Jamil Shinawi, CEO and Co-founder of AHOY and co-founder of Actual VC, speaks to TRENDS about risk, capital efficiency, and...
- Fahad AlSharekh says the GCC’s edge isn’t startup mimicry but global investment power — backing AI, infrastructure and category leaders...
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that imports from India will face 25 percent tariffs, while also announcing an unspecified...The measures will kick in on Friday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding to a bevy of other tariff hikes -- some up to 50 percent -- set to take effect the same day
He had previously issued multiple delays to his so-called "reciprocal" tariffs since first announcing them in early April, while instituting an interim 10 percent baseline
Looking ahead, the IMF expects the world economy to expand 3.1 percent next year, an improvement from the 3.0 percent...Despite the upward revisions, "there are reasons to be very cautious," IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas told AFP.
"Businesses were trying to frontload, move stuff around, before the tariffs were imposed, and so that's supporting economic activity," he said.
Tunis, Tunisia - A towel draped over his head, Hamza Jabbari sets bags of plastic bottles onto a scale. He...The 40-something-year-old said he starts the day off at dawn, hunching over bins and hunting for plastic before the rubbish trucks and other plastic collectors come
"It's the most accessible work in Tunisia when there are no job offers," Jabbari said, weighing a day's haul in Bhar Lazreg, a working-class neighbourhood north of Tunis
Muscat, Oman -- The nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries reached US$587.8 billion by...The contribution of non-oil activities to the GCC's nominal GDP reached 77.9 percent by the end of the fourth quarter of 2024,
The manufacturing sector contributed 12.5 percent to the GDP, while wholesale and retail trade accounted for 9.9 percent.
- Washington, United States -- The US deadline of August 1 for imposing tariffs on its trading partners is firm and...
After the levies kick in, President Donald Trump -- who was negotiating with European Union officials -- is still willing to keep talking, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said
Britain, Vietnam, Indonesia the Philippines, and Japan have struck deals with the Trump administration ahead of the Friday deadline.
Policymakers at the independent Federal Reserve have kept the benchmark lending rate steady since the start of the year as...With Trump's on-again, off-again tariff approach, Fed officials want to see economic data from this summer to gauge how prices are being affected.
When mulling changes to interest rates, the central bank, seeks a balance between reining in inflation and the health of the jobs market.
- Geneva, Switzerland -- The world urgently needs to find a global approach on regulating artificial intelligence, the United Nations' top...
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, head of the UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU), said regulation was key as concerns rise over fast-moving technology.
Bogdan-Martin, the first woman to serve as ITU secretary-general in the organization's nearly 160-year history, also stressed the need to get more women into the digital space.
China's Premier Li Qiang warned Saturday that artificial intelligence development must be weighed against the security risks, saying global consensus...This week US President Donald Trump unveiled an aggressive low-regulation strategy aimed at cementing US dominance in the AI field
Opening the World AI Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on Saturday, Li emphasised the need for governance and open-source development
- When both governments and international institutions are explicitly warning businesses about geopolitical risks, traditional corporate approaches to navigating international relations...
With rising geopolitical tensions, trade wars, and regulatory divergence, businesses must anticipate and respond to risks that can disrupt operations, and supply chains
From sanctions and cyberattacks to forced market exits, geopolitical events are now causing multi-billion-dollar losses and lasting brand damage — risks too big to ignore
London, United Kingdom -- New UK age verification measures to prevent children accessing harmful online content came into force on...Around 6,000 pornography sites have agreed to implement the curbs, according to Melanie Dawes, chief executive of British regulator Ofcom.
Around 500,000 youngsters aged eight to 14 encountered pornography online last month, according to Ofcom.
