Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi warned of the risk of a nuclear accident after visiting Russia’s Kursk nuclear power plant, stressing the “situation was serious.” “The danger or possibility of a nuclear…
Doha: Under the patronage and presence of HE Minister of Social Development and Family, Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad, the Orphan Care Center (Dreema) celebrated two significant occasions through an event that included an honors ceremony for ou…
Doha: Vodafone Qatar confirmed that the instant SIM card, which was announced Tuesday, is part of the company’s plan to provide the Qatari market with a number of innovative products.
This came during a media meeting organized by the company on Wedne…
The dollar held near its lowest in more than a year against a basket of peers on Wednesday, with sterling trading just off multi-year highs, as markets focused on clues to the size of a widely expected US interest rate cut in September.
The Australi…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources of Oman Dr. Saud bin Hamoud Al Habsi met on Wednesday with Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of Belarus Alexei Bogdanov, and his accompanying delegation, who is visiting Muscat.
Duri…
Doha: The general index of Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) dropped 10.78 points, or 0.11%, at the beginning of trading on Wednesday, reaching 10,177 points, compared to yesterday’s closing.
QSE general index was weighed down by a decline in four sectors: …
The Ministry of Agriculture in the Gaza Strip announced that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have destroyed all agricultural lands in the Strip, which amount to 180,000 dunums that were planted with vegetables, fruits and field crops.
In an excl…
China’s central bank conducted 277.3 billion yuan (about 38.94 billion US dollars) of seven-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.7 percent Wednesday.
The People’s Bank of China said in a statement that the move aims to keep liquidity reasonabl…
European shares touched a more-than-one-month high on Wednesday, boosted by technology stocks ahead of Nvidia’s results later in the day and as Ageas’ better-than-expected results lifted insurance stocks.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.2 pe…
Oil rebounded on Wednesday after a sharp drop in the previous session ended a three-day streak of gains as investors have whipsawed worries about global fuel demand.
Brent crude futures were up 25 cents, or 0.31%, at $79.80 a barrel. US West Texas I…