TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a stimulus package worth more than $100 billion on Thursday as he tries to ease the pressure from inflation and rescue his premiership with his poll ratings at a record low.

KUWAIT: Kuwait Qatar Insurance Company (KQIC) announced its membership to the Kuwait Insurance Federation (KIF), a strategic step aimed at enhancing KQIC’s presence and influence in the insurance market in the State of Kuwait and in line with its relentless endeavor to consolidate its leadership in the sector and achieve the highest levels of quality and excellence.

KUWAIT: Under their strategic partnership to empower innovation and support entrepreneurship, Zain and Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC) – a center of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) have jointly hosted an informative session on innovation and sustainable financial success.

DHAKA: Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers barricaded roads in Dhaka Wednesday demanding fair wages for clothing they make for major Western brands, with at least two killed during days of protests.

BERLIN: Maximilian Hermann’s weekend starts on Friday morning, when he puts his motorcycle helmet on and takes his bike out for a ride to the southern German Alps.

AMMAN: Electric vehicle sales are surging in Jordan, a trend drivers and showrooms attribute to high petrol prices more than any concerns about air pollution and climate change.

GILBUÉS, Brazil: Standing amid a terrain of rugged red craters that looks like something from Mars, Brazilian farmer Ubiratan Lemos Abade extends his arms, pointing to two possible futures for this land fast turning to desert.

NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh on Wednesday jointly opened a coal-fired power plant near one of the world’s largest mangrove forests, despite environmental criticism in both nations saying it threatens millions of people’s livelihoods.

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) remains dedicated to enhancing the digital services offered to customers through NBK Mobile Banking App.