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Kuwait’s Oil Minister Pushes Refinery Projects, Despite Politics

Kuwait’s reinstated parliament on 7 August failed to meet for a second time in two weeks to swear in the new government. Most lawmakers boycotted the session to force the Amir to dissolve parliament and call fresh elections, probably by October. It is expected that the caretaker government, including Minister of Oil Hani Husain, will stay on. Kuwait’s constitutional court ruled in June that...