Five of seven GCC equity market indices under coverage ended 2024 on the rise, according to an in-depth report on GCC equity...
The "Santa Claus rally" got off to a good start but US stocks then fell across the board on Friday,...
The conference attempts to bring together start-ups, investors, business leaders and agenda-broadening speakers –- linguist Noam Chomsky and heavyweight boxing...More than 100,000 people are expected to gather in Lisbon for the four-day Web Summit, the first full-scale edition since 2019 following the disruption of the pandemic.
Conference organizer Paddy Cosgrave said there were "a lot of questions to be answered" about crypto, describing it as "largely smoke and mirrors".
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources announced that Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma'aden and Barrick Gold Ltd alliance...The site attracted the interest of more than 20 local and international mining companies for an exploration license.
Ma'aden and Baric alliance have committed on spending over US$12 million to accelerate exploration at the Umm Al-Damar site.
Jakarta, Indonesia--- Indonesia would need 17 million technologically literate workers, or workers who are able to use and manage technology,...State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir said Indonesia's digital economy will grow to Rp4,500 trillion by 2030.
The SOEs are committed to supporting the development of the digital ecosystem, he said.
The World Bank estimates that by 2050, if nothing is done to prevent it, there will be 216 million people...Agriculture in Egypt has grown even less profitable because of new climate-linked hazards such as "the appearance of new parasites"
In 2021, natural disasters forced "nearly three million people" to leave their homes in Africa and the Middle East
The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned remarks by Germany's interior minister on the World Cup due to...GCC chief Nayef al-Hajraf expressed support for Qatar in a statement published on the council's website.
The six-member Gulf bloc backs Doha in addressing any interference in its internal affairs, the GCC chief said.
Russia suspended its participation in a pact that allowed grain exports from Ukraine, blaming alleged drone attacks on Russian ships...The Turkey and UN-brokered deal to unlock grain exports signed between Russia and Ukraine in July is critical to easing the global food crisis caused by the conflict.
Russia had recently criticized the deal, saying its own grain exports have suffered due to Western sanctions.
- Stock markets across the GCC remained less enthusiastic as oil, which fuels the region's growth, declined amidst fresh coronavirus scare.
Gulf stock exchanges declined during the last two trading days.
The Dubai Financial Market fell 49 points for this week as a whole, or 1.4 percent, compared to last week,
The European Union has frozen Russian assets worth around $16.9 billion since Moscow invaded Ukraine, EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders...The figure has risen from the roughly US$13.7 billion from oligarchs and other entities that the EU had frozen and announced in July.
So far, the assets of 90 people worth more than $16.9 billion in seven members, including $2.1 billion in Germany, have been frozen.
AMMAN, JORDAN - Amman is scheduled to host the Seventh International Investment Forum for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in...The forum will discuss over three days many important and vital issues on various fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency, green hydrogen.
The forum's themes will also cover innovative agricultural patterns, energy management, carbon trading.
- Jordan's cabinet reshuffle is a mandate for the government to work within the Kingdom's three modernization tracks, launched at the...
The plans include political, economic and public sector modernization.
The new tasks for the government are streamlining performance, improving public service, attracting investment and economic development.
