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Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
On today's episode, Iraq on Monday signed an energy agreement with France’s TotalEnergies to develop oil and gas resources to improve the country’s electricity supply in the biggest single foreign investment in the nation.
In less than one week, Meta's newest social media platform, Threads, has managed to amass 100 million users around the world.
The transfer of more than one million barrels of crude oil from a stranded tanker off the coast of Yemen will begin next week, a UN official said on Monday. David Gressly, the UN humanitarian co-ordinator for Yemen, told the Security Council that the FSO Safer has been “completely stabilised to facilitate the transfer of oil between ships”, and the oil transfer to another tanker would take about two weeks.
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said the leadership of the nation's central bank will fall to its four deputy governors because Riad Salameh's term will not be renewed.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
On today's episode, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” that could destabilise the entire region.
Israel was on edge on Sunday ahead of a parliament vote on judicial reform that critics warn could set back democracy in the country and centralise power in the hands of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Nearly 80,000 Emiratis are now working in the private sector – a leap of 30,000 in the past six months – as the campaign to get local talent into private business progresses.
Dutch-Belgian racing driver Max Verstappen delivered another crushing performance to win the British Grand Prix as Lando Norris held off Lewis Hamilton in a brilliant fight for second place.
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.
On today’s episode, Meta Platforms launches its new Threads app in it highest-profile attempt to challenge the primacy of rival social media platform Twitter.
Business conditions in Lebanon’s private sector hit a 10-year high in June despite the country's enduring economic crisis, soaring inflation and a political impasse that has held back billions of dollars from the International Monetary Fund and international donors.
The UAE, the Arab world's second-largest economy, rises six places to become the 16th largest foreign direct investment recipient in the world after inflows rose to a record $23 billion in 2022.
The Iraqi Electricity Ministry says neighbouring Iran has halved gas supplies to the country, removing 5,000 megawatts from the national grid.
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023