As part of its continuous development efforts to enhance and diversify the capital market in Oman with various types of fundraising instruments to meet the issuers’ and investors’ needs, the Capital Market Authority (CMA) has come up with a new draft Regulation for Bonds and Sukuk, Oman Observer reports. It includes the new requirements for […]
The Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit (GMIS) has on July 5 announced that its fourth edition (GMIS2021) will invite global leaders to the United Arab Emirates to spearhead discussions on the future of the US$6.8 trillion global digital transformation. The GMIS2021 agenda will spotlight the importance of data intelligence and connectivity, highlighting the evolving integration […]
Oman Vision 2040 stated that the Sultanate has made unremitting efforts to ensure that natural resources are protected and used safely and soundly, people are protected from harmful environmental impacts, and that environment is effectively managed in a way that supports the prosperity of the society. For this, the Vision’s top priorities include concern for […]
US sanctions against Iran seem to be a purely political act in a geopolitical confrontation. We usually hear about them in the context of the “nuclear” confrontation between the two states. Instead, the medal has a flip side, which former US President Donald Trump, and now Joe Biden, preferred not to voice. Here is an […]
On July 12, the United Nations released a report recording a sharp increase in world hunger in 2020. Approximately 811 million people were malnourished in 2020. This is about a tenth of the world’s population. At the UN, it is linked to the coronavirus pandemic. This report is the first serious study with a global […]
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is grappling with many challenges on several fronts. Air pollution, water scarcity, and climate change in general are some of the serious challenges facing the MENA economies and residents that have been overshadowed by energy, security, and political debates surrounding the region. Nonetheless, considering their significant negative […]
Let’s get acquainted with Jarrett Walker’s insights into “Right of Way,” a book written last year by Angie Schmitt that influences the traffic safety conversation and pushes the fields of planning and engineering in new directions. Walker discusses the book “Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America.” This […]
The Saudi Green Building Forum will host a virtual event alongside the UN’s High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, to be held between July 6-15, as part of the continued fight against the persistent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Arab News reports. The event, which seeks a “sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that […]
There has been much debate about Iraq – but not about the considerable environmental damage which a war would cause. Duncan McLaren and Ian Willmore of Friends of the Earth assess the evidence. This article was published by The Guardian on January 19, 2003 – but there’s still no peace in Iraq and especially in […]
Of course, you know who Greta Thunberg is? Have you heard about her main creation – so called Fridays For Future strikes? Even more – do you know that a movement established by a small girl in 2019 started to influence EU politics? Let’s check it, thankfully to Ecoaction NGO explanation. In 2019, during the […]
