Sweden rediscovers poverty
STOCKHOLM: It’s not yet 6 am and dozens of homeless people are already queuing outside Stockholm’s central station for breakfast, their numbers bigger than ever, charities say.
STOCKHOLM: It’s not yet 6 am and dozens of homeless people are already queuing outside Stockholm’s central station for breakfast, their numbers bigger than ever, charities say.
KUWAIT: The National Investments Company’s Board of Directors has approved the company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2022, a year, which has witnessed a fruitful and successful performance on both financial and operational levels, despite the local and global economic challenges and difficulties.
Kuwait: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, announces that its innovative tech startup accelerator, Zain Great Idea, has been recognized with the E-Business Award from the prestigious Entrepreneur Middle East magazine.
KUWAIT: The General Manager of the Human Resources Department at Gulf Bank, Salma Al-Hajjaj, affirmed the bank’s keenness to empower women and support their career development, noting that women occupied 28 percent of the bank’s leadership positions in 2022.
KUWAIT: As a part of its efforts to offer new and special services to its customers, Boubyan Bank announced the launch of Boubyan Visa Oasis Club digital prepaid card in collaboration with Kuwait Airways, making it the first digital prepaid card of its kind in Kuwait.
DOHA: China and Russia are bolstering their presence in Africa to tap its rich natural resources, analysts say, amid grave warnings from UN agencies the world’s poorest countries face accumulating crippling debts.
TRIPOLI: Youssef Jira, a fresh-faced 18-year-old in a hoodie, has big ambitions in a Libyan society where youthful creativity has long been sacrificed to dictatorship and violence.
By Majd Othman
KUWAIT: The Ordinary General Assembly of Kuwait International Fair Company (KIF) approved the distribution of cash dividends of 50 percent of the nominal value of a share, ie, 50 fils per share, with a total value of KD 1.5 million, to its shareholders for the fiscal year ending on Dec 31, 2022.
Kuwait: Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the full-year 2022, and fourth quarter ended 31 December, 2022. The Group ended the year with a customer base of 52.4 million, an annual increase of 7%, reflecting an addition of 3.5 million customers.
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