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Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:43:34 +0000
20th January
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Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:05:46 +0000
Two Kuwaiti women infected with coronavirus variant: MoH
By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: Two Kuwaiti women who arrived from Britain have tested positive for a new COVID-19 strain, the first discovery of the more contagious coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom and several other countries, the health ...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:03:46 +0000
Consultations begin for PM; Assembly session cancelled
By B Izzak KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday began customary consultations with current and former Assembly speakers and prime ministers ahead of naming a prime minister to form the new Cabinet. HH the Amir receive...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:58:43 +0000
Beyond oil wells, Syrians rummage in trash to survive
AL-MALIKIYAH, Syria: Plastic bottles, aluminum cans, clothes, sometimes spaghetti. When a tractor tows in fresh rubbish at a dump in northeast Syria, men, women and children rush to find the best pickings. On the dry plains outside the city of Al-Mal...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:55:41 +0000
Mideast mothers count days to US visas to see kids
DAMASCUS: Syrian mother Dahouk Idriss says she can’t wait for US President-elect Joe Biden to be inaugurated today, so she can finally visit her son for the first time in four years. Biden has pledged that, on his first day in office, he would ...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:52:57 +0000
Oak trees take root in Iraqi Kurdistan
ARBIL, Iraq: Delband Rawanduzi spoke softly to her oak seedlings, as if willing them to grow fast and repopulate forests in Iraqi Kurdistan depleted by war, illegal logging and fires. Over the next five years, the 26-year-old aims to plant one millio...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:10:51 +0000
Amir meets officials ahead of forming new government
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem within the framework of consultations to form the new government. His Highness the Amir also rece...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:04:28 +0000
Record 180,000 expats without visas in Kuwait
KUWAIT: As inspection campaigns are no longer carried out, the number of residency violators in the country has reached a record of 180,000, Al-Rai Arabic daily reported yesterday. This is an increase of 38 percent from five months ago, as very few e...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:01:29 +0000
25,000 transactions processed in one week
By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) processed over 25,000 transactions in a week through the newly-launched online service As’hal. The new system is part of a work plan to gradually launch electronic services tha...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:56:29 +0000
Parts of Mubarakiya Market renovated with genuine Kuwaiti ornamentations
KUWAIT: The National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters has overhauled some sections of Kuwait’s Mubarakiya Market, with decorations depicting traditional Kuwaiti construction designs. Kamel Al-Abduljalil, the NCCAL Secretary General, said af...



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