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KUNA main news for Monday, February 19, 2018

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)
Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

Local:

KUWAIT -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ordered on Monday giving financial grants to the orphans at his personal expense. (Issued at 14:57 local time or 11:57 GMT)

KUWAIT -- Kuwaiti cabinet holds a customary weekly meeting.

KUWAIT -- Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah said Monday that an agreement has been made with Filipino authorities in a bid to regulate the Southeast Asian archipelago's workforce in the country. (Issued at 15:06 local time or 12:06 GMT)

Economic:

VIENNA -- OPEC daily basket price went up 32 cents to stand at USD 62.41 a barrel last Friday, compared with USD 62.09 last Thursday, the organization said in its bulletin Monday. (Issued at 12:45 local time or 09:45 GMT)

TOKYO -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan expanded 20.4 percent from a year earlier to JPY 59.2 billion (USD 556 million) in January, up for the 13th straight month thanks to robust exports, the Japanese Finance Ministry said Monday. (Issued at 11:09 local time or 08:09 GMT)

International:

BRUSSELS - A Kuwaiti business forum to will be held to examine economic cooperation with Belgian entrepreneurs.

MOSCOW -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on Monday for establishing an integrated security order in the Arabian Gulf. (Issued at 15:59 local time or 12:59 GMT)

TOKYO -- North Korea warned the US on Monday against resuming joint military drills with South Korea, which have been postponed until after the PyeongChang Winter Games, the Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency reported. (Issued at 11:15 local time or 08:15 GMT)

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