Новости за 28.12.2021

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Dar Al-Yamama yesterday His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah who handed him the proposed names for the new Cabinet formation. His Highness the Amir approved the formation and wished His Highness the Prime Minister the best in serving the […]

KUWAIT: The following is a report on major events highlighting Kuwait’s humanitarian works throughout 2021: Jan 10: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) donates two fully equipped ambulances to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Jan 28: KRCS sends a plane to Lebanon loaded with blankets, medicines, medical equipment and sanitary supplies. April 4: Kuwait Red Crescent Society […]

The following is a report on notable persons who passed away in Kuwait in 2021: Jan 10: Writer, researcher and historian Khaled Al-Ansari passed away at the age of 81. He was one of the pioneers of Kuwait’s literature and history. Jan 24: Former Arabi SC and Kuwait national football team member Mohammad Al-Khatib passes […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Society for Oncology organized a workshop on virus variants and its relation to cancer. The workshop was opened by oncologist and the society’s chairman Dr Khalid Ahmad Al-Saleh with a speech in which he explained virus variants and their ability to cause diseases that were unknown before, and the danger of this on […]

DUBAI: A delegation from Kuwait Society of Lawyers (KSL) paid a visit on Monday to Kuwait’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai which is held for the first in the Middle East, Africa and West of Asia. Speaking to the press in a statement, Ilham Aidarou, a member of (KSL), said that Kuwait’s pavilion is a […]

KUWAIT: The traffic department inspection team, in cooperation with Kuwait Municipality, Ministry of Electricity and Water, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Public Authority for Manpower, carried out a campaign against vehicle repair shops in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, resulting in issuing 274 citations, 80 of which are traffic-related, two for wanted vehicles and one for a […]

LONDON: Tottenham dropped two precious points against 10-man Southampton yesterday as West Ham hammered Watford 4-1 to turn up the heat in the race for a coveted Premier League top-four spot. Elsewhere on a truncated day of action due to coronavirus postponements, Crystal Palace cruised past bottom side Norwich 3-0 while Liverpool prepared to take […]

MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic has not withdrawn from the ATP Cup despite claims he was almost sure to do so, Tennis Australia said yesterday, as other top players led by Naomi Osaka began arriving ahead of the Australian Open. There has been serious doubt as to whether men’s world number one Djokovic would travel to Australia, […]

Bollywood “bad boy” Salman Khan has revealed how he starred in his own real-life action drama when he was bitten by a snake and spent six hours in hospital. Khan – who enjoys a cult-like status in star-obsessed India – said the serpent bit him twice when he tried to remove it from his countryside […]

CAIRO: Egypt has “digitally unwrapped” the mummy of famed Pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing its secrets for the first time since it was discovered in 1881 without disturbing his funerary mask. Thanks to the advanced digital 3D imagery, researchers unearthed new mummification techniques used for the pharaoh whose rule dates back more than 1,500 BC. The research […]

KABUL: A crowd of women marched through the Afghan capital yesterday, accusing Taleban authorities of covertly killing soldiers who served the former US-backed regime. Around 30 women gathered near a mosque in the centre of Kabul and marched a few hundred metres chanting “justice, justice” before they were stopped by Taleban forces, an AFP correspondent […]

WASHINGTON: Workers dismantling the pedestal of a statue of a Confederate general discovered a copper box on Monday believed to have been buried 130 years ago, the second apparent time capsule unearthed at the site. “They found it!” tweeted Virginia Governor Ralph Northam along with pictures of the box. “This is likely the time capsule […]

BRUSSELS: When 12 countries adopted the euro two decades ago, French president Jacques Chirac hailed a Europe that was “affirming its identity and its power”. To the euro’s most starry-eyed promoters, the currency was not only a leap of faith into European unity, but set up a rivalry with the United States and its powerful […]

SOFIA: Bulgaria could join the eurozone in 2024, but the EU’s poorest nation is divided over the prospect of ditching its national currency and joining the single European currency club. Krasimir Atanasov, a 37-year-old tennis instructor waiting in line at a currency exchange office in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, is keen on the change. Like […]

The last time Milad Ayyad travelled outside of the Zionist-blockaded Gaza Strip he was just 10 years old, but for Christmas this year he received a “priceless” gift to visit Bethlehem. The day before Christmas Eve, Zionist authorities gave Ayyad, who is now 30, a blue slip allowing him to visit the biblical birthplace of […]

Edward O Wilson, the trailblazing US scientist, professor and author whose study of insects and clarion call to protect Earth earned him the nickname “Darwin’s natural heir,” has died at age 92. Wilson, whose death was announced Monday by his foundation, was an award-winning biologist and longtime Harvard University research professor, considered the world’s leading […]

From sizzling temperatures to Messi and Ronaldo and pensioners in space, here are some of the most significant records struck in 2021. Hottest month July 2021 was the hottest month globally ever recorded, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says. And wildfires in Siberia, North America and around the Mediterranean caused record levels […]