Author: APID: 1563430508373819200Thu, 2019-07-18 06:05TEHRAN: Iranians feeling the squeeze from US sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s ailing economy are increasingly turning to such digital currencies as Bitcoin to make money, prompting…
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Author: AFPID: 1563430554113822000Thu, 2019-07-18 05:28PARIS: Former auto titan Carlos Ghosn, currently under house arrest in Tokyo, is suing Nissan and Mitsubishi in a Dutch court for “improper termination” of his contract, French newspaper Le…
- 13 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 2:34am -

Author: ReutersID: 1563419261093457100Thu, 2019-07-18 03:04TOKYO: Oil prices steadied on Thursday after falling in the previous session when official data showed US stockpiles of products like gasoline rose sharply last week, suggesting weak dema…
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Author: Wed, 2019-07-17 23:50DUBAI: Emirates NBD, Dubai’s largest bank, reported an 80 percent rise in second-quarter net profit helped by the sale of a stake in Network International and strong non-interest income on foreign exchange gains.…
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Author: Wed, 2019-07-17 23:01LONDON: After months of relative calm in cryptocurrency markets, bitcoin exploded back into life in April with its sharpest price jump in over a year — but few people could convincingly explain why.The 20 percent…
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Author: Wed, 2019-07-17 21:29MADRID: Media firms are racing to set up television production centres in Madrid following the runaway global success of Spanish series such as Netflix's crime caper "Money Heist".Spanish multimedia group Mediapro a…
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Author: ReutersID: 1563361857506898700Wed, 2019-07-17 11:02CAIRO: Egypt’s economy grew 5.6 percent in the 2018/19 fiscal year and is “on the right track” as it completes IMF-backed reforms, Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli said on Wednesday.…
- 1 day ago, 17 Jul 19, 7:18am -

Author: AFPID: 1563360560346813900Wed, 2019-07-17 10:48BRUSSELS: The EU’s powerful antitrust authority launched an in-depth investigation into Amazon on Wednesday, amid suspicions the US-based online behemoth misuses merchant data hosted on its…
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Wed, 2019-07-17 13:49DUBAI: International media outlets have reported that Dubai-based property developer Damac Properties has bought Italian fashion brand Roberto Cavalli.The investment company Vision Investment Co.LCC that is controlled by the…
- 1 day ago, 17 Jul 19, 6:54am -

Author: ReutersID: 1563344963876035500Wed, 2019-07-17 06:18SEOUL: Export curbs Japan imposed in its dispute with South Korea will adversely affect global technology companies and hurt the operations of tech giant Samsung in the Texas state capita…
- 2 days ago, 17 Jul 19, 2:40am -

The decision in July by the Federal UAE Cabinet to permit foreign ownership in 122 economic activities across 13 industry sectors is a potential game-changer. Douglas G. Smith reports.
- 1 day ago, 17 Jul 19, 8:13am -

The UAE is to allow 100% foreign ownership of companies in sectors, including manufacturing, agriculture, and renewable energy. Taha Ahmed reports.
- 10 days ago, 8 Jul 19, 7:02am -

A constant need for innovative approaches to audience engagement is transforming sport into global industry’s technology sandbox, as Courtney Fingar discovers.
- 35 days ago, 13 Jun 19, 7:00am -

After several failed or lacklustre attempts, Zimbabwe is again intent on privatising state enterprises and reducing public debt. But as time goes on, confidence is waning, as Tonderayi Mukeredzi discovers.
- 35 days ago, 13 Jun 19, 7:00am -

Zambia has plenty of land to use for agriculture but as yet most has not been exploited fully. Now the country is seeking investors to develop the sector on a major scale, as Jason Mitchell reports.
- 35 days ago, 13 Jun 19, 7:00am -

The Middle East and Africa region is focusing on economic diversification to ensure resilience against future economic crises, writes Mazdak Rafaty.
- 35 days ago, 13 Jun 19, 7:00am -

Sri Lanka and New Zealand hang on to their first and second place positions in fDi’s annual Diversification Index for island economies, while Mauritius soars up the table to third. Cathy Mullan reports.
- 39 days ago, 10 Jun 19, 3:26am -

A rail network connecting Beirut in Lebanon and Damascus in Syria is attracting Chinese attention. Olivia Azadegan and Sebastian Shehadi report.
- 43 days ago, 5 Jun 19, 1:50pm -

Namibia's mining industry is responsible for 14% of GDP and expanded 28% in 2018, but now it fears that government proposals to change taxes will hit exploration and deter investment. Jason Mitchell reports.
- 43 days ago, 5 Jun 19, 1:41pm -

FDI project numbers and capital investment both saw increases in the Middle East and Africa as a region in 2018, although results were uneven on an individual basis, finds fDi Intelligence.
- 57 days ago, 22 May 19, 4:48am -

Move aims to speed up debt repayment at world’s biggest brewer
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Analyst recants a forecast for customer growth he says now looks ‘downright psychedelic’
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Tory rebels join parliamentary vote to obstruct hard EU exit
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Crude prices rise after ‘small tanker’ taken for allegedly transporting smuggled fuel
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Philip Morris tries to convert smokers to heating instead of burning tobacco
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Erdogan’s purchase of Moscow air defence system points to ‘tectonic shift’ in geopolitics
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FBI believes talks were related to scheme to pay off Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal
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Multimillionaire’s request to remain at New York mansion rejected by judge
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Distrust is the consistent theme as Libra co-creator David Marcus testifies to Congress
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WHO declares DRC outbreak as ‘public health emergency of international concern’
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Millions of Russian tourists will no longer be soaking up the sun in Turkey and supermarkets across Russia will soon stop carrying Turkish produce after economic relations between the two countries further deteriorated on Monday. Russia prevented 1,2…
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Russia continued to ratchet up sanctions against Turkey Monday, announcing a ban on the import of Turkish fruits and vegetables, the Wall Street Journal reported. As sharp words are exchanged between the two trading partners, other countries are alre…
- 30 Nov 15, 8:49am -

World leaders convene in France on Monday for the latest global conference on climate change, called COP21, in an attempt to forge the first legally binding climate agreement amid increasing urgency. Yet officials from some countries are worried that…
- 29 Nov 15, 10:22pm -

Turkey on Saturday issued a travel warning to its citizens, asking them to avoid all non-urgent travel to Russia, as diplomatic tension between the two countries escalates over the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey earlier this week.The Turkish…
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UPDATED 9:45 a.m. EST: Russia will suspend visa-free travel agreement with Turkey, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. The action takes effect Jan. 1, the BBC reported.
- 27 Nov 15, 1:24am -

Russia threatened economic retaliation against Turkey on Thursday and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but Turkey dismissed the threats as "emotional" and "unfitting".In an escalating war of…
- 26 Nov 15, 1:34pm -

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) -- Speculation that Saudi Arabia could devalue its currency may owe more to a poor public-relations effort by Saudi authorities than to the economic pressures on the kingdom. Riyadh has the tools available to pro…
- 26 Nov 15, 10:29am -

One particular sentence spoken by the Russian foreign minister Tuesday has Turkish officials feeling particularly uneasy: “We do not recommend that our citizens travel to Turkey for tourism or any other reason,” Sergey Lavrov said. He was in So…
- 25 Nov 15, 9:21am -

Saudi Arabia and Angola both beat out Russia as the largest crude oil suppliers to China in October, Bloomberg reported Monday. The huge China market is one arena where the world’s suppliers continue to compete for share amid a global oil glut, a…
- 23 Nov 15, 8:33am -

European leaders are planning to crack down on the use of bitcoin, prepaid credit cards and other methods of anonymous payment in response to the Paris attacks last week, Reuters reported Thursday. It's part of a crisis plan that aims to dismantle…
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EBOLA SHOULD never have made it to Goma, the second biggest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It did because a pastor, who had been in Butembo apparently trying to cure patients by laying hands on them, then travelled back. At eac…
- 5 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 10:52am -

A COUNTRY THAT draws 39m foreign tourists each year is on the brink of anarchy, if you believe the Saudi media. “Turkey is not safe for travel,” blared a recent headline in a Saudi newspaper. The kingdom’s embassy in Ankara has warned of rising…
- 5 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 10:52am -

“WHEN I OPEN my phone, I am swamped by news,” says Matthew Stanley, a driver in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. He scrolls through WhatsApp, a messaging service, bringing up a slick video forwarded into his church group. In a tone befitting a trailer…
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YUSUF NUHAN, a 65-year-old Chadian villager, remembers when he could sail across Lake Chad to visit markets and relatives. His village used to be rich with thousands of cattle, he says. But three years ago, jihadists from Boko Haram attacked and took…
- 5 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 10:52am -

NICKI MINAJ spoke, and Saudi Arabia listened. That is not quite what happened with the scantily clad feminist rapper from New York—though recent events make it a tempting theory. This month Saudi officials disclosed that they want to loosen “guar…
- 5 hours ago, 18 Jul 19, 10:52am -

AS HE SLIPPED out of consciousness, Batsi Lokana watched the militiamen who had attacked him slice off his mother’s head. When he came to, her body was gone. “Either they ate her, or they threw her into the river,” he surmises from his hospital…
- 7 days ago, 11 Jul 19, 10:51am -

THE VIOLENT protests that shook Israel on July 2nd had all the hallmarks of race riots. A young black man had been shot dead by an off-duty policeman in unclear circumstances. Thousands of Ethiopian Jews took to the streets, throwing stones at police…
- 7 days ago, 11 Jul 19, 10:51am -

ASIDE FROM its name, Beirut Souks could be anywhere. Gone is the labyrinth of alleys that rambled down to the port. Instead, soulless walkways lined with shops sporting global brands have buried the maze of spice and gold markets that once were fille…
- 7 days ago, 11 Jul 19, 10:51am -

ABIY AHMED’S arrival in Asmara on July 8th last year was as colourful as it was historic. Thousands thronged the streets of the Eritrean capital to witness the first visit by an Ethiopian leader since the two countries fought a bloody war from 1998…
- 7 days ago, 11 Jul 19, 10:51am -

THERE WAS little grace to the Grace 1’s journey, a 12,000-mile (19,000km) slog around the Cape of Good Hope that came to an inelegant end off the coast of Gibraltar. In the early hours of July 4th British marines roped down from a helicopter to sei…
- 7 days ago, 11 Jul 19, 10:51am -

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Israel to discuss threats the country faces from Iran and its allies, a visit that buttresses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign message as he seeks to win a fifth term in April 9 elections.
- 20 Mar 19, 8:39pm -

President Trump said the Islamic State extremist group would suffer its final territorial defeat by the evening, a prediction that came as U.S.-backed local fighters in Syria said the battle had entered its final stages.
- 20 Mar 19, 7:05pm -

A hardened core committed to Islamic State’s mission raises questions about the totality of the group’s defeat even as it loses almost all its territory and its less committed members fall away.
- 19 Mar 19, 4:10am -

Iraq plans to open a vital border crossing with Syria in the coming days, allowing for the increased flow of goods to Syria from Iran along a route the U.S. worries would ease Tehran’s transport of weapons to its allies.
- 18 Mar 19, 6:03pm -

Benny Gantz, a first-time politician who has emerged as the biggest threat to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election, has begun to stumble under the glare of national attention and is struggling to maintain his campaign’s momentu…
- 18 Mar 19, 4:31pm -