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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday made a visit to Abdullah and Ahmadi ports to witness the Clean Fuel Project and control rooms. This took place after his visit to the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) headquarters earlier yesterday, where he attended a presentation on the Clean Fuel Project. […]

VANCOUVER: Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s fight in a Canadian court against extradition to the United States to face fraud and conspiracy charges wrapped up Wednesday after nearly 1,000 days of legal wranglings and diplomatic brawls. The daughter of company founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, is accused of defrauding HSBC Bank by falsely misrepresenting links […]

HONG KONG: Tech giants led losses in Hong Kong yesterday after gaming titan Tencent warned Beijing would likely expand its crackdown on the sector, while traders were also hit by expectations the Federal Reserve will start tightening monetary policy by the year’s end. The Hang Seng Index tumbled 2.13 percent, or 550.68 points, to 25,316.33. […]

KUWAIT: India is ready to provide more domestic workers as it wishes to increase the number of its manpower in the Gulf state, Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sibi George said. The envoy made his statement during a meeting yesterday with the acting director of Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Dr Mubarak Al-Jafour, in which […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait has expanded its list of designated sites to get COVID-19 shots, naming the headquarters of its agriculture and fisheries authority in the southern Wafra region as the latest location, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The new center, which has the capacity to accommodate up to 5,000 people, will be serving Wafra residents […]

KUWAIT: Until now, it is unclear from the government’s side if unvaccinated children between the ages of 12-17 years old will be allowed to enter Kuwait. Some residents stranded abroad with their families are working to try and return, including bringing their under age children with them back to Kuwait. In India, Egypt and other […]

DOHA: Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim Al-Thani received in Doha yesterday Kuwait’s Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah and discussed with him regional and international developments. Sheikh Dr Ahmad conveyed greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, wishing Sheikh Tamim good health and […]

KUWAIT: Although workers and activists in the realm of relief and humanitarian aid often put themselves in hard and tiring conditions, they share a common sense of deep gratification for relieving people in difficulty. On the occasion of the forthcoming World Humanitarian Day which was marked yesterday, Kuwaiti traveller and humanitarian activist Yousef Al-Rashed said […]

By Ben Garcia The Marine Museum at Radisson Blu Hotel was founded by late Abdul Husain Mohammed Rafie Marafie as a tribute to Kuwait’s maritime heritage. It has a display of traditional dhows and collections of various seafaring objects. The Marafie family, owners of Radisson Blu Hotel, wish to preserve this legacy, once the main […]

By Sahar Moussa The global coronavirus pandemic threw us all straight into a panic, and more than a year and a half later, many have still not recovered. Millions have died, lost their loved ones, lost their jobs, their homes, and their livelihood. Others have been stranded in third countries or stuck in their homelands […]

By Shakir Reshamwala Life seems to be on the mend. Yes, the health situation in Kuwait nowadays makes one wax lyrical, as optimism – and not the coronavirus – is in the air. The turnaround has been fairly swift from only a few months back, when Kuwait was ravaged daily by thousands of new COVID […]