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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has addressed a cable to Pakistani President Arif Alvi expressing deep condolences on victims of the two trains’ accident in Sindh southern Pakistan. His Highness the Amir pr...

By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: Kuwait imposes an outdoor work ban every year from June 1 until August 31, which prohibits anyone from working outdoors in direct sunlight between 11 am and 4 pm. The ban, based on ministerial decree 535/2015, is however o...

By B Izzak KUWAIT: MP Adnan Abdulsamad yesterday asked the minister of commerce and head of the Public Authority for Manpower about reported amendments to a decision that bans the renewal of work permits of expats who have reached 60 years of age and...

KUWAIT: The Central Statistical Bureau announced in a report released yesterday that Kuwait’s gross domestic product declined by 8.9 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, where the estimated value with constant prices amounted to KD 36 billion ($11...

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: More than 100 newly-hired domestic helpers from the Philippines arrive today (June 8, 2021); the second batch of arrivals from the Philippines of newly-recruited workers arranged by Kuwait to fill the shortage of domestic helper...

By Sajeev K Peter KUWAIT: India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to arrive in Kuwait tomorrow on an official visit. The visiting minister is expected to deliver a message to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Ja...

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education stressed the need for grade 12 students to adhere to the specified hours in a schedule prepared in advance for the PCR swab tests in all educational areas, which helps in avoiding any crowding in schools. The schedul...

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) announced a remarkable success of the campaign it launched over the past months to encourage its employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, with the percentage of employees who received one or two doses of the vaccin...

KUWAIT: Oil companies’ budgets and exploration and production activities shrank by 30 percent in 2020 in contrast to 2019, due to repercussions of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to an authoritative expert. Turki Hamash, expert of p...