DUBAI: Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum on Monday approved the first license for self-driving vehicles.

LONDON: Deeply loved but wracked by crisis, Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) on Wednesday marks 75 years since it was founded as the Western world’s first universal, free healthcare system.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s headline inflation eased for the first time in seven months in June, figures released Monday showed, a bright spot for a beleaguered government that must call an election this year.

BEIJING: A top EU climate official said Monday there is a “contradiction” between China’s ambitious goals to combat global warming and its continued building of coal-fired power plants.

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, with Iran expected to join the Asian grouping and Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing his first summit since a short-lived mutiny, officials said.

KUWAIT: Every year tens of thousands of containers of production material destined for Volvo Cars factories are carried across the world’s oceans on container ships.

KUWAIT, July 3 (KUNA) -- The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced Monday new bonds and related tawarruq valued at KD 240 million (around USD 792 million).

KUWAIT, July 3 (KUNA) -- The US dollar remained stable on Monday vis a vis the Kuwaiti Dinar at KD 0.307 and the euro rose by 0.11 percent settling at KD 0.335 compared to last Monday's exchange rates.

KUWAIT: As part of its continuous effort to provide high-level training opportunities, Gulf Bank is equipping all its employees with extensive training and learning possibilities, through Coursera, one of the world’s largest online learning platforms – enabling them to have access to courses and certificates from prestigious educational institutions and universities.