TOKYO: The Bank of Japan holds a two-day policy meeting concluding on Oct 31, days after a general election where new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a key test on his agenda to prop up wages and revitalize the country’s weak regional economies.

KUWAIT: The Kuwait economy will return to expansion in 2025 led by the unwinding of earlier cuts in oil production.

TOKYO: Glinting in the sun by the world’s biggest nuclear plant, the Sea of Japan is calm now.

KARACHI: Droves of braying donkeys were once the backbone of Pakistan’s commercial hub Karachi, but growing upkeep costs and the surging sprawl of the city are putting them out to pasture.

KUWAIT: Isam Al-Sager, the Vice Chairman and Group CEO of National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), said, “NBK continues to prove its resilience against shifting operating conditions, its prudent approach to risk management and its ability to sustain growth from diversified income streams.”

WASHINGTON: The international community must come together despite the “difficult geopolitical environment” to tackle shared challenges like lackluster growth and the existential threat posed by climate change, the head of the IMF said Thursday.

MOSCOW: The BRICS group will generate most of the global economic growth in the coming years thanks to its size and relatively fast growth compared with that of developed Western nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

HAVANA: Cuban Tania Ramirez walks alone along Havana’s famous Malecon promenade to relieve the stress wrought by the massive blackout that has plunged the entire island into darkness.