Abu Dhabi, UAE--Masdar, the UAE’s clean energy powerhouse, has completed its acquisition of a 49 percent shareholding in the 3...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia has granted permission to more than 350 international companies to open their regional headquarters...
The Kingdom ranks 26 in the Mercer Institute Global Pension Index 2021 for the fourth year in a row, with...Saudi Arabia was ranked 26 in the Mercer Institute Global Pension Index 2021 for the fourth year in a row, with a total of 58.1 points, up from 57.5 last year.
The report also identifies several key areas that require development in the country's pension system such as increasing the minimum support provided to the poorest individuals
The program is the second public-private initiative by MoIAT following the Future of Industry Dialogue initiative, a series of interactive...MoIAT kicked off the Access SMEs program within the wider Make it in the Emirates Lab in collaboration with Procter and Gamble
The training will also be available to select national students to further support and encourage their contribution to the industrial sector upon graduation
- Industrial production grew 3.5 percent on-year last month, up from September, said the National Bureau of Statistics, as China worked...
Industrial production grew 3.5 percent on-year last month, up from September, said the National Bureau of Statistics, as China worked to ease the energy shortage
The recovery in the world's second biggest economy has been losing steam for much of the year after a swift bounceback from harsh lockdowns to contain Covid-19
- “This will be the first non-profit city of its kind which will contribute to achieving the goals of Mohammed bin...
The city is billed to be a model for the development of the non-profit sector globally and an incubator for youth and volunteer groups
The city's masterplan embodies a human-centered, advanced digital metropolis designed to be sustainable and pedestrian-friendly
The first deal was signed with Airbus Defence and Space S.A.U., a Spanish company, to purchase refueling aircraft for the...The first deal was signed with Airbus Defence and Space S.A.U., a Spanish company, to purchase refueling aircraft for the Air Force and Air Defense Command
One contract was signed d with the French company, Thales, to purchase communication systems for the Air Force and Air Defense
About 88 percent of the affluent people in the UAE have reset their life goals following the Corona pandemic, and...The 'confidence gap' is more pronounced among the emerging affluent, according to Standard Chartered survey.
Volatility in financial markets and fear of poor returns on investments are the major causes of low confidence.
- This week's TRENDS Explainer Video focuses on top Arab economies in terms of trade balance in the year 2020.
One of the best ways to judge the strength of a country's economy is to look at its trade balance, or the difference between exports and imports
If exports surpass imports, the trade balance is surplus. If imports surpass exports, the trade balance is deficit
As tear gas and protest cries filled the air in the Tunisian city of Agareb, Mabrouka Ben Ibrahim vowed to...Yousra, 21, died in 2019 after being bitten by a mosquito that came from the toxic trash site, Ben Ibrahim said
Residents say rubbish dumped at the site, including dangerous industrial and medical refuse, has caused a string of diseases from cancer to vision problems and infertility
Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced him to abandon his land,...Experts have warned that record low rainfall, compounded by climate change, are threatening social and economic disaster in war-scarred Iraq
This year, Nineveh province has been Iraq's "most affected" by drought and exceptionally high temperatures
- Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is building a new capital, whose construction costs are already under a microscope.
The city, on the outskirts of Cairo, is forecast to cost around $45 billion, and is roughly the size of Singapore
The construction costs have raised questions about spending priorities in a country where one in three people live in poverty
