Cabinet approves policy programs
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 28, (KUNA): Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Barak Al-Shiitan said on Monday the Cabinet approved the government’s 2022-2026 policy program.
The Cabinet has also asked Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic and Investment Affairs Abdulwahab Al-Rushaid to refer the government program to the National Assembly for further deliberations and then passage, the minister was quoted by the Center for Government Communication as saying in a tweet.
SHANGHAI: Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen for decades, sparked by his “zero COVID” strategy that will soon enter its fourth year.
Demonstrators poured into the streets over the weekend in cities including Shanghai and Beijing, criticizing the policy, confronting police - and even calling for Xi to step down. On Monday, demonstrators gathered in the semi-autonomous southern city of Hong Kong, where the pro-democracy movement was all but snuffed out by a harsh crackdown following monthslong demonstrations that began in 2019.
Students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong chanted “oppose dictatorship” and “Freedom! Freedom!” Floral tributes were laid in the Central district that had been the epicenter of previous protests.
The widespread demonstrations are unprecedented since the army crushed the 1989 studentled pro-democracy movement centered on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. (AP)
RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman announced on Monday the kingdom’s plan to transform Riyadh international airport into a global aviation hub.
With the capacity to accommodate some 120 million travelers by the year 2030, the plan to expand King Salman International Airport is “in line with Saudi Arabia’s vision to transform Riyadh into among the top ten city economies in the world,” SPA news agency reported.
The facility aims to become “a metropolis centered on a seamless customer journey, worldclass efficient operations, and innovation,” it added, while preserving Riyadh’s identity and the Saudi culture in a design to ensure a unique travel experience for visitors and transit travelers.
The airport would create 103,000 direct and indirect jobs, while handling 185 million travelers and processing 3.5 million tons of cargo by 2050, SPA added. (KUNA)
ANKARA: Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar said Sunday the Turkish security forces “neutralized” militants associated with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in a security campaign over the last couple of days.
The campaign, part of the cross-border Operation ClawLock, took place in Zap region, north Iraq, following a terrorist attack that claimed the lives of two Turkish soldiers and injured three others.
“Among the neutralized terrorists are the traitors who carried out the Saturday attack,” Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted the minister as saying at a video conference with the commanders of the units participating in the Operation.
“The operation was launched by Turkish commandos against terrorists attempting to escape from the region,” Akar noted.
A total of 480 terrorists have been “neutralized” since the beginning of Operation Claw-Lock in April, he added. (AP)
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KUWAIT CITY: The Health Ministry reassures the public that Kuwait is “safe” after a case of cholera from a neighbouring country was spotted, spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said on Monday, pointing to water safety and safe sanitation as factors that prevent the disease’s spread.
The case recently monitored is a single incident and travel-related, explained the official in an interview with KTV, adding that the case’s contacts were “traced and examined by following the protocols in force.”
He referred to “some precautions that should be observed when traveling to some endemic areas,” including the constant thorough washing of hands and drinking bottled water and juices.
Also, the use of boiled or bottled water when preparing food, avoiding foods of an unknown origin, cooking food well and avoiding undercooked seafood.
Cholera is a disease that occurs due to a bacterial infection, mostly caused by eating contaminated food or drinking water contaminated by bacteria, he further explained.
The disease causes severe diarrhea, but is not transmitted through breath.
Accurate
He pointed out that “the protocol followed in Kuwait is through taking an accurate medical history for people coming from countries where the disease is prevalent.”
This is in the case that one of the specific symptoms appears within seven days of arrival, such as diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, dehydration, or sunken eyes, extreme thirst, or painful muscle spasms in advanced cases.
He stated that if one of these symptoms appears, a sample is taken from the returning traveller and sent to the laboratory, and at the same time, the results of the sample are followed up and communication is made with those in contact.
The Pardon Committee, founded upon Amiri Decree 218 (2022) regrading special pardons for specific crimes, held on Monday its second meeting, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Cabinet Affairs Barrak Al-Shaitan.
Head of the Government Communication Center and government spokesman Tareq Al-Muzrem said in press remarks that the meeting gathered the Attorney General Saad Al-Safran and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior LtGen Anwar Al-Barjas as well as a number of the Public Prosecution.
The committee continued implementing its obligations by preparing the lists of sentenced convicts to whom the provisions of Article 1 of the Amiri Decree apply.
The Council of Ministers had earlier approved a draft decree pardoning citizens convicted of crimes stipulated in Articles 4, 15 and 25 of Act 31 (1970) and the crime stipulated in Article 147 of Act 16 (1960) and the crime stipulated in Paragraph a of Article 70 of Act 37 (2014), which occurred during the period from November 16, 2011, to December 31, 2021.