GENEVA: China and Switzerland agreed Monday to speed up talks to upgrade their free trade agreement and to simplify visa procedures for travel between the two countries, Chinese state media reported.

BRUSSELS: The EU plans to be carbon neutral by 2050, but to get there it needs to pass two decadal milestones—each implying massive adaptation by industry and consumers.

DAKAR: On Dakar’s long Hann Bay beach, a lone figure with a shovel and wheelbarrow tirelessly picks up mounds of rubbish in such quantities that the task takes on an almost mythological air.

BEIJING: China’s economy likely grew at its weakest annual rate for more than three decades in 2023, data is expected to show Wednesday, as it was battered by a crippling property crisis, sluggish consumption and global uncertainties.

LAS VEGAS: Whether dreaming of an artificial friend available around the clock, lifting off from traffic jams or doing without your cat’s dead bird “gifts,” CES inventors have no shortage of imagination.

BERLIN: Thousands of angry farmers descended on Berlin with their tractors and loudly booed a government minister on Monday, rounding off a week of nationwide protests against plans to cut tax breaks for agriculture.

KUWAIT, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- The 12th edition of the HORECA Exhibition kicked off today at the Kuwait International Fairground.

BERLIN, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- German's gross domestic product fell by 0.3 percent in 2023, compared to 2022, according to data released by the Federal Statistical Office on Monday.

KUWAIT, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- The exchange rate of US Dollar stabilized Monday against the Kuwaiti Dinar at KD 0.307, as did the Euro at 0.336 percent compared to yesterday's rates, said Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK).