Новости за 18.12.2019

Islamist, opposition lawmakers keep up pressure on minister KUWAIT: Newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ghadeer Aseeri denied yesterday rumors claiming that she had resigned from the Cabinet on the back of a campaign against her inclusion in the government. Aseeri, one of seven new faces in the Cabinet formed on Tuesday, has […]

KUWAIT: Ministry of Interior’s (MoI) assistant undersecretary for correctional facilities and verdicts execution affairs Maj Gen Farraj Al-Zobi said the total number of prisoners to be included in the Amiri amnesty this year would be 600 to 700, including citizens and expats imprisoned for various crimes except those involved in state security and terrorism-related cases. […]

Including 50 million Arabic vocabularies, Arabic-English-Arabic glossary KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti software company has already created a new Arabic lexicon and will make it available on the Internet next January, the founder said yesterday. Founder of Kuwait’s Sakhr Software Company Mohammad Al-Sharekh made the remark in a speech during a celebration organized by the United Nations […]

KUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait University’s teaching staff members society Dr Ibrahim Al-Humoud urged new Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Saud Al-Harbi to appoint a new KU rector whose tenure had expired since September 2019. “Instead of performing his duties as a caretaker, the interim rector has been acting as an actual, […]

Education, health, services ministers explain agendas KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Ahmad Al-Mansour Al-Sabah yesterday received at his office the Kuwaiti Army Chief of Staff Lt Gen Mohammad Al-Khudhr, his deputy Lt Gen Abdullah Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah, members of the defense council and his assistant undersecretaries. Sheikh Ahmad said he looks forward […]

KUWAIT: Rapporteur of the parliament’s health affairs committee MP Saadoun Hammad said the committee rejected a proposal to cancel the government-sponsored treatment overseas program because Kuwaiti citizens should not be deprived from receiving medical treatment. Hammad added that the committee rejected a proposal to establish a medical committee to be responsible for dispatching citizens for […]

As we approach a new year, I am sure some of my readers are considering new goals for 2020, and one goal you might have for yourself is to be financially independent. If you are brave enough (which you are) and you are considering starting a business, or what we call a small business or […]

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh chaired a top-level Interior Ministry meeting yesterday; his first following the Cabinet’s new formation on Tuesday. The meeting was held in presence of senior ministry officials including Undersecretary Lt Gen Essam Al-Nahham and the ministry’s assistant undersecretaries. Saleh conveyed the higher […]

• KUWAIT: Men have Arabic coffee and tea together as they rest on mats before a large rainwater flooding pool in Al-Rawdatain, about 115 kilometers north of Kuwait City yesterday. Heavy rains that hit Kuwait in recent days have damaged camps across the country’s desert where camping is popular during the winter and spring season. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
• Vehicles drive along an elevated road between a flooded rainwater pool.
• Tents flooded following the heavy rains.
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Court declines immediate stay on legislation – Govt bans gatherings in parts of Delhi NEW DELHI: Fresh protests broke out across India yesterday as authorities banned large gatherings in parts of the capital in an effort to contain nationwide rallies and riots against a citizenship law seen as discriminating against Muslims. The demonstrations over the […]