TOKYO: The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged on Friday, but governor Kazuo Ueda said further hikes remain on the cards if the economy grows as predicted.

PRAGUE/WARSAW: Just a week ago, before deadly floods swept through central Europe, the Czech Republic looked on track to become the first country in the region since COVID-19 to pull its budget deficit firmly below the 3 percent of GDP cap set by European Union rules.

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates by half a percentage point gives consumers a much-needed psychological boost ahead of November’s presidential election.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: In a small fashion store in Ethiopia’s capital, Medanit Woldegebriel’s dresses have almost doubled in price in the past two months, sending customers fleeing.

TOKYO/SHANGHAI/TAIPEI: The lethal hack of Hezbollah’s Asian-branded pagers and walkie-talkies has sparked an intense search for the devices’ path, revealing a murky market for older technologies where buyers may have few assurances about what they are getting.

KUWAIT, Sept 21 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has managed to fulfill all integration steps with Ahli United Bank of Kuwait (AUBK) through the unification of operational processes into one system, KFH Chairman Hamad al-Marzouq said on Saturday.

PARIS: The coming winter will prove the “sternest test yet” for Ukraine’s energy grid, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday, as the EU announced additional aid to help the country weather Russia’s attacks on its power infrastructure.

NEW DELHI: India’s rice production this year will be higher than last year despite heavy rains and flooding in some states, Agricultural Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday.

NEW YORK: Wall Street rallied on Thursday with the S&P 500 hitting another intraday record high after the Federal Reserve kicked off its easing cycle with half-a-percentage point reduction and forecast more cuts were on the horizon.