Author: Al Miqdamarra

KUWAIT: Recent figures published by Statista, a market data provider, reveal households in Kuwait spent approximately $236 million on purchasing coffee from supermarkets in 2022, making Kuwait the 8th highest spender among Arab countries and the 4th among the GCC nations. According to the data, Saudi Arabia topped the list, with its population spending a whopping $995.5 million on supermarket coffee purchases. Algeria secured the 2nd position with $800 million spent in 2022, followed by Qatar in 3rd place with $443.2 million. The United Arab Emirates ranked 7th, just ahead of Kuwait, with expenditures totaling $282.7 million. In 2020, coffee enthusiasts…

Toronto, Atlanta (22/10 – 66) A recent, and eminently reasonable, proposal to pause the military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine was presented by Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, held in Singapore on June 3, 2023. Minister Prabowo, a retired and much-decorated General, suggested the two sides declare a ceasefire, to be followed by the creation of a demilitarized zone on the battlefield. The proposed truce would be monitored by United Nations peacekeeping forces, followed by a UN-monitored referendum to determine which country the disputed territories should join. Most third-world participants – and those from…

Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 4 October 2023 – In the presence of the Vice President and CFO of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr. Zamir Iqbal, the Special Adviser to The President and Coordinator of Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund (AHTF) Eng. Mohammad J. Alsaati, signed today, in Jeddah, with Dr. Ebrahim A. Alsaleh, Chairman of Board of Kuwait Society For Relief (KSR), a Donor Contribution Agreement, under which KSR will provide funding for an amount of US$ 2 million to the AHTF. “Under this agreement, the funds will be dedicated to addressing the critical humanitarian and basic needs of the people of…

Toronto, Frankfurt (16/9 – 30) Derna is a second-tier city of roughly 100,000 people, situated in northeast Libya. Early dawn on Monday, September 11, two aging dams gave way, bursting and sending a seven-meter-high tsunami towards the city. Entire neighborhoods were washed into the sea. The dams failed after heavy rainfall hit the region, as Storm Daniel passed through. Before passing over Libya, a Storm Daniel landfall in Greece resulted in 15 fatalities, on September 4. The same storm also wreaked havoc in Turkey and even up in Bulgaria. At least five people were killed after a flash flood swept…

New real estate laws have been announced in the UAE. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah, issued Law No.3 for 2023 on regulating joint property ownership in the emirate of Fujairah. Sheikh Hamad also issued Law No.4 for 2023 regulating real estate development guarantee accounts. UAE real estate laws The two laws stipulate that developers, management companies, associations and owners’ unions are to align their situations with the provisions of the laws within six months from the dates of their issuance, with the possibility for the relevant authority’s director to extend the deadline for the…

Berlin, Warsaw (11/8 – 60) The Russian invasion of Ukraine has yet to see an end. Russia has mobilized everything in its power to overcome Ukraine, including recruiting citizens of Kazakhstan to join its military forces. Russia lures Kazakh citizens through digital recruitment advertisements, recently prominent on a number of the country’s internet user pages. Several pop-up ads have started appearing on the internet pages of Kazakh residents, announcing openings for enlistment in the Russian army, with a joining-up bonus of more than USD 5,000. The advert cleverly targets the patriotic soft side of the Kazakhs, displaying flags of the…

KUWAIT CITY: Nomad Capitalist, a company specializing in advisory services for investors and entrepreneurs, recently published the Global Real Estate Investment Return Index, ranking the Kuwaiti real estate market 75th globally, reports Al-Rai daily. According to the index, the rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Kuwait’s city center or main suburbs is $930, while the price per square meter for buying an apartment in the city center is $7087. This makes Kuwait’s real estate market the most expensive among Gulf countries. In comparison, the price per square meter in the Emirates is $3924, Qatar $4730, Saudi Arabia $1692, and Oman…

Berlin (25/7 – 16.67) The table is set for the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast to remain a geopolitical hotspot. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), eastern Tajikistan, is the home to the Pamir Mountains, also called “the roof of the world”, whose sharp mountain ranges and deep valleys resemble a lunar landscape. A far-flung frontier, situated in a troubled neighborhood, next to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, GBAO is a geopolitical treasure tethered to exterior interests: the authoritarian central Tajik government in Dushanbe, Chinese economic and military interests, and Russia, which historically frames the Pamirs as a part of its…

The Ministry of Communications (MoC) is working to modernize the country’s telephone network by replacing copper with fiber cables The Ministry of Communications (MoC) is working to modernize the country’s telephone network by replacing copper with fiber cables to develop the terrestrial communications network and benefit from the services it will provide, reports Al-Rai daily. The daily visited the maintenance department of the landline telephone network in the Keifan division and met with one of the officials Fahd Al-Mutairi, who confirmed that the ministry is working hard to implement the second phase of the optical fiber project which aims to…

One can create a post of up to 500 characters on Threads and also share links, photos, and videos that are up to 5 minutes long Meta has launched its text-based conversation app, Threads, in several countries, including the UAE. The app — which is linked to Instagram — is being seen as a competitor to Elon Musk’s Twitter. How to download and register? The Threads app is available for download from the Google PlayStore and App Store for free. Threads features User activity Threads shows users’ activity that can be viewed using the heart icon at the bottom of the screen.…