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SingPost divests freight forwarding business Famous Holdings for $177.9 million
The Straits Times
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July 22, 2025
SINGAPORE - Singapore Post (SingPost) has divested its entire freight forwarding business, Famous Holdings, for about $177.9 million. The sale resulted in an estimated realised gain on disposal of $10.5 million and about $104 million in cash for...
Egypt: FRA grants approvals for fintech expansion, 3 new startup establishments
Zawya
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Arab Finance: The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued approvals for five companies to expand their operations in the non-banking financial sector, according to a statement. Digified, a company registered as an outsourcing services...
Bridging the financing gap: Why SMEs need an alternative
Business and Financial Times
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July 22, 2025
By Gladys Opoku ANNING & Prince Asare NYARKO Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) form the very bedrock of Ghana’s economic architecture. From agro-processing plants in Bono to tech startups in Accra and bustling retail in Tamale, SMEs represent...
Iran defiant on uranium; Trump: 'Will hit again'
Ynet
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July 22, 2025
In an interview with Fox News, Araghchi confirmed that Iran’s enrichment activities have been paused due to the extent of the damage but said the program will resume. “Obviously, we cannot give up enrichment because it is an achievement of our own...
Nationwide water rationing looms in Iran, lawmaker warns
Iran International
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July 22, 2025
“Unfortunately, we will probably see rationing in most parts of the country soon,” Reza Sepahvand, a member of Iran’s parliamentary energy committee was quoted as saying by the Iranian outlet Tejarat News “In some cities, this has already...
Black-Owned Businesses To Support In Atlanta, Georgia
Blavity
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July 22, 2025
Few cities celebrate Black Excellence like Atlanta—and the numbers back it up. According to 2023 data from the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 33N initiative, metro Atlanta is home to more than 13,700 Black-owned employer businesses, making up 11.3%...
Turkey Focuses on Unmanned Aircraft for Future Aircraft Carrier
Militarnyi
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July 22, 2025
The promising 300-meter aircraft carrier of the MUGEM project may be equipped with a fully unmanned aviation group featuring jet strike drones. The corresponding equipment for the aircraft carrier model was presented at the IDEF 2025 defense...
Egypt: El-Wazir approves 3 industrial projects within private free zones system
Zawya
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Arab Finance: The Ministerial Group for Industrial Development, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel El-Wazir, approved three applications submitted by industrial companies to...
PKK's disarmament: New era in Türkiye's regional influence atlas
Sabah
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July 22, 2025
In October 2024, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairperson Devlet Bahçeli's harsh yet strategic call, declaring that "Türkiye must be completely rid of the scourge of terrorism," and then the surprise message from Imralı in early 2025, Abdullah...
US levies sanctions over Iran-backed oil smuggling to Yemen's Houthis
Iran International
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July 22, 2025
The sanctions target companies based in Yemen and the United Arab Emirates, including Arkan Mars Petroleum and its UAE affiliates, which the US Treasury said coordinated the delivery of $12 million worth of Iranian oil to the Houthis through...
Türkiye submits proposal to Iraq to renew, expand energy agreement
Sabah
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July 22, 2025
Türkiye has submitted a draft proposal to Iraq to renew and broaden an energy agreement between the two countries to cover cooperation in oil, gas, petrochemicals and electricity, an Iraqi Oil Ministry official said late Monday. The statement came...
Iraq considering broader energy agreement with Turkey
The National News
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Iraq is considering a proposal from Turkey to establish a broader energy agreement that covers oil, gas, petrochemical industries and electricity, Iraq's Oil Ministry has said. On Monday, Ankara announced it would not be renewing a decades-old...
Ozzy Osbourne, heavy metal legend and Israel advocate, dies aged 76
The Australian Jewish News
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July 22, 2025
The world has lost a true mensch. He was the godfather of heavy metal, the ‘prince of darkness’, demon-invoking lead singer of Black Sabbath. But Ozzy Osbourne was more than his music. He was a true friend of Israel, an antisemitism warrior....
Her Biggest Scandal Yet! Iran and China Are Circumventing Sanctions via Notorious Bank and Letitia James Is Implicated
The Gateway Pundit
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July 22, 2025
The Standard Chartered Bank sanctions evasion case, now in court in the US Second Circuit, found at least $9.6 billion of illegal payments by the bank to Iranian and Hezbollah entities. The case implicates NYAG Letitia James and the Federal...
Israel rejects statement calling for immediate end to Gaza war
The New Arab
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July 22, 2025
Dozens of Palestinians have died of starvation in Gaza as Israel has allowed only small amounts of aid into the territory [Getty] Israel on Monday rejected the joint statement published by over 20 countries calling for an end to the war in Gaza,...
Iran National Science Foundation releases annual report
Tehran Times
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July 22, 2025
TEHRAN – The performance report of Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) in support of Iranian researchers over the past Iranian year (March 2024-March 2025) has been published. The report includes financial support packages for research...
Former Israeli PM Warns Netanyahu to ‘Be Very Careful’ With Trump
Foreign Policy
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in recent months has emerged as one of the fiercest internal critics of his country’s war in Gaza. Olmert has repeatedly excoriated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government over its...
Egypt: President El-Sisi Meets The Prime Minister And The Minister Of Petroleum
MENAFN
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July 22, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister, Dr. Moustafa Madbouly, and Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Eng. Karim Badawi. Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said the...
Türkiye 'compelled' to bolster defense via domestic production: Erdoğan
Sabah
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July 22, 2025
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said shifting global power dynamics have left Türkiye no choice but to bolster its defense, as he stressed already robust domestic production that has helped the country significantly cut its external...
The protest-for-hire industry: How wealthy elites manufacture outrage
Natural News
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July 22, 2025
Firms like Crowds on Demand (CoD) orchestrate paid protests, hiring actors and activists to create the illusion of grassroots movements for political or corporate clients. These manufactured campaigns, funded by wealthy elites, manipulate public...