LAS VEGAS: With big, expressive eyes, elfin ears and adorable cooing, Miroka and Miroki could be an apparition from your favorite cartoon. But behind their cute facade, these robots are all sensors and engineering, and designed to perform the drudgery of logistical support in hospitals or hotels.

LAS VEGAS: Honda on Tuesday unveiled a new electric vehicle series to launch commercially in 2026, revealing a futuristic concept car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS: They don’t own smartphones and can’t go online, but that doesn’t prevent them from being connected: Pets are benefitting from a slew of animal-oriented technology at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

HAVANA: Already under the yoke of inflation and product scarcity, many Cubans don’t know how they will cope with a new 500-percent surge in the fuel price.

HONG KONG: Asian markets on Wednesday resumed the losses that have characterized the year so far, following a tepid lead from Wall Street as traders prepare for the release of key inflation data and start of earnings season.

NEW DELHI: Indian purchases of Russian crude in defiance of Western pressure over the Ukraine war have fallen to an 11-month low as the price tag on the discounted oil rises, figures show. Since the invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago, India has bought hundreds of millions of barrels of cut-price Russian crude, saving itself billions of dollars while bolstering Moscow’s war coffers.

NEW YORK: Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun took responsibility on Tuesday for a near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines incident last week, vowing “complete transparency” as the aviation giant tries to pivot from its latest crisis.

RIYADH, Jan 10 (KUNA) -- The estimated mineral wealth value of Saudi Arabia increased by 90%, to reach an equivalent of USD 2.5 trillion, it was announced Wednesday.

KUWAIT, Jan 10 (KUNA) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that the war in Gaza caused immense human suffering, which will have consequences for the broader region and add to the already high outlook uncertainty.