Новости за 11.07.2021

By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: The brutality and number of murders in Kuwait dramatically increased during the pandemic, psychologists warn. In 2020, over 900 assault cases and 20 murders were registered. There are no statistics for this year yet, but it seems the numbers could be as high. Yesterday, a delivery driver was brutally killed by […]

KUWAIT: Chairperson of Prisoners and Missing Affairs at the Foreign Ministry Rabie Al-Adsani announced yesterday that DNA examination of 10 human remains resulted in affirming their identification as Kuwait’s martyrs. Genetic analysis of the remains that had been brought in from Iraq, conducted by the criminal evidence directorate general at the interior ministry, established their […]

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KUWAIT: The lack of a visionary economic-development forecast by some Middle Eastern states has aggravated repercussions of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in these countries, a senior World Bank official has argued. The negative impact of the pandemic on the world economies has been generally quite strong, however countries of the Middle East and North Africa […]

KUWAIT: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Kuwaiti Sheikh Abdullah Al-Nouri Charity inked yesterday an accord to grant financial aid to the UNHCR for securing vital assistance for some 2,600 Syrian refugee families in Jordan. The UNHCR said in a statement that the agreement would help in improving living conditions for the […]

KUWAIT: The British Embassy in Kuwait hosted an exchange of contracts ceremony between a British healthcare company, GSK, and a Kuwaiti global science-led pharmaceutical medical products distribution expert, Safwan Company. The United Kingdom’s Ambassador to the State of Kuwait Belinda Lewis witnessed the exchanging of contracts between the two parties. The new contract will authorize […]

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KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem received in his office yesterday a delegation from the World Bank headed by its Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, Ferid Belhaj. According to a statement by Al-Dostoor news network, the delegation included the Dean of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank, […]

KUWAIT: Artists, activists and entrepreneurs in Kuwait held an art event on Saturday to raise money for and express solidarity with the Palestinian people. “The unfortunate events that happened in Palestine inspired me to hold the event, through which we can show artworks and raise money for them by selling food and books,” Tareq Qaddumi, […]