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KUWAIT: Kuwait’s pharmaceutical regulator yesterday granted emergency use approval for an artificial antibody drug known as ‘Ronapreve’ to treat COVID-19, the health ministry said. The antibody drug, developed by the US biotech company Regeneron, has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; UK’s drug regulator, said the ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for drug […]

KUWAIT: Coral reefs skirting the Kuwaiti island of Qaruh have been bleached, largely due to the waters’ upper layers overheating and altering environment related to climatic change, the Environment Public Authority said yesterday. “EPA’s teams found out during surveys of locations around the island that the coral reefs there have been bleached,” said Abdullah Al-Zaidan, […]

KUWAIT: Six Lebanese people who were injured in a recent fuel tank explosion in northern Lebanon are being treated at Al-Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery, the health ministry announced yesterday. In a statement to the press, ministry spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said the move came upon directives of His Highness the Amir Sheikh […]

KUWAIT: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah received yesterday at the Foreign Ministry Headquarter copies of credentials of the new ambassadors of Senegal, Mauritania and Qatar. The Minister wished the new diplomats success in their missions, and further prosperity to Kuwait’s bilateral ties with […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah received a phone call from the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. During the call, both sides discussed issues of joint interest, a host of topics regarding the regional and international arenas, according to a statement released by the Kuwaiti Ministry of […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s traffic authorities are studying the possibility of setting a limit for the maximum number of cars non-Kuwaiti residents in the country can own, in an effort to regulate the local used car market. According to a local report, authorities became alerted of a situation where people in Kuwait have up to 50 vehicles […]

KUWAIT: Several owners of domestic help offices in Kuwait expressed optimism regarding a senior diplomat’s recent calls to reconsider the costs that employers in Kuwait pay in order to recruit domestic helpers from India. Nevertheless, the owners explained in statements to a local Arabic daily that a majority of the money paid goes on fees […]

TUNIS: Tunisia yesterday expressed its appreciation for Kuwait’s assistance in fighting devastating wildfires fanned by soaring temperatures, saying it was thankful for the “gracious gesture.” The aid, comprising an assortment of firefighting equipment, could not have come at a more appropriate time, Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi said, thanking His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf […]

KUWAIT: Djibouti’s Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Ali Moumin commended yesterday the State of Kuwait’s “indiscriminate” humanitarian assistance around the world, helping needy regardless of their race or faith. Kuwait’s philanthropic action spreads around the globe during crises, Moumin said after meeting with Dr Hilal Al-Sayer, Board Chairman of Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS). He said […]