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Sat, 08 Oct 2022 06:44:13 +0000
Pink diamond sells for nearly $58 million in Hong Kong
A rare pink diamond has sold in Hong Kong for nearly $58 million, setting a record for price per carat paid at auction for any diamond or gemstone, according to Sotheby’s. The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star on Friday fetched HK$453.2 million ...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 17:35:44 +0000
UK police end search without finding 1964 child murder victim
London: British police on Friday said they had ended the search for a 12-year-old victim of the notorious “Moors Murderers” without finding a body, a week after an author said he thought he had uncovered remains of the boy. Keith Bennett ...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 15:08:17 +0000
Death toll in Indian Himalayas avalanche rises to 26
New Delhi: At least 26 people have been confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, officials said Friday, with bad weather hampering the fourth day of search and rescue efforts. A group of 41 climbing trainees and thei...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 13:57:10 +0000
US hiring slows in September as unemployment rate dips
Washington: Hiring in the US economy slowed slightly in September, as expected, while the jobless rate ticked back down to the same level as July, the government reported Friday. The steady slowdown in new positions added in the world’s largest...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 12:30:41 +0000
One dead, four wounded in Iraqi Kurdistan bombing
Arbil: One person was killed and four others, two women and two children, were injured when a bomb exploded Friday in the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, counter-terrorism forces said. “An explosive device planted in a car ...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:37:38 +0000
Kuwait Amir congratulates Crown Prince on post assumption 2nd anni.
Kuwait: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has cabled His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah congratulating him on the second anniversary of occupying the Heir Apparent’s position. His ...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:22:05 +0000
Kuwaiti show ‘The Exchange’ to premiere on Netflix in 2023
KUWAIT: Netflix unveiled one of its first Kuwaiti productions “The Exchange” set to air in 2023. Set in Kuwait in 1988, the drama revolves around two women making their way into the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hus...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:21:28 +0000
Kuwait Crown Prince receives congratulations on his designation 2nd anniversary
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has received letters of congratulations on the second anniversary of his assumption of the Heir Apparent’s post. The congratulatory letters were addressed to His Hig...

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:17:36 +0000
Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry condoles with Thailand over nursery killing
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed solidarity with Thailand over the ugly crime that happened at a nursery in eastern Thailand where scores of people mostly children were killed. The ministry expressed in a statement condolences...

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 20:40:09 +0000
US approves potential $3 billion in defense sale to Kuwait: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has approved the potential sale of the National Advanced Surface-To-Air Missile System and Medium Range Air Defense System to Kuwait in a deal valued at an estimated $3 billion, the Pentagon said on Thursday. ̶...



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