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Briefing of KUNA main news for Wednesday until 00:00 GMT

KUWAIT - His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of condolences to the families of the victims of a fire that gutted a multi-story apartment building in Al-Mangaf.

KUWAIT - The death toll of a fiery fire that gutted a multi-story building in the southern district of Al-Mangaf has jumped to 49, the Ministry of Interior announced.

KUWAIT - Kuwait's public prosecutor started an investigation into a fire that tore through a building housing foreign workers in southern Mangaf area, leaving at least 49 people dead and dozens of others injured.

KUWAIT - Minister of Commerce and Industry and State Minister for Communications Affairs Omar Al-Omar said that Kuwait achieved first place globally and regionally in terms of leadership in fifth generation technology, according to GSMA Intelligence.

KUWAIT - Local charity Kuwait Relief Society has provided some USD 16 million worth of aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since October.

KUWAIT - The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) to store four million oil barrels in South Korean Ulsan city.

GAZA - The authorities in the Gaza Strip announced that the death toll of the Israeli occupation's genocidal attack on the blockaded Strip surged up to 37,202 people.

CAIRO - Participants in the "consultative meeting on Sudan" appealed to the warring parties in Sudan to silence the guns during Eid Al-Adha. (end) ibi