Jordan's Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nasser Shraideh held a series of meetings at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development meet in New York.

Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, has appointed Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum as Chairman of Expo City Dubai Authority.

EDB credit facility will extend to both capital investment and expenditures.

The deal builds on Agthia’s acquisition of BMB Group.

The information Twitter has or has not provided on its tally of fake or spam accounts is Musk's stated reason for backing away from the deal.

This will make it one of the nation's 10 biggest private sector employers.

Exports accounted for the largest portion of the emirate's total non-oil foreign trade, reaching 57 percent, at AED 9.539 billion.

Airlines are recovering from the huge Covid fallout but face fresh turbulence from rocketing inflation.

US President Joe Biden held joint investment talks Thursday with Israel, India and the United Arab Emirates, as Washington seeks to counter the global reach of China. The multilateral summit was convened in Jerusalem where Biden is on his first Middle East tour as president, with leaders from India and...

Europe's main stock markets slid at the open on Thursday, as a fresh spike in US inflation reinforced expectations of more aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. In initial deals, London's FTSE 100 index lost 0.3 percent to 7,138.54 points compared with the closing level on Wednesday. In the eurozone,...

Twitter experienced a widespread but seemingly brief outage in the United States and parts of Europe on Thursday. The Downdetector website showed that outage reports spiked in the United States around 1200 GMT, while users reported service interruptions in France and elsewhere.

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development and the Abu Dhabi Exports Office signed two loan agreements with the Electricity and Water Authority in Bahrain to finance a water supply network project.

The bank said profits up despite lower net interest income and higher expenses.

Spain exported a total of 22,827 tonnes of fruit and 17,753 tons of vegetables to the UAE last year.

Saudi Arabia has reported a 16 percent increase in cargo volumes to 27.1 tons in June 2022, according to the latest release by the Saudi Ports Authority, also known as Mawani.

The tighter monetary policy from US Fed and the continued raising of interest rate will have an impact in the GCC, says Simon Ballard, chief economist of First Abu Dhabi Bank.

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic said Thursday it will spend $4 billion to build a new battery factory in the United States for electric vehicles.

Twitter shares jumped Wednesday after a hedge fund revealed it had taken a stake in the firm based on its "strong case" against Elon Musk for moving to back out of his $44 billion buyout bid.

AD Ports to support Hayat' global logistics and distribution.

They will work on projects to decarbonize bulk cargo shipping.

Confidence in the positive short-term economic outlook increased despite the current decline in the Purchasing Managers' Index, the MOMR noted.

ADDED and MADE will collaborate to build the technical capabilities of the industrial workforce.

GCC nationals are expected to pour in investments in the UK real estate market in spite of global inflation, supply-chain disruption, and hiked interest rates.

Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday ahead of a key US inflation report and with worries growing over rising Covid-19 cases in Japan and abroad. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.53 percent in early trade, while the broader Topix index edged up 0.43 percent.

Twitter on Tuesday sued Elon Musk for breaching the $44 billion contract he signed to buy the tech firm, calling his exit strategy "a model of hypocrisy," court documents showed. The suit filed in the US state of Delaware urges the court to order the billionaire to complete his deal...

The region is better placed to deal with global slowdown as oil and gas prices will stay high due to supply restrictions, Jean Claus, CEO of Allianz Trade Middle East, tells TRENDS.

The euro struck parity with the dollar Tuesday for the first time in nearly 20 years as a cut in Russian gas supplies to Europe heightened fears of a recession in the eurozone. The European single currency hit exactly one dollar -- its lowest level since December 2002 -- before...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said the Middle Eastern airlines’ traffic rose 317.2 percent in May compared to May 2021. The IATA announced passenger data for May 2022 showing that the May capacity rose 115.7 percent versus the year-ago period. The recovery in air travel accelerated heading into the...

Rising cyber attacks on network infrastructure in countries across the world, which pose a significant threat to the economies of these countries, will be the focus of the 10th edition of MENA Information Security Conference (ISC) 2022 in Riyadh in September this year. MENA ISC is one of the most...

Dubai will host the first edition of the World Corporate Summit which will discuss sports and multi-sectoral business growth as core pillars. WCS will be held from November 21 to December 16 and will be attended by decision-makers from multinational corporations, UAE-based firms and government institutions.

SirajPower will develop a fully financed 2 MVA solar-diesel-battery.

Guyana has pledged to a group of Saudi investors visiting the South American country to remove all hurdles in the way of making investment.

Twitter shares plunged Monday as Elon Musk issued a mocking, defiant commentary about a looming court battle after he ditched a $44 billion buyout of the social media giant.

Saudi Arabia's oil-driven economy expanded by 9.6 percent in the first quarter, its strongest growth rate in a decade.

Top cyber security experts speak to TRENDS about primary threats to critical infrastructure providers and how to build effective defenses.

Minister of Economy and Chairman of the UAE International Investors Council Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri said, in a meeting, the council has set up a platform to protect and support the interests of Emirati companies and investments abroad. The meeting also discussed the advantages of CEPA signed with India,...

The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has organized an awareness session on increasing Emiratization rates in the private sector. It has been organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization, the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development and the Emirati Talent Competitiveness Council.

STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries to invest in semiconductor unit.

A leaked cache of confidential files from ride-sharing company Uber illustrates ethically dubious and potentially illegal tactics it used to fuel its frenetic global expansion beginning nearly a decade ago, a joint media investigation showed Sunday. Dubbed the "Uber Files," the investigation involving dozens of news organizations found that company...

The global economic stagnation is expected to impact the GCC growth due to the decline in industrial and economic activities even as the region is benefiting from high oil prices

Instagram accounts for 32% of all fraud cases on social media, followed by Facebook and WhatsApp as scammers find it easy to lure and scam unsuspecting victims on social media sites. Commenting on the data, TradingPlatform.com's Edith read said this. "The most vulnerable sites for scamming are meta-owned. This raises...

Courted and then jilted by the world's richest person, Twitter looks well-positioned to win a court battle with Elon Musk over a $1 billion breakup fee and more but the company will not emerge unscathed.

The sector recovered fast in the emirate after the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, registering a 203 percent increase in the number of visitors in the first four months of 2022.

Most of the public and private sector leaders believe that Artificial Intelligence is a valuable asset in fight against climate change but insufficient expertize remains a challenge.

King Abdullah spoke about Jordan's Economic Modernization Vision for the next decade which seeks to sustain recovery the COVID-19 pandemic. The vision plans for the coming years by capitalizing on opportunities in the Kingdom, especially amid the impact of the Ukrainian crisis.

The acquisition is in partnership with GFH subsidiary Student Quarters.

Elon Musk's pursuit of Twitter was a melodrama from beginning to end -- a volatile courtship between a mercurial billionaire and the massively influential social media platform.

Since February this year, the Gulf country has inked Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements with India, Indonesia and Israel. Trade deal with Colombia is also imminent.

UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan takes part in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting held in Bali, Indonesia, on July 7-8. Such meetings help in promoting international cooperation to achieve sustainable development goals.

As a multidimensional world extending the physical realities of our current 4D world, it is rather a product of the different waves of digitization and internet development that started in the 90s, adds Blanchard.