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By Sajeev K Peter As the year 2021 comes to a close, businesses in Kuwait continue their faltering journey towards recovery from the pandemic-induced slowdown amid an unprecedented shortage of expat labor. While a labor shortage remained acute in the domestic sector, the lack of experienced workers continues to haunt the hospitality, health, education and […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: The interior ministry yesterday halted a decision to scan all driving licenses held by expatriates to ensure that they fulfill the tough conditions imposed by the ministry, a lawmaker said yesterday. “I was just informed by the interior minister that the random and careless decision to revoke the drivers’ licenses of […]

KUWAIT: ‘Better Together 2022’ aims to bring together and strengthen the bond between Huawei and the media & partners. The idea of Better Together 2022 is acknowledging the fact that unity and togetherness can lead to success. Therefore, Huawei will take this opportunity to announce the continuation of presenting and promoting its sustainable and high-efficiency […]

CAIRO: A third of people in the 420-million-strong Arab world do not have enough to eat, the United Nations said yesterday, highlighting that 69 million suffered from malnutrition last year. In a report, the world body’s Food and Agriculture Organization said that between 2019 and 2020, the number of malnourished in the Arab world rose […]

DUBAI: The US Navy has rescued five Iranian sailors injured in an explosion that erupted on their vessel and seized its cargo of illegal drugs, a statement said yesterday. “US Navy personnel rescued five mariners Dec 15 after a fire caused an explosion aboard their vessel, which was smuggling illicit drugs while transiting the Gulf […]

LONDON: Under-fire British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday faced a crucial test of his leadership as polls opened in a by-election in a constituency his party has never lost, where defeat would intensify calls for a new leader. Johnson, 57, is already reeling after roughly 100 of his own MPs on Tuesday voted against government […]

BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg yesterday rejected Russian calls for Ukraine to be excluded from future membership in the alliance and denounced Moscow’s “provocative” military build-up. On Wednesday, Russia handed a list of security demands to US assistant secretary of state Karen Donfried, who then came to NATO headquarters in Brussels yesterday to discuss […]

EL RETORNO, Colombia: Mauricio points his blowpipe at a monkey high up in the trees, an age-old hunting tradition the Nukak people continue to practice even though they have long been displaced from their ancestral homes. Violence and illnesses inflicted first by settlers and later by armed groups forced the Nukak from their homes and […]