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Power, water cut to evict 'bachelors' from building
Dozens of Farwaniya tenants forced to sleep outdoors after shock move KUWAIT: Tenants sleep in trucks and cars and on the ground after electricity and water were cut from their building in Farwaniya last week. KUWAIT: Dozens of expatriate workers in Kuwait were forced to sleep outdoors for five nights after the electricity and water in the building where they lived was cut in a bid to force single men from their flats. This comes amid an ongoing...
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Firm action needed to stop plastic littering in Kuwait
Careless disposal of plastic bags could cause death of various speciesKUWAIT: Many states across the globe, amid alarmingly mounting hazards, have become preoccupied with conserving the environment and creating means to tackle various forms of pollution namely plastic contamination. Such pollution tops hazards against humans' health and wellbeing; that is certainly much more dangerous for the next generations; thus, there must be a serious stance...
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Public transportation, one solution to Kuwait's suffocating gridlocks
'Kuwait Commute' initiative encourages people to use public busesKUWAIT: Imagine one day in Kuwait going out of your house and heading to a nearby bus, subway, or railway station to get to work or find leisure. Wouldn't that be convenient? The very concept of public transportation is meant to solve one of the most grueling problems faced in the country with gridlocks stretching as far as the eye could see. While some initiatives in Kuwait exist...
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Defense Ministry to enlist bedoon recruits in Jan
KUWAIT: The Defense Ministry plans to enlist a new batch of bedoon (stateless) recruits in January, said informed sources. They noted that applicants in this batch have already been interviewed and medically examined and should have been recruited in August, but the process was deferred until the law on legalizing illegal residents - due to be discussed by the parliament next month - is passed. The sources added that the new batch will include...
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MP warns minister of grilling over delayed road maintenance
KUWAIT: MP Bader Al-Mulla warned yesterday that he will file to grill Minister of Public Works Jenan Boushehri for failing to complete the repairs of roads ahead of the rainy season that is about to begin. The lawmaker said that the minister is so close to the grilling podium especially if the country's roads were not ready for rains like last year. Last year, unprecedented heavy rains lashed Kuwait causing heavy damage to roads and...
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Money laundering suspicions in US army contracts
KUWAIT: Relevant Interior Ministry security and detectives of the US army launched an investigation over suspicions of the involvement of five local companies in money laundering in contracts to provide logistics services for the US army. Informed sources said that the suspected companies had recently won a $140 million tender go provide vehicle services in US camps and drivers inside and outside Kuwait, while their local licenses are related to...
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Cargo ship leaving Shuwaikh Port
KUWAIT: A man takes a photo of a cargo ship as it leaves Shuwaikh Port yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Iraqi PM vows reforms to calm angry protests
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government announced a series of reforms early yesterday after an "extraordinary" session overnight in response to sweeping anti-government rallies that have left nearly 100 dead in less than a week. The United Nations on Saturday urged an end to violence in Iraq, after five days of protests calling for the government to resign. Confronted by its biggest challenge since coming to power just under a year ago, Prime Minister Adel...
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Second Trump whistleblower comes forward
WASHINGTON: A second whistleblower has come forward, this one with first-hand information of the events that triggered an impeachment investigation of US President Donald Trump for alleged abuse of power, the informant's lawyer said yesterday. "I can confirm this report of a second #whistleblower being represented by our legal team," Mark Zaid said on Twitter. "They also made a protected disclosure under the law and cannot be retaliated against....
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Duterte reveals new health issue
SOCHI, Russia: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends the 16th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club on Oct 3, 2019. - AFP MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has disclosed that he suffers from an autoimmune disease that can potentially have serious complications, the latest condition for a leader whose health has been subject to speculation. Duterte, 74, was the oldest person to be elected president of the country and...
SEGOU: Two displaced children lie down to watch the television in the court of a house in Segou. In central Mali, in the heart of Sahel bogged down in a conflict that worsen since 2012, education has become a luxury. —AFP
Mali conflict robs displaced children of school
SEGOU: In a better world, nine-year-old Oumou Tomboura would have already had several years of schooling behind her and be able to write, read and count. But in Mali, education is another casualty of conflict. When the new academic year began last week, Oumou sat not on a classroom bench but on a mat outdoors in the southern-central town of Segou, chopping onions and tomatoes for the next meal. Her family is among tens of thousands to have fled...
PARIS: Two emergency members stand by the body of Mickael Harpon, 45-year-old computer expert, shot dead by a policeman after he stabbed four colleagues to death in a frenzied attack at Paris police headquarters. —AFP
Paris police attacker had 'radical vision of Islam'
PARIS: A staffer at Paris police headquarters who stabbed four colleagues to death in a frenzied attack adhered to "a radical vision of Islam", an anti-terror prosecutor said Saturday, amid a gathering political storm over security safeguards. The 45-year-old computer expert had been in contact with members of Salafism, an ultra-conservative branch of Sunni Islam, and defended "atrocities committed in the name of that religion", Jean-Francois...
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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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LONDON: Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria wave as they pose on the steps of 10 Downing Street on July 5, 2024. - AFP
‘Restless’ Starmer seeks ‘reset’, axes Rwanda scheme
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Row erupts over foreign scholarships
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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