Aqua life experts at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) managed to farm whiteleg shrimp (or vannamei) at a desert area in Kabad using low salinity water. The experimental model shrimp farm of the Institute imported vannamei larvae from Thailand and has almost reached a commercial production level, KISR’s Acting Director General Dr. Manei’ Al-Siderawi […]
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Kuwait military conscripts told to register online
– Military conscripts in Kuwait will have to submit their documents through an online application portal to replace in-person attendance, as the country moves to overhaul its recruitment process, the General Staff of the Army said on Monday. All persons who have reached the minimum military enlistment age (18 and above) are required to submit […]
Kuwait’s cabinet convenes weekly meeting
– The Kuwaiti cabinet held its weekly meeting under the chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah at Seif Palace on Monday. Emerging from the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil, and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammad Al-Fares said that the cabinet touched on the proposal submitted […]
‘Grease’ Star Olivia Newton-John Dies Aged 73
Singer Olivia Newton-John, who gained worldwide fame as the high school sweetheart Sandy in the hit movie “Grease,” died Monday after a 30-year battle with cancer. She was 73. Newton-John “passed away peacefully at her ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends,” said a statement from her husband John Easterling posted […]
UK Museum Agrees to Return Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
A London museum agreed Sunday to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria as cultural institutions throughout Britain come under pressure to repatriate artifacts acquired during the colonial era. The Horniman Museum and Gardens in southeast London said that it would transfer a collection of […]
Kuwait condemns terrorist attacks in Mali
Kuwait strongly condemns terrorist attacks that took place in separate areas across central and western Mali, leading to the death and injury of dozens of people, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. In a statement today, the ministry underlined Kuwait’s “principled and firm stance against violence,” reiterating its call on the “international community to redouble […]