NEW DELHI: Lack of jobs, high inflation and falling income in India led voters to rein in support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the general election where his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to win a majority, according to a survey.

MEIWA, Japan: When Costco Wholesale opened its warehouse in a rural Japanese town not far from Tokyo last year offering hundreds of jobs at eye-popping pay, a nearby noodle shop chain took a drastic step: it hiked hourly wages by a third.

SAINT-IMIER: Switzerland’s largest wind farm, sitting astride the ridge of the Jura mountains by the French border, consists of only 16 turbines—tiny compared to those of other European countries.

NEW YORK/LONDON: World stocks hit an all-time high and the euro rose on Thursday after the European Central Bank cut interest rates for the first time in nearly five years, but also signaled that further moves could take a while.

LONDON: Global investment in clean energy technology and infrastructure is set to hit $2 trillion this year, twice the amount going into fossil fuels, an International Energy Agency report showed.

Kuwait, June 6 (KUNA) -- The Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Communications Affairs, Omar Al-Omar, issued directives on Thursday to expedite the digitalization process for civil services.

 KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti oil price declined by USD 4.04 to USD 80.18 per barrel (pb) on Tuesday, compared with USD 84.22 pb on Monday, said the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Wednesday.

TOKYO, Japan: Tokyo stocks ended lower on Wednesday as investors brushed off gains on Wall Street, where soft US jobs data boosted hopes for an interest rate cut.

ROME, Italy: Italy’s competition authority on Wednesday fined global tech giant Meta 3.5 million euros ($3.8 million) for a lack of transparency in its use of data and management of Instagram and Facebook accounts.