HONG KONG, July 26 (Reuters) - Typhoon Noul will dump heavy to torrential rains across much of southern China for two days, authorities said, after sweeping the province of Guangdong and neighbouring ...
Rescuers scour South China Sea for 17 missing after Vietnamese vessel sinks
HONG KONG, July 26 (Reuters) - Rescuers were searching on Sunday for 17 people still missing after a Vietnamese ship sank in the busy waterway of the South China Sea, while 45 have been pulled from ...
Dubai residents seize real estate cooldown opportunity as Middle East war rages on
Binghatti, another major developer, said it had sold two luxury apartments in the centre in June, at $54 million and $19 million respectively. | World News ... ( read original story ...)
Bahrain debut for ‘MADE IN GCC’
BAHRAIN will host the first edition of the Made in GCC 2026 Forum and Exhibition under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad. The event will be held from October 6 to 8 at Exhibition World Bahrain.
Kuwait’s KPC signs $16bn lease and leaseback deal for oil pipeline network
Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) has signed a $16bn deal to lease and lease back its crude oil pipeline network with a consortium comprising global funds Blacks ...
Blackstone, Brookfield and KKR sign $16 billion deal with Kuwait for oil pipeline network
Kuwait Oil will enter joint venture with the three global giants in a lease-and-leaseback structure for a 20.5-year period that includes a volume-based tariff.
HSBC sells Singapore insurance business to Germany’s Allianz in $2.09 billion deal
July 24 (Reuters) - HSBC said on Friday it will sell its Singapore life and health insurance business to Germany's Allianz, in a deal valuing the unit at S$2.7 billion ($2.09 billion). The disposal is ...
Why Thai finance firms push AI as human oversight limits automation
Executives say machines cannot make final calls without review in key processes. Thai financial institutions call for well-governed artificial intelligence (AI) to make operations secure and faster, ...
Philippine government bans forced-labor imports
The Philippines' finance, trade and labor departments signed a joint order banning imports made with forced labor, drawing support from the ILO and USTR.
Thailand scales back $30 billion ‘land bridge’ on commercial viability concerns
BANGKOK, July 24 (Reuters) - Thailand's government said on Friday it will revise and scale down an ambitious $30 billion plan to build a coast-to-coast "land bridge" after a review cast doubt on the ...