Alex Chong, whose company, MBA Crew, owns nine restaurants in Malaysia was having trouble last Friday luring customers in for lunch, a sign of the economic pain facing the country because of the COVID ... ( read original story ...)
CONGRESS EXPRESSES OPPOSITION TO ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO SELL ARMS TO SAUDI ARABIA ON CAPITOL HILL
Rep. Mike Ferguson (D-NJ)(L) and Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) (R) participates in a press conference responding to the Bush Administration's plan to negotiate a 20 billion dollar weapons deal with Saudi ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi’s National Commercial Bank buys Samba in $14.8B deal
Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank says it will purchase rival lender Samba Financial Group in a deal valued at $14.8 billion, creating what will become the kingdom’s largest bank ... ( read original story ...)
NCB-Samba to merge into Saudi banking heavyweight
Saudi Arabia's biggest lender National Commercial Bank (NCB) has entered a binding merger agreement with smaller lender Samba Financial Group to create a combined entity with 837 ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Lender NCB Agrees to Buy Rival Samba for $15 Billion
National Commercial Bank, Saudi Arabia’s largest lender by assets, agreed to buy rival Samba Financial Group for $15 billion in the biggest banking takeover this year. NCB will pay 28.45 riyals ($7.58 ... ( read original story ...)
Al-Huwaitat tribe seeks UN help to stop Saudi forced displacement
Request for UN investigation comes after months of alleged harassment, arrests, and abductions by Saudi forces. ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia to host the 1st International Conference on Giftedness and Creativity in November
The two-day event will help to develop the human capital of talented, creative, and innovative young people to face global developments, challenges RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea worries about missile shown in North Korea military parade
South Korea has expressed concerns over North Korea's unveiling of a suspected new long-range missile during a military parade. ( read original story ...)
Emergency meeting held in South Korea after North Korea parades new missiles
Intercontinental ballistic missile displayed by North Korea on Saturday is one of the biggest in the world in terms of range, one expert told NBC News. ( read original story ...)
Gang of faked PLA officers busted in China-Myanmar border-crossing scam
A billboard warning people that illegally crossing border is banned in Wanding, a town borders Myanmar in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. Photo: Courtesy of Wang Fanhua Police in Menghai, Southwest ... ( read original story ...)