Новости за 31.05.2021

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I had a miserable experience with the Kuwait Mosafer app returning home from a short trip to Jordan. At the Kuwait Airways counter, I was asked if I had the Mosafer app on my phone. I replied: “What’s mosafer?” I have a negative PCR test report. I have a vaccine certificate from Kuwait. Plus health […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: The National Assembly’s health committee is scheduled to hold a crucial meeting with Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah on Sunday to discuss a number of issues, including the possibility of allowing expats to return to the country. The meeting will focus on the status of expatriates and allowing them to […]

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: Kuwait will resume issuing work and family visas for Pakistani nationals after an 11-year (unofficial) suspension, Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad told reporters at a press conference yesterday. “I am glad to announce today that after 11 years, Kuwait is opening family and business visas for Pakistani nationals. Kuwait has […]

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah along with an official accompanying delegation are due to travel to Saudi Arabia today on an official visit. His Highness the Crown Prince had received at Seif Palace yesterday chairman of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Mohammad Jassem Al-Saqer. Meanwhile, Kuwait’s Ambassador […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Sabah and his Pakistani counterpart Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Sunday discussed some topics of common concern, and mechanisms of coordination and cooperation in all domains relating to security. The talks focused on sharing information and expertise between the two ministries, and a number of regional and […]

BEIJING: China will allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media said yesterday, further unwinding four decades of strict family planning controls in the world’s most populous nation. In 2016 China relaxed its “one-child policy” – one of the world’s strictest family planning regulations – allowing […]

ATHENS: Greece and Turkey yesterday smoothed over their most recent diplomatic spat by setting up a June meeting between their respective leaders, officials said. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a NATO summit in Brussels on June 14, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said after holding talks with […]

COPENHAGEN: France warned yesterday that alleged US spying on European allies using Danish underwater cables would be “extremely serious” if confirmed, as questions mounted over whether Denmark knew what the US was doing. In an investigative report on Sunday, Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) and other European media outlets said the US National Security […]

AUSTIN, United States: Democrats in the Texas legislature used a dramatic walk-out late Sunday to torpedo Republican plans for a restrictive voting bill that President Joe Biden had decried as voter suppression and an “assault on democracy.” The law would-among other changes-make mail-in voting more difficult by requiring voters to give extra information, bar local […]