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KUWAIT – His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah conveyed greetings on the Holy Month of Ramadan to the citizens and residents of the State of Kuwait.

KUWAIT – His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received members of consultative team overseeing the post-fire rehabilitation and development of the Al-Mubarakiya Market.

RIYADH – Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah headed the Kuwaiti delegation to the 155th session of the GCC ministerial meeting at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh.

KUWAIT – Mina Abdullah and Ahmadi Refineries have got an advanced international ranking of risk engineering quality, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPO) said.

KUWAIT – Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy stated that it had prepared a water supply plan of producing approximately a billion Imperial Gallons of water by 2035.

CAIRO – The Arab League condemned the Israeli Knesset’s approval of a bill allowing the return of Jewish settlers to four settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories that were dismantled in 2005.

WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden extended best wishes to Muslims on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, asserting US support to Muslims facing hardships and persecution around the world.

LONDON – UK foreign secretary expressed grave concern about the recent increase in violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel.

WASHINGTON – The US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised its benchmark interest rate by an additional 0.25 percentage point, lifting the target range to 4.75 to 5 percent as inflation remained high.

WASHINGTON – The US said that it would announce at the 2023 UN Water Conference an investment of USD 49 billion to bolster the Global Water Security.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

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