Saudi Arabia eases subsidy cuts with petrol price ceiling

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s government set an upper limit for domestic petrol prices and said the state would bear any extra costs, softening an energy subsidy cut programme that’s drawn complaints from citizens. The ceiling for local petrol prices will be set at June’s levels, or 2.18 riyals (58 cents) per liter of 91 octane, as […]

The Women’s Pavilion highlights female contribution

In collaboration with Cartier, the Women’s Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai will celebrate female changemakers and their impact on the world. Her Excellency Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy, the UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Managing Director of Dubai’s World Expo 2020, and Cyrille Vigneron, CEO of Cartier speak to CNN about how Expo […]

Job creation picks up pace in Dubai’s private sector

Dubai: Dubai’s non-oil private sector continued to create more jobs last with renewed efforts to increase employment numbers, according to the IHS Markit Dubai Purchasing Managers’ Index for June 2021. Data for June showed that the rate of job creation was the quickest since November 2019, but slower than the long run series average. Overall, […]