New Kuwaiti Cabinet takes office after dispute with parliament

The government will be tasked with tending to the country's financial difficulties and the pandemic following a dispute between the prime minister and parliament.
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Kuwait's Prime Minister Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah, wearing a protective mask, addresses MPs during a parliament session at the national assembly in Kuwait City, on June 16, 2020. - YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images
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Kuwait’s new government was sworn in on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah took office along with his entire Cabinet, the state-run Kuwait News Agency reported.

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