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Kuwait Times Sunday, June 5, 2022
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Sat, 04 Jun 2022 18:39:26 +0000
Shallow 5-magnitude quake jolts people in Kuwait awake
KUWAIT: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Ahmadi early Saturday, the Kuwait National Seismic Network (KNSN) said in a statement to KUNA. KNSN Director Dr Abdullah Al-Enezi said the quake struck at 4:28 am local time in Kuwait at depth of 5 k...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 18:37:01 +0000
Saudi receives first foreign hajj pilgrims
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed its first batch of hajj pilgrims since before the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted authorities to sharply restrict the annual ritual. The group from Indonesia landed in the holy city of Madinah and was se...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 18:34:52 +0000
From behind the wheel to under the hood
JEDDAH: An auto repair garage in Saudi Arabia is turning to an untapped source for new car mechanics: Saudi women, who just four years ago weren’t even allowed to drive. At the Petromin Express garage in Jeddah, on the Red Sea coast, new female rec...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 18:32:33 +0000
Bid to smuggle drugs by glider foiled
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces have said they forced down a microlight aircraft near the Kuwaiti border headed to the state from Iran with one million pills of the amphetamine-type stimulant Captagon. Captagon has been sweeping the Middle East for ye...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 18:28:21 +0000
Kuwait summons US diplomat over LGBTQIA+ posts
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s foreign ministry summoned the top US diplomat in the country over American Embassy posts on social media in “support of homosexuality”, it said on Friday. The US embassy in Kuwait had published a picture of an LGBTQ...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 18:19:38 +0000
Firefighting: Difficult and dangerous job
By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: Firefighting is one of the most difficult and dangerous professions. Head of the Salmiya Fire Station Col Mohammed Abdulkhudhur said: “Every day when I leave my house and come to work, I don’t know if I will re...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 18:01:23 +0000
Thousands of vacant apartments; some tenants face strict conditions
By Majd Othman KUWAIT: Statistics published in 2021 by the Kuwait Real Estate Union showed there were 61,000 vacant apartments in Kuwait, compared to 335,100 occupied flats that constituted 84.6 percent of total apartments. “Prices in residenti...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 17:19:06 +0000
Kuwait Speaker pushes for Schengen visa exemption
BRUSSELS: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and his accompanying delegation on Saturday wrapped up four-day official visit to the Belgian capital Brussels during which he held talks with European parliamentarians on prospects of cancel...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 17:13:29 +0000
Zain sponsors Oud Fashion Talks
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its sponsorship of Oud Fashion Talks, a cultural event on sustainable fashion that featured a number of panel discussions at Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Center (JACC). The tal...



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