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By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: Two Kuwaiti women who arrived from Britain have tested positive for a new COVID-19 strain, the first discovery of the more contagious coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom and several other countries, the health ministry spokesman said yesterday. Abdullah Al-Sanad said the two women had undergone PCR tests in Britain […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday began customary consultations with current and former Assembly speakers and prime ministers ahead of naming a prime minister to form the new Cabinet. HH the Amir received former speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun and current speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, in addition to former prime ministers […]

AL-MALIKIYAH, Syria: Plastic bottles, aluminum cans, clothes, sometimes spaghetti. When a tractor tows in fresh rubbish at a dump in northeast Syria, men, women and children rush to find the best pickings. On the dry plains outside the city of Al-Malikiyah, a dozen people wrapped up against the cold rip open the black plastic bags, […]

DAMASCUS: Syrian mother Dahouk Idriss says she can’t wait for US President-elect Joe Biden to be inaugurated today, so she can finally visit her son for the first time in four years. Biden has pledged that, on his first day in office, he would reverse a ban ordered by Donald Trump on travel to the […]

ARBIL, Iraq: Delband Rawanduzi spoke softly to her oak seedlings, as if willing them to grow fast and repopulate forests in Iraqi Kurdistan depleted by war, illegal logging and fires. Over the next five years, the 26-year-old aims to plant one million oaks – resilient trees that can endure both the cold of northern Iraq […]

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem within the framework of consultations to form the new government. His Highness the Amir also received former National Assembly Speaker Ahmad Abdulaziz Al-Saadoun, former Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, former […]

KUWAIT: As inspection campaigns are no longer carried out, the number of residency violators in the country has reached a record of 180,000, Al-Rai Arabic daily reported yesterday. This is an increase of 38 percent from five months ago, as very few expats have responded to amnesties to allow violators to leave with the possibility […]

By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) processed over 25,000 transactions in a week through the newly-launched online service As’hal. The new system is part of a work plan to gradually launch electronic services that were previously announced. PAM launched the online service on Jan 12 and called upon employers to only […]

KUWAIT: The National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters has overhauled some sections of Kuwait’s Mubarakiya Market, with decorations depicting traditional Kuwaiti construction designs. Kamel Al-Abduljalil, the NCCAL Secretary General, said after touring the historical bazaar, located in the heart of the capital, that the face-lifting covered 23 stores, all licensed and ready for work. […]