2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (373+ words) Kuwait Times Statistical Bureau calls for wider use of AI, modern data sources MUSCAT: The Central Statistical Bureau stressed Thursday the importance of strengthening the resilience and responsiveness of national statistical systems in times of crises, in line with recommendations…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (434+ words) Kuwait Times ECB raises interest rates to fight off inflation jump FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year in a widely flagged move on Thursday, hoping to tame an inflation rise driven entirely…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (148+ words) Kuwait Times Kuwait, Senegal discuss investment cooperation KUWAIT: Minister of Finance Dr Yaqoub Al-Refai met Thursday with Senegalese Minister Attaché to the Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning and Budget official Bassirou Sarr to discuss opportunities for development and investment…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (469+ words) Myanmar’s tin mine resumes operations, boosting exports Kuwait Times Myanmar’s tin mine resumes operations, boosting exports YANGON: One of the world’s biggest tin mines, located in an autonomous region of war-torn Myanmar, is resuming operations suspended since 2023 and ramping up…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (538+ words) kuwaittimes.com Oil prices flare as Iran tightens grip on Hormuz TEHRAN: Oil prices hovered above $100 a barrel on Thursday, a day after Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz....

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (634+ words) China’s AI chipmakers raise prices as high-bandwidth memory shortage bites kuwaittimes.com China’s AI chipmakers raise prices as high-bandwidth memory shortage bites BEIJING: Chinese AI chipmakers including Huawei Technologies and Cambricon have sharply raised prices for current and next-generation AI…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (291+ words) The president did not say where the money would come from, saying only that "our country is making so much money". AFP estimated the theoretical bill would likely top $1 trillion. Doubling down on his bet that he can help Republicans…...

3+ day, 54+ min ago   (407+ words) HONG KONG: Asian stocks fell on Thursday as oil prices extended gains a day after breaking the psychological $100 barrier on the back of resurgent Middle East hostilities that have fanned inflation fears. With the United States and Iran exchanging strikes…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (148+ words) Kuwait Times MoI busts local liquor brewery KUWAIT: interior ministry detectives arrested four Asian nationals for using a farm in a desert area along Al-Abdaly Road to manufacture, store and sell locally produced liquor. The ministry said Wednesday that investigations…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (449+ words) LONDON: Airlines intensified their criticism of Britain’s aviation systems on Wednesday after a major air traffic failure left hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded, while ministers called in the flight control boss to explain the shutdown. UK air travelers faced…...