Briefing of KUNA main news for Thursday until 12:00 GMT

Briefing of KUNA main news for Thursday until 12:00 GMT

PARIS — The Summit for a New Global Financing Pact kicked off on Thursday in Paris, with Kuwait’s participation to discuss crisis financing for low-income countries. The Kuwaiti delegation is headed by Minister of Finance Manaf Al-Hajeri, as representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

KUWAIT — Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announces that the broad money supply (M2) went up by 0.3 percent last May to settle at KD 39.6 billion (around USD 130.6 billion).

KUWAIT — Kuwait crude oil dropped 28 cents during Wednesday’s trading sessions to reach USD 78.73 per barrel compared with USD 79.01 pb the day before.

PARIS — Kuwait Airways signs “TotalCare” maintenance deal with Rolls Royce to improve (Trent 7000) engines in the A330neo aircraft.

RAMALLAH — Israeli occupation forces blow up house of the Palestinian prisoner Kamal Jouri in Nablus in the north of the West Bank.

Source: Kuwait News Agency