(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Local:
KUWAIT -- Construction of Kuwait's new Al-Adan hospital, costing a total KD 232.12 million (USD 766 million), will be completed by April of 2020, the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (SCPD) said on Sunday. (Issued at 16:16 local time or 13:16 GMT)
Economic:
BEIRUT -- Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Sunday called for adopting an Arab reconstruction and development initiative by creating an inter-Arab bank. (Issued at 15:34 local time or 12:34 GMT)
International:
BEIRUT -- Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmad Abul-Gheit announced on Sunday that speeding up the elimination of povery is the optimal way to dry out the sources of terrorism and extremism. (Issued at 16:05 local time or 13:05 GMT)
LONDON -- Downing Street on Sunday sounded the alarm about bids by MPs to pass amendments aiming at blocking the UK's exist from the European Union (EU). (Issued at 15:02 local time or 12:02 GMT)
RAMALLAH -- Israel's decision to shut schools run by a United Nations agency that supports Palestinian refugees in Jerusalem is a "flagrant insult" to the international community, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said on Sunday. (Issued at 15:10 local time or 12:10 GMT)
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