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MANILA: Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines waves during her homecoming press conference at a hotel in Manila yesterday. —AFP
Miss Universe to push HIV awareness after crowning blunder
MANILA: Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines waves during her homecoming press conference at a hotel in Manila yesterday. —AFPMANILA: The new Miss Universe, back in the Philippines after an epic televised blunder surrounding her crowning, said yesterday she would use the attention the incident attracted to campaign for HIV awareness, especially in her home country. In front of an estimated one billion television viewers...
Actress Allison Janney, left, and director and writer Sian Heder, right, pick up and swing actress Ellen Page, center, as they pose at the premiere of “Tallulah” during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival .— AP
Sundance film review: Ellen Page in 'Tallulah'
Actress Allison Janney, left, and director and writer Sian Heder, right, pick up and swing actress Ellen Page, center, as they pose at the premiere of “Tallulah” during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival .— APEllen Page lands her best starring vehicle since "Juno" in "Tallulah," a very different story of a young woman coming to terms with the idea of being a mother. The feature-length scripting-directing debut of "Orange Is the New Black"...
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Paris catwalks rediscover their cavalier swagger
Hold onto your horses. French fashion is back to its swashbuckling best and the designer leading the charge is a young mixed-race man determined to give post-attacks Paris a new swagger. "I want to make all men feel like princes again," Olivier Rousteing declared Saturday after his dashing, unashamedly masculine show for Balmain. Not since the days of the Charge of the Light Brigade has there been such an onrush of braid, breeches and boots....
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Kuwait set to enforce DNA testing law on all - Officials reassure tests won't be used to determine genealogy
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry’s General Department of Criminal Evidence building, where the DNA identification lab is located. — Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: The DNA testing law that will go into effect this year is aimed at creating an integrated security database and does not include genealogical implications or affects personal freedoms and privacy. Senior officials told Kuwait Times that the law, the first of its kind in the world,...
KUWAIT: Policemen check the documents of workers in their residence in Bneid Al-Gar yesterday. — KUNA
No raids without warrants
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah gave orders to Undersecretary Lieutenant General Suleiman Al-Fahad to make sure that officers obtain warrants from the public prosecution before raiding apartments in crackdowns against violators. The new instructions, which came after the Interior Ministry received complaints that police raid apartments without a warrant, further indicate that the raids must...
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No plans to collect income taxes
KUWAIT: Kuwait has no plans to collect income taxes from its citizens neither soon nor at any time in the future, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Acting Minister of Oil Dr Anas Al-Saleh said. Instated, the government is studying measures in cooperation with the National Assembly pertaining with collecting taxes from companies' net profits, he said, adding that the government currently focuses on rationalizing subsidies and...
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Govt could scrap employees' bonuses
KUWAIT: As part of the government's austerity measures, ministries will reconsider paying employees the 'excellent performance bonuses' in the 2016-2017 budget, well-informed sources said. These bonuses would not be paid according to present conditions, the sources said, adding that ministries would have to either cancel or reduce them down by limiting them to certain employees who match strict performance assessment conditions.The sources...
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The 2016 oil crisis
The price of oil has dropped significantly during the past few weeks. It went down to below $30 a barrel very quickly, and this is surely terrifying for us all. Now the question is how to react, and what effect will lower oil prices have in a highly volatile region like the Middle East? Can Gulf countries be impacted by this sharp decline? Most OPEC countries have set their current financial budgets on the basis of oil at a minimum of $80 a...
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Kuwaiti held in Tanzania for exporting animal species released
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti citizen, held in Tanzania since June, has been released and is back home, Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Plenipotentiary Sami Abdulaziz Al- Hamad said on yesterday. The citizen was held there as of June 23 for violating the Tanzanian laws on exporting some animal species.The penalty in this case is a tremendous fine, or 20 years behind bars, Hamad told KUNA. But he was granted a release thanks to ceaseless...
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Crackdown at street market in Mahboula
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality launched an inspection campaign in an illegal street market in Mahboula, where three truckloads of vegetables, fruits and used clothes were confiscated, said the acting municipal affairs manager at Hawally and Ahmadi municipalities Fahd Al-Shtaili. All unauthorized and illegal markets would be targeted and strictly dealt with, he noted.Medical servicesChairman of the Private Medical Professions Union Dr Adel Ashkenani...
KUWAIT: Firefighters and emergency medical technicians talk with a woman after saving her from a suicide attempt she had attempted in an apartment where she says she was locked for four days.
Firefighters thwart suicide attempt by Filipina - Held hostage for 4 days
KUWAIT: Firefighters and emergency medical technicians talk with a woman after saving her from a suicide attempt she had attempted in an apartment where she says she was locked for four days.KUWAIT: Hawalli firefighters yesterday succeeded in saving a 33-year-old Filipina who attempted suicide by jumping off a second floor apartment in a Hawalli building. The woman was held hostage inside the apartment for four days, said security sources,...
TEHRAN: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) meets Chinese President Xi Jinping as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani looks on yesterday. — AP
Iran, China vow tighter ties
TEHRAN: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) meets Chinese President Xi Jinping as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani looks on yesterday. — APTEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday hailed a "new chapter" in relations with China after talks with President Xi Jinping, who is touring the region to boost Beijing's economic influence. The Asian giant and the Middle East's foremost Shiite power aim to build economic ties worth up...
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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos
Amir’s visit to UK boosts ties
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Britain's King Charles III (L) welcomes Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, in London, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt / POOL / AFP)
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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III