Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti is pictured in his office in the capital city Beirut wearing a face mask due to the coronavirus on Aug. 3, 2020. Hitti announced his resignation today due to …
Dubai records 190 FDI deals worth Dh12 billion
Foreign direct investments (FDI) continued to flow into Dubai as the number of announced FDI projects reached 190 in the first half of 2020, attracting an estimated capital of Dh12 billion, reflecting …
Coronavirus: UAE holds first in person cabinet meeting, approves economic initiatives
Google unveils first 5G-enabled phones, cuts price on base Pixel model HSBC says net profit plunged 96 percent as coronavirus pandemic took hold Ottomans in Arab World: Nothing but a name, a few …
Cambodia hopes to be landmine-free by 2025
With Australian backing, Cambodia hopes to be landmine-free by 2025, with an area larger than suburban Sydney still needing to be cleared.
Freedom Holding Corp. Agrees to Acquire Bank Kassa Nova
ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN / ACCESSWIRE / August 3, 2020 / Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:FRHC) (the “Company”) today announced that acting through Freedom Finance JSC, the Company has agreed to purchase …
N.Korea has ‘probably’ developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles-U.N. report
North Korea is continuing to develop its nuclear weapons program and several countries assess that it has “probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic …
S.Korea says will increase public housing to calm fears about home shortgages
South Korea’s ruling party floor leader on Tuesday said the government and the ruling Democratic party has “large scale” projects to increase public housing to calm fears about home shortgages.
Bangladesh posts current account deficit of nearly 5 bln USD in fiscal 2019-20
Bangladesh registered a current account deficit of nearly 5 billion U.S. dollars in the last 2019-20 fiscal year (July 2019-June 2020), Bangladesh Bank (BB) data showed Monday, Trend reports citing …
Nitin Gadkari for sovereign wealth funds to finance infra projects
As per the suggestion, in the sovereign wealth funds, the government will put in an initial seed capital and then will try to attract funds from outside particularly from countries where the return on …
Trump says China or Microsoft should pay U.S. a share of any TikTok sale proceeds
Trump told reporters that the United States would make any sale of the Chinese-owned video app possible, and therefore deserves a share of the proceeds, whether it comes from China or Microsoft.