Новости за 14.07.2019

RIYADH: Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA), announces record-high financial results for all key indicators for the first six-months and second quarter ended 30 June 2019, with the operator serving 8.3 million customers. Key Operational and Financial notes for the three months ended 30 June, 2019: In June 2019, Zain KSA signed a new Islamic two-year […]

LONDON: Novak Djokovic saved two match points to clinch a fifth Wimbledon title and 16th major on yesterday, shattering Roger Federer’s bid to become the oldest Grand Slam champion in the longest final ever played at the tournament. Despite being outplayed by the 37-year-old Swiss for large parts of the knife-edge encounter, the world number […]

Mogherini commends Amir’s wisdom, hails Kuwait as force for peace KUWAIT: The EU’s diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said yesterday the bloc is increasing its engagement in the Middle East, as she opened a new mission in Kuwait City. The office in Kuwait’s tallest skyscraper is the third such EU mission in the Gulf, after Riyadh […]

Manpower authority to build shelter for abused male laborers KUWAIT: Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) mandated that all foreign investment companies hire Kuwaitis in order to enjoy the privileges it provides to them, said informed sources. The sources added that KDIPA Director Sheikh Meshaal Al-Jaber issued a decision on the mechanism to be followed […]

KUWAIT: Lawmakers yesterday strongly lashed out at Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel after they claimed an announcer deliberately slandered and insulted Kuwait. Saudi news anchor Sarah Darandawi was reading a story about Qatar reportedly lowering the price of alcohol in preparation for the World Cup 2022, which Doha is hosting. After finishing the story, the anchor […]

KUWAIT: MP Saleh Ashour yesterday accused the government of failing to rectify the distorted demographic structure and called for an immediate halt in the recruitment of expatriates and dismissing large numbers of foreign workers who are not needed, who constitute a big burden on public services. Ashour said on Twitter that a report in a […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s health ministry terminated the contract of an expatriate nurse after she was blamed of causing a medical error. Investigations had confirmed that the nurse was responsible for the medical error which took place at a public hospital where she worked, Al-Anbaa reported yesterday without providing any further details about the incident. Impersonation A […]

KUWAIT: A motorist died and another was injured in an accident reported on King Fahd road. Mina Abdullah fire station had responded to a car accident on the road, and found one a Kuwaiti man dead on the scene, while another man was found critically injured. An investigation was opened to reveal the cause of […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) signed Saturday a cooperation protocol with the ministry of defense, enabling the navy to prepare security plans for the protection of ports nationwide. “The protocol was signed at a time the region is experiencing a critical security situation,” KPA Director General Sheikh Yusuf Abdullah Al-Sabah said in a statement. “Therefore, […]

One of the greatest ODIs in cricket history LONDON: England won the World Cup for the first time as they beat New Zealand in a dramatic Super Over after a nerve-shredding final ended in a tie at Lord’s yesterday. After Eoin Morgan’s side finished on 241 all out in pursuit of New Zealand’s 241-8, the […]