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Academic dishonesty: A growing concern among Kuwait’s students

By Batool Albousabih As private and public Arabic school 12th-grade students sit for their first final exams on Sunday, the issue of academic dishonesty in Kuwait, both in schools and universities, comes to the forefront. A recent interview with ten...

Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad

JN.1 detected in Kuwait but no cause for alarm

KUWAIT: Cases of the JN.1 COVID-19 variant have been detected in Kuwait, but the discovery is “predictable and not worrisome”, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said on Thursday. Dr Sanad, also director of ...

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Kuwait urges people over 50 to take second booster

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health encouraged people aged over 50 and those aged between 12 and 50 years and have weakened immune systems to take a second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Those eligible can take their second booster at the Kuw...

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Kuwait's health ministry monitors COVID cases through Immune app

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health announced it has started monitoring cases positive for COVID-19 through the Immune app instead of the 'Shlonik' app. A person who tests positive for COVID-19 must isolate for five days after which they are require...

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Kuwait reports 4,232 new COVID cases, two deaths

Kuwait reported 4,232 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday in addition to two deaths and 4,712 recoveries. Meanwhile, the number of patients in ICUs reached 87, up from 86 on Saturday. The number of patients hospitalized increased from 549 to 567, while tot...

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Amir sends Eid greetings

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KUWAIT: Minister of Information Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi and Minister of Finance Noura Al-Fassam meet to discuss the upcoming visual presentation on the government’s action plan, scheduled to take place on April 10, 2025. — KUNA

Government to unveil action plan on April 10

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Palestinian filmmaker and Oscar winner for the documentary "No Other Land" Hamdan Ballal poses for a picture with his Oscar, as he recovers after Israeli settlers attacked him at home, in his village of Susya in the south of the occupied West Bank on March 26, 2025.

Academy apologizes for failing to defend Palestinian filmmaker

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The Embassy of Kuwait in the United States.

Cultural office urges Kuwaiti students in US to abide by laws

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BEIRUT: People gather at the site of a Zionist airstrike in southern Beirut on March 28, 2025. Zionists made good on its threat on March 28 to strike Beirut after rockets were fired towards its territory, rattling an already fragile truce in Lebanon.- AFP

Zionists vow to hit ‘everywhere’ in Lebanon