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'Style king' Bowie hailed at London men's fashion week
In the middle of Burberry's London fashion show, a model showed her palms to photographers, displaying a name written in big black capital letters: "Bowie". To the sound of the late singer's hits, the British label's CEO and creative director Christopher Bailey welcomed the few hundred people invited to the unveiling of Burberry's new menswear collection as London Men's Fashion Week drew to a close. "He's a complete legend. We will all miss his...
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Bahrain hikes price of fuel as Kuwait dithers - Govt to take issue to Assembly - Ghanem reassures low-income people
DUBAI/KUWAIT: Bahrain yesterday announced a hike of more than 50 percent in petrol prices following its cut in subsidies for energy products as oil producing countries struggle with nosediving crude prices. The government said the price of regular petrol will increase today from 80 fils (20 cents) per litre to 125 fils (33 cents), an increase of 56.3 percent. The more expensive super petrol will increase by 60 percent, from 100 fils (27 cents) to...
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah meets KUNA Chairman Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah. —KUNA
Interior Minister appreciates Amir's trust in security forces - 'Campaigns will continue to achieve law and order'
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah meets KUNA Chairman Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah. —KUNAKUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah congratulated His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Premier Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak...
KUWAIT: A photo showing the speakers at a seminar titled ‘National Assembly: Between commercial monopoly and the nation’s interests,’ held Sunday night. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Activists call for amending commercial monopoly laws
KUWAIT: A photo showing the speakers at a seminar titled ‘National Assembly: Between commercial monopoly and the nation’s interests,’ held Sunday night. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Speakers at a seminar titled 'National Assembly: between commercial monopoly and the nation's interests' unanimously agreed that parliamentary proposals and laws on commercial monopoly do not serve consumers, and called for amending them. Speaking at...
Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil Jain
Indian embassy conference discusses community issues - Jain highlights achievements at PBD 2016
Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil JainKUWAIT: The Indian Embassy in Kuwait hosted a conference at its auditorium on Saturday and discussed several welfare issues concerning the Indian community in Kuwait on the occasion of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2016. PBD is celebrated every year in India since 2003 in order to connect India to its vast overseas Diaspora and bring their knowledge, expertise and skills on a common platform. This year,...
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Seaside restaurant complexes: Growing real estate investment
KUWAIT: A total of nine food restaurants' complexes overlooking seashores of the country reflects remarkable growth of this sector in the few recent years-starting from Al-Kout Mall in Al-Fahaheel city to Kuwait Towers at the Gulf Street.Half of these complexes of various designs were built three years ago only. Many reasons are forcing real estate investors to finance such projects, regarding that tourism in Kuwait is of seasonal nature, which...
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Exception for expat teachers at Education Ministry
KUWAIT: Informed sources said the Civil Service Commission (CSC) informed the Education Ministry not to hire non-Kuwaitis except as teachers, adding that there will not be any openings for expat employees during the next school year except for teachers.Meanwhile, CSC asked five government entities to provide it with the necessary job descriptions and employment grades for rare specialties for those registered in the central employment system...
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'No marriage loan reduction'
KUWAIT: Sources said the economic committee at the cabinet asked for the cancellation of a suggestion to reduce the subsidy on marriage loans in the study presented to the finance ministry by Ernest & Young.The sources said the committee rejected any change in marriage grants to citizens, justifying it by saying they are not high to a point that make them part of the reasons for the budget deficit, because it is only KD 2,000 given to the married...
Fayez-Al-Kandari
1-year rehab for Kandari
KUWAIT: Fayez Al-Kandari, who returned from Guantanamo Bay prison, will go through a rehab program for one year and will be integrated with the society as soon as his health program is completed.Sources said a joint committee from the foreign, awqaf, interior and health ministries, that was formed to follow the case of fellow returnee Fawzi Al-Odah, will also handle the case of Kandari. - Al-Qabas
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Two Kuwaiti sisters attack Egyptian doctor
KUWAIT: An Egyptian doctor was beaten by two Kuwaiti sisters following a verbal exchange at north Sabah Al-Salem health center, before others intervened and solved the problem, with the sisters leaving.Informed sources said a citizen went for treatment at noon, accompanied with her sister, and as soon as they entered the clinic, a verbal exchange took place.Then the two attacked the doctor, who attempted to defend herself but to no avail. A...
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Citizenship forgery case discovered
KUWAIT: A security source said based on instructions from Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah to cooperate and exchange information between security departments with regards to forgeries in nationalities, the first case was discovered and sent to public prosecution of a citizen accused of adding one of his cousin's children (a bedoon) to his file and got him Kuwaiti nationality from which he benefited in his...
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Mumbai police force-feed thief dozens of bananas
MUMBAI: Indian police successfully deployed an unusual technique to retrieve a gold chain that a thief had swallowed while officers were in hot pursuit-they force-fed him more than 40 bananas. The man denied snatching the chain from a woman in the street in Mumbai and swallowed it in a desperate bid to conceal his crime last week, but hospital X-rays suggested otherwise.Police in the western Indian city administered an enema which failed to yield...
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program
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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’