WAVRE, Belgium: A small country with an outsize reputation in research and pharmaceuticals, Belgium has emerged with a strategic role in the world’s battle against the coronavirus. 

NAIROBI: With passenger traffic in a slump, airlines are turning to freight to fill the gap – and Kenya Airways spies an advantage in the market to deliver temperature-sensitive COVID vaccines: its expertise in flying fresh roses to Europe. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait registered 851 new coronavirus cases yesterday after announcing 1,021 new cases Friday, while total deaths reached 998 after six new fatalities were declared yesterday and seven a day before. 

FRANKFURT: German auto giant Volkswagen and US tech leader Microsoft said yesterday they were joining forces to develop autonomous vehicle driving systems, cementing a 2018 partnership to exploit the possibilities of the Cloud. 

PARIS: The French government has decided to cancel a planned expansion of the country’s biggest airport, Paris’s Charles de Gaulle, a minister said in remarks published yesterday. 

PARIS: The International Energy Agency warned yesterday the world oil market remains fragile, despite a recent recovery in prices, as tighter restrictions are imposed to curb more contagious coronavirus variants. 

SAN FRANCISCO: Uber on Wednesday reported another hefty loss in the final three months of 2020, though the company’s food delivery operations partly offset the hit taken from the decline in ridesharing during the pandemic. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait registered 851 new coronavirus cases yesterday after announcing 1,021 new cases Friday, while total deaths reached 998 after six new fatalities were declared yesterday and seven a day before. 

TRIPOLI: Libya has Africa’s largest proven oil reserves and only seven million people, but a decade of bloody conflict has left its economy shattered and its population mired in poverty.