KUWAIT: On a day characterized by exceptional athleticism and a festive atmosphere, thousands of athletes, beginners, and individuals from every walk of life came together yesterday morning for the Gulf Bank 642 Marathon, one of Kuwait’s most significant sports and social events, distinguished by its worldwide acclaim.

ABU DHABI: A high-level WTO conference ended Saturday with a temporary extension of an e-commerce moratorium but no deals on agriculture and fisheries, throwing into doubt the effectiveness of the multilateral trade body.

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has launched a legal case against OpenAI, the AI firm he helped to set up in 2015, accusing its leaders of a “betrayal” of its founding mission. The tycoon, who left OpenAI in 2018, argued in documents filed in a San Francisco court late Thursday that the firm was always intended as a nonprofit entity.

KUWAIT/BARCELONA: Zain announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with global partner Samsung at the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2024) in Barcelona, Spain.

KUWAIT: In the ever-changing landscape of investing, outcome-based investment solutions focus on achieving specific, measurable results rather than seeking to outperform a benchmark.

BRUSSELS: Eurozone inflation continued to ease in February, data showed Friday, but economists warned it was unlikely to push the European Central Bank to cut interest rates next month.

WASHINGTON, March 1 (KUNA) -- The debt of the US federal government permanently crossed over to USD 34 trillion on January 4, after briefly crossing the mark on December 29, the fiscal data report of the Dept. of Treasury showed on Friday.

BRUSSELS: Consumer groups from eight EU countries lodged complaints against Meta on Thursday, accusing the Facebook and Instagram owner of illegally processing user data and using its “pay or consent” system as a “smokescreen” for privacy breaches.

LONDON: Major stock markets traded mixed Thursday before the release of US inflation data that could present a clearer idea on when the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates as inflation cools.