Author: Sanamr

Kuwait’s education authorities have asked the country’s Interior Ministry to revoke the residency permits of around 2,400 foreign teachers, including 1,900 teachers whose services were terminated under a plan replacing them with Kuwaitis. The 500 others have presented their resignation, according to Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas, citing what it termed as well-informed sources. “The Human Resource Department at the Education Ministry is keen to finalise as soon as possible procedures for the non-Kuwaiti teachers whose services discontinue by the end of the current school year to spare them any fines or fees,” the sources said. These procedures are related to…

Dubai’s ultra-luxury property market doesn’t seem to be slowing down as the value of big-ticket deals continues to hit the market at regular intervals. Earlier this week, the most expensive penthouse in Palm Jumeirah was for Dh220 million. In February, a penthouse was sold for Dh410 million in Bvlgari Lighthouse, Jumeirah Bay Island. This record was broken in May when a penthouse in Marsa Al Arab in Jumeirah was sold for Dh420 million, becoming the costliest penthouse to be sold in Dubai ever. While a villa on Frond N on Palm Jumeirah holds the title for the most expensive property, reportedly bought for Dh600 million by…

The programme is aimed at attracting talents and localisation of positions in the Blue Bird, which the company launched in December 2022. This comes within the framework of the company’s objectives to encourage fresh graduates to engage in the field of aviation and the air transport sector, as well as to enhance the spirit of patriotism of being a part of the national carrier of the State of Kuwait. Kuwait Airways chief support officer, Mohammad Al-Fawaz said: “Following the success of the “Wathiq” program during the period from December 2022 to January 2023, Kuwait Airways continues its efforts to discover…

Armenia’s prime minister will attend the inauguration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday, his office said, the latest sign of a thaw between the two arch foes. “Armenia received an invitation to attend the ceremony of inauguration of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,” the statement said. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. “Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will travel to Ankara on June 3 to take part in the ceremony.” Armenia and Turkey have never established formal diplomatic relations and their shared border has been closed since the 1990s. Their relationship is strained…

In order to regulate and monitor the operations of private pharmacies inspection campaigns will persist in the sector. The primary objective is to verify the adherence of license holders to the provisions of the Profession Practice Law 28/1996, as amended by Law 30/2016. The sources emphasized the continuous coordination between the Ministries of Commerce and Health to address violations related to the unauthorized management of numerous pharmacies by individuals who are not the license holders. Such actions are clear infringements upon the laws governing the practice of the profession. It is anticipated that the number of pharmacies facing closure will…

Kuwaiti nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have always been playing a significant role in serving the society, addressing its problems and monitoring political events and public activities, including election observation. The Kuwaiti cabinet has recently asked several NGOs to partake in watching the country’s forthcoming parliamentary elections due on June, only out of its commitment to ensuring fair and transparent elections. In this context, Kuwait Journalists Association Chairman Adnan Al-Rashed said that the cabinet had recently entrusted the association, among others, with watching the next vote in a highly commended step. In a statement to KUNA, he boasted that his agency has…

In 2022, the UAE’s GDP grew an astonishing 7.9 per cent. – KT file The UAE is the leading emerging market across the Middle East and ort Africa (Mena) region, as revealed in Kearney’s 2023 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index (FDICI) Emerging Markets ranking. Due to its strong growth last year, attractive business environment, and focus on innovation and technological capabilities, the UAE ranked first regionally and third globally after China and India. In 2022, the UAE’s GDP grew an astonishing 7.9 per cent, while many other countries were suffering weak growth following a post-Covid boom in 2021. The country…

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s foreign trade turnover hit a record high of $134.4 billion in 2022, a rise of 82 percent over 2021 and four times that of 2020, reported the Ministry of National Economy on Feb. 15. Photo credit: Kazakh Ministry of National Economy. Export volumes reached $84.4 billion in the reporting period, growing by 40 percent in 2021 and 78 percent in 2020. The surge in oil and metals exports was the growth’s primary driver. Thus, revenues from oil sales increased by 51 percent to $46.9 billion, copper by 15 percent to $3.7 billion, ferroalloys by 51 percent to…

On February 19, 2023, the first forum of Tajik youth of the Baikal region was held at IRNITU. The organizer of the forum was the regional public organization “Tajik national-cultural society” Compatriot “. According to the organizers, at the moment more than 500 citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan are studying in Irkutsk universities and colleges, in each of them international services help students. The forum participants were Tajik students – representatives of IRNITU, Irkutsk State Agrarian University named after A. A. Yezhevsky, Irkutsk State Medical University, Irkutsk State Transport University. Reports were made on the socio-cultural adaptation of students of…

Small companies across the United Arab Emirates are embracing ChatGPT to free up their time from doing mundane tasks which allows them to spend more time on creativity, business leaders told Al Arabiya English. ChatGPT is a piece of artificial intelligence that can converse with users and answer questions when asked. It can also help people with tasks such as writing copy using the supplied prompts. Large companies including Meta and Shopify already use the technology, and Buzzfeed said in January it would begin using it to enhance quizzes on its website and personalize some content for audiences, the Wall…