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BEIJING: China’s trade with Africa reported steady growth in the first seven months of the year, official data showed.

Trade between China and Africa rose 5.5 percent year on year to 1.19 trillion yuan (about US$166.6 billion) during the January-July…

ABU DHABI: Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE National Rail Network, has launched its Sustainable Finance Framework, a comprehensive guide designed to link the company’s future financing to its ESG Strategy in relation to Clean Transpo…

DUBAI: A recent analysis by Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has revealed that Indian investors topped the list of new non-Emirati companies joining the chamber during the first half …

Oil prices climbed on Wednesday on estimates about shrinking US crude and gasoline inventories as the market watched for a possible widening of tensions in the Middle East, which could curtail global oil supplies.

Brent crude futures rose 30 cents to…

Japanese stocks rose at the end of the trading session, after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that he will not run for the upcoming presidential elections of his ruling party.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange reported that the Nikkei 225 inde…

Doha: The net profits of Qatar Insurance Group (a Qatari public shareholding company) increased by 11 percent in the first half of 2024 to reach QAR 360 million, compared to QAR 325 million for the same period of the previous year.

Data issued by the…

BEIJING: China’s Central Bank announced an increase in the relending quota for the agricultural sector and small enterprises located in 12 provincial-level regions that have been ravaged by floods.

According to Xinhua, the relending quota will expand…

ABU DHABI: Initial public offerings (IPOs) in the UAE markets raised US$890 million in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, according to a recent economic report.

The PwC Middle East’s latest IPO+ Watch said that notable IPOs in the second quarter i…