BANAT, Sudan: Sudanese mother Awadya Ahmed has long wondered why her youngest child Talab was born blind and unable to walk; now she suspects the piles of poisonous waste left by gold miners.

COLOMBO: His hair is neatly combed but his cheeks are sunken and veins visible on his gaunt frame: like many Sri Lankans, Milton Pereira and his family cannot afford to buy enough food.

KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading telecommunications innovator operating in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the six months to June 30, 2022.

JOHANNESBURG: South Africans’ annoyance at power cuts has given way to worry, with business owners complaining that the prolonged energy crisis for which no end is in sight is eating into profits and hobbling economic activity.

WASHINGTON: The pandemic has not fundamentally altered the long-term growth outlook for commercial aviation, with an 82 percent increase in jets seen through 2041, according to a Boeing forecast released Saturday.

WASHINGTON: US inflation surged to a fresh peak of 9.1 percent in June, further squeezing American families and heaping pressure on President Joe Biden, whose approval ratings have taken a battering from the relentless rise in prices.

BALI: Russia’s war in Ukraine poses the greatest threat to the global economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday as G20 ministers prepare to start talks in Indonesia.

Vienna: The price of OPEC’s basket of oils went down by 75 cents to reach USD 102.66 per barrel Thursday against USD 104.41 pb the day before, announced the organization Friday.

Kuwait: The price of Kuwaiti oil went up by 65 cents to USD 104.53 per barrel on Friday, compared with USD 103.88 pb the earlier day, said the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Saturday.