LAGOS: Nigeria’s main labor union on Friday threatened to call a strike after its leader was beaten up at a rally, sparking outcry in Africa’s largest economy.

KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) successfully held its analyst conference call, showcasing the Group’s impressive results for the first nine months of 2023.

KUWAIT: In an impressive leap forward reflecting its technology innovation in the MENA region, Zain Kuwait, has showcased its network’s capabilities for the rollout of 5G New Calling (5GNC), an emerging 5G network capability that paves the way for a new era of voice and video calling.

Harm reduction in the very broadest sense refers to any opportunity we have to reduce the negative consequences of something we consume or expose ourselves to.

HAZAR MERD, Iraq: In a small village in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan, solar panels adorn most homes, part of a small but growing effort to harness the sun’s energy in Iraq, where electricity is scarce.

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has received MasterCard’s award for “Driving E-Commerce Tokenization for Seamless Checkout” at the Mastercard EDGE 2023 forum which envisions the Future of Digital, Gateways & E-Commerce, held in Dubai on October 19.

VREOCI: The Kolubara coal mine in Serbia never closes — 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, excavators work around the clock gnawing away at the soil to extract the fossil fuel.

JOHANNESBURG: A summit on trade relations between Africa and the United States got under way in South Africa on Thursday, as Pretoria and Washington mend relations after a spat over accusations that the former has cozied up to Russia.

COPENHAGEN: Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk reported Thursday a sharp rise in third quarter sales and profits driven by the success of its anti-diabetes and anti-obesity treatments Ozempic and Wegovy.