THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017
LOCAL
In Brief
Oil price down by 58 cents
US Dollar exchange
rate stable
Amir shooting cup
concludes
KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil was down by 58
cents to $48.17 per barrel Tuesday as oppose to
$48.75 pb the day before, said Kuwait Petroleum
Corporation (KPC) yesterday. At the global level,
the price of oil recovered after five sessions of
losses. The price of the Brent crude was up by 50
cents to $52.10 per barrel, the same case with
the US crude oil, which went up by 33 cents to
$49.56 pb. — KUNA
KUWAIT: The US Dollar’s exchange rate was
stable at KD 0.304 while the euro went up
to KD 0.332, said the Central Bank of Kuwait
(CBK) yesterday. The bank indicated that
the Sterling Pound was up to KD 0.390, the
same case with the Swiss Franc, which
stood at KD 0.306. The Japanese Yen stood
at KD 0.002. —KUNA
ROME: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait’s
International Shooting Cup concluded
Tuesday three days of competitions, held at
Umriaverde shooting range in Todi, central
Italy. President of the Italian shooting federation Senator Luciano Rossi and Kuwait Charge
d’Affairs Mohammad Al-Hajri handed over the
medals and trophies for the winners, Kuwait
embassy said in a statement. — KUNA
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KUWAIT: Camels ready for a race in the Kuwaiti desert. Camel racing is one of the most common sport activities in the Arabian Peninsula, and its history there dates back to the preIslamic era. A special breed of camels known locally as ‘Hijn’ is bred specially for camel races that are held every year in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other
Middle Eastern countries. — KUNA photos
Kuwait donates to children
cancer center in Lebanon
BEIRUT: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaal AlQenaei delivers a financial donation to the Children’s
Cancer Center of Lebanon’s Chairwoman of the Board
of Trustees Nora Jumblatt. — KUNA
BEIRUT: The Kuwaiti Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaal AlQenaei delivered a financial donation to the Children’s
Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL). Qenaei met with a delegation of CCCL board of trustees, where he recognized the
important role made by the center in presenting free treatment and saving children’s lives, in addition to developing
cancer treatment and increasing awareness toward it in
the Arab region, a statement by Kuwait’s Embassy in Beirut
said yesterday.
The Kuwaiti Ambassador greeted the delegation on the
center’s 15th anniversary, and treating over 1,330 children
from all over the Arab countries, relying only on donations.
Meanwhile, CCCL Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees
Nora Jumblatt thanked Kuwait for the ongoing support
given to CCCL since years ago, asserting the strong
Kuwaiti-Lebanese relation that combine the two countries
together. Moreover, Jumblatt also thanked CCCL Board
Member, Faisal Al-Mutawa, who is in charge of the center’s
activities in Kuwait on his efforts.
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED)
donated $1 million to CCCL in December 2016 to assist in
treating displaced Syrian children suffering from cancer. In
2002, CCCL was inaugurated with a mission to save children’s lives, where an agreement was made among the St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the CCCL Foundation
and the American University of Beirut Medical Center to do
so. The center offers free treatment to hundreds of children
with different nationalities, with a yearly budget over $12
million relying only on donations. — KUNA
ISTANBUL: A mobile clinic provided by Kuwait’s Al-Rahma association in Aleppo. — KUNA
Kuwaiti charity provides
medical aid in Aleppo
ISTANBUL: Kuwait’s Al-Rahma (Mercy) International
Association, affiliated to the Social Reform Society, has
launched the second mobile clinic for treating the displaced Syrians in Aleppo. Head of Al-Rahma in Syria
Waleed Al-Suwailem said yesterday that the clinic provides
services for children, women and men, and conducts simple surgeries and presents preventive medical advice for
displaced people at camps.
The lack of hospitals and medical services at these areas
pushed the association to dispatch the clinic so as to alleviate suffering of the displaced people in that city, he noted.
Furthermore, he said that many necessary medications are
badly needed for many children, women and elderly people who are suffering from chronic diseases, referring to
the spread of many epidemic and diseases at camps due to
little awareness.— KUNA
Kuwaiti medical team arrives in
Somalia to provide assistance
HARGESIA, Somalia: A Kuwaiti medical team arrived late Tuesday to Somalia on a
trip to carry out several operations and provide treatment. Somali Presidential Affairs
Minister Mahmoud Hashi lauded the Kuwaiti Shifaa (healing) team for this gesture
aimed at providing humanitarian aid and assistance to the drought-stricken country.
He thanked the Kuwaiti leadership and people for assisting Somalia, affirming that
the Gulf country had left a positive impact on the needy in the country. The Kuwaiti
team consists of 15 medical staff and administrators tasked with providing medical
and humanitarian assistance to the Somali people. — KUNA
IOM distributes clothes funded by Kuwait
HARGESIA, Somalia: The Kuwaiti medical team pose for a group photo after
their arrival. — KUNA
IRBIL: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has distributed clothes funded by Kuwait to over 5,000 displaced Iraqi families
south of Mosul. IOM media representative Sara Ali said yesterday that
the distribution came within the Kuwaiti grant. Families from Mosul are
in need for the aid, where they left all of their belongings in their
homes, she said. She noted that the IOM has expanded the camps at
Qyara, supported by Kuwait, by adding over 2,000 extra tents. Kuwait
has donated more than $4 million for the IOM to support the displaced
in Mosul, scene of current military operations to liberate it from socalled Islamic State (IS). — KUNA