Miscellaneous

From Campus to Congress, Colleges Urged to End Legacy Boost

America’s elite colleges are facing growing calls to end the decades-old tradition of giving an admissions boost to the children of alumni — a practice that critics say is rooted in racism and bestows an unfair advantage to students who need it least.F…

Kuwait lists 2,254 more Covid-19 cases, one death

Kuwait’s Ministry of Health on Saturday said that 2,254 people tested positive for the coronavirus (Covid-19) and one person died of the virus over the past 24 hours.Today’s figures raised the death toll to 2,519 and the overall infections to 599,038,…

Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry urges travel delay to Ukraine

The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry on Saturday urged Kuwaiti citizens planning to travel to Ukraine to delay the travel “for the time being.” The ministry, in a statement, called on the Kuwaiti nationals, currently present in Ukraine, to leave the country i…