KUWAIT: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, has joined forces with Huawei, the global technology leader, to launch a long-term initiative to accelerate the development of green 5G networks and ICT infrastructures.

TORKHAM: A dusty logjam of trucks inches across a rut in the mountains splitting Pakistan and Afghanistan, teeming with a cargo of fruit and coal-and paying the Taleban authorities for the privilege of passage.

KUWAIT: The latest released data by the Ministry of Justice -Real Estate Registration & Authentications Department- indicates a decreased real estate market activity during February 2023 versus January 2023 (after excluding the crafts activity and the coastal strip system).

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will present what amounts to his expected 2024 reelection pitch Thursday with the unveiling of a proposed budget protecting free health care for the elderly, while taxing wealthy Americans to help slash the national deficit.

By Majd Othman

KUWAIT: In the presence of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the International Organization of Employers (IOE), Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the issue of facilitating the transfer of expatriate workers within the Kuwaiti market.

KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait rang the bell for the sixth consecutive year on International Women’s Day in commemoration of gender equality and women’s empowerment and with the participation of the Kuwait Clearing Company (KCC), recognizing the significant role women play in the development of the Kuwaiti capital market and the private sector.

NAIROBI: The United States’ candidate to head the World Bank, Ajay Banga, on Wednesday called for a revamp of the development model to better meet the challenge of climate change.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka voiced hope on Wednesday that a long-awaited IMF bailout would be finalised soon and help unfreeze billions of dollars in foreign aid for projects suspended since last year.

By Majd Othman

KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Mazin Al-Nahedh said that the ministry is about to form a high-level committee with the inclusion of ministers and all relevant government agencies to build a national roadmap for overseeing the digital transformation of the country and unifying all projects under a comprehensive master system.