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Arne Sorenson, President and CEO of Marriott International Inc.

Marriott becomes world's largest hotelier - Marriott International buys rival Starwood for $12.2bn

Arne Sorenson, President and CEO of Marriott International Inc. NEW YORK: Marriott International is buying rival hotel chain Starwood for $12.2 billion in a deal that will catapult it to become the world's largest hotelier by a wide margin. The stock-and-cash deal, if completed, will add 50 percent more rooms to Marriott's portfolio and give it more unique, design-focused hotels that appeal to younger travelers. The new company would have...

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Kuwait inflation eases to 3.1% in September - NBK ECONOMIC REPORT

KUWAIT: Inflation in consumer prices slowed in September, from 3.8 percent year-on-year (y/y) in August to 3.1 percent y/y, as inflation in most of its components, including housing, retreated. Housing inflation eased for the first time in a year. As a result we saw core inflation (excludes food) slip from 3.4 percent y/y to 2.8 percent y/y during the same period. Food price inflation also reversed its upward trend in September. Slowing inflation...

ANTALYA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) arrives for the Working session-1 on the “Inclusive Growth: Global Economy Growth Strategies, Employment and Investment Strategies” during the G20 Turkey Leaders’ Summit yesterday in Antalya. —AFP

World leaders agree to close multinationals’ tax loopholes - G20 approves crackdown on tax avoidance

ANTALYA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) arrives for the Working session-1 on the “Inclusive Growth: Global Economy Growth Strategies, Employment and Investment Strategies” during the G20 Turkey Leaders’ Summit yesterday in Antalya. —AFP ANTALYA, Turkey: World leaders yesterday approved a crackdown on tax avoidance by multinationals such Google, Apple and McDonalds whose rock-bottom tax bills have provoked widespread outrage. ...

Habib Mahakian Vice President, Gulf and Pakistan and Samer M Saber Country Manager, Kuwait

EMC participates in third e-govt forum

Habib Mahakian Vice President, Gulf and Pakistan and Samer M Saber Country Manager, Kuwait KUWAIT: EMC is participating in the third E-Government Forum (EGOV3) that is being held in Kuwait from Nov 15-17 to discuss the future of effective and secure government services. Held under the patronage of HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the third edition of the largest e-government event in Kuwait brings together over 3,500...

NEW YORK: This combination of Aug 15, 2015 to Nov 11, 2015 photos provided by the New York University Langone Medical Center shows the recuperation of Patrick Hardison after his facial transplant surgery.—AP photos

Transplant gives new face, scalp to burned firefighter

NEW YORK: This combination of Aug 15, 2015 to Nov 11, 2015 photos provided by the New York University Langone Medical Center shows the recuperation of Patrick Hardison after his facial transplant surgery.—AP photos NEW YORK: A volunteer firefighter badly burned in a 2001 blaze has received the most extensive face transplant ever, covering his skull and much of his neck, a New York hospital announced yesterday. The surgery took place in...

A worker of the Israel Antiquities Authority cleans a 1,700-year-old mosaic, which served as pavement for the courtyard in a villa during the Roman and Byzantine periods, as it is presented to the public and the press for the first time yesterday, in the Israeli central city of Lod. — AFP photos

Israel accidentally finds ‘impressive’ ancient mosaic

A worker of the Israel Antiquities Authority cleans a 1,700-year-old mosaic, which served as pavement for the courtyard in a villa during the Roman and Byzantine periods, as it is presented to the public and the press for the first time yesterday, in the Israeli central city of Lod. — AFP photos Israel will present to the public for the first time this week an “impressive” mosaic accidentally discovered in what was a wealthy...

Saeed Jaffrey

Veteran Indian-British actor Saeed Jaffrey dies aged 86

Saeed Jaffrey Saeed Jaffrey, one of the best-known faces of British-Indian cinema and television, has died at the age of 86, his family said. The Indian-born British actor appeared in the biopic “Gandhi” as well as many Bollywood films and British television productions Among his screen credits in a career spanning more than 50 years, were roles in director John Huston’s “The Man Who Would Be King” and Indian director Satyajit Ray’s...

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Igor Moiseyev Ballet vows to wow Kuwait

Kuwait's National Council for Cultural Arts and Letters and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kuwait present the Igor Moiseyev Ballet by artistic director Elena Shcherbakova. The event will take place at the Abdulhusain Abdduridha Theatre in Salmiya on November 24th and 25th at 7 pm. Kuwait Times interviewed Shcherbakov to learn more about the event. Excerpts from the interview. Kuwait Times:...

Photo shows Sheikha Bashayer Nayef Jaber Al-Sabah (center), Rabab Mouhamad, Marketing and Public Relation Manager and event consultant of ‘Kuwait Fashion week’(right), Tarek Ammar, Director of Sales and Revenue Generating at Symphony Style Hotel (second left) and Peter Sculler, General Manager of Symphony Style Hotel at a press conference in Symphony Style Hotel on Sunday. — Photos by Joseph Shagra

‘Kuwait Fashion Week’ kicks off next Monday at Symphony Style Hotel - Under the patronage of Sheikha Bashayer Nayef Jaber Al-Sabah

Photo shows Sheikha Bashayer Nayef Jaber Al-Sabah (center), Rabab Mouhamad, Marketing and Public Relation Manager and event consultant of ‘Kuwait Fashion week’(right), Tarek Ammar, Director of Sales and Revenue Generating at Symphony Style Hotel (second left) and Peter Sculler, General Manager of Symphony Style Hotel at a press conference in Symphony Style Hotel on Sunday. — Photos by Joseph Shagra After huge fashion events held...

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KUWAIT: Protestors gather in solidarity outside the diwaniya of former MP Abdullah Al-Barghash (inset) after the appeals court last week overturned a lower court verdict ordering the government to reinstate Barghash’s citizenship and ruled that it was not competent under the law to handle sovereign issues. The government revoked the citizenship of the former Islamist lawmaker along with 56 members of his family. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Hammad files to grill Jassar - Panel to review charges law

KUWAIT: Protestors gather in solidarity outside the diwaniya of former MP Abdullah Al-Barghash (inset) after the appeals court last week overturned a lower court verdict ordering the government to reinstate Barghash’s citizenship and ruled that it was not competent under the law to handle sovereign issues. The government revoked the citizenship of the former Islamist lawmaker along with 56 members of his family. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat...

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Mandatory tests for 24 professions

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Professional Qualifications Department recently finished setting tests for around 24 professions operating in the local labor market, and submitted the tests and conditions to Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih for approval. According to the new testing system, laborers working in the specified professions would not be given access to the Kuwaiti labor market unless they pass the tests that are to include,...

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DUBAI: The signing of the MoU in the presence of the Chairman of Kuwait's General Administration of Civil Aviation, Sheikh Hamoud Mubarak Hamoud Al-Sabah, and the Chairman of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum on Monday. --KUNA

Kuwait Airways, Emirates sign MoU

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KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and Shell officials attend the signing ceremony.

Kuwait Oil Company and Shell renew Enhanced Technical Service Agreements

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Minister of Commerce and Industry Khalifa Al-Ajeel

Business owners can now use 1 address for 5 licenses in Kuwait

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NEW DELHI: Indian President Droupadi Murmu presents the Padma Shri award to Kuwait’s Sheikha Shaikha Ali Jaber Al-Sabah on April 28, 2025.

India honors Kuwaiti yoga practitioner

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KUWAIT: The Cabinet holds its weekly meeting at Bayan Palace on April 29, 2025. - KUNA

Kuwait repeals law absolving abductor if he marries victim