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Clerk jailed, gay Kentucky couple gets marriage license - 'I'm hoping that cooler heads will prevail'
MOREHEAD: A gay couple emerged from a Kentucky county clerk's office with a marriage license in hand yesterday morning, embracing and crying as the defiant clerk who runs the office remained jailed for her refusal to issue the licenses because she opposed same-sex marriage.William Smith Jr. and James Yates, a couple for nearly a decade, were the first to receive a marriage license yesterday morning in Rowan County. Deputy clerk Brian Mason issued...
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MasterCard unveils contactless payment platform in Kuwait - Payments made easier, safer and smarter
KUWAIT: MasterCard, a leader in global payments, has introduced the contactless payment solution in Kuwait in collaboration with Boubyan Bank, making payments easier, safer and smarter for consumers.Speaking to Kuwait Times in an interview, Raghav Prasad, General Manager - Gulf Countries at MasterCard, said the contactless solution has benefits for all parties involved in the payment process-from consumers to merchants to financial institutions....
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Minister orders investigation in patient's death
KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi yesterday gave orders to form a committee to investigate the circumstances behind the death of a Kuwaiti patient who died at a public hospital recently. The decision came in response to public demands to investigate the case in which medical error is suspected to have caused the death of Saud Al-Juwaied Al-Azmi at Jahra Hospital.The investigation will cover all the patient's treatment stages, and...
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PM chairs committee for celebrating Kuwait as Capital of Islamic Culture
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has agreed to preside over the Supreme Committee for celebrating Kuwait as the capital of Islamic culture for 2016. The committee's membership includes a number of concerned ministers pertinent to the ceremonial program, which runs over a full year.Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs and President of the National Council for Culture, Arts...
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Minister Jassar touts Kuwaiti pavilion at Expo Milano 2015
MILANO: Kuwait's pavilion at Expo Milano 2015 has further asserted the nation's "civil and humanitarian" image on the world scene, Minister of Public Works and Minister of Electricity and Water Ahmad Al-Jassar said yesterday. Talking to KUNA after his visit to the pavilion, held under the banner line 'Challenge of Nature,' Jassar stressed the significance of taking part in the universal event, the world's third popular one after the World Cup and...
A combination of file pictures made on August 29, 2015 shows Al-Jazeera's Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed (R), Al-Jazeera's Egyptian-Canadian reporter Mohamed Fahmy (C) and Australian journalist Peter Greste. An Egyptian court sentenced Fahmy and Mohamed, along with Australian journalist Peter Greste who was tried in absentia after his deportation early this year, to three years in prison in a shock ruling following global demands for their acquittal. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL / KHALED DESOUKI
Egypt court hands Jazeera reporters three years in jail
A combination of file pictures made on August 29, 2015 shows Al-Jazeera's Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed (R), Al-Jazeera's Egyptian-Canadian reporter Mohamed Fahmy (C) and Australian journalist Peter Greste. An Egyptian court sentenced Fahmy and Mohamed, along with Australian journalist Peter Greste who was tried in absentia after his deportation early this year, to three years in prison in a shock ruling following global demands for their...
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Ward stars as Palace shock Chelsea
LONDON: Joel Ward proved the unlikely match-winner as Crystal Palace produced one of the shocks of the season to win 2-1 away to Premier League champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge yesterday.It was only the second time in 100 league games under manager Jose Mourinho that Chelsea had lost at their west London home. This result also meant Chelsea had lost twice in the league this season after being beaten 3-0 away to title rivals Manchester City a...
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Health situation in Kuwait
A Supreme Planning Council report on human development titled "Social Cohesion: National Pillar" revealed a scary truth about the challenges in the health sector in Kuwait by showing it's suffering from significant deterioration. It is certainly sad that in spite of massive spending on healthcare that exceeds five billion dinars, a shortage of beds and tired facilities as well as many other obstacles are hindering the healthy development of the...
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Kuwait to build new airport in 1-1/2 years - Backup terminal to handle 4m passengers
KUWAIT: The Civil Aviation Directorate General said that a new airport with a capacity of up to four million passengers per year will be built in Kuwait, said well informed sources. The airport will be built with readymade buildings which will be completed in one and a half years, says Arabic daily Al-Qabas quoting the sources.It will be considered a backup for the current terminal which will help accommodate the increased traffic expected to...
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Malayali community in Kuwait celebrates Onam
KUWAIT: Members of the Malayali expatriate community in Kuwait yesterday celebrated Onam, Kerala's harvest festival, in its traditional fervor and flamboyance. Luckily for many, this year's Onam fell on a Friday, making it convenient for Malayalis in Kuwait to celebrate the festival on the same day itself."We are glad that we could celebrate Onam on the same day itself this year," said Mari, a housewife in Abbassiya whose family enjoyed a...
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British Airways 'exiting'Kuwait skies over security?
KUWAIT: British Airways took a decision to stop flying to Kuwait within weeks due to what it observed as 'weak' security procedures at Kuwait International Airport, said Arabic daily Al-Rai quoting British sources in a letter by British Aviation Authorities to their Kuwaiti counterpart.The British side said British Airways decision is final and will not be revoked, unless certain security procedures are taken quickly, and such procedures will be...
Migrants wait for Macedonian police to allow them to cross in Macedonia at the border line between Greece and Macedonia near the town of Gevgelija on August 28, 2015. Serbia and Macedonia's foreign ministers called for EU action on Europe's migrant crisis at a summit August 27 of leaders from the western Balkans, attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Both have become major transit countries for tens of thousands of migrants trying to reach the European Union in recent months, with Macedonia last week forced to declare a state of emergency.AFP PHOTO / ROBERT ATANASOVSKI
Europe migrant crisis brings tragedy by land and sea
Migrants wait for Macedonian police to allow them to cross in Macedonia at the border line between Greece and Macedonia near the town of Gevgelija on August 28, 2015. Serbia and Macedonia's foreign ministers called for EU action on Europe's migrant crisis at a summit August 27 of leaders from the western Balkans, attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Both have become major transit countries for tens of thousands of migrants trying to...
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Crackdown on visa violators
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Minister of Municipal Affairs Dr Noura Al-Mashaan and Head of the Municipal Council Abdullah Al-Mahari inspect the Darwazat Abdulrazzaq project. – KUNA photos
Darwaza Abdulrazzaq project set to reopen
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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP
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Interior cracks down on residency violators