HANOI: Vietnam’s central bank lent another $1.2 billion to ailing Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank over the last two months, according to a bank document seen by Reuters, taking the total to $24.5 billion as part of its efforts to rescue depositors.

KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait hosted an investor relations (IR) workshop in collaboration with the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) and its Kuwait chapter, highlighting the role that artificial intelligence (AI) can play in elevating the IR function and what that means for long-term value creation.

KUWAIT: In the lead-up to Eid Al-Adha, Burgan Bank is once again participating in supporting the Eidity campaign in collaboration with the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), the Kuwait Banking Association (KBA), and KNET.

PARIS: The world has never had so many rich people and their investments in soaring stock markets have made them wealthier than ever recorded, according to a study published on Wednesday.

KUWAIT: The National Investments Company (NIC) is delighted to announce the resounding success of Beyout Investment Group Holding’s IPO and its subsequent listing on Boursa Kuwait’s Premier Market.

MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has presided over world-beating economic growth but chronically high unemployment rates played a key role in his surprise electoral setback this week.

BUENOS AIRES: Homelessness is on the rise across major Argentine cities as the new libertarian government’s tough medicine reforms squeeze pensions, state salaries and push up rental prices, forcing more people into poverty.

LONDON: British banknotes bearing the image of King Charles III entered circulation for the first time on Wednesday, nearly two years after he succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth II.

CAIRO: A quadrupling of the price of subsidized bread has made it harder than ever for Gamal Ahmad and millions of other Egyptians to get by.