Kuwait- KUNA main news for Wednesday, Aug 24, 2016


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Local:

KUWAIT -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of condolences to President of Italy Sergio Mattarella on the earthquake which his country. Moved at 13:26 p.m. (10:26 GMT).


KUWAIT -- The government is working laboriously to ensure the success of the South Saad Al-Abdullah housing project, pegged as Kuwait's first "Smart City." By Khaled Al-Mutairi. Moved at 15:41 p.m. (12:41 GMT)

Economic:

KUWAIT -- Inflation in consumer prices in the State of Kuwait rose to 3.06 percent in July, compared to the same month 2015, according to Kuwait central Statistic Bureau. Moved at 16:09 p.m. (13:09 GMT)

International:

ROME -- Rescuers have pulled 38 dead bodies out of heaps of wreckage caused by the powerful earthquake that hit several Italian regions, the civil defense said on Wednesday, hours after the nation was stricken with the dawn catastrophe. Moved at 13:51 p.m. (10:51 GMT)

BAGHDAD -- Iraq is grateful for the strong flow of Kuwaiti investments and undeniable political support from the fellow Arab country, said Iraqi President Dr. Fuad Masum late Tuesday. By Mubarak Al-Enezi. Moved at 10:37 a.m. (07:37 GMT).


BERLIN -- The Neues "new" Museum of Berlin, established in 1855, is a treasury of historic items and objects. Photo feature by Abdulnasser Jbara. Moved at 09:28 a.m. (06:28 GMT).


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