US stocks edged higher while European markets retreated and Asian equities were mixed, with markets keeping a close eye on...
As tourism booms across the Middle East and Africa, travel brands face fierce competition. Success now means using data-driven, personalized...
Tehran, Iran – Iran's second-largest carmaker, Saipa, has successfully delivered another batch of cars to Venezuela as part of an...The shipment consisted of 1,000 completely build-up (CBU) cars, which were sent to Venezuela during the Iranian calendar month ending in late June
Iran will supply a total of 200,000 cars to customers in Venezuela over the next five years as per the agreement between the two countries
Despite making up just over 1% of the UAE car market, EV popularity is growing, with plans to boost the...Despite making up just over 1% of the UAE car market, EV popularity is growing, with plans to boost the electric charging network by 170% by 2025, says a latest report
Ranked eighth globally for electric mobility readiness, the UAE's EV market is set to grow 30% annually from 2022-2028, with over 30% of residents considering EV purchases
Brussels, Belgium - The European Commission on Thursday announced an antitrust probe into Microsoft bundling its Teams communication app with its...The investigation will check whether the US software giant is bundling its Teams communication app with its popular Office suite, on concerns it could be cutting out competitors.
Teams is a platform that allows users to communicate through messages, video calls and file sharing.
Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson completed his move to Saudi Pro League side Al-Ettifaq on Thursday, becoming the...The 33-year-old, who played 492 matches for Liverpool, scoring 33 goals, has finalized a deal with reported wages of up to £700,000-a-week.
Liverpool are due to receive an initial £12 million ($15.5 million) from the Saudi club. The England international will be reunited in Saudi with Gerrard, who is Al-Ettifaq coach.
The battered country, where half a million died in the conflict, has also suffered the impacts of climate change, from...Syria has endured more than a decade of civil war, and the nearby town of Raqa was the center of the Islamic State group's brutal "caliphate" until their ouster in 2017.
Raqa province received only 208 mm per month of rainfall last year, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
- Gas prices had soared last year after Russia cut gas shipments to Europe while oil markets were also rocked by...
Shell on Thursday said its profit after tax came in at $3.13 billion in the second quarter (Q2), down 80 percent compared with Q2 last year.
French group TotalEnergies said its net profit dropped 28 percent to $4.1 billion in the second quarter from a year earlier.
- The bank's revenue grew by 50 percent to AED 4.3 billion.
The bank's cost to income ratio was managed down with an improvement of seven percentage points to 33.9 percent.
Total assets increased 28 percent to AED 182 billion, driven by 18 percent growth in gross financing and 22 percent growth in investments.
Increasing adoption of Artificial Intelligence in banking operations could lead to automation of nearly 52 percent of jobs by 2025....AI can be used to automate many of the routine tasks that are currently performed by bank employees, such as processing transactions, responding to customer queries.
While AI could lead to job losses in some areas, it could also free up employees to focus on more complex and challenging tasks.
- Dubai, UAE -- Dubai witnessed the completion of nine real estate projects worth AED 4.06 billion ($1.10 billion) in H1...
According to data issued by the Dubai Land Department (DLD), 392 real estate projects are currently being developed in the emirate.
In the first half of 2023, the Dubai Land Department issued 4,416 real estate licenses, reflecting increasing demand for licenses for real estate various activities.
- The Arab world's most impoverished country, locked in an eight-year conflict between Houthi rebels and forces supporting the internationally recognized...
Legend has it that Sufi mystics on Yemen's western coast were the first people to brew coffee beans back in the 15th century
Yet Yemeni entrepreneurs have until recently focused on exporting their best product to wealthy overseas markets
