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By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: After the recent approval by the Philippine’s Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III to resume sending Filipino domestic helpers to Kuwait, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Kuwait announced the embassy is resuming the processing of documents for the deployment of Filipino domestic helpers to Kuwait. In […]

PARIS: Plans for a breakaway Super League announced by twelve of European football’s most powerful clubs plunged European football into an unprecedented crisis yesterday, with threats of legal action and possible bans for players, as UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin called it a “spit in the face” for supporters. Six Premier League teams-Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, […]

WASHINGTON: NASA successfully flew its tiny helicopter Ingenuity on Mars early yesterday, the first powered flight on another planet and a feat a top engineer called “our Wright brothers’ moment.” At 3.34 am Eastern Time (0734 GMT), the four pound (1.8 kilogram) rotorcraft lifted off, hovered 10 feet (three meters) above the Martian surface, then […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: The Council of Ministers yesterday decided to extend the partial curfew from 7 pm until 5 am until the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, government spokesman Tareq Al-Mazrem said. Mazrem said that the decision will be reviewed by the government just before the end of the holy month around […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait has vaccinated around 42,000 students and nearly 60 percent of teachers against COVID-19 ahead of the final exams, Al-Jarida Arabic daily reported yesterday. Meanwhile, health authorities also began yesterday vaccinating around 3,000 bank sector employees and 1,000 cinema workers against the virus, Al-Anbaa Arabic daily reported. This follows a similar drive to vaccinate […]

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced the continuation of its strategic partnership with Give, the only online platform of its kind exclusively dedicated to charities in Kuwait, for the second year running. The non-profit platform aims at facilitating donations and encouraging giving by connecting donors with registered and certified charities in […]

By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: Freedom of speech in Kuwait got a boost after the issuance of law no. 1/2021 that modifies the law of criminal procedures and trials (no. 17/1960). A new paragraph was added to article 69 of this law, stating that: Remand won’t be applied on those practicing their right of expressing their […]

KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) recently welcomed the Kuwait Blind Association’s Board Members, Fahad Al-Enzi and Mohammed Al-Abdullah, who handed a token of appreciation to Fawzy Al-Thunayan, ABK’s General Manager of Board Affairs, for ABK’s contribution towards its 2021 Ramadan relief packages. The contribution from ABK will assist Kuwait Blind Association to provide relief […]

KUWAIT: Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah has issued a decision delaying for six months payment of loan installments for the police squad, due for the police administration fund. The MoI Department of Public Relations and Security Information said in a statement, on Sunday, that the minister’s decision came due to the […]

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense (MoD) Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah on Sunday issued a decision delaying for six months the payment of loan installments for the military personnel, due for the army fund. The General Staff of the Kuwait Army said in a statement that the move came in recognition from […]

By Ben Garcia KUAWAIT: Various ambassadors in Kuwait were interviewed by Kuwait Times to learn more about their local traditions and culture during Ramadan. We also asked about the current coronavirus situation in their respective countries and how they are handling and reacting to this pandemic. The following are excerpts from our interview with Bangladesh […]

KUWAIT: The General Administration of Customs has prevented smuggling into Kuwait of marijuana and hashish. The Administration, in a statement late Sunday, said they arrested a person after he received a parcel from Canada containing 1.9 kg of marijuana wax. Inspectors informed the Ministry of interior drug control department whose personnel arrested the man after […]

MOSCOW: Russia’s penitentiary service yesterday said it was transferring ailing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to prison hospital, as the EU warned it would hold Moscow “responsible” for the state of his health. The United States on Sunday threatened Russia with “consequences” if President Vladimir Putin’s major domestic opponent-who launched a hunger strike three weeks ago-dies […]

MEXICO CITY: The tide of migrants sweeping across Mexico to the US border is not just a humanitarian crisis-it is also a highly organized, multibillion-dollar trafficking business dominated by the drug cartels. Fleeing poverty, 35-year-old Honduran migrant Juan Macias paid around $7,000 in March to a smuggling network, borrowing the money from his relatives. Macias […]