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KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality signed a KD 2.5 million contract to develop the Mubarakiya market yesterday in the presence of Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of Housing Affairs Shaya Al-Shaya. In a statement to reporters on the sidelines of the signing, Minister Shaya stressed that the development process will continue to make the […]

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Women’s Cultural and Social Society in Kuwait organized a webinar on gender equality on Monday. Speakers included Dr Tarek El-Sheikh, United Nations Secretary General Representative and Resident Coordinator in Kuwait, Anne Claire Legendre, Ambassador of France to Kuwait, Miguel Angel Isidro, Ambassador of […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: The National Assembly’s budgets committee yesterday pressed government agencies, including Kuwait Petroleum Corp, to transfer to government coffers billions of dinars of profits they had “illegally” retained. Head of the committee MP Bader Al-Mulla said the panel meeting was supposed to be attended by the prime minister and the ministers of […]

ATHENS: People who are vaccinated against COVID-19, have antibodies or test negative can travel to Greece this summer, Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis said on Tuesday. Tourism is a major income earner for Greece, which has led calls for an EU-wide vaccination certificate to help unlock travel. The industry accounts for about a fifth of the […]

LONDON: Britain’s royal family has begun a fight back against explosive racism claims made by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, indicating the couple’s comments will not go unchallenged as the country divides into partisan camps. A keenly awaited statement from Queen Elizabeth II issued yesterday was conciliatory towards her grandson and his mixed-race spouse […]

KUWAIT: Government sources said the Cabinet sent a proposal to the health ministry to open football fields to allow performing taraweeh and qiyam prayers during the holy month of Ramadan instead of in mosques. The sources said this proposal was presented by the Public Authority for Manpower to the Cabinet, which referred it to the […]

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources announced yesterday the presence of bird flu in some poultry farms in Kuwait. PAAAFR Spokesman Talal Al-Daihani said in a press statement that the authority has taken veterinary health measures and implemented an emergency plan to curb bird flu. – KUNA