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Municipality field campaigns
KUWAIT: Municipality capital emergency team carried out field campaigns to check construction work and encroachments on state property. Head of the team Zaid Al-Enezi said the campaigns resulted in issuing two warnings to two buildings as they closed balconies and extended areas with light material contrary to ministerial decision 206/2009. The campaigns also resulted in arresting 21 roaming vendors, and 15 violations of work affairs were checked...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem at his US residence. - KUNA
Speaker: Amir will return home soon
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem at his US residence. - KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim at his residence in the US on Tuesday. The audience was attended by deputy head of Kuwait National Guard Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. "HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Setting up as a startup
Attorney Fajer Ahmed A startup can be defined in many ways, but I like to think of them as innovative, growth-oriented, newly-created businesses. Starting a startup has become popular over the last decade thanks to the great success stories of geeks turned into self-made billionaires, both internationally and locally. Starting a startup can be difficult at the beginning, but extremely rewarding. It involves being innovative, thinking outside the...
RIYADH: A picture taken yesterday shows displayed fragments of what the Saudi defense ministry spokesman said were Iranian cruise missiles and drones recovered from the attack site that targeted Saudi Aramco's facilities, during a press conference yesterday. – AFP
Costly Saudi defenses prove no match for drones, cruise missiles
RIYADH/DUBAI: Billions of dollars spent by Saudi Arabia on cutting edge Western military hardware mainly designed to deter high altitude attacks has proved no match for low-cost drones and cruise missiles used in a strike that crippled its giant oil industry. Saturday's assault on Saudi oil facilities that halved production has exposed how ill-prepared the Gulf state is to defend itself despite repeated attacks on vital assets during its...
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Health fears prompt Swiss 5G revolt
Fears over radiation from the antennasGENEVA: Switzerland was among the first countries to begin deploying 5G, but health fears over radiation from the antennas that carry the next-generation mobile technology have sparked a nationwide revolt. Demonstrators against the technology are due to fill the streets of Bern later this month, but already a number of cantons have been pressured to put planned constructions of 5G-compatible antennae on ice....
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Yemen Houthi drones, missiles defy years of Saudi air strikes
Iran helped mentor drone and missile expertise-analystsDUBAI: At a weapons exhibition in July in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, military officials whipped silken sheets off what they said were newly-developed drones and missiles. The theatrical gesture revealed the proud slogan "Made in Yemen" spray-painted onto the weapons' bodywork. The moment was a celebration of sorts for Yemen's Houthi fighters. Despite years of air strikes against...
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Netanyahu, Gantz deadlocked after Israeli elections
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger Benny Gantz were deadlocked yesterday after an Israeli general election, reports said, raising the possibility of a unity government or even the end of the premier's long rule. Various Israeli media reported that Netanyahu's right-wing Likud and Gantz's Blue and White had 32 seats each of parliament's 120 with more than 90 percent of the vote counted. The reports were citing...
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Schools, airports closed as Indonesia fires spark fears
Air quality worsens in SingaporeKUALA LUMPUR: Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed schools and airports across the country and in neighboring Malaysia yesterday, while air quality worsened in Singapore just days before the city's Formula One motor race. Illegal fires to clear land for agriculture are blazing out of control on Sumatra and Borneo islands, with Jakarta deploying thousands of security forces and water-bombing aircraft to...
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Penalty drama as holders Liverpool, Chelsea lose Champions League openers
Ajax claim impressive 3-0 home win over Lille with their newest signings among the goalsPARIS: Holders Liverpool began their defence of the Champions League trophy with a defeat against Napoli on Tuesday, while one missed spot-kick condemned Chelsea to defeat against Valencia and another came to Barcelona's rescue. Liverpool survived a 1-0 defeat in Naples in the group stage last season to go on and win their sixth European Cup, and this time a...
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Judo federation bans Iran after fighter loses to avoid facing Israeli
'Iranian intelligence officials came to his home in Iran and to the judo arena and warned him'PARIS: Iran has been suspended from international judo for ordering a judoka to lose at the world championships to avoid facing an Israeli, the International Judo Federation (IJF) said yesterday. Saeid Mollaei, who entered last month's event in Tokyo as the reigning world champion in the -81kg class, said he was ordered to throw his semi-final rather...
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman (center) arrives for a press conference in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Tuesday. — AFP
Oil prices drop on quick Saudi recovery plan
IEA sees no need for emergency oil stock release JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman (center) arrives for a press conference in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Tuesday. — AFP LONDON: Oil prices retreated yesterday, extending the previous day's decline after Saudi Arabia said it would quickly restore full production following last weekend's attacks on its facilities. Tension in the Middle East remained...
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ABK sponsors central bank's International Banking Conference - Shaping the Future'
Finance and banking sector facing unprecedented disruption today: Al-Sumait Abdullah Al-Sumait KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait ( ABK) announced yesterday, that it is sponsoring the "International Banking Conference - Shaping the Future", held under the patronage of His Highness the Amir of the State of Kuwait: Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at the Four Seasons Hotel, on Monday 23 September 2019. Abdullah Al-Sumait, Deputy Chief...
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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos
Amir’s visit to UK boosts ties
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Britain's King Charles III (L) welcomes Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, in London, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt / POOL / AFP)
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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III