Istanbul: Turkey's central bank maintained its key interest rate at 45 percent on Thursday, marking the end of its monetary tightening cycle after eight consecutive months of hikes.

KIKUYO: Surrounded by fields of carrots and cabbages, workers are putting the finishing touches to a factory opening on Saturday that is a milestone for both US ally Japan and Taiwanese chip giant TSMC.

KUWAIT: The Kuwait of today is almost unrecognizable from the fledgling state of the 1960s, when the newly-independent country took its first tentative steps on the path of social and economic development.

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank said Thursday its series of interest rate hikes had led it to a loss in 2023, its first in nearly two decades, with no swift return to profit expected.

SHUNDE, China: The sound of gentle tapping filled a jewelry workshop in southern China as a craftsman hammered pine leaf patterns onto a soft slab of gold in the style of old ink paintings.

NAKA, Japan: With its tangle of pipes and pumps leading to a metal pot the size of a five-storey building, Japan’s JT-60SA machine looks to the untrained eye like a contraption from 1970s sci-fi.

KUWAIT: The Athlete’s Foot (TAF), the world’s leading athletic lifestyle brand, franchised by Ali Abdulwahab Al-Mutawa Commercial Co (AAW) in Kuwait, announced on Thursday the opening of its 12th store in Shuwaikh 125 complex.

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) always strives to enhance customer banking experience with valuable offers and rewards. In this context, NBK has announced an exclusive discount of 20 percent on their purchases at X-cite, on the occasion of celebrating the national days.

VIENNA, Feb 22 (KUNA) -- Statistics Austria, Austria's Federal Statistical Office, announced on Thursday that the level of inflation in Austria fell at the beginning of 2024 and reached 4.5 percent in January.