New York, United States - "The 1980s are calling," a teenager with a throwback hairstyle tells viewers as "Everybody Wants...
In the post-digital world, Bahrain’s center of activity, the city of Manama, has stiff yet healthy competition from the GCC...
Paris, France - Apple will update software on iPhone 12 handsets across the EU to lower the power of their...The software update, scheduled "in the coming weeks" across the EU, is in line with a 2023 change made to the phones in France based on testing by ANFR radio frequency authority
"We continue to disagree with the French ANFR's testing approach, (but) respect the European Commission's decision," Apple said in a statement
- Geneva, Switzerland -- Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world's top cluster for innovation, the United Nations said...
The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said the Chinese cluster had leapfrogged its Japanese rival in its 2025 Global Innovation Index.
The change at the top of the world's 100 leading innovation clusters was down to WIPO broadening the criteria to include VC investments to formulate the annual rankings.
- In Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, digital content creation is a key pillar of economic transformation, and Qatar National Vision 2030...
The UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have seen a big boom in the emergence of bloggers, influencers, and content creators who are gaining a substantial following
The Gulf region - home to a predominantly young population, with over 50% being under the age of 25 in 2021 - has 90% smartphone penetration
- Beijing, China -- China's factory output ticked up in August but still recorded a fifth straight month of contraction, official...
The Purchasing Managers' Index -- a key measure of industrial output -- was 49.4, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, up slightly from 49.3 in July.
The last time China recorded a figure above 50 -- indicating growth -- was in March.
Dubai, UAE -- The United Arab Emirates has continued to attract global companies looking to establish regional or global headquarters....This trend is supported by the country's legislative and digital infrastructure, as well as its strategic location.
A report from the Kearney Foundation ranked the UAE second among emerging markets in its "FDI Confidence Index 2025."
- Behind nearly 90% of all plastic recycled in Viet Nam is someone like Ms Nguyen Thi Kenh or Ms Nguyen...
In the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, nearly 10,000 women collect plastics for recycling, part of an army of informal waste workers
Viet Nam accounts for 1.8 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, with about 27% of that recycled, making the country a potential leader in tackling the problem
- A governor of the US Federal Reserve, Christopher Waller, said Thursday that the central bank should lower its key interest...
US Federal Reserve, Christopher Waller enthusiasm echoes President Donald Trump's eagerness to cut the rate that is central to US banking and borrowing
For months the Republican president has called for the cut repeatedly, despite resistance from current Fed chairman Jerome Powell
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Bank credit extended to the public and private sectors in the Kingdom continued its upward trend,...
The total bank credit also recorded a quarterly growth of 2.7% by the end of the second quarter of the current year
Every month, bank credit rose by 0.6% with an increase of USD 4.99 billion (SAR 18,713 million) compared with May 2025, when it stood at USD 844.68 billion (SAR 3,167,558 million)
The Trump administration said late last month that it will abolish a tax exemption on small packages entering the United...The move has sparked a flurry of announcements from postal services, including in France, Britain, Germany, Italy, India, Australia and Japan.
The United Nations' Universal Postal Union said he suspensions will remain in place until there is more clarity on how US authorities plan to implement the announced measures.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports rose by 17.8 percent in the second quarter of 2025, according to...The increase included a 46.2 percent rise in re-exports, while national non-oil exports excluding re-exports grew by 5.6 percent.
In Q2 2025, a 15.8 percent decline in oil exports dragged total merchandise exports down by 7.3 percent year-on-year.
