The Qatari cabinet on Wednesday expressed gratitude to the State of Kuwait for its efforts in unifying the GCC ranks and lauded as well efforts in this respect on part of the United States of America. ( read original story ...)
Singapore SPAC Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition prices upsized $240 million US IPO targeting clean energy
Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition, a Singapore-based blank check company formed by the founder of Ivanhoe Capital targeting the energy transition space, raised $240 million by offering 24 million units at ... ( read original story ...)
Big Tech Firms are Now Offering Fintech and Wealthtech Services in Singapore, but Startups are Also Launching Innovative Services
Singapore’s fast-growing 1,000+ Fintech sector includes a thriving Wealthtech segment which is on track to continue growing and maturing. It’s being supported by an increased interest from local ... ( read original story ...)
Palestinians wait for vaccines as Israel lauds immunisation drive
Israel began the world’s speediest coronavirus vaccination campaign, handing out first jabs of a two-shot BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine to more than 1m citizens. Millions more are planned. Next door, in the ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan, FAO completing dev’t of co-op program for 2021-2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations together with the government of Azerbaijan, is completing the development of a new cooperation program for the period 2021-2025 ... ( read original story ...)
Jordan’s political positions have cost kingdom economically
Jordanian lawmaker Yanal Fraihat said Tuesday that Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh told parliament that “Jordan has been subjected to an economic blockade during the past three years because of its ... ( read original story ...)
Jim Jordan: Dems changed states’ election rules in ‘unconstitutional fashion’
House and Senate Republicans will present "evidence" Wednesday of Democrats unconstitutionally going around key state legislatures in the 2020 presidential election, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told "Fox ... ( read original story ...)
North West Syria: Shortages of oxygen, water as coronavirus cases quadruple in two months
The COVID-19 outbreak in Syria continues to spiral out of control while the country struggles with a chronic shortage of hospital beds, testing, water and oxygen, Save the Children warned today. ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Party Congress is Moment of Truth for Kim and Country
"North Korea has two options to deal with an economic crisis: defense, or attack," Ruediger Frank, head of the University of Vienna's Department of East Asian Studies, told Newsweek, adding "it seems ... ( read original story ...)
UK government refuses to publish list of airstrikes in Yemen involving civilian casualties
The British government has refused to publish its database supposedly logging civilian casualties from murderous airstrikes in Yemen carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, which is armed by the UK ... ( read original story ...)