- The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) displayed its agri-food innovation and manufacturing capabilities to strengthen further its ties...
New South Wales highlighted its prominent companies in agtech, food & beverages besides prime investment opportunities.
The event saw six NSW companies pitched their businesses to the buyers, investors, distributors and retailers present in the audience.
- Lebanon's transport minister has said that Spain will finance a plan to revive the railway network that has been out...
Lebanon had a railway network since the end of the 19th century which connected Beirut to the Syrian capital Damascus.
It was built during Ottoman rule and inaugurated in 1895, operating until the devastating civil war begun 47 years ago.
- The Arab oil and gas producers are likely to close the gap that could arise from the disruption of oil...
The Arab oil and gas producers are likely to close the gap that could arise from the disruption of oil flows from Russia, according to the Institute of International Finance
The brent oil prices surged to US$100 per barrel for the first time in eight years after Russia attacked Ukraine
- The ruble-dominated Moex index opened down 13.97 percent, while the dollar-dominated RTS was down 20.16 percent.
The central bank measures are intended to provide ‘additional liquidity to the banking sector’ in Russia
This, as Western sanctions loom after the military operation announced by Vladimir Putin against Ukraine
- Qatar and Saudi Arabia host American troops, but their economic and political relations with Russia have grown over the years.
Russian gas accounts for about 40 percent of the European market, leaving it highly exposed to supply disruptions due to the conflict
A similar logic applies to the 2.3 million barrels of Russian crude that heads west each day through a network of pipelines
- Weekly storytelling events are one of the last affordable pleasures in Lebanon, where a crashing local currency has rendered books...
The cost of printing and buying books has soared in Lebanon, while the monthly minimum wage is currently valued at $32
All new books were priced in dollars, and therefore hit by the fluctuating exchange rate of the Lebanese pound
- According to the UN, a full-scale Russian invasion on Ukraine would have a devastating global impact that would likely spark...
The crisis comes as governments struggle to contain runaway inflation fueled by demand as life returns after recent Covid-19 lockdowns,
World Markets have been hammered since a week as the Kremlin recognized Ukraine's rebellion and said it would provide "peacekeepers" to the regions
- Soaring inflation in Turkey has propelled a wave of strikes unlike any the country has seen since the 1970s, as...
Supermarket warehouse worker Bekir Gok was sacked this month -- alongside 256 of his colleagues -- for demanding an extra four Turkish liras (30 US cents) per hour
Turkey's annual inflation rate officially reached 48.7 percent in January, and workers have struggled to keep up with the sky-rocketing cost of living





















