WASHINGTON: A teacher in Oregon has found part of an Alaska Airlines airplane panel that blew out mid-flight in his backyard, officials said, as shares in the beleaguered manufacturer Boeing began falling in pre-market trading Monday after the near-disaster.

LONDON: A strike that threatened to grind London’s underground network to a virtual halt for several days was called off at the last minute on Sunday following “positive discussions” in pay talks, the main rail union said.

BERLIN: Furious farmers opposed to Berlin’s plans to cut tax breaks for agriculture used tractors to block roads across Germany on Monday, kicking off a series of crippling strikes sinking the country deeper into a winter of discontent.

LONDON: Stock markets retreated Monday, extending a weak start to the year, after a forecast-busting US jobs report further dampened hopes of an early cut to interest rates in the world’s biggest economy.

KUWAIT: After a long hiatus, official figures on Kuwait’s GDP have been published, with data up to Q2 2023. Real economic growth was negative in Q2 2023 at -1.3% y/y, with oil output weighed down by OPEC-mandated production cuts.

KUWAIT: Mohammad Al-Hebeshi, Gulf Bank's Corporate Communications Officer, highlighted the bank's pivotal role in supporting the Let's Be Aware (Diraya) campaign throughout 2023.

HANOI: Vietnamese carmaker VinFast said it will build its first electric vehicle factory in India as part of a planned $2 billion investment, as it looks to expand into the rapidly growing market.

BEIRUT, Jan 8 (KUNA) - The Arab Planning Institute (API) launched on Monday a project to spread entrepreneurship and self-employment, under the patronage of Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati in the northern region of Tripoli.

KUWAIT, Jan 8 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Ports Authority has been given more than KD 22 million in compensation by a number of firms found to have committed legal infractions, it said on Monday, citing a court decision on the matter.