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Part-Palestinian model Gigi Hadid to launch new clothing label

DUBAI: Making the leap from runway to design studio, Palestinian-Dutch supermodel Gigi Hadid is set to launch her new clothing label. On Thursday, Aug. 4, the supermodel offered a sneak peek at her

August 05

RBI Should Insulate India From Global Fluctuations As It Did In 2008

By Anjan Roy In the face of persistent inflationary pressures and tie in prices, the Reserve Bank of India has jacked up on Friday its basic policy rate —the repo rate— by 40 basis points to 5.4%. With this hike, the RBI policy rate now reaches what it was before the pandemic started. This is […]

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August 05

NRG Matters — US plans to add 29GW of electricity capacity in H2;

RIYADH: On a macro level, the US is planning to add 29 gigawatts of new electric generating capacity in the second half of the year. Zooming in, Lucid Group’s shares have declined by 10 percent

August 04

Three years after losing autonomy, hopelessness and fear grows in

SRINAGAR: Terrified to step out from his home in Srinagar, Sanjay Tickoo says he has not felt for decades as unsafe as he is now, three years after the Indian government stripped the Kashmir region

August 04

Two years after Beirut mega-blast, Lebanon hits new lows

BEIRUT: Crisis-hit Lebanon marked two years Thursday since a massive port explosion ripped through Beirut, with victims’ relatives planning protest marches and the country bracing for silos to

August 04

APICORP posts 67% profit surge in H1 to $52m

RIYADH: The Arab Petroleum Investments Corp. has reported a 67 percent jump in first-half profit to $52 million. APICORP’s net income from operations rose sharply to $97.9 million in the first half,

August 03

Lebanon prosecutor allows departure of ship accused by Ukraine of

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s top prosecutor has lifted his seizure order on a ship docked in Lebanon accused by Ukraine of carrying stolen flour and barley and allowed it to sail after finding “no criminal

August 03

Al Qaeda Chief Zawahiri’s Killing By U.S. Is A Symbolic Act

By James M Dorsey President Joe Biden was not wrong when he declared that “justice has been served” with the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in a US drone strike. The problem is that’s only half of the truth; the other half is that Zawahiri was more a has-been than a power to […]

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August 03

Russia’s Lavrov to visit Myanmar

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Myanmar on Wednesday for meetings with the conflict-wracked country’s junta leaders, his ministry said. As Moscow’s ties with the West

August 02

Afghans hoping to resettle in West live in tent camps in Pakistani

ISLAMABAD: Bahishta Ismail Khel, 13, was studying in the third grade and enjoying “a happy life” with her family in Kabul when the Taliban overthrew former President Ashraf Ghani’s administration in

August 02

UK leadership rivals vow celebration for England’s Lionesses

LONDON: The two Conservatives fighting to become UK prime minister on Tuesday vowed to host a reception for England’s victorious Lionesses, as Boris Johnson faced criticism for allegedly snubbing the

August 02

Turkey says first grain cargo could leave Ukraine port Monday

ANKARA: A spokesman for the Turkish presidency said there was a “high probability” that a first ship carrying Ukrainian grain could leave Ukraine’s port of Odessa on Monday.That is despite Russian

August 01

MENA Project Tracker — ADNOC acquires 50% of TotalEnergies; Al Seer

RIYADH: ADNOC Distribution — largest fuel distributor in the UAE — in accordance with TotalEnergies Marketing Afrique SAS has acquired a 50 percent stake valued at $186 million in TotalEnergies

August 01

South African point-of-sale tech startup Qwili raises $1.2m

RIYADH: South African point-of-sale hardware and software startup Qwili has raised $1.2 million in a seed round led by venture capital firm E4E Africa. The company offers a near-field communication

July 31

Saudi shipping firm Bahri’s profit soars 134% on higher revenue

RIYADH: The National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia, better known as Bahri, saw its profit surge 134 percent to SR193 million ($51 million) during the first half of 2022, a bourse filing showed.

July 31

Ithra exhibition on Prophet Muhammad’s migration to Madinah opens in

RIYADH: An exhibition about Prophet Muhammad’s migration from Makkah to Madinah opened at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) in Dhahran on Saturday, Saudi Press Agency reported. The

July 31

The Privatisation Of Haifa Port With Adani: India-1, China -0

By James M Dorsey I2-U2, the Indo-West Asian quad, has boasted its first success with the acquisition by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani of Haifa Port. The acquisition was announced days after an I2-U2 virtual summit during US President Joe Biden’s visit last week to the Middle East. The acquisition by a close associate of Prime […]

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July 31

The Looming Crisis Of South Asian Migrant Worker Fatalities Abroad

By Ashis Biswas In recent times, more Bangladeshi and Nepali migrant workers have died abroad than before. An increase in migrant mortality has been reported from countries as varied as the Middle East to Malaysia. Both the Nepal and Bangladesh governments are deeply perturbed by an ominous uptick in fatalities among their valued workers, whose […]

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July 31