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COUNTER ATTACKS SLOWING RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN EAST
KUWAIT CITY: The Civil Service Commission, in coordination with the Public Authority for Manpower, is implementing a plan to develop a mechanism to attract citizens to work in the private sector and enhance job security as a key era for those wishing to be appointed to work in companies and various sectors instead of banking on government jobs, reports AlQabas daily.
Based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, the concerned government agencies are seeking to raise the percentage of Kuwaitis in the private sector as the number of national workers in the sector is 72,200 citizens out of 1.434 million workers.
The authorities have developed recent scenarios to support national employment in the private sector, starting with increasing support, whether for university graduates or other certificate holders, so that the salary in this sector is close to or equal to what the government employee receives.
KUWAIT CITY: The Ministry of Health has announced that the expatriate workers examination centers in Shuwaikh, Subhan, Jahra and Ali Sabah Al-Salem suburb are open from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on the two Saturdays before Eid-AlFitr -- April 23 and April 30 -- in order to complete transactions before the holiday, reports Al-Qabas daily.
Previously, the ministry decided to implement the two-shift work system in these centers during weekdays to accommodate the biggest possible number of visitors. The morning shift is from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, while the afternoon shift is from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
KUWAIT CITY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait strongly denounced the recent spate of deadly terrorist attacks on educational facilities and mosques in Afghanistan.
The Ministry reiterated, in a statement on Saturday, Kuwait’s unequivocal rejection of all forms of violence and terrorism, renewing the call for the international community to double effort to eradicate the menace of terrorism.
It expressed solidarity with the Afghan people and sincere condolences for the families of the victims of the attacks, wishing the wounded quick recovery. (KUNA)
OUAGADOUGOU: The French military has released videos appearing to show Russian mercenaries burying bodies near an army base in northern Mali, which it says is part of a smear campaign against the French who handed the base to Malian forces earlier this week.
Aerial surveillance images taken by the French military on Thursday morning and provided to The Associated Press show what appear to be 10 Caucasian soldiers covering approximately a dozen Malian bodies with sand 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) east of the Gossi military base in the country’s north, according to a French military officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press on the matter. (AP)
TEHRAN: Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying a general of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Saturday morning, killing a bodyguard, state media reported.
The report said Gen. Hossein Almasi survived the ambush - in Zahedan city of the southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan Province - without any injury. It identified the fallen bodyguard as Mahmoud Absalan.
Authorities have arrested some suspects but did not identify them, the report added. (AP)
TOKYO: A tour boat with 26 people aboard was missing in rough and cold waters off northern Japan on Saturday after issuing a distress call and reporting to be sinking, the coast guard said.
No survivors have been found after more than 10 hours of an intense search involving six patrol boats, five aircraft and divers. The coast guard said it will continue with the search through the night.
The 19-ton Kazu 1 made an emergency call in early afternoon, saying the ship’s bow had flooded and was beginning to sink and tilt while it was traveling off the western coast of Shiretoko Peninsula in the northern island of Hokkaido, the coast guard said. (AP)
WELLINGTON: The Biden administration on Thursday warned the Solomon Islands that the United States will take unspecified action against the South Pacific nation should its recently concluded cooperation agreement with China pose a threat to U.S. or allied interests.
The White House said the message was delivered directly to the country’s leadership by a visiting senior U.S. delegation. The delegation expressed concern that the deal with China raises questions about its scope and purpose, according to the White House, which also lamented transparency in the agreement and cast doubt on Solomon Islands’ officials’ claims that the deal was purely domestic. (AP)