Trump's sweeping tariffs are reshaping trade dynamics across MENA, impacting oil-exporting Gulf nations like Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar, according...
London, United Kingdom -- Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are divided over whether to approve a carbon tax on...
The 2022 Corruption Perception Index says corruption is undermining democratic processes and fueling violence in the Middle East and North...The CPI ranks180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
With a score of 90 and 87 respectively, Denmark and Finland top the CPI, while Somalia and Syria hit rock bottom with a score of 13 and 12 respectively.
Russia has agreed to extend the Ukraine grain export deal following talks with the United Nations - but only for...The grain export deal has helped ease the global food crisis triggered by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The invasion saw Ukraine's Black Sea ports blocked by warships until a deal signed in July allowed for the safe passage of exports of critical grain supplies.
- GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The world failed to act quickly enough to rush life-saving aid to Syrians in desperate need following the...
Almost 6,000 people were killed in Syria by the 7.8-magnitude tremor that struck the country and neighboring Turkey.
The UN estimates that five million people need basic shelter and non-food assistance in the quake-hit part of Syria.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the government wants to avoid financial "contagion" from the SVB implosion, as it ruled out...Joe Biden vowed to hold accountable the people responsible for SVB collapse and said he would deliver remarks Monday on maintaining a resilient banking system
In a joint statement, financial agencies including US Treasury said SVB depositors would have access to "all of their money" starting Monday, March 13
Beijing, China--China's new premier warned Monday that the country's five-percent growth target for 2023 would not be "easy" to achieve, as...The Chinese government has set the economic growth target of around five percent as the country came out of strict zero-Covid rules that undermined growth
The new premier also took a dig at the US as relations between the two powers have worsened over a host of issues such as trade, technology and security
Cairo, Egypt--Egypt’s export to China increased by 20.8 percent to $1.7 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, compared...Trade between the two countries shot up by 2.6 percent during the first 11 months of 2022, reaching $14.9 billion from $14.5 billion, according to the official data
The North African country's imports from China totaled $13.2 billion from January to November 2022, up from $13.1 billion in the same period in 2021
- Signature Bank was reeling from a bet on crypto banking that foundered after the sector imploded and banking regulators cracked...
Signature Bank's collapse is the third in under a week after Silvergate Bank's voluntary liquidation and Silicon Valley Bank's shutdown
The closure of the bank comes months after Signature said it would be reducing its exposure to the crypto sector
Princess Iman, the eldest daughter of King Abdullah and Queen Rania, has wed a financier of Greek origin at a...The groom born in 1994 in Venezuela to a family of Greek origin works as a financier in New York
The princess born in 1996 graduated from Georgetown University in Washington
- Significant technology development is going on in the climate space in the UAE, distinguished Professor Laura D'Andrea Tyson tells TRENDS...
Economists expect more interest rate increases and a fairly significant chance of a recession, says Laura D'Andrea Tyson of University of California
The UAE's significant technology development in the climate space will reduce carbon emissions and generate alternative energy, she adds
- MANAMA, BAHRAIN - Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council Saqr Ghobash discussed ways to enhance cooperation with First Deputy...
UAE, Ukraine discuss parliamentary cooperation through exchanging visits and enhancing coordination.
The two sides deliberated on improving trade and economic ties between the two countries.
