• Musk’s latest gamble: Tesla Cybertruck

    NEW YORK: Four years after startling the car world with designs for the Cybertruck, Elon Musk on Thursday marked the arrival of Tesla’s iconoclastic take on the American pickup. 

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  • Former UK finance minister Alistair Darling dies aged 70

    LONDON: Alistair Darling, the UK finance minister when the 2008 financial crisis hit, has died at the age of 70 following a “short spell” in hospital, his family said on Thursday.

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  • NBK celebrates graduation of 10th cohort of trainees in Moody’s credit program

    KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) celebrated the graduation of the 10th cohort of trainees in the “Moody’s Credit Curriculum – Foundation Level” program, organized in partnership with Moody’s to develop the skills of its employees.

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  • Al-Bahar: Kuwait's KFAED keen on realizing COP environmental goals

    DUBAI, Nov 30 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development is keen on supporting sustainable goals and protecting the environment in line with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Conference of the Parties (COP), said a top fund official on Thursday.

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  • China's factory activity contracts for second month

    TOKYO, Nov 30 (KUNA) -- China's manufacturing activity contracted for a second consecutive month in November, an official survey showed Thursday, suggesting that more efforts are needed to consolidate the foundation for economic recovery, state-run China Daily reported.

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  • Zain Kuwait and SACGC host session on AI innovations

    KUWAIT: Under their strategic partnership to empower tech innovation and support entrepreneurs, Zain and Sabah Al Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC) – a center of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) have jointly hosted an insightful session that discussed the innovations and capabilities of artificial intelligence technologies.

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  • Big Tech in charge as ChatGPT turns one

    WASHINGTON: A year after the history-making release of ChatGPT, the AI revolution is here, but the recent boardroom crisis at OpenAI, the super app’s company, has erased any doubt that Big Tech is in charge.

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  • Saudi wealth fund scoops up 10% of London’s Heathrow airport

    LONDON: Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is to buy ten percent of London’s Heathrow airport from Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial, whose departure from the hub after almost two decades leaves Qatar as its biggest shareholder.

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  • Austrian property tycoon’s Signa to file for insolvency

    VIENNA: Rene Benko’s real estate giant Signa—whose vast portfolio includes New York’s iconic Chrysler building—on Wednesday announced it would initiate insolvency proceedings, marking the spectacular downfall of the self-made Austrian tycoon.

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