CAIRO, Jan 10 (KUNA) -- Leading Kuwaiti plastic and petrochemical manufacturers had a big turnout on Wednesday in (Plastics 2024) expo held in Cairo.

CAIRO, Jan 10 (KUNA) -- Egypt signed Wednesday a USD 1.5 billion agreement with a consortium led by the Saudi ACWA Power Company for a 1.1 gigawatt wind power plant project in Suez Gulf and Gabal El-Zeit areas.

KUWAIT, Jan 10 (KUNA) -- The exchange rate of the US dollar on Wednesday rose by 0.05 percent to KD 0.307, while the Euro dropped by 0.16 percent to KD 0.335, compared to Tuesday's rates.

BERLIN: Nationwide strikes brought German transport to a near standstill Wednesday, with railway workers on a three-day stoppage and farmers on tractors blocking autobahns in a bitter protest over subsidy cuts.

NEW YORK: An unauthorized message posted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s official X account briefly sent bitcoin prices soaring, forcing the market regulator to deny it had approved a new cryptocurrency product.

MADRID: Spanish pharmaceutical firm Grifols said Wednesday it will take legal action against a US hedge fund that questioned its financial reporting, causing its shares to plunge.

KUWAIT: Kuwait needs to expedite the diversification of its economy further to scale up the non-oil sector in tune with the economic transformation taking place across the world.

LONDON: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars delivered a record number of luxury vehicles last year when clients also began taking possession of its first all-electric Spectre model, the German-owned brand said Monday.

LONDON: Euro-zone stock markets slid Tuesday as news of a shock contraction in German industrial output fanned fears over the health of Europe’s top economy.