Author: Steven Sahiounie

The ADIPEC 2023 will be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from October 2 (Monday), until October 5 (Thursday) under the theme of ‘Decarbonizing. Faster. Together.’The exhibition held under the patronage of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and hosted by ADNOC, will gather the global energy industry to advance decarbonizing today’s energy system and to collaborate on the energy system of tomorrow. Featuring a rich exhibition program that covers energy-related technology, innovation, collaboration, and digitalization, ADIPEC 2023 is expected to attract more than 160,000 plus attendees from 164 countries for its biggest edition ever.The event…

Major oil and gas company chiefs held discussions with heavy industry bosses on Sunday in the UAE in an effort to agree a firm commitment to reduce carbon emissions ahead of a United Nations climate summit next month.The COP28 summit is scheduled to take place in Dubai between November 30 and December 12. It is seen as a crucial opportunity for governments to accelerate action to limit global warming with reports so far showing countries are off track to meet promises to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius.“What we have done today is something quite unprecedented…

Bitcoin remains on track to produce surprisingly solid September performance, but BTC price remains down over 11% in Q3. bulls lost their grip on $27,000 into Sept. 30 as the monthly and quarterly close loomed large. Bitcoin braces for three key candle closes Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a cooling off for BTC price action ahead of the key September candle print. The largest cryptocurrency remained up nearly 4% month-to-date, marking its most successful September since 2016, per data from monitoring resource CoinGlass. Conversely, the quarterly performance for Q3 showed BTC/USD down 11.5% at the time of writing. For traders and analysts, everything could change…

Bitwise stated that this move will enable investors to access CME Ether futures. Bitwise Asset Management has revised its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application and confirmed that trading for two Ether futures ETFs will commence on Oct. 2. The firm has revealed that trading is scheduled to commence for the Bitwise Ethereum Strategy ETF and the Bitwise Bitcoin and Ether Equal Weight Strategy ETF. Bitwise stated that this move will enable investors to access Chicago Mercantile Exchange Ether futures. The firm’s chief investment officer, Matt Hougan, said: “Ethereum offers a more extensive portfolio opportunity compared to Bitcoin. Some investors view Ethereum as an…

The Protocol Guild, a team of over 150 Ethereum core developers, will be the beneficiary. VanEck argues that asset managers should give back some Ether ETF proceeds to the community. Global asset manager VanEck will donate 10% of all profits from its upcoming Ether futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) to Ethereum core developers for 10 years, the company announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Sept. 29. The beneficiary will be the Protocol Guild, a group of over 150 developers maintaining Ethereum’s core technology. According to VanEck, it’s only fair for asset managers to return part of their proceeds to the community building the…

Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad offered condolences to victims of tragic fire incident in Nineveh province in northern Iraq at chancery of Iraqi Embassy in Damascus. Mikdad extended condolences, on behalf of the Syrian people, government and leadership. “The tragedy that has befallen the people in Nineveh province is a tragedy for all Syrians because there is no difference between the Syrians and the Iraqi peoples as the two brotherly countries suffer from terrorism, sanctions, and interference in their internal affairs ,” Mikdad said in a statement to the journalists. The Foreign Minister reiterated Syria’s support to Iraq…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emphasized that the efforts at Muslim unity should result in the fulfillment and promotion of the interests of the Islamic community.“The unity of the Islamic Ummah (community) has always been significant throughout the history of Islam,” Raisi said in an address to the 37th International Conference on Islamic Unity, which was launched in Tehran on Sunday. Highlighting the growing importance of unity in the Muslim world, he underscored that paying attention to unity is not an individual or transient matter, but part of an intellectual system based upon righteousness and religious teachings of the Holy Quran…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan stresses need to replace 1982 Constitution, which was drawn up in wake of a coup The success of the constitution Türkiye adopts is based on its inclusiveness for every political party and every sector of society, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told parliament on Sunday, reiterating the need to draw up a new constitution. “This call goes out to anyone who wants a truly national, local, civil, and visionary constitution, not a directive of coup plotters,” he said on the country’s need for a new charter to replace the 1982 Constitution, which was drawn up in the wake…

Members of the UN mission on Sunday drove across the Aghdam road toward Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital, Stepanakert, also known as Khankendi, for the first time in 30 years, the state-run Azerbaijani news agency reported. The mission, which includes representatives of various UN agencies, plans to get acquainted with the situation in the region and assess humanitarian needs of local residents, the news agency reported. Azerbaijan launched what it called “local-level anti-terrorist activities” in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19. With the mediation by Russian peacekeepers, Nagorno-Karabakh’s authorities agreed to lay down arms and surrender all their weapons to Baku the next day. Armenia said…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday called an attempted terrorist attack near the interior ministry’s building in central Ankara “last gasps of terrorists.” Earlier in the day, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that two terrorists had carried out an explosion near the ministry building in the Turkish capital, with one terrorist detonating himself and the other neutralized. Two police officers were wounded. “The terrorist attack, during which two criminals were neutralized as a result of a timely action of our security units today in the morning, is last gasps of terrorists,” Erdogan said in his address to the…