WASHINGTON: A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog post on Saturday.

PRAYAGARAJ, India/MUMBAI: Sunil Kumar, a 30-year-old, has spent the last 9 years of his life chasing a job in the Indian government.

CAIRO, July 21 (KUNA) -- The Arab Parliament affirmed that the challenges facing many Arab countries reflect the importance of development projects undertaken by global development institutions such as the World Bank.

PARIS: Airlines expect overall passenger numbers to double over the next two decades from the 4.3 billion who flew last year, with growth led by emerging markets such as Asia Pacific and the Middle East, the main global airline body said Thursday.

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank is thrilled to announce that Mohammad Saleh Marafie has won a grand prize of KD 1,000,000 in the major AlDanah semi-annual draw, held last Thursday at the Avenues Mall.

EVERETT: In a mammoth factory that a Boeing manager calls the largest “on the planet” by volume, the aviation company is assembling the world’s biggest double-engine aircraft: the 777X.

KUWAIT: Private Equity (PE) is an illiquid alternative asset class that involves investing in privately held companies.

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BEIJING: Chinese officials acknowledged on Friday the sweeping list of economic goals re-emphasized at the end of a key Communist Party meeting this week contained “many complex contradictions,” pointing to a bumpy road ahead for policy implementation.