Kuwait Times
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:07:36 +0000Kuwait foreign minister heads delegation at UK-GCC talks
LONDON: Kuwait’s Foreign Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah headed yesterday the Kuwaiti delegation partaking in the joint talks between the GCC and the United Kingdom in London. The talks fo...
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:05:20 +0000KRCS, OCHA discuss climate change, ways to alleviate risks of natural disasters
KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Kuwait (OCHA) held yesterday a workshop on international humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness and climate change. The two-day...
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 20:02:36 +0000Filipinos celebrate Christmas after two-year hiatus
By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: The Philippine Embassy in Kuwait along with its attached agencies, namely the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, held an event yesterday to celebrate Christmas with the Filip...
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:58:50 +000010-day home quarantine for arrivals, 3 if PCR negative
By B Izzak KUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday imposed a 10-day home quarantine on all arriving passengers starting from Sunday, Dec 26, as the number of new coronavirus cases reported in the country increased slightly. At an extraordinary meeting, the Cab...
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:54:58 +0000Frost: Johnson’s indispensable ally
LONDON: Boris Johnson once jokingly referred to his ally David Frost as the “greatest Frost since The Great Frost of 1709” when Britain and Europe suffered the harshest winter in centuries. But the man entrusted by Johnson to lead the country’s...
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:52:21 +0000Libya candidates say election delay is inevitable
TRIPOLI: A group of candidates in war-torn Libya’s presidential election said yesterday that they expect the polls to be delayed, despite the lack of an official announcement to that effect. Scheduled for Friday, the vote is meant to cap a United N...
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:49:39 +0000UN chief criticises Lebanese leaders
BEIRUT: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in crisis-ridden Lebanon on Sunday, hitting out at political leaders who “paralyse” the country in the face of its people’s suffering. “I have come with a simple message: The UN stands in ...
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:47:29 +0000UK’s PM Johnson faces calls to tighten virus curbs over Omicron
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday faced pressure to tighten coronavirus restrictions to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant, despite opposition to do so before Christmas. The UK reported 82,886 cases on Sunday as the new variant...
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:40:39 +0000Boursa Kuwait hosts ESG webinar for listed companies
KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait hosted a webinar entitled ‘Environmental, Social and Governance Perspectives’ for Kuwaiti listed companies and other capital market participants on December 8, 2021. The webinar featured ESG experts from multinational profes...
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:35:23 +0000Japan enacts record extra budget to boost economy
TOKYO: Japan’s parliament enacted a record supplementary budget worth over $300 billion yesterday as part of measures to bolster the world’s third largest economy as the pandemic threat drags on. The extra budget — larger than the total annual ...