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3 ways travel drives economic growth while enhancing global connections and sustainability
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TikTok under fire: Espionage claims, election influence campaigns and controversies
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Saudi film industry gets boost with $100m investment fund
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -The Middle East Financial Investment Company (MEFIC Capital) has unveiled the establishment of the Saudi Film Fund,...
- The strategic fund is an outcome of an agreement involving the Cultural Development Fund, MEFIC Capital, and Roaa Media Ventures
- The Saudi film production market has experienced impressive growth, boasting an annual growth rate exceeding 25%
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BP to pour US$1.5bn into Egypt oil exploration
It plans to hike investments in the country to US$5 billion.
- Its CEO said the company plans to maximise the benefit from the current facilitation on oil and gas exploration activities in land and sea areas
- The production plans are being stepped up to meet the growing demand of the local market and to support Egypt's endeavours to export the surplus energy
UN agencies warn of ‘explosion’ in Gaza child deaths
Twenty weeks into Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies warned that food and safe water had...
- At least 90 percent of children under five in Gaza are affected by one or more infectious diseases, according to a joint assessment by the UN agencies
- Seventy percent children had had diarrhea in the two weeks prior to the assessment, marking a 23-fold increase compared to the 2022 baseline