FRANKFURT: Germany’s key car market plunged in 2020 to its lowest levels since reunification, data showed Saturday, with output and sales down dramatically due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced yesterday logging 414 new coronavirus cases registered in the previous 24 hours, raising the caseload to 154,314. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait listed 427 new coronavirus infections and two virus-related deaths on Saturday to raise the total to 153,900 and 942 respectively, the health ministry said. 

LONDON: Working from home in Britain is expected to quintuple by 2025, intensifying a trend turbo-charged during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study by consulting firm Deloitte published Friday. 

LONDON: The price of the cryptocurrency bitcoin soared past $40,000 for the first time on Thursday, rising $10,000 in just five days. The price of bitcoin was $40,380 at roughly 1820 GMT, having jumped 10.4 percent during the trading session.

LONDON: While Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU has at last been reached, the future of the country’s key financial services industry is uncertain ahead of bilateral talks. London and Brussels finally clinched a deal over Christmas ahead of Britain’s formal divorce from the European Union on December 31.

WASHINGTON: Major US corporations and businesses groups yesterday condemned the occupation of the US Capitol by rioters angry at President Donald Trump’s election defeat, with one organization raising the possibility of the president being removed from office. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday said coronavirus infections had risen by 540 registered over the previous 24 hours to a cumulative total of 152,978, while its death toll from the outbreak remained unchanged at 938.