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KUWAIT: ‘Al-Jahra’ Airbus A330-200 aircraft received at Kuwait International Airport. —KUNA

KAC receives 'Al-Jahra' aircraft from Airbus

KUWAIT: ‘Al-Jahra’ Airbus A330-200 aircraft received at Kuwait International Airport. —KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) has received the 12th and last aircraft of the leasing contract with Airbus Company. A330-200 bears the name of 'Al-Jahra,' KAC Chairperson and Managing Director Rasha Al-Roumi said in statements quoted by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported yesterday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a delivery...

Dr Bader Al-Essa

Minister clarifies 'preferring private schools' statement; Jaber Stadium reopens Dec 12

Dr Bader Al-EssaKUWAIT: Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa strongly denied a statement circulating on social media attributed to him and claims that he said he would put his kids in private schools instead of public ones. The minister explained in a statement yesterday that what he actually said was incompletely quoted and needs to be explained. Essa explained that responding to a question about why people...

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Flu awareness drive in schools

KUWAIT: The Health Ministry's Undersecretary Dr Khaled Al-Sahlawi announced yesterday the launch of an awareness campaign in all schools in the country, public and private, on seasonal flu prevention and knowledge of its dangers. The campaign targets male and female students of all educational grades in the country's schools with participation of medical teams of specialists in health awareness who will provide preventive tips and guidelines to...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Common rental concerns

A large part of living a stable life in a new country is finding a place to comfortably live in. Kuwait, unlike other neighboring countries has pretty easy going norms when it comes to rent-related issues. Newcomers are not asked for a year's rent in advance and there are no segregated areas for expats/Kuwaitis, yet there's a lot of things that can be changed to make the experience of living in Kuwait easier and there are still lots of common...

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Liquor factory busted in Kabd

KUWAIT: Mubarak Al-Kabeer police busted a large liquor factor in Kabd. A security source said three Asian nationals were arrested for brewing and selling the alcoholic drinks. The security source said the three were caught during the act, as policemen found 50 full barrels and 11 empty ones, in addition to 580 bottles inside their place.Smuggling foiledAirport customs officers arrested an Asian man who attempted to smuggle 1,000 Tramadol tablets....

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Inequality: why it matters in Kuwait

Badar Al-Dehani The notion of inequality has dazzled me for at least five months now. In fact, it was after that one day when I decided to go visit my uncle, who lectures at Kuwait University, that I dug into the entire debate. The debate, well, is quite complex; it circles around the speed of the growth of wealth. This debate could be applied to any society in the world and, hence, is not limited to the situation of, say, Kuwait or France....

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Dead baby found in Ahmadi

KUWAIT: An investigation is being conducted to identify a mother who left her newborn in Ahmadi, after a man was surprised to find the baby's dead body near his car. It was not known whether the baby, a girl, died and her body was left there, or she was alive and later died due to weather conditions. The prosecutor is considering the case as one of murder.Bird hunters arrestedKUWAIT: Jahra security men heard the repeated firing of a weapon, so...

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2,000 employees missing at MPW

An informed source said the Ministry of Public Works discovered that there is a large number of more than 2,000 employees that did not comply with working hours for several months, following inspection of attendance records through the fingerprint system, reported Al-Anbaa. Scandals of government departments continue to grow in regards to attendance, as the MPW joins MEW and MoE, who were ahead in the employees' continued absence catastrophe,...

BRUSSELS: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (center front) stands with EU heads of state and government during a group photo at an EU-Turkey summit at the EU Council building in Brussels yesterday. — AP

Turkey to get cash, closer EU ties - Brussels committed to easing visa rules for Turks

BRUSSELS: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (center front) stands with EU heads of state and government during a group photo at an EU-Turkey summit at the EU Council building in Brussels yesterday. — APBRUSSELS: European Union leaders were set to sign a deal with Turkey's prime minister at a summit yesterday giving Ankara cash and a boost for its membership bid in exchange for its cooperation with the migrant crisis. Desperate to stop the...

COLUMBIA, Missouri: Jonathan Butler (front left) addresses a crowd following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign, on Nov 9, 2015. — AP

US colleges try to deal with racial incidents

COLUMBIA, Missouri: Jonathan Butler (front left) addresses a crowd following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign, on Nov 9, 2015. — APWASHINGTON: Officials were slow to handle racial incidents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of two administrators. At the University...

RIYADH: Aljazi Al-Hossaini, a candidate for the municipal council in the town of Diriyah shows an electoral campaign license issued by the central municipal elections committee yesterday. — AFP

Saudi women launch maiden election bid - 3 activists barred

RIYADH: Aljazi Al-Hossaini, a candidate for the municipal council in the town of Diriyah shows an electoral campaign license issued by the central municipal elections committee yesterday. — AFPRIYADH: Hundreds of Saudi women began campaigning for public office yesterday, in a first for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom's slow reform process, even as three activists were disqualified. More than 900 women are standing alongside thousands...

LONDON: Climate change demonstrators march to demand curbs to carbon pollution yesterday on the eve of the climate summit in Paris. - AFP

Rallies pressure UN climate summit - Clashes erupt at Paris demo

LONDON: Climate change demonstrators march to demand curbs to carbon pollution yesterday on the eve of the climate summit in Paris. - AFPPARIS: Tens of thousands of people from Sydney to London joined one of the biggest days of climate change activism yesterday, telling world leaders gathering for a summit in Paris there is "No Planet B" in the fight against global warming. In the French capital, where demonstrations were banned by the...

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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan chairs a meeting on Thursday to review the latest developments in the implementation of the new airport project (T2). -- KUNA phots

Al-Mashaan: Stick to timeline for Kuwait’s airport terminal project

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KUWAIT: Vehicles move at snail pace on a rainy evening in downtown Kuwait. --KUNA

Kuwait received varying amounts of rainfall: Official

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Sabah Al-Salem University: A symbol of Kuwait’s science and knowledge