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ABU DHABI: Attendees take pictures of a robot during the opening ceremony of the 24th World Energy Congress (WEC) in the UAE capital. — AFP

World Energy Congress kicks off with Kuwaiti participation

Exploring new energy futures, critical innovation areas and creative strategiesABU DHABI: The 24th World Energy Congress (WEC) kicked off in Abu Dhabi yesterday, gathering ministers, CEOs, policy-makers and industry practitioners from 150 countries including Kuwait to explore new energy futures, critical innovation areas and creative strategies. The WEC leads delegates through a four-day interactive program designed to address the most critical...

Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW)

PAHW to allocate 135 housing units By Meshaal Al-Enezi

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Housing Welfare will be open for allocating 135 housing units in sector N10 of Sabah Al-Ahmed city on Thursday, September 19, 2019 on a special session to be held at its headquarters in south Surra. Zamzam case Mohammed Hassan Al-Ajmi, attorney of a company that had been allegedly fined by MOCI inspectors for commercial fraud for selling fake Zamzam water, stressed that the video showing the inspectors, the...

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Hawally Municipality carries out field tours

KUWAIT: Hawally Municipality emergency team chief Ahmad Ramadan said the team carried out field tours to make sure shop owners did not encroach on outdoor yards, adding this resulted in issuing 24 violations to shops for violating Municipality rules. Four encroachments on state property were removed and 22 warnings were issued, while four ads were removed from the streets.Farm workers The Relations and Security Information Department at the...

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Detectives on the hunt for kidnapped Kuwaiti

KUWAIT: Criminal detectives are looking for five persons who kidnapped a Kuwaiti from Qurain, took him to a house in Jahra and beat him mercilessly. They then took him to an outdoor yard, beat him again and threw him in front of a Hawally building. The man went to the police station in a hysterical state and gave police a medical report about his condition. He did not give any information about the attackers. Missing husband A Kuwaiti called...

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Nadal wins 19th Grand Slam title

Nadal edge Russia's Medvedev in five-set US Open thrillerNEW YORK: Delivering one of his most dramatic major final performances, Rafael Nadal captured his 19th career Grand Slam title Sunday by winning his fourth US Open, outlasting Russia's Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4. The 33-year-old Spanish left-hander moved one shy of Roger Federer's all-time men's record 20 Grand Slam triumphs and became the second-oldest New York champion in the...

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Fahaheel Sports Club's football field approved

KUWAIT: Kuwait Football Association (KFA)'s competitions committee approved the Fahaheel Sports Club's Nayef Al-Dabbous football field for matches to be played in Kuwait's premier league, which is due to kick off on the 18th of September. Notably, Fahaheel Sports Club had been deprived from playing on its own field for many years before the club developed it further to meet the required standards.Medical responsibility Health minister Dr Basel...

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KISR launches campaign 'My day without plastic'

Aims to guide people on how to deal with plastic waste KISR director Dr Samira Al-Sayed Omar KUWAIT: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) yesterday affirmed necessity of promoting awareness of hazards resulting from plastic waste noting dissolution of such materials takes a very long time, some require up to 30 years. The warning was made by Dr Samira Al-Sayed Omar, KISR director, on the occasion of launching a campaign themed, "My day...

Public Authority for Food and Nutrition

Call to ban non-halal protein bars

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN) has called for imposing a ban on all imports of several kinds of protein bars for including non-halal ingredients. In a press statement Sunday, PAFN Secretary General Adel Al-Suwait said the authority singled out Snickers, Mars, Bounty and Milky Way protein bars for the ban. He pointed that the authority has found that these products had non-halal ingredients. - KUNA

Syrian found guilty of maid's murder

Joanna Demafelis is seen in this image taken from her Facebook profile. KUWAIT: Reports from Manila quote the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs as saying that one of the employers of slain Filipina worker Joanna Demafelis was found guilty of murder. The Philippine Star said the Syrian district criminal court found Mouna Ali Hassoun guilty of killing Demafelis. Hassoun is the wife of Lebanese Nader Essam Assaf, who is also charged with...

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Feeling blue: Qatar road turned azure to cool city

DOHA: Qatar has turned a busy stretch of road in the capital Doha bright blue as part of an experiment to cool the tarmac surface and reduce the temperature of surrounding areas. Temperatures in the desert emirate sometimes reach 50 degrees Celsius and heat was a major concern when the country was named as host of the 2022 World Cup. While the tournament will be hosted in the cooler winter months to avoid the hottest period, Doha still grapples...

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Kuwait Aquarium

KUWAIT: The mesmerizing and therapeutic effect one can witness in the Kuwait Aquarium. —KUNA

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Trump looking forward to meet Amir upon recovery

WASHINGTON: White House spokesman John Derry said in a statement that US President Donald Trump wishes his friend HH the Amir will recover quickly after his admission at a hospital in the US to complete medical checkups. President Trump has been informed that his scheduled meeting with HH the Amir on Sept 12 has been postponed to a later date, the White House spokesman said. The president is looking forward to meet HH the Amir when he recovers,...

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