Новости за 20.07.2019

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s domestic property market was sluggish in the first quarter of 2019 largely due to the fasting month of Ramadan and subsequent holidays, according to experts. Speaking to KUNA, Al-Dlaijan Property Manager Suleiman Al-Dlaijan said housing and investment rates remained the same, adding that majority of housing traders were brokers and not home seekers. […]

KUWAIT: Preliminary information indicates that a 21-year-old Kuwaiti woman who died on the eve of her wedding used weight-loss pills promoted online by a fashionista who claimed to be a doctor. Meanwhile, the health ministry said investigations are underway to look into the death of the woman. The ministry, in a press statement on Friday, […]

Authority adjusts Kuwaitis’ hiring percentage for secretary and executive jobs in private sector KUWAIT: Newspapers are now only required to make sure that 15 percent of management are Kuwaitis after a new decision cut the mandatory percentage by half. On the other hand, the hiring percentage of Kuwaitis as managers was increased for most business […]

Many people, especially women, like to use weight-loss pills, including supplements or medications, to get rid of excessive weight and reach the ideal weight without dieting. They think these items will curb their appetite, so they will lose weight easily with the least physical effort and in no time. But many people use them without […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality’s Public Relations department said the public cleanliness and road occupancy in Jahra removed 132,202 cubic meters of trash and changed 874 garbage containers in May, 2019. Separately, the department announced that 80 cubic meters of fruits, vegetables and furniture were seized while 230 cubic meters of waste were removed during recent raids […]

KUWAIT: A view of Kuwait City from the seafront. — Photo by Ahmad Al-Failakawi (KUNA)

Delhi, Manila call to free crew – US, Iran at odds over drone – Iran crewman sent to Oman TEHRAN: Iran ignored mounting European appeals to release a British-flagged tanker yesterday as Britain denounced a “dangerous move” and summoned a senior diplomat from the Islamic republic. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it seized the […]

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: US, Italian and Russian astronauts blasted into space Saturday, headed for the International Space Station, in a launch coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, NASA’s Andrew Morgan and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency set off on a six-hour […]

20 countries sign the joint statement on blasphemy WASHINGTON: The United Arab Emirates has joined a US-led call to prevent the abuse of blasphemy laws, which are on the books in much of the Islamic world. The United Arab Emirates was one of only three Muslim-majority nations along with Albania and Kosovo, both known for […]

LASWA VALLEY: Once a small cluster of houses stood along a gentle stream in Pakistani Kashmir. Now only jagged rocks and a few damaged homes remain after torrential rains wreaked havoc on the picturesque mountain village in the Laswa Valley. More than 270 people have been killed in recent days across South Asia as monsoon […]