MANILA: High food prices in the Philippines have pushed inflation to a five-month peak, officials said Thursday, increasing pressure on the government to stop the country’s neediest going hungry.

GENEVA: Global trade growth will be sharply lower than forecast this year as stubborn inflation, high interest rates and the war in Ukraine pressure economies around the globe, the World Trade Organization said Thursday.

Washington: US employers stepped up their hiring pace unexpectedly in September while unemployment held steady, government data showed on Friday, adding pressure on policymakers seeking to cool the economy.

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (KUNA) -- Growth of the economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is expected to fall sharply this year.

KUWAIT, Oct 5 (KUNA) -- Minister of Finance Fahad Al-Jarallah took part on Thursday in the 120th meeting of the GCC committee of financial and economic cooperation, hosted by the Omani capital Muscat.

Kuwait: The global market is heading in the right direction towards balanced supply and demand, said Oil Minister Dr. Saad Al-Barrak on Wednesday.

KUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced that its Data Center Team has successfully received the Management & Operations Stamp of Approval award from the esteemed Uptime Institute.

STRASBOURG: The EU unveiled Tuesday a list of sensitive technologies that should be kept out of the hands of rivals, as the bloc takes further measures to confront China’s aggressive trade policies.

AL-HADDADIYA, Syria: At his farm in Syria’s northeast, Abdullah Al-Mohammed adjusts a large solar panel, one of hundreds that have cropped up over the years as farmers seek to stave off electricity shortages in the war-ravaged region.