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COLOMBO: West Indies cricket great Garfield Sobers (right) and former Sri Lankan cricket captain Michael Tissera pose with the Sobers -Tissera trophy which will be awarded to the winners of the ongoing Sri Lanka West Indies test cricket series. — AP
Windies bid to do Sobers proud
COLOMBO: West Indies cricket great Garfield Sobers (right) and former Sri Lankan cricket captain Michael Tissera pose with the Sobers -Tissera trophy which will be awarded to the winners of the ongoing Sri Lanka West Indies test cricket series. — APCOLOMBO: The West Indies will look to the legendary Garfield Sobers for inspiration as they bid for an unlikely series-saving victory when they take on fellow strugglers Sri Lanka in the second Test...
Malaysia’s iconic Petronas twin towers and Kuala Lumpur’s skyline are shrouded in thick haze. —AFP photos
South East Asia fires 'produce more greenhouse gas than US'; Suffocating vast expanses of region with smog
Malaysia’s iconic Petronas twin towers and Kuala Lumpur’s skyline are shrouded in thick haze. —AFP photosJAKARTA: Indonesian forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in acrid haze are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each day than all US economic activity, according to an environmental watchdog. The shock assessment came as Jakarta said the number of blazes was increasing across the archipelago despite a...
French President Francois Hollande meets Kuwaiti Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Sabah yesterday at the Elysee Palace. — AFP
Kuwait-France ties hailed as Sheikh Jaber, Hollande meet - Defense deals worth €2.5bn to be signed
French President Francois Hollande meets Kuwaiti Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Sabah yesterday at the Elysee Palace. — AFPPARIS: French President Francois Hollande received HH the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday for broad talks on bilateral relations and an overview of the situation in the Gulf region and the Middle East, Hollande’s office said. During the meeting at the Elysee...
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Gulf states eye ‘green schools’
KUWAIT: A consultative meeting of Gulf countries and Yemen has mulled an ambitious proposal to set up green schools in Gulf countries and Yemen as a part of the region’s efforts to promote sustainable development. The conferees have discussed a number of recommendations to put into effect the proposal, General Coordinator of the meeting Dr Ali Al-Kanderi said following the conclusion of the two-day event.They also thoroughly debated a plan of...
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Racism and Wasta!
Badrya Darwish Call it discrimination. Call it racism. Call it whatever you want. These are diseases that kill society. They are viruses which creep into a society and slowly destroy it. Such diseases should not be nourished in my country. Lately, I heard the disturbing news that there is a study or possible plan to allocate the new Jaber Hospital only for us Kuwaitis. Why? Are we superior to the rest of the human race? The expats that are...
Cuba’s Minister of External Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz (3rd from left) meets Kuwait officials at the KCCI.
Cuba’s Minister of External Trade and Foreign Investment in Kuwait
Cuba’s Minister of External Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz (3rd from left) meets Kuwait officials at the KCCI.KUWAIT: With the political environment in Cuba improving rapidly as it reestablishes political relations with the US, business in Cuba is booming. A delegation of Cuba’s Minister of External Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz is in town, enticing Kuwaiti investors to invest in Cuba.Diaz was...
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FIFA decision unconvincing, unjustifiable: Sheikh Salman - Info Minister blasts FIFA
KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah has blasted FIFA for its recent decision to ban Kuwait from participation in international soccer activities. "The decision is utterly unconvincing and unjustifiable. It's an uncalculated punishment that harms the fame of the Kuwaiti sport," the minister told reporters on Monday evening. Sheikh Salman made the comments during a...
Fawaz Al-Farah (right) and Yousef Al-Fouzan launch the exhibition
Kuwait Airways to make profit in two to three years
Fawaz Al-Farah (right) and Yousef Al-Fouzan launch the exhibitionKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways expects to make a profit within the next two to three years, its chief executive said yesterday, as it aims to cut costs and improve its operational efficiency. The airline's losses for 2015 will be less than KD 20 million ($66.3 million), compared with KD 33 million in the previous year, Chief Executive Abdullah Al-Sharhan said. "In 2015, we aim to reduce...
Assistant Undersecretary for Statistical Information at the Ministry of Planning and Development Muna Al-Da’as
Kuwait 'has achieved much of its sustainable development goals' - Central Administration for Statistics marks World Statistics Day
Assistant Undersecretary for Statistical Information at the Ministry of Planning and Development Muna Al-Da’asKUWAIT: Kuwait has been fortunate to have achieved a sizable portion of its goals for sustainable development for 2015 and beyond, said an official yesterday. At a meeting celebrating World Statistics Day, Assistant Undersecretary for Statistical Information at the Ministry of Planning and Development, Muna Al-Da'as, delivered a speech...
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Burhani Center for Bohra community holds Muharram condolence session
KUWAIT: The Burhani Center for the Bohra community in Kuwait held a Muharram condolence session attended by thousands of Bohras in Kuwait. The representative of the Bohra sultan in Kuwait, Sheikh Saifuddin Jamali, started the session by thanking God and sending prayers and peace to His Prophet (PBUH). He praised the Prophet (PBUH), members of his family and the late Bohra sultan Mohammed Burhanuddin.The current Bohra Sultan Syedna Mufaddal...
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Syrian network busted; Airport officials nab 56
KUWAIT: Detectives busted a Syrian network for forging seals of vehicle technical inspection departments including the employment numbers of workers in the department. The network was run by a Syrian abroad, and after being contacted by phone, he instructed people who wanted transactions to be processed on where to go. Members of the network confessed and their cases are being processed.Bogus domestic help officeResidency affairs detectives...
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Good Samaritan has car stolen; 'Expat wife robbed by hubby'
KUWAIT: Two people who pretended that their car broke down stole the car of a good Samaritan who stopped to help them. The citizen was heading back to his flat at dawn when he noticed the two next a car in Ishbiliya area between blocks 2 and 3. The man stopped to ask if they needed help, they told him their car broke down so he got out of his car to help. Then one of the two pushed him to the ground, they both jumped into his car and drove off....
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KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Sheikh Salem Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah chairs a meeting of the Supreme Traffic Council on July 21, 2024. - KUNA
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HODEIDA: This handout satellite image shows a view of burning oil tanks in the port of Yemen’s Houthi-held city of Hodeida on July 21, 2024, a day after Zionist airstrikes. - AFP
Kuwait expresses concern as Zionists attack Yemen