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Binghatti Developers Expanding with a vision and mission - Cityscape Kuwait 2015
Emanating from Binghatti Holding, Binghatti Developers is a property developer headed by CEO and Head of Architecture Muhammad Binghatti Aljbori. Headquartered in Dubai, the dynamic company offers iconic properties with groundbreaking architectural designs, timely delivery, and unrivaled lifestyle amenities. Empowered by experience since 1890, the brand seeks to redefine the norms of the industry by introducing world class materials and quality...
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No letup in fight against hepatitis C despite low prevalence in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Although Kuwait has the lowest prevalence of hepatitis C in the region, the country continues its campaign to control if not totally eradicate the virus. Speaking at the second Hepatology Club meeting held at the Radisson Blu Hotel,ChairmanDr Bader Al-Enezi underscored Kuwait only has a 0.5 to 0.8 percent prevalence of the hepatitis virus. "It's not high, and if you include expats too, it's still very limitedDrEnezi said the Hepatology...
This handout picture released by LIVENATION shows U2 frontman Bono (third left) and Jesse Hughes (fourth left) of the Eagles of Death Metal performing with their bands at the packed 16,000-seat AccorHotels Arena in Paris. — AFP
Eagles of Death Metal members revisit Paris attack site
This handout picture released by LIVENATION shows U2 frontman Bono (third left) and Jesse Hughes (fourth left) of the Eagles of Death Metal performing with their bands at the packed 16,000-seat AccorHotels Arena in Paris. — AFPMembers of California rock band Eagles of Death Metal yesterday revisited the ravaged Paris theater where they survived a massacre by Islamic extremist suicide bombers. Solemn and silent, they came to the now-shuttered...
KUWAIT: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates receives the state first-degree award (left) and informatics medal (right) from HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Sabah during ceremonies at Bayan Palace yesterday.
Amir honors Gates with state award, informatics medal - Gates 'very impressed' with generosity of Kuwaiti youth
KUWAIT: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates receives the state first-degree award (left) and informatics medal (right) from HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Sabah during ceremonies at Bayan Palace yesterday.KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received Bill Gates, Microsoft cofounder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with the attendance of HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber...
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Tana readies new grilling of Subaih - Preachers' deportation questioned
KUWAIT: MP Mohammad Tana yesterday sent a series of questions to Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih over attending a function for the disabled in what appears to be a preparation of a second grilling. Tana has announced that he will file a request to grill Subaih because she walked out from a function for the disabled in Jahra although she was supposed to represent HH the Amir.The lawmaker claimed that the minister arrived at the...
The hand of ‘Norlita’, who was allegedly beaten by her sponsor, is seen at Mubarak Hospital yesterday.
Maid claims police officer beat her
The hand of ‘Norlita’, who was allegedly beaten by her sponsor, is seen at Mubarak Hospital yesterday.KUWAIT: A 42-year-old Filipina housemaid miraculously escaped death after trying to escape from her employer's home, but was severely injured in the process. Norlita (not real name), claimed that she was fleeing her sponsor, a police officer, after he severely beat her, and in her attempt fell while climbing down from the rooftop.Now at...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Acting Premier Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, Bill Gates, and members of the Board of Trustees of Abdulrahman Al-Sumait Prize for African Development. - Amiri Diwan photos
Amir receives Gates, Abdulrahman Al-Sumait Prize Board of Trustees
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Acting Premier Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, Bill Gates, and members of the Board of Trustees of Abdulrahman Al-Sumait Prize for African Development. - Amiri Diwan photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and Director of Board of Trustees of Abdulrahman Al-Sumait Prize for African...
Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of Electricity and Water Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah tours the facility.
Shamal Azzour Al-Oula celebrates crossing of major production - Construction milestone for Azzour North One plant
Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of Electricity and Water Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah tours the facility.KUWAIT: Shamal Azzour Al-Oula KSC yesterday celebrated the on-schedule crossing of the 664.2 megawatt power production milestone, representing 40 percent of total power output, by its Azzour North One power and water desalination plant. The plant is Kuwait's first independently owned plant established under Kuwait's Public...
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No article 17 passports; bedoons to receive Comoros' instead
KUWAIT: Interior Ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for Nationality, Passports and Residency Affairs Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah said that the issuance of article 17 passports that are given to bedoons (stateless) will be stopped permanently as soon as the new e-passports are received. Old passports will be phased out gradually, he said.Stopping of issuing article 17 passports comes according to the international treaty that...
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Customs collects 5% handling gees
KUWAIT: The Customs General Department began collecting five percent of the handling fees starting from November 10, 2015, equaling to around KD 500,000 per year, after the company investing in customs services has not been paying for a while.Director General of Customs Khalid Al-Saif said the administration succeeded in reaching an agreement with the investing company, Global, to pay five percent of what it collects for handling. Saif said it...
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Terrorism dominates GCC states' concerns
RIYADH: The subject of the fight against terrorism has dominated on the concerns of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), making it at the forefront of the concerns of the GCC leaders and will be among the top priorities for their discussions at the 36th GCC summit due in Riyadh tomorrow.The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) considers that terrorism acts are contrary to the teachings of Islam, its values, morals and humanitarian principles and poses a...
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Authority to supervise GCC railway project
KUWAIT: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani said the council is preparing a study on establishing a specialized authority to supervise executing the GCC railway project. Zayani also stressed that the project, whose blueprint phase is about to be finished, was going according to plan and would be concluded in 2018.KPC meetingKuwait Petroleum Corporation's (KPC) Board of Directors is scheduled to meet today to...
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LOS ANGELES: Smoke and flames from the Palisades Fire burn behind Mulholland drive towards the Encino neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, January 10, 2025. -- AFP
Big Los Angeles wildfire switches direction; toll 13
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BELGRADE: This photograph shows a sign for Naftna Industrija Srbije AD (NIS), and the company's owner OAO Gazprom Neft outside the headquarters in Belgrade, on January 8, 2025. -- AFP
US and Britain announce sweeping sanctions against Russia’s oil sector
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KUWAIT: Kuwaiti officials meet with a delegation from the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss turning Shaab into a United Nations healthy city. — KUNA
Shaab on path to becoming Kuwait’s next healthy city
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People hold signs as they stand outside Syria's National Museum as it reopens to visitors.
Safe from looting, Damascus Museum reopens a month after Assad's fall
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KUWAIT: People wander around Souq Al-Mubarakiya during Kuwait's national celebrations in this 2023 file photo. — KUNA
New Mubarakiya markets coming to Ahmadi and Jahra