• NBK receives two awards

    KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has been recognized by Global Finance with two awards, with Group Digital Office being awarded as the “Best Financial Innovation Lab in Kuwait for 2023”and the banks’ innovative solutions being awarded the “Top Innovations in Finance for 2023”at the magazine’s prestigious annual event, The Innovators.

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  • Canadian Prairies farmers try to adapt to a warming world

    DAVIDSON: Following repeated droughts, Canadian farmers are trying to adapt to a new era in agriculture marked by a warming world – including by trapping snow in their fields, planting heat-resistant crops and seeding earlier in the season.

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  • Kuwait's bourse holds gathering with financial conglomerates

    LONDON, June 14 (KUNA) -- Boursa Kuwait held its "10th institutional day" in the British capital with participation of 12 listed companies, more than 50 conglomerates specialized in investments and financial assets management, where it shed light on investment opportunities in the Kuwaiti financial market.

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  • Iraq keen on American corporations - PM Al-Sudani

    BAGHDAD, June 14 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Al-Sudani voiced Wednesday keenness on having American corporations in the country, adding that Iraq is currently in state of security and political and social stability, qualifying it to become an attractive environment for foreign investments.

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  • UK economy grew 0.1 pct February, April

    LONDON, June 14 (KUNA) -- Britain's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.1 pct only between last February and April but enough to avoid a contraction in local economy which was expected last year.

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  • Donna Sultan ‘key figure in construction industry’

    KUWAIT: Kuwaiti, Donna Sultan, the President and CEO of KEO, has once again secured a place among the most influential leaders in the Middle East’s construction sector, according to Construction Week Middle East’s annual #Power100 list.

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  • US consumer inflation cools for an 11th straight month

    WASHINGTON: Consumer inflation in the United States cooled for an 11th straight month on an annual basis in May, the Labor Department said Tuesday, in an encouraging sign for policymakers.

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  • Storm at Baltic beauty spot over Germany’s gas plans

    OSTSEEBAD BINZ: Melanie Schmid grows walnuts and keeps sheep at her organic farm by the cliff’s edge above the port of Mukran on the German island of Ruegen in the Baltic Sea.

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  • US annual inflation rate at lowest level since 2021 - statistics

    WASHINGTON, June 13 (KUNA) - The US annual inflation is now at the lowest level since March 2021, and less than half of what it was last June, said government statistics.

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