RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - According to data released by the National Center for Palms and Dates (NCPD), the value of Saudi Arabia's date exports increased by 14 percent in 2023, reaching US$389 million (SAR1.462 Billion), compared to US$341 million (SAR1.280 billion) in 2022. By the end of 2023, the number...
Saudi Arabia looks to boost exports
Saudi Arabia will resume negotiations with 11 countries for free trade agreements meant to increase non-oil exports share in GDP.
Abu Dhabi updates Covid-19 travel list of ‘green’ countries
Travelers from these countries need not quarantine on arrival in Abu Dhabi.
Rich-poor gap widening due to unequal vaccine access: IMF
Advanced nations have vaccinated nearly 40 percent of the population, compared to barely 11 percent in emerging markets and a tiny fraction in low-income countries
Emiratis can’t travel to 14 countries on UAE’s no-go list
Many individuals such as diplomatic missions exempted Cases of Delta variant have been found in many countries Seeking to keep out the new dangerous variants of the coronavirus, the UAE government would not allow citizens to travel to 14 countries on its no-go list. The no-go countries – India, Pakistan,...
UNHCR asks countries to share refugee burden, not externalize it
On the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, UNHCR has urged bigger economies against passing the refugee burden down to smaller countries Developed countries are host to only 15 percent of the world’s refugees The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has urged countries across the world not to...
