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KUWAIT: The Royal Thai Embassy in Kuwait inaugurated the third edition of the Middle East Luxury Trade Meet 2025 (MLTM) on Monday, where the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) unveiled its new global campaign, “Unforgettable Experiences – Healing is the New Luxury.” On the sidelines of the event, TAT Governor Thapanee Kiatphaibool stressed that selecting Kuwait as a key stop in the new campaign is no coincidence, but rather because it is one of Thailand’s most mature and loyal Gulf markets.She noted that Kuwaiti travelers value privacy and high-level personalized service, and that demand continues to grow for medical and…

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Communications announced a public tender on Tuesday to select a specialized consulting firm to conduct the technical, financial and legal studies required for the establishment of Kuwait Post Company. The initiative forms part of the Ministry’s cooperation with the Public-Private Partnership Authority and its broader efforts to modernize and develop the postal sector.Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Communications, Meshaal Al-Zaid, said in a press release that the Ministry, in coordination with the Public-Private Partnership Authority, has finalized the general and specific specifications for contracting the consulting firm responsible for preparing all essential requirements for establishing…

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Manhattan is demanding more information from the Justice Department as he weighs its request to unseal records from the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell.Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to tell him what materials it plans to publicly release that were subject to secrecy orders in the British socialite’s case. The deadline: Noon on Wednesday.Engelmayer’s order came after the Justice Department on Monday asked for his permission to release grand jury records, exhibits and discovery materials in the Maxwell case.Engelmayer said government lawyers…

KUWAIT: Zain Kuwait sponsored the SAP Business Suite Innovation Day, titled ‘Kuwait’s Digital Future: Driven by Connected Applications, Data and AI’. The event was joined by senior executives, decision-makers, and industry experts from across Kuwait’s public and private sectors. The company participated in the opening ceremony held under the patronage and attendance of Minister of State for Communications Affairs Omar Al-Omar, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Kuwait Hans-Christian Freiherr von Reibnitz, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance Aseel Al-Munaifi, Chief Enterprise Business Officer at Zain Kuwait Hamad Al-Marzouq, Chief Technology Officer Daaij Al-Oud, Chief Corporate Affairs and…

KUWAIT: Students from the American Creativity Academy (ACA) visited the Kuwait Times and Kuwait News offices this week for an educational tour offering a behind-the-scenes look at how news is produced in a modern multimedia newsroom. During the visit, students met with members of the editorial team and social media department, where they were introduced to the full newspaper production process from gathering information and verifying facts to editing stories and publishing them across print and digital platforms. The teams also explained the workflow behind the viral social media videos. Content creator, Dhoha Al-Issa chatting with the students. Jana Alnaqeeb,…

KUWAIT: The Australian University (AU) successfully hosted its annual blood donation campaign, under the theme “Every drop of blood writes a new message of hope.” The campaign was organized by the Health and Safety department in collaboration with the Ripple Effect, a community project by the AU English Language Program that brings together student and faculty volunteers to give back to the community. The blood drive brought together staff, students, faculty members, and contractors, all united by one purpose: to give back to the community and support lifesaving efforts.The university hosted the initiative in coordination with the Central Blood Bank of…

The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a California lockup that was once home to Al Capone and Charles Manson over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens to knock out the facility’s heating system, according to an internal memo obtained by the Associated Press.Director William K. Marshall III told staff on Tuesday that the agency is suspending operations at the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island, a low-security prison south of Los Angeles. It currently houses nearly 1,000 inmates, including cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried and disgraced celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti.The decision to close the facility, at least temporarily,…

SEATTLE (AP) — Oil company BP has found the source of a leak in a major Pacific Northwest pipeline system, allowing it to restart the flow of jet fuel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday and help avoid any major disruptions to Thanksgiving travel.Separately, Washington state regulators announced they were fining the company $3.8 million for a 2023 spill from the same pipeline system nearby.The 400-mile-long (644-kilometer-long) Olympic Pipeline is the backbone of the region’s system for moving gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other petroleum products from refineries near the Canadian border to distribution terminals in the Pacific Northwest west…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue — a familiar struggle for a party that has been trying to scrap or overhaul the Affordable Care Act for the past 15 years.The tentative proposal from President Donald Trump would extend expiring ACA subsidies for two years while adjusting eligibility requirements for recipients. The plan has so far been met with a stony silence on Capitol Hill as Republicans debate among themselves whether to overhaul the law, tweak it or simply let the…

In addition to pardoning two North Carolina turkeys at the annual White House ceremony Tuesday, President Donald Trump discussed his crime-fighting efforts in Washington, D.C., claiming that it’s been months since the city has seen a murder.But Metropolitan Police Department statistics say otherwise.Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington in August in an effort to curb violent crime even though it had already reached its lowest levels in decades.Here’s a closer look at the facts.TRUMP: “We haven’t had a murder in six months.”THE FACTS: That’s false. There have been 62 homicides in Washington since May 25, including one last week,…