US President Donald Trump's widest-ranging tariffs to date took effect Saturday, in a move which could trigger retaliation and escalating...
The tariff announcements rattled stock markets while safe haven gold hit a new record high, oil prices fell and the...
DUBAI, UAE - MD & CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer discussed consolidating...DEWA’s current capacity has reached 490 Million Imperial Gallons per Day of desalinated water.
DEWA is also working to increase the capacity of the transmission and distribution networks.
DUBAI, UAE – UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri emphasized the importance of collaboration, data...The UAE is on track to reduce total water consumption of its food sector by over 15 percent despite doubling production by 2030.
The UAE’s national plan - the Water Security Strategy 2036 - ensures that programs are implemented on the supply and demand side.
Even with a better outlook for 2024, global growth will remain well below its historic average of 3.8 percent, she...Policymakers have acted decisively in response to financial stability risks, and advanced economy central banks have enhanced the provision of U.S. dollar liquidity, she said.
IMF research shows that productivity-enhancing reforms in China could lift real GDP by as much as 2.5 percent by 2027, and by around 18 percent by 2037.
- Tangiers, Morocco--Morocco stunned Brazil 2-1 in a friendly international on Saturday as the north African side recorded a first ever win...
Sofiane Boufal, midfielder, gave Morocco the lead after 29 minutes, scoring with a powerful turn and drive from a pass by Bilal El Khannous
Casemiro, Brazil skipper, levelled the score in the 67th minute when his weak shot was fumbled by goalkeeper Yassine Bounou
- It suffers from constant stand-offs between elected lawmakers and cabinets installed by the ruling Al-Sabah family, despite a parliamentary system...
Kuwait, home to seven percent of the world's crude reserves, has little debt and one of the strongest sovereign wealth funds in the world
The oil-rich country, posting large deficits during the Covid-19 pandemic, was buoyed by the rise in oil prices last year
The new comedians hoping to put a smile on Jordanian faces range in age between 18 to 40 and include...The Amman Comedy Club has been training aspiring comics since 2019 and offering free, three- to four-month workshops in stand-up, improv, comedy sketches and satire writing
Aided by foreign institutions such as the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and Chicago-based comedy club The Second City, the ACC has already trained more than 140 people in Jordan
- The Iraqi oil ministry said that Turkey stopped oil exports from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday in the wake...
Iraq had initiated the proceedings against the neighboring country in 2014, claiming exclusive rights over Kurdistan's oil exports
The regional government in Arbil though, in defiance of Baghdad, continued to export oil through Turkey at a rate of around 450,000 barrels a day
"To support productive Qatari farms in marketing their products directly and to ensure that consumers obtain their needs for fresh...Vegetable production in the Gulf country increased by 76 percent from 2017 to 2022, according to the Food Security Department Director Dr Masoud Jarallah Al Marri
Qatar's Ministry of Municipality is preparing a strategic plan for ensuring food security in the agricultural sector until 2030 and implementing digital transformation projects.
Several factors contributed to the fall in UAE markets, including a decline in oil prices, worries about multinational banks' health.The primary index of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange fell by 0.5 percent, while the Dubai market's main index dropped by 0.9 percent.
In Dubai, losses in the industrial and financial services sectors led to a 0.5 percent drop in the main index on Monday.
- Manchester United have received a second Qatari bid to buy the English football giants, British media reported. The reports said...
Bidders were initially told they had until 2100 GMT on Wednesday to submit new offers, but reports say that has been extended.
No figures have been revealed but one or more of the initial bids were understood to be in the region of US$5.5 billion
