China attains bumper summer grain harvest in 2024

BEIJING: China has seen another year with a bumper summer grain harvest in 2024, official data showed Friday.

Xinhua News Agency quoted a survey made by the National Bureau of Statistics as saying that the country’s summer grain output totalled 149.7…

China’s foreign trade rises 6.1% in H1

BEIJING: China’s foreign trade reached a new high in the first half (H1) of this year, providing more momentum for the economic recovery, Xinhua News Agency said on Friday.

The goods trade volume expanded 6.1 percent year-on-year to 21.17 trillion yu…

France’s Inflation Rate Retreats to 2.2% in June

Data from the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) showed today that the inflation rate in the country retreated to 2.2 percent on an annual basis last June.

The institute’s data attributed this slight slowdown to weak…

Kuwaiti Oil Price Rises to $87.39 a Barrel

The price of Kuwaiti oil went up by $0.88 to $87.39 a barrel on Thursday as opposed to $86.51 a barrel last Wednesday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said today.

In the global markets, Brent crude futures rose $0.32 to reach $85.4 a barrel, while…