Boost investment to avert ‘decade of wasted opportunity’: World Bank
Global growth is set to slow from an estimated 2.6 percent in 2023 to 2.4 percent this year, 0.75 percentage...Business Economy
Dubai SME joins hands with CXDA to attract investment
DUBAI, UAE – The Mohammed bin Rashid Establishment for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Dubai SME), a part of Dubai...Business Economy
Saudi Arabia invites more than 80 British companies for business
The companies that attended the Saudi workshop were from fields including innovation, technology, space, research, and development.
EU adopts framework for sanctions on Lebanon to aid govt formation
The move comes after weeks of uncertainty at the upper echelons of the Lebanese government, even as the country sinks...
Dubai RTA got $723m in revenues via digital platforms in 2020
The RTA’s Director-General Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer said this revenue came from just the authority’s e-payment portal and smart kiosks.The number of digital transactions reached 527.146 million throughout 2020
The number of registered users on digital platforms hit 2.162 million, and the number of smart-app downloads was 6.136 million
Beirut blast aftermath: 564,000 children ‘struggling to survive’ in city
Global non-profit Save The Children has said the collapsing Lebanese economy has pushed more than half a million children in...
Dubai to lower, waive off fees on govt services to boost growth
In order to give a fillip to economic activity in Dubai, its government will lower and in some cases completely...
Key to growth seizing $3trn tech opportunities: Saudi minister
Al-Ibrahim says Saudi Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution will lead the country’s endeavors in providing solutions to global challenges.
Saudi Arabia to reopen to vaccinated tourists from Aug 1
The move comes after a 17-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, Riyadh did not announce any lifting of...
Kuwait records realty deals worth $1.3 billion in June
Al Ahmadi Governorate accounted for 67.7 percent of the 1,271 deals, followed by Hawalli and Jahra governorates.Al Ahmadi Governorate accounted for 67.7 percent of the 1,271 deals followed by Hawalli.
The value of real estate transactions in June 2020 was only KD77 million.
Fully-vaccinated Saudi citizens can fly abroad from Aug 9
Also eligible for travel are citizens who recovered from virus six months ago and those who were infected six months...Also eligible for travel are citizens who recovered from virus six months ago and those who were infected six months earlier and vaccinated with single dose
Passengers below age of 12 need to present an insurance document approved by the Saudi Central Bank
From grey to green: world cities uprooting the urban jungle
The reforestation is part of an $11-billion green initiative that also includes creating 3,000 parks in the Saudi capital.
