TOKYO, Oct 3 (KUNA) -- Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki reiterated on Tuesday that the government will make appropriate steps on foreign exchange moves with high sense of urgency, as the yen touched a one-year low against the dollar.

KUWAIT, Oct 3 (KUNA) -- The international Finance Corporation (IFC) is available and rendered to the Kuwait public and private sectors to boost their cooperation and achieve the state's comprehensive development plan, said an official on Tuesday.

NANTERRE, France: Four environmental groups have taken legal action against French giant TotalEnergies on claims of “climaticide” over a controversial oil project in Tanzania and Uganda, their lawyers said Monday.

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) received the coveted Brandon Hall Group Bronze Medal for its excellence in the “Best Advance in Compliance Training” category, acknowledging its outstanding training and development programs.

JAKARTA: Indonesia launched Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project backed by China that President Joko Widodo hailed as “a symbol of our modernization”.

WASHINGTON: The private sector must drastically increase its climate-related investments, most crucially in developing countries, for the world to reach net zero carbon by 2050, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report published Monday. 

TOKYO, Oct 2 (KUNA) -- Business confidence among major Japanese manufacturers improved for the second straight quarter, the Bank of Japan said on Monday, fueled by a recovery in vehicle production.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (KUNA) -- US President Joe Biden welcomed the passage of a bipartisan bill to Keep the government open though the last night deal does not guarantee new funding for Ukraine.

WASHINGTON: The US Congress passed an 11th-hour funding bill Saturday to keep federal agencies running for another 45 days and avert a costly government shutdown—although the deal left out aid to war-torn Ukraine requested by President Joe Biden.