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HOBART: Photo shows yacht Black Jack heading towards Hobart during the 2021 Sydney to Hobart yacht race. —AFP
Black Jack wins prestigious yacht race
HOBART: Photo shows yacht Black Jack heading towards Hobart during the 2021 Sydney to Hobart yacht race. —AFPSYDNEY: Supermaxi Black Jack won the prestigious Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Tuesday ending years of frustrating near misses. Owned by Australian Peter Harburg and skippered by Mark Bradford, Black Jack took line honors after a tight tussle with LawConnect on the River Derwent after two days 12 hours 37min and 17sec of racing. For...
MADRID: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic hits a return during the men’s singles semi-final match between Croatia and Serbia at the Madrid arena. Djokovic has pulled out of the ATP Cup in Sydney, organizers said yesterday, amid speculation about his vaccination status and whether he will defend his Australian Open title. —AFP
Djokovic withdraws from ATP Cup, deepening Australian Open doubts
MADRID: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic hits a return during the men’s singles semi-final match between Croatia and Serbia at the Madrid arena. Djokovic has pulled out of the ATP Cup in Sydney, organizers said yesterday, amid speculation about his vaccination status and whether he will defend his Australian Open title. —AFPSYDNEY: Novak Djokovic has pulled out of this week’s ATP Cup in Sydney, organizers said yesterday, heightening doubts over...
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Newly assigned minister vows to achieve digitalization
Municipal Affairs, Communication and Information Technology Minister Dr Rana Al-Fares takes her oath.KUWAIT: State Minister for Municipality affairs and State Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Dr Rana Al-Fares, yesterday expressed appreciation for the confidence granted to her by His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber...
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Defense Minister thanks political leadership for trust
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah takes the oath.KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah expressed yesterday his deepest thanks and gratitude to His highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for renewing their trust in reassigning him in this position. This...
RIYADH: Mohammad Al-Sharikh, Chairman of Sakhr Software Company, receives the prize. —KUNA
Kuwait’s Sharikh wins King Faisal Prize for ‘Service to Islam’
RIYADH: Mohammad Al-Sharikh, Chairman of Sakhr Software Company, receives the prize. —KUNARIYADH: Mohammad Al-Sharikh, Kuwaiti Chairman of Sakhr Software Company, was granted Tuesday the King Faisal Prize in the category of ‘Service to Islam’ for 2021. The Prize includes five categories. In a ceremony held under the patronage of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Sharikh said “winning the prize is the end of the ambition”, appreciating...
KUWAIT: Heavy clouds cover the sky as vehicles drive on a highway in Kuwait yesterday. Scattered rains are expected to continue today with a chance of fog that may drop horizontal visibility, according to the Kuwait Meteorological Department. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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KUWAIT: Heavy clouds cover the sky as vehicles drive on a highway in Kuwait yesterday. Scattered rains are expected to continue today with a chance of fog that may drop horizontal visibility, according to the Kuwait Meteorological Department. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives a list of the new Cabinet’s members from His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. —Amiri Diwan
Amir wishes new Cabinet best in serving Kuwait
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives a list of the new Cabinet’s members from His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. —Amiri DiwanKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Dar Al-Yamama yesterday His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah who handed him the proposed names for the new Cabinet...
KUWAIT: A Kuwait Air Force plane carrying aid relief from the Kuwait Red Crescent Society to Lebanon. — KUNA
Kuwait extended helping hand to the needy in 2021
KUWAIT: A Kuwait Air Force plane carrying aid relief from the Kuwait Red Crescent Society to Lebanon. — KUNAKUWAIT: The following is a report on major events highlighting Kuwait’s humanitarian works throughout 2021:Jan 10: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) donates two fully equipped ambulances to the Palestinian Red Crescent.Jan 28: KRCS sends a plane to Lebanon loaded with blankets, medicines, medical equipment and sanitary supplies.April...
Abdulaziz Al-Dousari, founder of Kuwait Credit Bank.
Kuwait’s notable deaths in 2021
Abdulaziz Al-Dousari, founder of Kuwait Credit Bank.The following is a report on notable persons who passed away in Kuwait in 2021:Jan 10: Writer, researcher and historian Khaled Al-Ansari passed away at the age of 81. He was one of the pioneers of Kuwait’s literature and history.Jan 24: Former Arabi SC and Kuwait national football team member Mohammad Al-Khatib passes away at 77.Feb 11: Former chairman of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and...
Dr Khalid Al-Saleh
Society hosts workshop on virus’ relation to cancer
Dr Khalid Al-Saleh Dr Jamal Al-DuaijKUWAIT: Kuwait Society for Oncology organized a workshop on virus variants and its relation to cancer. The workshop was opened by oncologist and the society’s chairman Dr Khalid Ahmad Al-Saleh with a speech in which he explained virus variants and their ability to cause diseases that were unknown before, and the danger of this on humanity as a whole. He said it is necessary to conduct a survey in Kuwait to...
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KSL delegation visits Kuwait pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
DUBAI: A delegation from Kuwait Society of Lawyers (KSL) paid a visit on Monday to Kuwait’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai which is held for the first in the Middle East, Africa and West of Asia. Speaking to the press in a statement, Ilham Aidarou, a member of (KSL), said that Kuwait’s pavilion is a historical and cultural platform that shows the country’s humanitarian and societal renaissance as well as its development projects. She lauded...
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Police issue 274 citations in Jleeb crackdown
KUWAIT: The traffic department inspection team, in cooperation with Kuwait Municipality, Ministry of Electricity and Water, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Public Authority for Manpower, carried out a campaign against vehicle repair shops in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, resulting in issuing 274 citations, 80 of which are traffic-related, two for wanted vehicles and one for a stolen vehicle, the interior ministry said. The Municipality placed 12...
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP
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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott
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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP
Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding