Author: Steven Sahiounie

RIYADH: Energy giant Saudi Aramco held talks with Chinese Hengli Group Co. to acquire a 10 percent stake in its subsidiary, subject to due diligence and required regulatory clearances.

Halving previously occurred in 2012, 2016, and 2020, where Bitcoin’s value surged approximately 93-fold, 30-fold, and 8-fold, respectively, from its price on the day of the halving to its peak in each cycle, as per data by Coin Metrics.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced it has signed deals with Saudi Telecommunications Company (stc Group) that will see PIF acquire a majority stake in Saudi Telecom Co.’s tower unit for $2.3 billion and plans to merge it with other local assets to create the region’s largest telecom tower company.

The Netherlands officially shut down the Groningen gas field on Friday after the authorities approved a permanent halt to drilling operations at the site to limit seismic risks in the northern region.

The country has enjoyed a rebound in consumption and an uptick in real wages, analyst Alfred Kammer has said

Technocrats have staked their legitimacy not so much on a carbon-neutral future as on a vision of prosperity that is rapidly receding

Tehran is preparing the financial infrastructure for the Visa and Mastercard alternative, a trade envoy has said 

The bloc plans to target liquefied natural gas in its 14th package of restrictions, Sweden’s foreign minister has said   

European Union foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg on Monday to discuss bolstering Ukraine’s air defenses and expanding sanctions on Iran.While the ministers will also discuss the war in Sudan, most of their focus will be on the conflicts raging on the 27-member bloc’s eastern and southern doorsteps – in Ukraine and the Middle East.With Russia having stepped up air attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and other targets, EU governments are under pressure to supply more air defense systems such as Patriots to Kyiv.Kyiv and its European allies got a big boost at the weekend when the US House of Representatives…

The family of martyred Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa reveals that the Israeli occupation is still withholding his body weeks after his martyrdom. The family of martyred Palestinian detainee Walid Daqqa denounced Sunday the Israeli occupation’s continued detention of his body after the Israeli Supreme Court said the authorities need “more time” to complete the required procedures for his release. The Israeli occupation said the release was postponed until May 5, though it is not unlikely that it gets postponed once again. The Daqqa family released a statement condemning the inhumane punitive measure, calling on the Supreme Follow-up Committee, Palestinian parties, and local…