NEW YORK: United and Alaska Airlines both reported on Monday that loose hardware had been discovered on some of their Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes during preliminary inspections after a dramatic mid-flight incident last week.

PARIS: Airbus said on Tuesday that Taiwan’s EVA Air has finalized an order for 33 planes from the European aircraft maker, including 18 long-range A350-1000 planes and 15 single-aisle A321neo models.

LAS VEGAS: CES, the annual high tech gadget extravaganza in Las Vegas, again delivers its wave of new inventions and cutting edge technology with artificial intelligence this year’s unavoidable buzzword.

SHANGHAI: China said it would consider slapping more retaliatory tariffs on goods from Taiwan, days before the self-ruled island holds a presidential election in which relations with Beijing are a looming issue.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (KUNA) -- The global economy is set to rack up a sorry record by the end of 2024 -the slowest half-decade of GDP growth in 30 years, according to the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report.

ROME, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- Number of employees in November 2023 reached an unprecedented level, more than 23.74 million, signaling a noticeable fall of joblessness.

KUWAIT, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Banks Association plans to form a new panel to tackle criteria of social and environmental sustainability and governance in the sector.

BERLIN, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- The BMW Group revealed on Tuesday that it had sold 2.55 million vehicles of its BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce brands in 2023.

KUWAIT, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- The exchange rate of the US dollar on Tuesday dropped by 0.05 percent to KD 0.307, while the Euro rose by 0.11 percent to KD 0.336, compared to Monday's rates.