Author: Steven Sahiounie

Roman Chekushov mentioned “a cluster for Russian investors to enter there on preferential terms and use, among other things, the services of a Russian management company” MOSCOW, December 1. /TASS/. Russia is considering the possibility of creating industrial clusters in Iran and India and providing conditions for Russian investors to enter the markets of these countries, Roman Chekushov, head of the department of international cooperation and foreign trade licensing at the Industry and Trade Ministry told TASS. “Of course, both Iran and India are the sites that we are considering for creating some kind of industrial cluster. I would not…

The diplomat also noted that Africa believes in relations with Russia because of its past experience with the Soviet Union, which never let the countries of the continent down TUMEN, December 1. /TASS/. Africa expects Russia to export technologies to the continent, as well as its know-how, and with these two things African countries will be able to process local resources on their own, Ambassador of the Republic of Chad to Moscow Mahamoud Adam Bechir said at the plenary session of the Tyumen Export Forum. “We want Russia to export not only processed and improved raw materials that will be…

DUBAI: Turkish President Recep Tayyip offered Friday to host the United Nations COP31 climate conference in 2026. Erdogan’s announcement at this year’s gathering in Dubai puts Turkiye in the race against Australia, which announced its candidacy earlier this year.“We have announced our candidacy to host the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in 2026,” Erdogan said.“I am certain that you, esteemed friends, will provide the essential support in this regard.”Turkiye in 2021 became the last country among the Group of 20 major economies to ratify the Paris Climate Accords, committing itself to meet the net-zero emissions target…

TOKYO: Japan’s imports of Saudi crude oil for October reached 30.37 million barrels (42.4 percent of its total), according to Japanese government data. The amount was slightly up on September figures of around 29 million barrels (37.1 percent).During October, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy said approximately 92 percent (65.95 million barrels) of the country’s total oil imports came from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain. Tokyo’s ban on importing oil from Iran and Russia continued in October with the remainder of its requirement coming from the US (3.5 percent),…

LONDON: Maturation of Gulf states’ economies presents further opportunities to deepen the relationship between the region and the UK, the new Lord Mayor of the City of London told Arab News before departing for COP28 in the UAE. Just a few weeks into the role and Michael Mainelli was on hand, like his predecessor, to witness yet another British Cabinet reshuffle. But with the return to frontline politics of former Prime Minister David Cameron, Mainelli is optimistic that this will further strengthen ties with Saudi Arabia, one of several Gulf states to have announced participation in a £30 billion ($37.9…

DUBAI: Japan must maintain close partnerships with countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE if it is to achieve its goal to be a carbon-neutral economy by 2050, its Foreign Ministry press secretary said. Kobayashi-Terada Maki made the comments in an interview with Arab News Japan as COP28 opened in Dubai. “We are very dependent on other countries in terms of energy, and even though we are going to increase energy efficiency, we certainly need means of energy production,” she said. Japanese companies and entities would be signing cooperation deals throughout the climate summit in the UAE, she said. Japan…

The Israeli army says it hit more than 400 targets overnight, including in the southern Khan Younis area where tens of thousands of civilians evacuated to in the past month. There, the military said it conducted overnight a “large-scale attack” hitting more than 50 targets. Its naval forces also attacked the area with what it said were “precision weapons” aimed at Hamas-affiliated infrastructure. Israel called on people to evacuate from Khan Younis as it expands its military operations. It told civilians to move southwards towards Rafah, close to the border with Egypt. Source: AlJazeera

DUBAI: Leaders of developing nations jumped into Saturday’s second day of a UN climate summit to press rich industrial countries to share their know-how to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face — while trumpeting their own natural resources that swallow heat-trapping carbon in the air. The annual United Nations Conference of the Parties, known as COP28, in the UAE featured about 150 presidents, prime ministers, royals and other leaders who are presenting their plans to cut heat-trapping emissions and mostly seek unity with other nations to avert climate catastrophe that seemed to draw closer than ever…

Two people were killed today in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the town of al-Mughraqa, in the central Gaza Strip. Dozens were also killed and wounded in Israeli strikes on homes in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip and al-Yarmouk area in Gaza City in the north of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation forces resumed their aggression against the Gaza Strip yesterday after the temporary humanitarian truce ended on Friday morning, which led to the killing of more than 190 people, most of them women and children. Since the start of the Israeli aggression on…

Israeli occupation forces seal off the home of Palestinian brothers martyrs Murad and Ibrahim Nimr, in Sur Baher in preparation for its demolition. Sources confirmed to Al Mayadeen that Israeli occupation forces carried out extensive raids early Saturday in various areas of the occupied West Bank. The sources reported that Israeli occupation forces raided the city of Yatta, south of al-Khalil, from both the northern and southern entrances. Additionally, occupation forces raided the town of Sur Baher south of occupied al-Quds, as well as the towns of Beita and Einabus south of Nablus. Witnesses mentioned that Israeli forces sealed off the home…