Macron attends PIF-hosted Riyadh One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds meet
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- French President Emmanuel Macron and over 100 CEOs besides members of OPSWF, asset managers, and private...
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Macron to hold talks with Crown Prince Salman on Saudi visit
Macron is beginning the first state visit by a French president to Saudi Arabia since Jacques Chirac in 2006, cementing...
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Saudi personal finance market posts 4.4% jump to $18.96bn
Saudi Arabia's finance companies have provided a whopping $18.96 billion in personal finance loans to the kingdom's citizens during the...
- The real estate loans increased by 1.3 percent to SR26 billion in the first quarter compared to the last quarter of 2021
- Compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, the real estate loans for corporates recorded a higher growth rate at 4.74 percent against 0.72 percent increase that was seen in retail loa
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Diamonds forge cornerstone of Israeli-Indian relations
Israel's Diamond Exchange is home to some 30 Indian companies making India the foreign nation with the biggest number of...
- Since India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, the Hindu nationalists have agreed several large contracts with Israel
- Israel sources raw stones from around the world, while many Indian companies specialise in polishing the rocks into gleaming gems
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Sharjah Executive Council discusses realty sector draft laws
The meeting also included a discussion of a draft Executive Council decision regarding the executive regulations for the law of...
- The meeting also included a discussion of a draft Executive Council decision regarding the executive regulations for the law of renting real estate
- Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and Chairman of the Sharjah Executive Council chaired the meeting
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Building trust in a zero-trust environment
How can companies effectively navigate zero trust without creating friction among employers and employees? And how do they get there...
- Despite years of industry efforts against insider threats, there isn’t enough data – or systems advanced enough – to spot all malicious behavior
- Beside building a culture of cybersecurity, more companies have begun investing in zero trust architectures to proactively cover all attack surfaces
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Iconic Iran river threatened by droughts, diversions
Iran, like other nearby countries, has suffered chronic dry spells and heat waves for years.
- Iran, like other nearby countries, has suffered chronic dry spells and heat waves for years
- The reduced flow of the Zayandeh Rood is also man-made because much of its water has been diverted to supply neighbouring Yazd province.
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Renewables, wind power, EVs to check climate change
Mitigate the carbon footprint of every other alternative energy that we’re going to develop, says Occidental Petroleum chief Vicki Hollub...
- Mitigate the carbon footprint of every other alternative energy that we’re going to develop, says Occidental Petroleum chief Vicki Hollub
- The world does not need to choose between an energy crisis and a climate crisis, says International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol
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Rich Lebanese look for home away from hardships
Fearing visa hassles could cost him his job in Dubai while an economic collapse had dashed any homecoming options, Lebanese...
- Citizenship by investment schemes have become a booming business internationally, attracting the well-to-do from volatile countries like Iraq, Yemen and Syria
- "Three years ago, I would not have imagined I would buy a passport," said Jad, who had previously grappled with lengthy visa procedures for business trips
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Working with partners to understand cause of monkeypox: WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it is working closely with 'partners' to better understand the extent and cause...
- According to a WHO statement the virus is endemic in some animal populations in a number of countries
- There are about 80 confirmed cases so far, and 50 pending investigations
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Jewish worshipers clash with police at pilgrimage site
A crowd of Jewish worshipers broke through police barriers on Thursday at an annual pilgrimage in Israel's Mount Meron, a...
- More than 10,000 faithful had converged on the site under tightened security measures for the start of the pilgrimage on Wednesday
- The Mount Meron pilgrimage occurs on the Lag BaOmer holiday, when mainly ultra-Orthodox Jews throng the site of the tomb of revered second century rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
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Iran arrests academic on national security charges
Iranian police have arrested academic and author Said Madani on charges of acting "against the security" of the country and...
- "Suspected of having links with foreign countries and of having committed actions against the country's security, Said Madani Ghahfarokhi was sent to prison," Mehr reported
- Madani has been detained several times in the past, notably in 2012 when he was sentenced to six years in prison
Macron attends PIF-hosted Riyadh One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds meet
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- French President Emmanuel Macron and over 100 CEOs besides members of OPSWF, asset managers, and private...
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UN Security Council to vote on US Gaza ceasefire resolution
The text of the resolution "welcomes" the truce and hostage release proposal announced on May 31 by President Joe Biden,...
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EU targets UAE telecoms firm in new anti-subsidy probe
Telecoms group e&, whose majority stakeholder is the UAE government, signed a $2.3-billion agreement in August 2023 to purchase Czech...
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COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels
Bonn, Germany -- The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan told AFP on Friday that his country...
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Israel ‘prepared for very intense operation’ on Lebanon border
Jerusalem, Undefined -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel was "prepared for a very intense operation" along the...
- Almost eight months of exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah have intensified over the past week, with Israel striking deeper into Lebanese territory.
- "We are prepared for a very intense operation in the north. One way or another, we will restore security to the north," Netanyahu said during a visit to the border area.
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Qatar signs 27-year gas supply deal with Chinese Petroleum Corp
Qatar will supply four million tons of gas a year under the deal, QatarEnergy said in a statement, without disclosing the...
- Qatar is one of the world's top liquefied natural gas producers alongside the United States, Australia and Russia.
- In recent months, Qatar has inked LNG deals with France's Total, Britain's Shell, India's Petronet, China's Sinopec and Italy's Eni among others.
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Work-life imbalance, mental health hit women hardest
Despite widespread cultural and contextual differences, many women around the world are experiencing similar challenges in and out of the...
- Women are feeling the weight of misbalanced caregiving and domestic responsibilities.
- Nearly half of the women say they are worried about their personal safety at work or when commuting or travelling for work