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Morocco has decided not to participate in the 8th TICAD Summit to be held in Tunisia on August 27 and 28 and to immediately recall its Ambassador in Tunis for consultations, in light of the attitude of this country within Read more
Japan has granted Tunisia $1 million to help the North African country assist vulnerable populations in three governorates gravely affected by the shortage of wheat and inflation, the Japanese mission has announced. The assistance, according to the Japanese embassy in Read more
Qatar has made its entry among the world’s leading countries for entrepreneurs per the 2020 assessment index for 50 countries around the world by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). GEM’s National Entrepreneurship Context Index (GEM NECI) ranks the Gulf country 9th Read more
Egypt’s General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) signed on April 5th a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese operating automotive supplier Yazaki Europe Limited for the establishment of a new factory for car components in Faiyum, 62 miles Read more
Japan decided to extend an emergency grant aid of $3.35 million (¥400 million) to the Gaza Strip, “where the humanitarian situation is significantly deteriorating due to the COVID-19 pandemic and floods,” Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on April 1 said. Read more
Raghavan Seetharaman, the veteran CEO of Doha Bank has resigned after 15 years of service at one of the biggest commercial banks in Qatar, Zawya reports. It is unclear why the Indian man has resigned as the bank did not Read more
Oman will stage its first Initial Public Offering (IPO) in three years with Barka Desalination Company (BDC), owner of Oman’s largest operating water desalination plant Barka IWP getting ready to sell 40 per cent of its shares. The 40 per Read more
Saudi Arabia will initiate discussions with China for the development of the hydrogen as the Gulf country envisagesto reach net zero by 2060. The cabinet, Arab New notes citing state-run news agency SPA, has delegated the Kingdom’s Energy minister to Read more
Japan has no plans as of now to re-open its mission in Damascus, HAYASHI Yoshimasa top diplomat of the Asian country has told Arab News Japan. “The resumption of the embassy’s operations in Damascus will be decided while closely monitoring Read more
Khalil Al-Mohannadi, President of the Qatar Table Tennis Association, will head the Asian Table Tennis Union (following his unopposed election Sunday in Doha). Al-Mohannadi becomes the sixth President of the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU). He follows Japan’s Rizo Kawakami Read more