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KUNA main news for Monday, June 18, 2018

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

Local: 

GENEVA -- Kuwait National Assembly (Parliament) Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim meets Inter-Parliamentary Union President Gabriela Cuevas Barron and IPU Secretary General Martin Chungong discussing prospected amendments to the union constituent law. Issued at 09:37 a.m. (06:37 GMT).

KUWAIT -- The State of Kuwait marks on Tuesday 57th anniversary of ending British protection and declaring independence on June 19, 1961. Report by Ahmad Mousa. Issued at 09:13 a.m. (06:13 GMT).

Economic: 

TOKYO -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan fell 12.2 percent from a year earlier to JPY 42.3 billion (USD 383 million) in May, down for the first time in two months on weak exports. Issued at 10:19 a.m. (07:19 GMT).

International: 

TOKYO -- A 6.1 degree quake jolts West Japan killing three people and injuring 230. Issued at 09:38 A.M. (06:38 GMT).

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