Новости за 06.01.2021

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah decorated Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah with the Order of Kuwait of the First Class at Bayan Palace yesterday. The honoring, at an Amiri reception, came in recognition of Sheikh Ahmad’s services to Kuwait and his efforts in bolstering relations with brethren in the […]

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir also received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. In […]

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Tuesday conducted a telephone call with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. During the call, His Highness the Amir expressed his appreciation to the King for hospitality and the hosting of the 41st Summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), lauding the good […]

By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: Although the number of COVID-19 infections has dropped and the situation is stable in Kuwait, some businesses haven’t reopened since they were forced to shut down in March 2020. These include cinemas, nurseries, shisha cafes and exhibition halls. Most owners of these businesses are facing bankruptcy and even imprisonment, as many […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: The government yesterday boycotted a National Assembly session, apparently in protest over an opposition-led grilling of the prime minister, prompting the cancellation of the session amid reports that the Cabinet has resigned. MPs, local media and online news bulletins reported HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah tendered the […]

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump faced one of the darkest days of his presidency yesterday with Congress poised to certify Joe Biden’s White House victory and Democrats on track to take control of the Senate with a pair of stunning upset victories in Georgia. Thousands of Trump supporters, fueled by his spurious claims of voter fraud, were […]

THE HAGUE: The European Union’s medicines watchdog yesterday approved a second coronavirus vaccine, in a relief to struggling European countries as the world reached a grim new record of 15,700 deaths in 24 hours. The Moderna vaccine is now set to join Pfizer-BioNTech’s jab for use in the 27-nation EU, where governments are grappling with […]

DOHA: Families were divided, students expelled, businesses broken and religious pilgrimages denied when a quartet of countries broke ties with Qatar in June 2017. A new era of possibility beckons after the Saudi-led boycotting countries re-established relations in a dramatic rapprochement on Tuesday, although some in Qatar are wary of the promised new dawn. “Everyone […]

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health yesterday announced recording 411 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, raising total cases to 152,438. No new deaths were recorded during the same period of time, thus the mortalities’ toll remained at 938. The ministry had earlier announced that 231 patients had recovered […]