Новости за 15.11.2021

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By B Izzak KUWAIT: Three former opposition MPs returned yesterday from Turkey, where they had been living in exile for the past three and a half years. Jamaan Al-Harbash, Mubarak Al-Waalan and Salem Al-Namlan had fled to Turkey to escape multi-year jail terms passed against them for storming the National Assembly building following an anti-corruption […]

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah said that Kuwait realized the importance of working to activate partnership between the public and private sectors in the implementation of projects, pointing out the government’s keenness to update its laws over the years. This was in a speech Sheikh Hamad Jaber […]

DUBAI: Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has eminently displayed current and future projects of Kuwait International Airport at the 17th edition of Dubai Airshow 2021, which kicked off on Sunday. DGCA President Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah, accompanied by Saad Al-Otaibi, the deputy director general for planning and projects affairs, visited yesterday the […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait has not registered any deaths related to COVID-19 in the past two weeks. The health ministry yesterday announced zero deaths registered in the past 24 hours, making it two weeks since the last time the ministry reported a coronavirus-related death on November 1. The death toll remains at 2,462, while total cases increased […]

KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Culture, and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi affirmed yesterday that Kuwait TV, over its long history which spanned for 60 years, constituted an important mark in the Arab media. In a statement to the press, Mutairi applauded the strenuous efforts of the current and former employees who […]

KUWAIT: As part of its continuing tribute to His Highness the late Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s life journey, Al-Hamra Real Estate Company recently welcomed the Diplomatic Women’s Committee at Al-Hamra Shopping Center. Women delegates representing over 30 countries toured the retrospective exhibition which highlights His Highness the late Amir’s memorable milestones. […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced the winners and successful conclusion of the first season of stc Masters, an eSports competition consisting of four games held over 16 tournaments and a final championship finale. stc Masters, hosted […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has renewed its strategic partnership with the College of Business Administration – Kuwait University in continuation of its support to the college activities and events. The partnership renewal stands as an affirmation of the leading role which KFH plays in extending care to the students, youth, and their activities in […]

CAIRO: Assistant minister for human rights affairs at Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry Ambassador Talal Al-Mutairi said yesterday that violence against women violates moral principles and infringes upon teachings of Islam. This came in his inaugural speech when chairing the meeting of the ‘open membership working group’; a group formed by the Arab League’s permanent committee on […]

ABU DHABI: The UAE, one of the world’s top crude exporters, said a recent UN climate summit in Glasgow was a “success” but that the world needs to keep investing billions in oil and gas. Nearly 200 countries at the COP26 summit pledged Saturday to speed up the fight against rising temperatures, after two weeks […]

MANILA: Thousands of children in the Philippines were allowed to return to classrooms yesterday for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as a pilot reopening of schools got under way. While nearly every country in the world has already partially or fully re-opened their schools to face-to-face learning, the Philippines has […]

NEW DELHI: India yesterday opened to foreign tourists from countries with reciprocal agreements after a 20-month ban because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tour operators said, however, that demand was extremely sluggish due to high ticket prices and remaining restrictions on travelers from Britain, China and elsewhere. The country famous for the Taj Mahal, desert palaces […]

SAIDIA, Morocco: Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth of the Moulouya river – but after years of drought and over-pumping, it comes to a halt just short of the sea. One of the longest rivers in the North African kingdom and a vital lifeline for farmers in the […]

KUWAIT: The latest suicide cases of citizens and residents raises a red flag, as many of them used various means and methods in ending their lives. Suicides reached 120 cases from January until November 2021; around 12 cases per month, according to official statistics. Al-Qabas Arabic daily reported yesterday quoting security sources that a majority […]

MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday filed to contest the Senate elections next year, seeking a way to remain in politics while facing an international probe into his deadly drug war. Duterte, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a second six-year term, submitted his candidacy at the Commission on Elections office, minutes before a deadline […]

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s center-left President Alberto Fernandez called for dialogue with the opposition after Sunday’s midterm parliamentary elections, with projections showing his governing coalition has lost control of Congress. Ahead of the election, there was widespread discontent over the state of the economy, which has been in recession since 2018 and was hit hard by […]

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government pushed back yesterday against a call by India’s top court to declare a “pollution lockdown”, as children stayed away from school for a week because of dangerous smog levels. Air quality in Delhi – among the world’s most polluted cities – regularly plummets to the “severe” category in winter with […]

LIVERPOOL: Police in northwest England yesterday said they were treating a deadly blast outside a hospital in Liverpool as a “terrorist incident” involving a homemade bomb that was reportedly foiled by a quick-thinking taxi driver. Russ Jackson, in charge of counter-terrorism policing in the region, said the motivation for Sunday’s blast in a taxi was […]

WASHINGTON: The United States is bracing for the outcome of two high-profile trials featuring a volatile mix of guns, self-defense claims and racial tensions. One of the cases is being tried in the town of Brunswick in Georgia, a southern state with a segregationist past. Three white men are on trial for shooting and killing […]