ISTANBUL: Turkey’s central bank on Thursday surprised the market with a larger-than-expected interest hike as it ramped up its fight against inflation and efforts to support the slumping lira.

PARIS: World leaders will face a reckoning over humanity’s failure to curb climate-heating emissions and polluting fossil fuels when they meet for UN climate talks next week, as the planet swelters in likely the hottest year in human history.

KUWAIT, Nov 23 (KUNA) -- The exchange rate of the US dollar on Thursday stood at KD 0.308 while the Euro dropped by 0.06 percent to KD 0.335, compared to Wednesday's rates.

SAN FRANCISCO: ChatGPT creator OpenAI announced on Tuesday that Sam Altman would return as its CEO, days after his shock dismissal plunged the pioneering artificial intelligence firm into crisis.

DOHA: A number of Kuwaiti firms and entrepreneurs are taking part took in an exhibition held on the sidelines of the Entrepreneurship Conference (ROWAD 2023) currently held in Qatar to market their innovative products and explore investment opportunities.

LONDON: Britain’s Conservative government launched plans Wednesday to stimulate growth and woo voters for the next general election, delivering a massive tax-cut sweetener for workers but also forecasting sharply lower growth and stubbornly high inflation.

SAN FRANCISCO: Nvidia on Tuesday reported that its revenue more than tripled in the recently ended quarter as companies snapped up chips to power artificial intelligence (AI).

CAN THO, Vietnam: One summer morning, Le Thi Hong Mai’s home collapsed into a river in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, where shoreline erosion caused by sand mining and hydropower dams threatens hundreds of thousands of people.

PARIS: Silicon Valley star Sam Altman was suddenly ousted from the top spot at OpenAI as it led the race to artificial intelligence, only for the ambitious tech guru to be scooped up by Microsoft.