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Sun, 12 Sep 2021 19:30:36 +0000
13th September
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Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:43:25 +0000
56K drop among non-Kuwaitis in first half of 2021: Report
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s population saw an estimated drop of 56,300 non-Kuwaiti residents in the first half of 2021, according to a report released yesterday. Kuwait’s total population has reached approximately 4.628 million by the end of June 20...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:37:25 +0000
Residents stranded abroad now face back rent, accumulated debts
By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: Thousands of residents who were stranded abroad for the last eight months are now slowly trickling back into Kuwait. Many return to jobs and family but also problems that will plague them for months, possibly even years to come....

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:34:07 +0000
Jaber Hospital closes more wards as COVID-19 patient numbers down 90%
KUWAIT: After the number of COVID-19 patients admitted to Jaber Hospital dropped by 90 percent and as pandemic indicators are improving, the hospital is continuing to close COVID wards and ICUs. As local statistics indicate that the Delta variantR...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:31:35 +0000
School canteens to remain closed
KUWAIT: School canteens will not reopen when students return to class next month. The Ministry of Education released a statement yesterday in which it announced that canteens will remain closed when schools welcome students again for the first time i...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:29:18 +0000
Policeman hurt in armed man’s arrest
KUWAIT: Farwaniya police arrested a man after he attempted to attack them with a knife when they responded to an emergency call made from a house in the area, the interior ministry announced Saturday night. Police had arrived at the scene of the Kuwa...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:23:08 +0000
MP demands reasons for ‘crazy’ air ticket prices
By B Izzak KUWAIT: MP Hisham Al-Saleh yesterday sent a series of questions to the finance minister asking why airfares to and from Kuwait have sharply increased since the summer holidays started. Saleh told the minister in his questions that “t...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:19:16 +0000
Qatar FM visits Kabul, meets Taleban PM
KABUL: Qatar’s foreign minister, who is also the country’s deputy premier, was briefly in Afghanistan yesterday, becoming the most senior diplomat to visit the country since the Taleban’s takeover on August 15. A Taleban official tw...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:16:45 +0000
Iran surveillance deal keeps nuke talks hopes alive
TEHRAN: Iran and the UN atomic agency on Sunday announced the IAEA will keep up surveillance of Tehran’s nuclear activities, soothing a sore point in talks to resuscitate a 2015 deal to curb its program. With negotiations in Vienna between Iran...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:14:32 +0000
Bangladesh schools reopen after 18 months
DHAKA: Children in Bangladesh flooded back into classrooms yesterday as schools reopened after 18 months, one of the world’s longest coronavirus shutdowns. The resumption came after UNICEF warned that prolonged school closures during the COVID-...



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