WASHINGTON: Millions of Americans braced Monday for pay and welfare checks to stop within days as Congress careened toward a damaging government shutdown, with Republican right wingers blocking attempts to pass a budget.

Kuwait: Dakheel Aljassar Electrical Industries Company, a leading manufacturer of low-voltage electrical panels and authorized agent and distributor in Kuwait for many well-known international brands in the field of electrical and lighting, announced exclusive offers for residents of Al Mutla and other many new areas: (South Saad Al-Abdullah – South Sabah Al-Ahmad – East Taima – South Khaitan – South Abdullah Al-Mubarak – West Abdullah Al-Mubarak – East Sabah Al-Ahmad – Nawaf Al-Ahmad – Al-Sabriya).

RABAT: Morocco has voiced ambitious plans to become North Africa’s top player in the emerging “green hydrogen” sector, with plans to export the clean-burning fuel to Europe.

LONDON: Britain on Wednesday authorized oil and gas production in its largest undeveloped field to bolster its energy security, one week after the government diluted its net zero targets, triggering further condemnation by environmentalists.

PARIS: French oil and gas major TotalEnergies said Wednesday that it would boost fossil fuel production over the next five years, a reversal after years of reducing output. The group’s oil and gas production had been dropping every year between 2019 and 2022.

JAKARTA: Indonesia has banned goods transactions on social media platforms in a new regulation, its trade minister said Wednesday, as Jakarta aims to rein in direct sales on major platforms it says are harming millions of small businesses.

BAGNOLS-SUR-CEZE, France: In the cradle of France’s atomic program, researchers are using their nuclear know-how for a key project in the country’s energy transition: recycling the raw materials in old electric car batteries, solar panels and wind turbines.

BRUSSELS, Sept 27 (KUNA) -- Kuwait’s exports to the 27-member European Union totaled 3.16 billion euro (USD 3.3 billion) in the first seven months (Jan-July) of 2023, according to the EU statistical office.

KUWAIT, Sept 27 (KUNA) -- The Commercial Bank of Kuwait has successfully issued the first tranche of bonds at a value of KD 50 million (USD 153 million), as part of Tier 2 capital of maximum KD 100 million (some USD 306 million).