ASHFORD, UK: Sitting at a truck stop between London and the Channel Tunnel, Dean Arney, a British truck driver who has been behind the wheel for 40 years, sees little to recommend his work. 

BRDO CASTLE, Slovenia: European leaders are divided on how to respond to the record rise in energy prices, with France and Spain calling yesterday for bold EU-wide action, while others urged patience.

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rallied his Conservative party faithful yesterday, vowing a far-reaching overhaul to wean the UK economy off cheap foreign labor after Brexit. 

KUWAIT: Gulf Cable and Electrical Industries Company, the leading manufacturers of cables, power and telephone lines for more than 46 years in Kuwait, signed a partnership agreement with Riyadh Cables Group Company of Saudi Arabia in the presence of Chairman Eng Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi, Executive Director for Sales, Marketing and Business Development Eng Abdulrazaq Zaid Al-Dhbayyan and board members and owners of Riyadh Cables Group Company Samer Hamdi Al-Zaeem and Feras Samir Al-Bayyat. 

KUWAIT: In its constant endeavor to actively participate in community service and contribute to building a strong and sustainable society in Kuwait, Boutiqaat, Middle East’s most prominent and leading eCommerce Company, announces its brand-new initiative aimed mainly at spreading awareness and strengthening its social responsibility in the country.

AKKUZULU, Turkey: Turkish farmer Hava Keles stares inconsolably at withered vines of rotting tomatoes in a field that has been devastated by a series of droughts blamed on climate change. 

WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit rose in August with imports overwhelming exports as the US economy bounces back from last year’s pandemic shock, government data said yesterday. 

TAL SHAEER, Syria: After Syrian farmer Abdelbaqi Souleiman lost his last wheat crop to a wildfire, he had hoped for a better harvest this summer. But this spring there was hardly any rain. 

HONG KONG: Embattled property giant China Evergrande suspended trading in its shares in Hong Kong yesterday pending an announcement on a “major transaction”, as the firm struggles in a sea of debt and faces a default.