Новости за 04.03.2019

Two MPs to grill commerce minister – Activist’s citizenship returned KUWAIT: The National Assembly’s health and social affairs committee yesterday agreed to increase annual leave in the private sector to 35 days from 30 currently as part of a number of amendments to the labor law, a lawmaker said. MP Osama Al-Shaheen said the amendment […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait is preparing to deal with Australia’s decision to stop the export of live sheep during the summer from June 1 until August 31, as the Kuwait Livestock Transport and Trading Company (KLTT) asked the commerce ministry’s permission to stock sheep during this period to meet the needs of the local market, especially during […]

KUWAIT: A man and a woman were arrested at Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 4 yesterday for attempting to smuggle banned substances into the country. Customs Information Committee member Nawaf Al-Mattar said a customs inspector suspected a passenger and found two pieces of hashish in his luggage. He added that a European woman had 500 illicit […]

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) will launch on March 15 the plan it recently approved to pave various streets using an extra asphalt layer, well-informed sources said. The sources added that MPW recently reviewed various road maintenance contracts to prepare an integrated plan, noting that the process will be supervised by three different […]

Plans to develop islands, northern region to attract tourists KUWAIT: As part of its plan to transform the country into an international business and financial hub, the State of Kuwait is working on developing the tourism sector in line with the ‘New Kuwait’ or ‘Vision 2035’. The strategic plan for tourism will aim at developing […]

Firms behind incomplete projects to be denied access to future tenders KUWAIT: His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah instructed strict control on projects, mainly faltering ones, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said yesterday. Speaking after a weekly Cabinet meeting, the minister said the Cabinet discussed […]

TOKYO: The Japanese artist behind the images that sparked the recent viral “Momo Challenge” hoax told AFP yesterday he destroyed the creepy doll long ago and never meant to harm anyone. The scary image with goggly eyes and a pained expression was based on a Japanese ghost called “ubume” – of a woman who dies […]

NEW DELHI: As tempers cool after an alarming confrontation between India and Pakistan, analysts say their leaders have emerged stronger-with Narendra Modi burnishing his nationalist credentials and Imran Khan cast as a peacemaker. Some 400,000 people have signed petitions for Khan, the former playboy cricketer and prime minister since August, to get a Nobel prize, […]

Two women unable to walk after the painful punishment BANDA ACEH: Six couples were publicly whipped in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province yesterday for relations outside marriage, with at least two women unable to walk after the painful punishment. Flogging is common for a range of offences in the region at the tip of Sumatra island, […]

BEAUREGARD, Alabama: Rescuers in Alabama stepped up the search for survivors yesterday after two back-to-back tornadoes ripped across the southern state, with the death toll of 23 expected to rise further. “The devastation is incredible,” Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones told the local CBS affiliate. “It looks almost as if someone took a giant knife […]