VIENNA - The OPEC Fund for International Development, OFID, and the Sultanate of Oman have launched a new strategic partnership to help drive development in line with the country’s ambitions to become ... ( read original story ...)
Chloe Collins who was held in Oman, now in quarantine after returning to SA
The case involving Chloe Collins, 23, from Kraaifontein, was widely known in South Africa, with many calling for her release. Collins’s family spokesperson and chief executive of Carolissen Attorneys, ... ( read original story ...)
Food projects backed by OFIC top $1bln in Oman
New investments in projects spearheaded by Oman Food Investment Holding Company , the government’s food sector investment and development flagship, total around $ 1billion, unde ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Metals Giant Cuts Oil Team in Singapore After Few Months
Amer International Group Co., the Chinese metals giant founded by copper tycoon Wang Wenyin, laid off the two employees it hired this year to set up an oil trading desk in Singapore, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Fed will ‘keep foot on the gas’ until jobs return: Bank of Singapore
Bank of Singapore's Gareth Nicholson largely concurs with the U.S. Federal Reserve's dovish stance and suggests high-yield products as a possible investment play given the current rates environment. ( read original story ...)
Oil Traders Lose Asian Forum as Singapore Event Goes Virtual
Fortunes have been made -- and lost -- in the oil market this year on an unprecedented scale, but it looks like the world’s traders will have to forgo their last chance to get together and celebrate ... ( read original story ...)
European Court Rules Against France in Israel Boycott Activist Case
The EHCR said there was little scope in European conventions for restrictions on political speech and that its very nature was to be controversial and virulent as long as it did n ... ( read original story ...)
A portrait of Israel’s first family — and Israel, itself
The First Family” illustrates the generational divides and ideological differences that carried the Jewish state from its prehistory to today. ( read original story ...)
Senior source to ‘Post’: If Israel annexes, it will annex all settlements
Israel mapping committee is still working on outlining all settlements and the Jordan Valley, making up 30% of the West Bank, that would be part of sovereign Israel. ( read original story ...)
UAE’s flydubai extends salary cuts, puts pilots on unpaid leave -sources
United Arab Emirates carrier flydubai has indefinitely extended the period of reduced pay for employees and placed dozens of pilots on unpaid leave for a year, company sources said. The airline had ... ( read original story ...)