Day: August 26, 2024

ABU DHABI: The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) asserted there has been considerable growth in the volume of transactions processed through the digital Value Added Tax (VAT) refund system for tourists in 2024, surging to 2.7 million in the first half of th…

Tunisia’s internal debt increased at an annual rate of 24.9 percent at the end of the first half (H1) of 2024, compared with 20.5 percent in the same period last year.

According to data from the Tunisian Ministry of Finance, this development aligns w…

ABU DHABI: Bayanat, a leading provider of AI-powered geospatial solutions and a subsidiary of G42, confirmed that the recent launch of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, titled “Foresight-1”, is a significant achievement that reinforces the…

Oil prices rose about 3% Monday on fears that escalation in the Middle East could disrupt oil supplies from the region.

Brent crude futures rose $2.30, or 2.91%, to $81.32 a barrel, while US crude futures rose $2.22, or 2.97%, to $77.05 a barrel.

Br…

OSLO: Norway’s unemployment rate decreased in July to the lowest level in five months, the labour force survey data from Statistics Norway showed on Monday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate came in at 3.9 percent in July, down from June’s stable r…

SEOUL: The number of jobs taken by senior citizens in the Republic of Korea reached an all-time high this year amid rapid aging, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.

Yonhap News Agency reported that the average number of the employed p…

Doha: The State of Qatar chaired the first meeting of the preparatory committee for the Committee of Central Banks Governors of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, which was held here on Monday.

Supervision Assistant Governor at the Qatar Cent…

BEIJING: China’s central bank conducted 471 billion yuan (about US$66 billion) of seven-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.7 percent Monday.

Xinhua news agency quoted the People’s Bank of China as saying that the move aims to keep liquidity r…

Doha: QatarEnergy entered into a 15-year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) for the supply of up to 3 million tons per annum (MTPA) of LNG to the State of Kuwait, company said in a statement today.

Pursuant …

Oil prices rose about three percent today, Monday, on fears that the escalation of the situation in the Middle East would disrupt oil supplies from the region.

Brent crude futures rose $2.30, or 2.91 percent, to $81.32 a barrel, and US crude futures …

Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) closed its trading session on Monday, up by 117.48 points, or 1.16 percent, to reach 10,222.81 points.

During the session, a total of 183,874,915 shares were traded, with a value of QAR 362,028,773.170, resulting …