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Al Ahli Bank staff grab 'Long Service Recognition Awards'

KUWAIT: The Finance Division of Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) recently honored employees who had completed between 5 and 15 years of service with the Bank. Commenting on the long-standing commitment and value of their contribution to the development of the Bank, Shiamak Soonawalla Chief Financial Officer took the opportunity to thank all staff receiving awards for their loyalty and dedication to ABK.Each department in the Bank hosts regular Long...

JERUSALEM: In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 photo, a Palestinian driver shows the “Azmeh” application, which means traffic jam in Arabic, on his mobile phone as he waits in traffic to enter Jerusalem at Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. A pair of new mobile apps hopes to help Palestinians navigate their way around snarled traffic at Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank, offering a hightech response to an intractable problem: Constant, burdensome and often seemingly random restrictions on movement. — AP

New apps help Palestinians navigate Israeli checkpoints - Free apps launched are still in their infancy

JERUSALEM: In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015 photo, a Palestinian driver shows the “Azmeh” application, which means traffic jam in Arabic, on his mobile phone as he waits in traffic to enter Jerusalem at Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. A pair of new mobile apps hopes to help Palestinians navigate their way around snarled traffic at Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank, offering a hightech response to an...

SEATTLE: In this Oct 16, 2013, file photo, marijuana clone plants that are used to grow medical marijuana are displayed under a light at a medical marijuana cooperative in Seattle. — AP photos

Marijuana use during pregnancy could pose risks

SEATTLE: In this Oct 16, 2013, file photo, marijuana clone plants that are used to grow medical marijuana are displayed under a light at a medical marijuana cooperative in Seattle. — AP photosCHICAGO: Warning: Marijuana use during pregnancy and breast-feeding poses potential harms. That message would be written on medical and recreational marijuana products and posted wherever they're sold if the nation's most influential doctors group has its...

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The essential factors for success

Relationships in life are what keep you going, whether it is was friends, partner or lover, each and every relationship you're a part of is completely different than the other, depending on the person you are dealing with. People who encourage and cheer you on are the type of people you want to keep around you. They enjoy watching you grow and bloom, however, others might enjoy watching you be destroyed. What's scary about this is that the people...

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BOMBERG launch event held by Bomberg and Behbehani Group

BOMBERG, the new Swiss Watchmaking brand that's causing a stir, and Behbehani Group launched the brand in TikTok, Soku - The Avenues on Monday November 9th. Ali Morad Behbehani, President of Morad Yousuf Behbehani Group, Rick De La Croix, Chairman of BOMBERG and Jacques Tedeschi, Sales Director of BOMBERG Middle East, commenced the event with an introduction of the brand before allowing the media and customers to view the BOMBERG collection."It...

Kendall Jenner (left) and Kylie Jenner arrive at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP photos

Kendall and Kylie Jenner tour: Fan faints at throbbing Melbourne appearance

Kendall Jenner (left) and Kylie Jenner arrive at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP photosChanting, screaming, fainting - Kendall and Kylie Jenner's appearance at a Melbourne shopping Centre had it all. The heirs to the Kardashian crown (or is that krown?) can certainly draw a crowd, with fans lining up as early as 9am to get a glimpse of the famous sisters in the flesh.Chadstone became a heaving, sweating moshpit on...

Ahmad Al-Jassar , Ali Al-Omair and Yaqoub Al-Sanea

Partial cabinet reshuffle to solve complications?

Ahmad Al-Jassar , Ali Al-Omair and Yaqoub Al-SaneaKUWAIT: In view of complications over the oil sector crisis, ministers' rejection of solving problems through reshuffles and the grilling motion filed by MP Saadoun Hammad against the resigning Minister of Electricity and Water, Ministry of Public Works Ahmad Al-Jassar, it seems that a partial reshuffle would be the only solution the government can adapt to avoid the complications imposed by...

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KOC denies reports of offshore oil discoveries

Saad Al-AzmiKUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Monday denied as “false” a report by a local newspaper that Kuwait has made offshore oil discoveries. Offshore explorations are in their initial stages following completion of Three Dimensional Survey, said Saad Al- Azmi, KOC Deputy CEO for Administration and Finance.KOC has already announced 3-D Seismic Survey in Kuwait Bay, operations that are ongoing, Azmi, also KOC spokesman, told KUNA. He...

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Expats main reasons for cheap services in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Kuwaitis’ cost of living would increase by as high as 100 percent if it was not for expatriate labor forces in Kuwait, economic researcher Mohammad Ramadan said in a recent study.Prices of products and services are cheap locally because of cheap labor, compared with higher prices by in western oil countries such as Norway, he said.The study shows the dire need for expatriate labor in vital sectors including the health and education...

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Health insurance fee for visitors mulled

KUWAIT: Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr Khaled Al-Sahlawi said the ministry is studying the possibility of imposing health insurance on visitors, adding that this proposal was on the agenda of the parliament’s health committee during its meeting last Monday.The fees should be added to the value of air tickets, or the visitor can pay them at the border, he said. Meanwhile, a private school in Hawally Education Zone registered a case of H1N1...

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Sports tribunal rejects Kuwait shooting appeal - IOC slams interference

LAUSANNE: The international sports tribunal yesterday dismissed accusations made by a Kuwaiti challenger when longstanding International Shooting Federation (ISSF) president Olegario Vazquez Rana won reelection in 2014. Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah, Kuwait's Information Minister and former head of the Asian Shooting Confederation, had alleged "a number of violations" when Mexican Rana won the vote, said a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)...

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Julai'ah approved for camping

KUWAIT: MP Faisal Al-Kandari said that a decision was made to allow licensing camps for citizens in the Julai'ah Southern area. The lawmaker explained that officials agreed to a request he had previously made to re-opening the area for camping.Railway projectsAccording to a report made by the German-Middle East Friendship Committee, the total cost of railway projects, including metro, tramway, fast trains and mono-trails, in Gulf Cooperation...

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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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AMMAN: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Jordan Hamad Al-Marri hands over Kuwait’s annual donation to the UNRWA worth $2 million.

Kuwait hands over $2m as donation to UNRWA

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