Новости за 21.01.2019

Hajraf vows fiscal reforms – Oil seen at $55 per barrel – Non-oil revenues to increase KUWAIT: Kuwait’s estimated budget deficit for the 2019/2020 fiscal year could soar to KD 7.7 billion ($25.3 billion), Finance Minister Nayef Al-Hajraf said yesterday. Kuwait plans to spend KD 22.5 billion ($74 billion) in total expenditure for the fiscal […]

KUWAIT: MP Saleh Ashour yesterday called for immediately expelling all single men from block 13 of Salmiya because of the “danger” they pose to Kuwaiti families in the area and for putting public services under pressure. The lawmaker called on the government to form a committee from various ministries and government agencies to draw a […]

KUWAIT: An informed source said authorities deported nearly 17,000 expats in 2018 compared to 29,000 in 2017, a drop of 45 percent. The source said the drop in the number of residency violators is the main reason behind the drop in the number of deportees, in addition to instructions by the government to not deport […]

Complying with UN’s anti-corruption agreement to achieve sustainable development KUWAIT: Minister of Justice Fahad Al-Afasi briefed the cabinet yesterday about a five-year anti-corruption strategy based on rule of law and complete transparency. Afasi, also Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs, said the 2019-2024 strategy, the first of its kind in Kuwait, includes four major […]

COTABATO, Philippines: A decades-long push to halt the violence that has claimed some 150,000 lives in the southern Philippines culminated yesterday with a vote on giving the nation’s Muslim minority greater control over the region. The poll is the final step in a peace deal with the Catholic-majority country’s largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro […]

JERUSALEM: Israel struck what it said were Iranian targets in Syria yesterday in response to missile fire it blamed on Iran, sparking concerns of an escalation after a report that 11 fighters were killed. Israel announced the strikes against facilities it said belonged to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force as they were occurring, continuing […]

WASHINGTON: An unusual set of celestial circumstances came together over Sunday night and the wee hours of yesterday for sky watchers in Europe, Africa and the Americas, where the moon was fully obscured before lighting up again with a faint red glow. In the streets of Mexico City, Los Angeles and Paris and in the […]

KUWAIT: The prevention sector at Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) began an inspection campaign of high-rise buildings to make sure they meet prevention conditions, in the presence of Deputy Director General for Prevention Sector Maj Gen Khalid Abdullah Fahd, who personally supervised the campaign. Major Gen Khaled Abdullah said the choice of buildings that are […]

KUWAIT: Over 68 percent of Kuwaitis prefer shopping online, which has become a necessity after it used to be just an option for shoppers, according to a recent academic study. The study, conducted by Kuwait College of Science and Technology (KCST) administration professor Randa Deyab on online shopping habits amongst local consumers, relied on a […]