BERLIN: Sales of new battery-electric cars in the European Union dropped 12 percent in May from a year earlier, led by a 30 percent plunge in Germany, data from Europe’s auto industry body showed on Thursday.

LONDON: Planning authorities should have considered the impact of climate-warming emissions in approving an oil well near Gatwick Airport, the UK’s highest court said on Thursday, a ruling activists say could profoundly impact new fossil fuel projects in Britain.

BENGALURU: Tackling India’s chronic joblessness will be the biggest challenge for the government over the next five years, even as the country remains the world’s fastest-growing major economy, according to policy experts polled by Reuters.

BRUSSELS: European Union countries agreed on a 14th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, diplomats said on Thursday, including their first restrictions on Russian gas.

NAIROBI: Armed with smartphones and whistles, thousands of young Kenyans took to the streets across the country on Thursday to protest tax hikes, livestreaming the demonstrations in a vivid show of anger by Gen-Z citizens against the government.

KUWAIT, June 20 (KUNA) -- Minister of Finance Dr. Anwar Al-Mudhaf held talks on Thursday with the German and Indian ambassadors to the country on the historic relations and trade enterprises between Kuwait and the two friendly states.

LONDON, June 20 (KUNA) -- The Bank of England announced on Thursday that interest rates have been held at 5.25 percent and remain at their highest level for the seventh consecutive year.

KUWAIT, June 20 (KUNA) -- European banks and financial institutions have together invested tens of billions euros in companies that sell arms to Israel, NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) 11.11.11 and FairFin said in a new report released Thursday.

TOKYO, June 20 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan widened 2.3 percent from a year earlier to JPY 82.7 billion (USD 522 million) in May, up for the first time in three months, the latest government data showed.