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KUWAIT -- The once-a-week newspapers' production suspension in Kuwait has left door wide open for speculations this step would either be recalculations of feasibility of overall paper production or start of transformation to online copies. By Mohammad Abu Baker. Issued at 10:02 a.m. (07:02 GMT).
KUWAIT -- Kuwaiti Diving Team of the Environmental Voluntary Foundation announces successful settlement of thousands of marine creatures in Jaber Al-Kuwait Reserves for Sea Creatures and the grand reserve in large sizes and various species. Issued at 14:22 p.m. (11:22 GMT).
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VIENNA -- Trade volume between Austria and Kuwait reached 58 million euros (USD 66 million) in first half of 2018, said Dr. Mudar Khojah, Secretary General of the Arab-Austrian Chamber of Commerce. By Mubarak Al-Hajeri. Issued at 15:51 p.m. (12:51 GMT).
KUWAIT -- Kuwait Credit Bank says total of all types of loans reached KD 336.3 million (USD 1.1 billion) last year. Issued at 14:56 p.m. (11:46 GMT)
KUWAIT -- The Banker magazine elects the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) Governor Dr. Mohammad Al-Hashil as the best central bank governor in the Middle East for 2019. Issued at 10:56 a.m. (07:56 GMT).
International: =============
PARIS -- In what is now a two-month-old ritual, France's "Yellow Vest" protesters, urging higher salaries and lower taxes, took to the streets of several cities on Saturday, with the largest demonstration planned for Paris later in the day.
CAIRO -- The Federation of Arab Journalists decries Friday's attack and ransacking of headquarters of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), the tongue of the Palestinian presidency, in Gaza. (end)
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