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World Food Program chief highlights urgent need to support vulnerable supply chains
The head of the World Food Program said Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to strengthen vulnerable supply chains to ... Coronavirus -
Lebanon’s Gebran Bassil grilled on failures at Davos
Lebanon’s Gebran Bassil was grilled on his government’s record by fellow panelists at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. ... Middle East -
Saudi Arabia is ready for G20, visitors: Ministers
Saudi Arabia is preparing well for the G20 summit this year and welcoming visitors to the Kingdom, said Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince ... Gulf -
Oil prices around $65 ‘good for the global economy’: IEA chief
Oil prices remaining around $65 per barrel is “good for the global economy,” Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) ... Energy -
Middle East countries must work as partners to grow: Majid Al Futtaim CEO
Countries in the Middle East need to work together and “behave as partners and less so as rivals” to secure future economic growth and ... Economy -
World needs to prepare for ‘millions of refugees’ due to climate change - UN
The world needs to prepare for a surge in refugees with potentially millions of people being driven from their homes by the impact of climate change, ... Features -
Hong Kong on high alert to tackle coronavirus outbreak
Hong Kong’s government is on high alert to deal with a new flu-like coronavirus that has killed nine people in mainland China, the city’s ... World News -
US will have a deal with EU before 2020 elections: Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he thinks he will have a deal with the EU before the US presidential election. Speaking about his ... World News -
Oman’s FM addresses regional challenges after Sultan Qaboos death
Oman’s Foreign Minister Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah called for regional actors to “think about the future” and cooperate on all ... Gulf -
Donald Trump says US is booming at Davos
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the US is in the midst of an economic boom, while speaking at this year’s Davos World Economic Forum ... Economy -
White House reveals list of world leader expected to meet Trump at Davos forum
President Donald Trump will hold a series of meetings with various world leaders when he heads to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this ... World News -
Lebanon FM Gebran Bassil’s invite to Davos sparks protests, online campaign
Social media users are campaigning against the Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil representing Lebanon at this year’s World ... Middle East -
Brazil’s Bolsonaro to skip Davos meeting
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will skip the World Economic Forum in Davos this month, his spokesman said Wednesday, citing logistical and ... Economy -
Riyad Bank CEO: The future is in digital banking
“We have a strong belief in Riyad Bank that the future of banking is technology, in digital banking,” said Tareq al-Sadhan, the CEO of ... Economy -
Wamda Capital chairman: Uber-Careem deal shows digital economy is here to stay
The Uber-Careem megadeal has shown that the region is ready for big investments and that the digital economy is here to stay, Chairman and CEO of ... Technology -
World Economic Forum speakers urge governments to lead sustainability efforts
Thani Ahmed al-Zeyoudi, the Minister of Climate Change and Environment for the United Arab Emirates, said the humanitarian effects of climate change ... World News -
Bahrain’s EDB chief: If data is the new oil, then China is the new Saudi Arabia
If data is the new oil, then China is the new Saudi Arabia, Chief Executive of the Bahrain Economic Development Board Khalid al-Rumaihi said at the ... Technology -
Saudi Arabia’s KPMG Chairman: Private sector has to adapt to new business models
The private sector has to change and adapt new business models, the Chairman and Senior Partner of KPMG in Saudi Arabia, Abdullah al-Fozan, said in an ... Economy -
President of Ericsson ME: The region already has a roadmap for 5G
“Today, we have communicated 18 commercial contracts around the world, four of them are in the Middle East,” said Rafiah Ibrahim, the ... Technology -
US envoy to Syria: ‘We have not said that the ISIS story has ended’
Joel Rayburn, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Special Envoy for Syria, US Department of State, speaking about the ISIS in Syria said: “We have ... Middle East -
Saudi Energy Minister: Next wave of industrial revolution to be led by youth
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has said that the next wave of industrial revolution will be powered by small and medium-sized enterprises led ... Energy -
Saudi Minister projects non-oil sector growth at 2.4 pct
Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Mohammed al-Tuwaijri expected the Saudi economic growth to reach 2.6 percent this year. On the sidelines of the ... Economy -
World Economic Forum warns of impact of global tensions
Tensions in international relations and nationalist politics have the potential to further weigh on the global economy this year, organizers of next ... Economy -
Robots will do more tasks than humans by 2025 in ‘seismic’ jobs shift
Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Monday.The sharp ... Technology -
WEF: Saudi Arabia ranks seventh globally in government spending efficiency
Saudi Arabia ranked seventh worldwide in the “Efficiency of government spending” index, one of the sub-reports of the Global ... Economy -
Saudi MiSK Foundation hosts Davos panel on ‘youth shaping a fractured world’
Davos – Saudi Arabia’s MiSK Foundation hosted a special panel discussion on how “youth are shaping a fractured world”.The ... Features -
Saudi chefs cook up unique traditional dishes at Davos summit
Davos - Three young Saudi chefs were given the chance to cook up unique traditional dishes from across the kingdom’s provinces on Friday at the ... Variety -
WATCH: UAE ministers at Davos speak on regional plan for Artificial Intelligence
UAE government ministers spoke at WEF on Tuesday at a forum titled “Pioneering the Future of Governance in the Arab World.” Minister of ... Technology -
‘Trump Factor’ comes to Davos as president enters second year in office
As world leaders gather in Davos this week, there is no doubt that the overpowering presence of US President Donald Trump has preceded his actual ... Features -
Davos holds session on ‘finding a new equilibrium in the Middle East’
The World Economic Forum in Davos hosted a special panel session on ‘finding a new equilibrium in the Middle East’ which included ... Features