environment. "Sadu weaving is an ancient handicraft in which Bedouin women excelled, and it is a handicraft that requires physical effort and high concentration," said Faisal Al-Zaabout, a specialist in heritage. Sadu weaving, he said, was a long process that started with...
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Kuwaiti artist creatively paints on egg shells
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti artist Sabah Asad has been creative in painting on egg shells since he was still 15 years of age. He is one of the few people who engage in this hobby in Kuwait. His artworks include pieces made using guineafowl and ostrich eggs, using wood and dentist drills, as well as soft feathers. Asad also created a special substance to 'cover' the egg shell and protect it against damage or breaking. - KUNA
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Celebrating artistic expression of Islamic civilization
Jade hookah (shisha) reservoir set in ruby and emerald floral motifs. India, probably Deccan. Late 11th-early 12th century AH Curator of the Al-Sabah Collection Salam Kaoukji and Head of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters Kamel Al-Abduljalil jointly inaugurated an exhibition of the renowned Al-Sabah Collection at Amricani Cultural Centre on Tuesday. "This will be the temporary home of the collection until the National Museum is...
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US-led coalition launches operation to protect Gulf
Vessels will be escorted through Strait of Hormuz MANAMA: Newly appointed commander of Operation SENTINEL, US Navy Rear Admiral Alvin Holsey (unseen, holding scissors), Bahrain Defense Force Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa (center) and US Navy Vice Admiral James J Malloy, Commander of US Naval Forces Central Command and the US 5th Fleet, inaugurate the operations center of the International Maritime Security...
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Iran resumes enrichment at Fordow
TEHRAN: An Iranian woman speaks on her mobile phone as she walks past a fruit shop yesterday. — AFP TEHRAN: Iran resumed uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow plant south of Tehran yesterday in a new step back from its commitments under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, raising alarm from Western powers. Engineers began feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into the plant's mothballed enrichment centrifuges in "the first minutes of Thursday",...
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Mass surveillance fears as India readies facial recognition system
Use in a criminal justice system risks greater abuseNEW DELHI: As India prepares to install a nationwide facial recognition system in an effort to catch criminals and find missing children, human rights and technology experts yesterday warned of the risks to privacy from increased surveillance. Use of the camera technology is an effort in "modernizing the police force, information gathering, criminal identification, verification", according to...
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In Venezuela, special police force wreaks havoc in slums
FAES used to 'instill fear, maintain social control'CARACAS: Miriam Gamarra, a 39-year-old bank employee living in a tough part of Caracas, remembers feeling an ache in her chest when she heard the gunshots in the distance as she was heading to work. "Lord, please take care of my son," she murmured to herself. But her prayers were in vain. Her 21-year-old son Luis Ariza was killed that May night by a special Venezuelan police force that has sown...
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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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KUWAIT: Interior ministry officials have monitored and conducted several inspection campaigns across the country.
MoI continues crackdown on traffic, residency law violators
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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
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