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25th Asian Bowling Ten Pin Championship concludes tonight
KUWAIT: The 25th Asian Bowling Ten Pin Championship will come to a conclusion tonight at 7 pm which was hosted by Kuwait Bowling Center in Salmiya. The tournament enjoyed unmatched success during the past 10 days with the participation of 27 countries, under the patronage of HH the Prime Minister. Malaysia seems to have guaranteed being on top of the standings as ten events are completed and only two left. Malaysia collected five gold, one silver...
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah waves during the opening ceremony of the new legislative year at the National Assembly in Kuwait City, on October 29, 2019.
Kuwait's Amir: Unity key to protect Kuwait from internal, external conflicts
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah makes his address to the fourth ordinary session of the National Assembly's 15th legislative term today. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said today that to protect Kuwait from internal and external conflicts, the people of the country should unite and cast away their differences and work together for a better future. In his address to the...
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Amir to open new Assembly term; 2 grillings on agenda
Legal committee declares premier's grilling unconstitutionalKUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah opens the new term of the National Assembly today amid what appears to be strained Assembly-government relations after MPs filed to grill three ministers. The Amir, in his first public appearance after undergoing successful medical tests in the United States, is expected to address domestic, regional and international issues and...
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Contracts with offices in maids' countries required
KUWAIT: Domestic helper recruitment offices' licenses will not be renewed unless owners provide the Public Authority for Manpower with copies of the contracts signed with licensed offices in the helpers' original countries and attested by Kuwaiti embassies in those countries, the authority's official spokesperson and manager of the public relations department Aseel Al-Mezyad said in a statement yesterday. In other news, the Ministry of Health is...
SHENZHEN: In this picture a drone flies in the showroom of the DJI headquarters in Shenzhen. —AFP
Clampdown on drones
KUWAIT: The ministry of commerce and industry urged all drone importers and outlets licensed by the interior ministry to register all buyers' civil ID and mobile phone numbers. The ministry stressed importers need prior interior ministry licenses to import drones, adding that a decision had been made to ban the import of remote control-operated drones equipped with video recording or communication devices without interior ministry authorization....
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Council members call municipality out on public cleaning shortcomings
Members demand more control over cleaning companies KUWAIT: Municipal Council Chairman Osama Al-Otaibi (center back) speaks during yesterday’s session. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh KUWAIT: Municipal Council Chairman Osama Al-Otaibi adjourned the council's session yesterday after members Hamad Al-Medlej, Abdul Aziz Al-Mejel, Abdullah Al-Roumi and Humoud Al-Enezi withdrew in protest of forming a committee to discuss the council's internal...
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'Discover America' starts tomorrow; promoting US products, businesses
Kuwait, US enjoy strong trade relationship: US Embassy officialKUWAIT: The US Embassy in Kuwait, in collaboration with the American Business Council (ABC), announced the launch of the 'Discover America' event to be held from Oct 30 to Nov 9, 2019. Discover America is an annual event aimed at showcasing US products and businesses to promote American interests here. The event is held in close collaboration with various American brands and...
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Men cast their fishing rods on a pier in Kuwait City
KUWAIT: Men cast their fishing rods on a pier in Kuwait City on October 27, 2019. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Tharoor expounds on politics, UN, literary escapades
Shashi Tharoor KUWAIT: In an exclusive interview with Kuwait Times yesterday, prominent Indian MP and Congress party leader Dr Shashi Tharoor said his party is now recovering from the shock it sustained in the parliamentary elections earlier this year. He added recent assembly election results from Maharashtra and Haryana states make things "more hopeful for the party" and point the way forward. Tharoor, a former undersecretary general at the...
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Unemployment fuels unrest in Arab states: IMF
DUBAI: Unemployment and sluggish economic growth are fuelling social tension and popular protests in several Arab countries, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. The unrest is in turn contributing to slower growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, alongside global trade tensions, oil price volatility and a disorderly Brexit process, the IMF said in a report on the regional economic outlook. Earlier this month it...
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Octogenarian tries to burn mosque in France, shoots 2
PARIS: An 84-year-old man shot and seriously wounded two other men in their 70s when they surprised him trying to burn a mosque in Bayonne in southwest France, police said. The octogenarian opened fire when the two men, aged 74 and 78, came upon him trying to set fire to the mosque's door on Monday afternoon, the police department said in a statement. The victims were brought to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, while the suspected shooter...
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Tiger equals Snead's 54-year-old record
Woods wins Zozo Championship for his 82nd US PGA Tour victory INZAI: Tiger Woods made golf history yesterday when he won the Zozo Championship in Japan for his 82nd US PGA Tour victory -- equalling Sam Snead's 54-year-old record and adding to his long list of achievements. The 15-time major winner held off the challenge of home favourite Hideki Matsuyama to win by three shots at the weather-delayed tournament, his first outing since arthroscopic...
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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KUWAIT: Interior ministry officials have monitored and conducted several inspection campaigns across the country.
MoI continues crackdown on traffic, residency law violators
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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HATHRAS, India: Mourners gather as the deceased who died in a stampede during a sermon are kept at a mortuary at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
‘Miracles’ and hope: Fatal stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen
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Scholarship acceptance rates: By the numbers