KINSHASA, DR Congo: Gedeon, 22, driving his auto-rickshaw through the bustling streets of DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa, said he never imagined he would end up doing the job he does.

MANILA: Far from the standing ovation delivered by delegates in Dubai, activists in some of Asia’s most climate-vulnerable nations responded to the COP28 agreement with disappointment on Thursday.

NEW YORK: Electric car maker Tesla has initiated a recall of over two million vehicles in the United States and Canada due to risks associated with the autopilot software, national regulators said Wednesday.

PARIS: After COP28’s landmark call for the world to move away from fossil fuels, experts say the pressure is on to fast-track—and fund—the global energy transition.

BRUSSELS: Facebook owner Meta’s text-based app Threads arrived in the European Union on Thursday, months after its global launch in July, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

FRANKFURT/LONDON: The European Central Bank froze borrowing costs again on Thursday but warned that inflation could pick up again in the near term, in an apparent pushback against market hopes of early rate cuts in 2024.

PARIS: Slowing demand growth and rising US crude production will make it more difficult for OPEC+ to continue to prop up prices, the IEA said on Thursday.

CAIRO, Dec 14 (KUNA) -- An Arab committee entrusted with monitoring the implementation of the region's 2030 sustainable development goals convened its 14th meeting in Cairo on Thursday to look into a host of relevant subjects, chiefly elimination of famine.

BERLIN, Dec 14 (KUNA) -- German economy will drop remarkably in the next two years, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) said Thursday.