Roadmap out for environmental education, sustainable development at WEEC2024
ABU DHABI, UAE - The Abu Dhabi Roadmap, a high-level plan outlining global recommendations to bolster Environmental Education (EE) and...
Mawani completes Red Sea Gateway Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port
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Tunisians hope calmer Libya could stimulate economic growth
Libyan crisis led to 2 percent loss in Tunisia's GDP TunisAir was the first foreign carrier to resume flights to...
Saudi Arabia to support small Egyptian businesses with $17.25m
The funding to Egyptian businesses is expected to boost job creation The funding will also go towards purchasing factory machinery...
Iran ups non-oil exports by 50% in Q1
Iran’s non-oil exports rose by 50% in the first quarter of the current Iranian year, its Minister of Industry, Mines...
Covid-19 variant: Saudi suspends UAE flights
The move comes seven weeks after the oil-rich kingdom permitted fully immunised citizens to travel abroad The UAE is a...
Dubai Chamber board adopts 90-day plan for business growth
The event eyes 100,000 business leaders Key challenges facing companies discussed The newly formed board of Dubai Chamber of Commerce...
Oil-producing countries postpone decision on output increase
UAE objects to extending of cuts to the end of 2022 as it seeks to grow production Members consider whether...
Yemen gets $150-million World Bank aid for food, water, healthcare
Yemen is plagued by conflict that started with Houthi insurgence Some 80 percent of Yemenis are dependent on aid To...
UAE launches work permits for Golden Residency holders
Golden Residency visa was created last year for professionals, specialized degree holders HR ministry lays down criteria for work permits...
Covid-19 tourism losses could cut Middle East GDP by 3.1 percent: UN
Pandemic-induced economic impact on tourism could top $4 trillion Lack of widespread vaccination in developing countries leading to mounting losses...
Unemployment in Saudi Arabia drops, more women enter workforce
Labor force participation rate for women rose to 33.6% in Q1 2021 94 percent of the unemployed open to taking...
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DUBAI, UAE - Dubai International Chamber (DIC), one of the three chambers operating under Dubai Chambers, inaugurated on Friday a...
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Saudi Arabia’s SVC invests $30m in Bedaya Fund II
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Finding private sector jobs difficult for 62% percent Emirati graduates
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Sudan war death toll surges past 2,000 as fighting enters third month
Since April 15, the regular army headed by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been locked in fighting with paramilitary Rapid Support...
- In long-troubled West Darfur state, the violence killed Governor Khamis Abdullah Abakar, hours after he made remarks critical of the paramilitaries in a telephone interview
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Xi Jinping meets with ‘old friend’ Bill Gates in Beijing
Gates -- one of the world's richest men -- is the latest in a string of Western business leaders to...
- The visit is Gates' first to China in four years, and included a rare sit-down between the Chinese head of state and a foreign business leader
- A state media readout also quoted Gates as praising China's efforts in "tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, setting a good example for the world"
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Phase out fossil fuels to avoid climate catastrophe
Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius is still possible but will require a 45 per cent reduction in...
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres urges a 45% cut in carbon emissions by 2030 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C
- Current policies could lead to a 2.8°C temperature rise by the end of the century, posing a catastrophic threat, adds Guterres