NICOSIA: Isolated for almost half a century, the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has just opened a half-billion-dollar airport terminal in the hope of boosting tourism. 

CAIRO, Aug 28 (KUNA) -- The economic committee of the Arab Economic and Social Council convened on Monday in preparation for the council's 112th session, set to be held next Thursday at the Arab League, chaired by Yemen.

KUWAIT: The highly-anticipated speech by Fed chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole Symposium resembled remarks he made last year, during which he warned that “some pain” was likely for the Fed to bring inflation back down. 

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has promoted Faisal Abdulwahab Al-Adsani to become the General Manager of Corporate Banking, following the approval from the Central Bank of Kuwait. 

SOMA, Turkey: Kneeling in the morning shade under a tree, Osman Arslan brews tea behind a coal-fired power plant that rises above his Turkish Aegean village like a beast. 

SAN FRANCISCO: This California summer, passersby on the streets of San Francisco can be divided into two camps: blase locals who are used to a parade of moving cars with no drivers or gobsmacked tourists fumbling for their smartphones to capture this long-promised vision of the future. 

CAIRO, Aug 27 (KUNA) -- Preparatory meetings for the 112th session of the Arab Economic and Social Council kicked off on Sunday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo.

KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) announced the commencement of the subscription process to its capital increase by offering 500 million shares at a value of KD 100 million, following the approvals obtained from regulating authorities. 

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: The timing spoke volumes: just as Ecuador announced its historic decision to halt oil drilling in a sensitive Amazon rainforest reserve, Brazil trumpeted its massive fossil-fuel investment plans—which include oil exploration near the mouth of the Amazon river.