VIENNA: Austria will release funds to the UN’s Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA that were blocked after allegations agency staff were involved in the October 7 attacks on Israel.
Vienna’s decision comes after UNRWA set out an action plan to bett…
The Turkish city of Istanbul will be hosting the “Turkish-Arab Economic forum” on June 5-6, with the participation of a large number of businessmen.
According to Turkish (Anadolu) news Agency Saturday, quoting the President of Turkish-Arab Countries …
RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian Oil Company Aramco today announced the signing of three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with leading American companies to advance the development of potential lower-carbon energy solutions.
The MoUs were signed in the pre…
MANILA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s partners committed $16.4 billion in cofinancing in 2023, up by 44% from the previous year. This bolstered ADB’s efforts to tackle the complex challenges faced by developing member countries, as reported in AD…
ROME: Artificial Intelligence and the ongoing digital revolution will inevitably transform the world and its agrifood systems, making it all the more urgent that the transformations they drive benefit everyone and contribute to solving global challeng…
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s economy recorded moderate growth in the first quarter of 2024, with real gross domestic product growing by 2.7 percent year-on-year, with the special administrative region government expecting the local economy to record further…
PARIS: Today’s combined market size of key energy transition minerals is set to more than double to US$770 billion by 2040 in a pathway to net zero emissions by mid-century, according to theGlobal Critical Minerals Outlook 2024, released by Internatio…
BRUSSELS: In the first quarter of 2024, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. …