Author: Sun, 2021-01-17 23:49PARIS: The EU and the incoming administration of US President-elect Joe Biden should suspend a trade dispute to give themselves time to find common ground, France’s foreign minister said in remarks published on Sund… - 7 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 3:55pm -
Author: Sun, 2021-01-17 23:41DUBAI: Most major stock markets in the Middle East ended lower on Sunday, ahead of the usual flurry of quarterly and full-year corporate results over the next few weeks, with the Qatari index leading the losses.Sau… - 7 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 3:49pm -
Author: Sun, 2021-01-17 23:34PARIS: The Michelin Guide reveals on Monday its annual pick of France’s top restaurants despite criticism over its decision to hold the awards while establishments remain closed in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)… - 8 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 3:37pm -
Sun, 2021-01-17 20:38DUBAI: Swissport has signed an agreement to manage airport ground handling services in Saudi Arabia for the Air France-KLM Group until 2025.The new agreement will see the Swiss firm handle all flights for the European carrie… - 11 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 12:40pm -
Author: Sun, 2021-01-17 19:49DUBAI: Japanese carmaker Infiniti’s launch of the virtual “showroom of the future” last year helped the brand to record an increase in sales in the Middle East, despite the financial impact of the coronavirus (CO… - 11 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 11:53am -
Sun, 2021-01-17 19:10DUBAI: Expo 2020, the long-awaited World Expo hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, originally scheduled for Oct. 20, 2020 through Apr. 10, 2021, is now taking the first steps towards opening to the public, despite risin… - 12 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 11:15am -
Sun, 2021-01-17 19:03RIYADH: The Ataa Educational Company announced on Sunday that its board of directors has decided to grant special discounts on tuition fees for the second semester of the 2020-2021 academic year.This marks the second time th… - 12 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 11:08am -
Author: Sun, 2021-01-17 18:59RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Projects Support Fund Initiative has signed an agreement with Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Exchange, to provide economic stimulus for listed companies.The initiative targets private sector compa… - 12 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 11:03am -
Author: Zaynab KhojjiID: 1610898753621037000Sun, 2021-01-17 18:52RIYADH: A $270 million company to develop Saudi Arabia’s holy sites has been launched.Kidana will be headquartered in Mina and is the first closed joint-stock company owned by t… - 12 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 10:55am -
Sun, 2021-01-17 14:11Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group raised their U.S. growth forecast for the second time this month on expectations that President-elect Joe Biden’s fiscal stimulus plan will hasten the economy’s recovery from the COVID-19 pan… - 17 hours ago, 17 Jan 21, 6:18am -
Tanzania's economy is booming and its tourism sector is thriving. However, concerns about the president's strong-arm tactics and delays in the completion of key infrastructure projects are threatening this growth. - 25 Feb 20, 8:27am -
The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to end global poverty, but poorer countries are struggling to hit them. More help from richer countries is crucial, writes Mazdak Rafaty. - 25 Feb 20, 8:24am -
Kenya’s cabinet secretary for the national treasury and planning, Ukur Yatani, discusses the country’s agenda of fiscal reforms and the importance of constructing an east-west Africa highway. - 25 Feb 20, 8:24am -
Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s fastest growing mobile phone market, but how can telecoms companies make the most of the huge opportunities the region provides? - 25 Feb 20, 8:20am -
Combining a strategic location with an investor-friendly environment, Egypt is ensuring its Suez Canal Economic Zone is primed for foreign investment. - 25 Feb 20, 8:13am -
London event hears how the UK export credit agency is increasing its focus on trade with African countries. Jason Mitchell reports. - 20 Feb 20, 6:25am -
Egypt is well on the way to establishing a diversified economy, claims Hala El Saeed, minister of planning and economic development - 20 Jan 20, 4:50am -
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… - 30 Nov 15, 3:29pm -
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… - 28 Nov 15, 7:50am -
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… - 19 Nov 15, 8:49am -
KHALIFA HAFTAR’S self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) says it will cease fire for what remains of the holy month of Ramadan. But friends of General Haftar say he is doubling down on the civil war he started six years ago. His year-long siege of T… - 30 Apr 20, 10:54am -
“THE FORNICATRESS and the fornicator—flog each of them with a hundred stripes; and do not let pity for them hold you back from carrying out God’s law.” So says the Koran, which dates back to the seventh century. Prince Muhammad bin Salman, th… - 30 Apr 20, 10:54am -
WHEN IT INTERVENED in Yemen’s civil war, Saudi Arabia hoped to make quick work of the Houthis, an Iranian-backed group that had swept down from the northern highlands to seize the capital, Sana’a. Five years later the Houthis are still in control… - 30 Apr 20, 10:54am -
THE TOYOTA HILUX is a sturdy vehicle. That makes it especially popular in Africa. It outsells all other pickup trucks, or “bakkies”, in South Africa. In Mali and Niger smugglers transporting people and goods across the Sahara will accept no alter… - 30 Apr 20, 10:54am -
“I FEEL YOUR PAIN,” said Edgar Lungu in a televised address on April 24th. The president of Zambia claimed that covid-19 had “thrown into disarray” the country’s finances. He mused about whether the government could afford to pay for pensio… - 30 Apr 20, 10:54am -
Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverag… - 30 Apr 20, 10:54am -
Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverag… - 23 Apr 20, 10:50am -
COVID-19 HAS caused much misery. But on April 20th it helped end Israel’s political deadlock. After three inconclusive elections in the span of a year, the country’s two biggest parties, Likud and Blue and White, put aside their differences and a… - 23 Apr 20, 10:50am -
Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverag… - 23 Apr 20, 10:50am -
Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverag… - 23 Apr 20, 10:50am -
For centuries black Americans debated how to overcome racism—but they always emphasized human agency and individual responsibility. - 2 days ago, 15 Jan 21, 5:11pm -