Новости за 12.09.2019

KUWAIT: Electronic cigarettes were used as a rather safe substitute to regular cigarettes – however, their danger rose to the surface with the US announcing six e-cigarette-related deaths recently. An e-cigarette is a handheld battery-powered vaporizer that simulates smoking through providing some of the behavioral aspects of smoking, without burning tobacco. Controversy over the safety […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Football Association have sacked the national team’s head coach Romeo Jozak and his coaching staff, just over a year after his appointment. The decision to terminate the Croat’s contract was taken as per the recommendations of the football body’s technical committee, read a statement on Wednesday. It comes after the national side suffered […]

KUWAIT: The interior ministry’s PR and security media department yesterday announced that joint efforts by the Kuwaiti army and Mubarak Al-Kabeer detectives led to the arrest of a 22-year-old Kuwaiti who had stolen a military vehicle belonging to the army and destroyed a number of other vehicles in his attempt to escape. Notably, a video […]

KUWAIT: Education ministry security officers and policemen yesterday managed to prevent a bedoon from committing suicide by jumping from the first floor of MoE’s headquarters in South Surra. A number of ministry employees said the man threatened to kill himself unless his children were registered in schools, despite the expiry of his security card. Fire […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Company announced it was granted a five star rating from the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) for 2019. The rating covers neutral point of views for clients, said the company in a press statement yesterday. It added that passengers on over one million flights rated about 600 international aviation companies from July […]

Bait Al-Othman Museum located in hawally is one of the most fascinating local museums in kuwiat. The museum’s collection covers a wide array of Kuwait’s history as well as other aspects of life. It was inaugurated in April 2013 and focused primarily on the history and culture of pre-oil Kuwait. There are military tanks and […]

The InterNations annual Expat Insider index for 2019 ranked Kuwait as the worst destination for expatriates for the second year in a row. The list saw Kuwait occupying the bottom spot after Italy, Nigeria, Brazil, Turkey, India, United Kingdom, Greece, Russia and South Korea. Actually, aside from Kuwait, I have lived in some of these […]

In April, reports about shutting down and demolishing the Ice Skating Rink spread in Kuwait. Officials didn’t provide exact information on the expected date of the closure, and even the staff working at the rink were unsure about it. I felt sad, and thousands other fans of the rink were also despondent. So I tried […]

Trend underscores bold push for social liberties by young Saudis RIYADH: Her high heels clacking on marble tiles, a defiant Saudi woman turned heads and drew gasps as she strutted through a Riyadh mall-without a body-shrouding abaya. The billowy over-garment, usually all-black, is customary public wear for women in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom, where it […]

KANO, Nigeria: At least nine Nigerian soldiers were killed and 27 are missing after IS-affiliated jihadists ambushed a military convoy in the country’s restive northeast, two military sources have told AFP. Jihadist fighters assaulted the convoy with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades as it was en route to the town of Gudumbali in Borno […]