The U.S. added 41,471 cases of the new coronavirus on Saturday, a decline from a day earlier, while India reported its fourth straight day with more than 90,000 cases. ( read original story ...)
RPT-Australia defends intelligence raids as spat with China escalates
Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Sunday defended the government's right to intelligence raids to prevent foreign interference, after China condemned searches on the homes of its ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar’s Equities Index Leads Gains in the Middle East: Inside EM
The main equities index in Qatar rose the most in the Middle East on Sunday amid a surge in real estate stocks. ( read original story ...)
Dubai International Financial Centre and Dubai Future Foundation Collaborate To Make the Emirate a Leading City of the Future
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, has reaffirme ... ( read original story ...)
Banks requested to monitor Syrian clients: CBE
They added that the central bank is being cautious in line with the government’s follow-up towards the increasing financial volume of Syrian residents. Egypt’s Ministry of Local Development has issued ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq to Offer First-Ever Barley Exports as Rains Yield Surplus
Iraq will offer barley for export for the first time after ample rains and price incentives spurred farmers to grow a surplus of the grain.The government plans to start auctioning 700,000 tons of the ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey Gets Unprecedented Downgrade, Crisis Warning From Moody’s
Turkey had its debt rating cut deeper into junk by Moody’s Investors Service, which warned of a possible balance-of-payments crisis in assigning the lowest grade it’s ever given to the country. ( read original story ...)
China’s New Financial Rules to Cover Jack Ma’s Ant Group
The People’s Bank of China said firms that operate two or more financial businesses in the country will be classified as financial-holding companies. ( read original story ...)
Everyone Forgot that Daryl Morey Still Hasn’t Discussed His Hong Kong Tweet
What if I told you that we knew that this was going to be an unusual NBA season before a single game was played. ( read original story ...)
‘Casino kingpin’ Samrat siphoned off Tk 195 crore to Singapore, Malaysia: CID
Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, one of the “casino kingpins” in Dhaka, has siphoned off Tk 195 crore to Singapore and Malaysia illegally, with the help of Enamul Haque Arman, ... ( read original story ...)