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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a congratulatory cable yesterday to Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kuwait and China. His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: A serious political-constitutional crisis is looming over the National Assembly and is likely to drag in the government. The new problem was triggered by the removal of leading opposition MP Bader Al-Dahoum’s name from the list of lawmakers on the assembly website. The constitutional court last week revoked the membership of […]

KUWAIT: Amid expectations that the health ministry will start vaccinating employees in the education and university sectors, the education ministry renewed its call for teachers and school employees to register on the vaccination platform. This coincided with a health ministry announcement that the percentage of those from the teaching and administrative departments who registered on […]

KUWAIT: The United Nations office in Kuwait marked yesterday the World War Day to raise awareness of the global water crisis. The celebration also supports the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number six, which calls for water and sanitation for all by 2030, and also to enhance food security and nutrition in the world. […]

KUWAIT: Virologist, associate professor at the College of Medicine and head of the virus lab unit at the health ministry’s Yaqoub Behbehani Center Dr Haya Altawala said the antibody test is considered as a baseline for an individual to find out whether their body responded to the vaccine or not. She said although antibodies are […]

KUWAIT: The Human Resources Department at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) organized its annual new staff induction program to welcome new joiners onboard. The induction program hosted a combination of overseas staff members who attended virtually through the “MS Teams” platform. As well, local new staff members were welcomed personally at ACK premises; whereas […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday slightly eased the nightly curfew to 11 hours and exempted vaccinated travelers from institutional quarantine. In a statement following its weekly meeting, the Cabinet said the nightly curfew imposed two weeks ago to curb a spike in coronavirus cases will now extend from 6 pm to 5 am […]

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday offered Yemen’s Houthi rebels a “comprehensive” UN-supervised ceasefire, as part of a series of new initiatives aimed at ending a catastrophic six-year conflict. But the Iran-backed Houthis, who have recently stepped up attacks on the kingdom, including its oil facilities, dismissed Riyadh’s initiatives as “nothing new”. The insurgents have also been […]

TUNIS: Tunisia celebrated the launch yesterday of its first domestically made satellite, hoping it would inspire young engineers to reach for the stars at home rather than join those emigrating overseas. Challenge-1, built by a team from telecommunications giant TelNet, blasted off along with 37 other satellites aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur […]