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Saudi Arabia Opens Bids for Metals Exchange as Vision 2030 Mining Push Accelerates

New Delhi, July 2 -- RIYADH - Saudi Arabia has spent four years declaring minerals the third pillar of its economy. It has yet to build the exchange that would let the world price those minerals. the... Read More


UAE Leads Qatar's $3.4bn FDI Inflows, Outpacing US and UK

New Delhi, July 2 -- DOHA - When Qatar's investment agency published its 2025 results on Wednesday, the number that told the most was not the total. It was the ranking at the top. The UAE contributed... Read More


U.S. Treasury Sanctions 134 ISIS-K Crypto Wallets as Tether Freezes Terrorist Funds

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The $1.4 million that ISIS-K raised from cryptocurrency donors across Central Asia, Europe, and the Gulf over two years moved quietly, a few hundred dollars at a time, through Tr... Read More


Oil Falls Below $71 as Iran Talks Show Progress and Hormuz Traffic Recovers

New Delhi, July 2 -- DOHA - The war premium that drove Brent crude above $126 a barrel in April has now erased itself almost completely. On Thursday, Brent futures settled near $70.82, their lowest si... Read More


Alibaba Pays $600 Million to Close US Drug Sales Probe After Eight Years

New Delhi, July 2 -- WASHINGTON - For eight years, US law enforcement agents placed undercover orders on Chinese e-commerce platforms. Chemicals that serve as pharmaceutical precursors. Counterfeit dr... Read More


Tesla Posts 480,126 Deliveries in Q2 2026, Ending Two-Year Decline as BYD Gap Narrows

New Delhi, July 2 -- For two straight years, every Tesla quarterly report delivered the same uncomfortable verdict: the company that defined the mass-market electric vehicle was losing ground on volum... Read More


Saudi Arabia Pulled $7.1 Billion in Foreign Investment in Q1 as Outflows Surged 50%

RIYADH, July 2 -- For every $7.1 billion Saudi Arabia attracted in foreign capital during the first quarter of 2026, the Kingdom sent $940 million back out the other side. That second figure, SR3.52 b... Read More


83% of EU Crypto Firms Missed MiCA's July 1 Deadline. Regulators Say There Are No Extensions.

BRUSSELS, July 2 -- The roughly 1,000 crypto exchanges and wallet providers that held national registrations across the European Union entered Tuesday still unlicensed under the bloc's new Markets in ... Read More


Trump Refuses to Renew USMCA, Converting $2 Trillion Trade Pact Into Annual Renegotiation

New Delhi, July 2 -- For businesses that have spent six years routing supply chains through the tariff-free corridor the agreement created, Tuesday's announcement from the United States Trade Represen... Read More


Qatar Drew $3.4 Billion in FDI in 2025 as Greenfield Projects Surged 52%

New Delhi, July 2 -- DOHA - Foreign companies opened offices, broke ground on facilities, and signed manufacturing agreements in Qatar at a pace that the country's investment promotion agency describe... Read More