Day: March 23, 2024

HANOI: Vietnam’s economic strength is reflected in controlled macroeconomic indicators. The country has increasingly affirmed and strengthened its important role in multinational corporations’ supply chain diversification strategy.

2024 will be the y…

GENEVA: After facing declines over several quarters, international trade is poised for a rebound in 2024, according to the latest Global Trade Update from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

In 2023, global trade saw a 3%…

PARIS: The United Nations World Water Development Report 2024, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water to mark World Water Day, highlights that tensions over water are exacerbating conflicts worldwide. To preserve peace, States must boost internatio…

ABU DHABI: The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) today announced that its operations and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company, has safely and successfully connected Unit 4 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant to the UAE’s transmission …

VIENNA: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) is extending a US$50 million loan to Trkiye to support the agricultural and food production sectors, prioritizing 11 cities hit by the devastating earthquakes of February 2023. The Develo…

MONTREAL: In the first quarter of 2024, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) projected that passenger air traffic levels will be around 2 percent higher than in 2019, with airlines expected to sustain their operating profitability seen…

_: In the fourth quarter of 2023, the EU imported pound 111.3 billion worth of energy products amounting to a total of 187.9 million tonnes. Compared with the same quarter of 2022, imports decreased both in value (-34.2%) and in net mass (-11.7%), acc…

GENEVA: The world’s generation of electronic waste is rising five times faster than documented e-waste recycling, the UN’s fourth Global E-waste Monitor (GEM) revealed.

The 62 million tonnes of e-waste generated in 2022 would fill 1.55 million 40-ton…