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Decoding China's Silence On Trump's Financial Pressure Play

MENAFN · July 21, 2025

Latest stories US Navy's next-gen destroyer looking like a money pit The strange disappearance of the US-North Korea conflict US reporter goes inside the House of Huawei Given the Trump administration's preference for public clashes, in the...

NatWest Group to Accelerate Bank-wide Data and AI Transformation Through 5-year Collaboration with Accenture and AWS

Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota ·

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 23, 2025-- NatWest Group (“NatWest”) has today announced a new, five-year collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (“AWS”)—an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN)—and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to transform the way...

Hong Kong general insurance market to hit $10.9b by 2029

Insurance Asia · July 20, 2025

Personal accident and health insurance is expected to remain the largest segment. The general insurance market in Hong Kong is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1%, from $8.9b in 2025 to $10.9b in 2029, according to...

WINNING: Israel Exploited Iranian Errors

Strategy Page ·

July 21, 2025: Israeli military planners took advantage of how Iranian leaders misunderstood what was going on. The Iranians believed that Israel would take no action before the next round of nuclear weapons negotiations. Iran believed that it was...

Violence keeps occurring near Gaza aid sites with Israeli soldiers opening fire on crowds of hungry Palestinians

The New Zealand Herald · July 21, 2025

Since then, thousands of desperate Palestinians have come to its four aid sites early each morning hoping to obtain food. About 700 people have been killed while trying to get aid from those sites, according to data provided last week by the...

Decoding China’s silence on Trump’s financial pressure play

Asia Times · July 21, 2025

On July 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law what he dubbed the “Big & Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping legislative package aimed at confronting what he called “China’s financial warfare against America,” a signature political flourish...

CBB approves transfer of HSBC Bahrain retail business to BBK

Gulf Daily News Online ·

BBK, a leader in retail and corporate banking in Bahrain, has confirmed that the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) approved the transfer of HSBC Bank Middle East, Bahrain Branch’s retail (consumer) banking operations to BBK and identified that...

Power Metallic Demonstrates Positive Initial Mineralogy Results - PGE Enrichment Associated With Chalcopyrite And Cubanite

MENAFN · July 23, 2025

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Detailed microscopic scans are being performed on selected mineralized samples from the Lion zone to understand the characteristics of the mineralogy. This will help inform future metallurgical recovery studies on the Lion...

Bad news for India, UAE, Turkey as European Union imposes new sanctions on Russia, Fuel price likely to..., Modi govt now plans to...

India.com · July 21, 2025

Home News Bad news for India, UAE, Turkey as European Union imposes new sanctions on Russia, Fuel price likely to…, Modi govt now plans to… This step will also adversely affect countries like Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in addition...

Turki Alalshikh Names 1 Heavyweight He Wants Oleksandr Usyk to Fight Next

GiveMeSport · July 20, 2025

Turki Alalshikh has seemingly put forth one name that Oleksandr Usyk should prioritize fighting next over all the others in boxing. Usyk put in one of the greatest performances of his career as he, aged 37, beat Daniel Dubois even more brutally on...

Lime Consumer Finance Enters Egypt's Fintech Market With Education-Focused App - Dailynewsegypt

MENAFN · July 20, 2025

(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Lime Consumer Finance, Egypt's largest dedicated platform for education financing and a wholly owned subsidiary of First Abu Dhabi Bank Group in the UAE, has officially launched into Egypt's fintech ecosystem. With...

The Fragrance Market’s Squeezed Middle

The Business of Fashion · July 21, 2025

Just a year ago, Nest was all about accessible luxury. The premium fragrance brand, best known for its home candles and diffusers, expanded its line into body sprays that launched at Ulta Beauty for $39 – a category that’s been booming thanks to...

Watch: Saudi Arabia seizes 8 tonnes of expired food

Gulf News ·

Among the seized goods were children’s candies, dairy products, legumes, and mixed nuts, many of which had expired long ago but were being repackaged with falsified expiration dates for redistribution in local markets.

The Middle East Defense Digest: A new regional show, coming soon. [Video]

Breaking Defense · July 18, 2025

To say the Middle East is a complex region with complex issues would be a historical understatement. Which is why we’re here to help you unravel it all with the launch of the Middle East Defense Digest, a new video show from Breaking Defense. In...

UAE’s Al Futtaim to acquire 49.95pc stake in Saudi Arabia’s Cenomi Retail

Gulf Daily News Online ·

Emirati conglomerate Al Futtaim is to buy a 49.95 per cent stake in Saudi Arabian franchiser Cenomi Retail in a deal worth more than 2.5 billion riyals ($667 million), Cenomi Retail said in a statement yesterday. Cenomi Retail’s founding...

Gulf states reshape Central Asia and South Caucasus geopolitics with balanced diplomacy

Weekly Blitz · July 17, 2025

Gulf states reshape Central Asia and South Caucasus geopolitics with balanced diplomacy In recent years, the geopolitical map of Eurasia has witnessed a subtle yet meaningful transformation, as the Gulf states-particularly the United Arab Emirates...

Pakistan’s Systems Limited explores acquisition in IT and ITES sector

Business Recorder · July 23, 2025

Systems Limited, one of Pakistan’s largest software firms, has announced that it is exploring the potential acquisition of an Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services business. The listed software firm disclosed the development in its...

Weisheng & Nandani Medical Laboratories collaborate to advance intelligent pharma quality in India

Pharmabiz.com ·

Shanghai-based pharmaceutical machinery innovator, Xin Weisheng and Nandani Medical Laboratories, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company based in India, collaborate to advance intelligent pharma quality in India. Xin Weisheng is contributing to...

Beyond Gaza's shadow: The unseen war for the West Bank's future

Ammon News · July 23, 2025

Ramzy Baroud Israel is meticulously following a textbook model of instigating unrest in the occupied West Bank. The latest such provocations consisted of stripping the Palestinian-run Hebron (Al-Khalil) municipality of its administrative powers...

Intellect Design Arena signs deals with Canadian bank for digital services

TechCircle · July 23, 2025

Intellect Design Arena, a financial technology firm, has entered into an agreement with a Canadian multinational bank to support its global deposit growth plans. The deal will see Intellect’s core banking platform, eMACH.ai, deployed to provide...