Kuwait’s DGCA said commercial operations would resume on a three-phase basis, with operating capacity not exceeding 30% in the first phase …
Webinar explores opportunities for Brazilian businesses in UAE
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) and the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD) has collaboratively hosted a webinar recently to discuss the changing dynamics of business in a post-COV …
Dubai invites the world’s diamond trade with message on iconic Burj Khalifa
Dubai is rolling out the red carpet to encourage international diamond companies to set up operations in the emirate. Dubai’s free zone for commodities trade and enterprise, DMCC, announced on Friday …
‘To Start a War’ author Robert Draper talks about the intelligence disasters that led Bush to invade Iraq
The New York Times Magazine writer talks with Business Insider about George W. Bush’s Iraq fiasco and what Washington still hasn’t learned from the war.
Three decades on, Iraq and Kuwait still haunted by Saddam’s invasion
Saddam sent his military, already exhausted by an eight-year conflict with Iran, into Kuwait to seize what he dubbed “Iraq’s 19th province.” The two-day operation turned into a seven-month occupation …
Islamic finance seen as driver for FDI inflow to Philippines, say govt officials
The Philippines is looking at Islamic finance as a platform to attract and encourage partners in the Middle East, such as Qatar, to expand their footprint in the Southeast Asian nation …
Taiwan Grandparents Become Instagram Stars Modelling Abandoned Clothes
Taiwan’s trendiest couple these days are neither young celebrities nor teen influencers — they are an octogenarian duo who run a mom-and-pop laundry service and have become an online sensation by …
Trim for Eid: Qatar barbers and salons reopen
Doha residents flocked for haircuts Thursday as hairdressers reopened having closed in March to contain coronavirus in Qatar, a nation beset by one of the world’s highest declared per capita infection …
Kuwait bans flights to 31 ‘high risk’ countries due to coronavirus
Kuwait has banned until further notice commercial flights to 31 countries it said that it regarded as high risk due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on …
Manpower issues pose biggest roadblocks for construction firms seeking to resume business amid Covid-19 pandemic
With some 300,000 workers in the sector, the task of getting them back to work and keeping outbreaks at bay is a mammoth one.. Read more at straitstimes.com.