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Qantas has a new partner airline in the Middle East
KARRYON
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July 1, 2025
Effective 1 July 2025, Oman Air becomes a full member of oneworld, enabling reciprocal frequent flyer benefits and access to the alliance’s wider global schedule of more than 900 destinations. The move gives Qantas Frequent Flyers and oneworld...
Egypt: Al Safy Group invests $80mln to expand factory in 6th of October City
Zawya
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Egypt - Al Safy Group is investing $80m to expand its factory in 6th of October City, aiming to increase production capacity and meet rising demand for its high-tech product lines. Global tech giant Xiaomi has chosen the facility to manufacture...
Iran border closure puts edibles out of reach for Mashkhel in Balochistan
Dawn
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July 1, 2025
QUETTA: While Iran and Israel fired missiles at each other last month, the people of Mashkhel — a border town in Balochistan — were struggling to secure essential items. For years, residents of this town have relied on the neighbouring country for...
Iraq's golden opportunity: A new dawn for regional influence
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News In the wake of the 12-day confrontation between Israel and Iran, which ended in a regional ceasefire, Iraq stands at a delicate yet promising juncture. The temporary calm has sparked cautious optimism among Iraqi experts and officials,...
Iraq’s military spending tops $6B in 2025
Shafaq News
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2025-06-30T22:38:39+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Washington Iraq’s military spending in 2025 has surpassed $6 billion, according to newly released data by the US-based CEOWorld magazine. The report places Iraq’s...
Iran border closure puts edibles out of reach for Mashkhel
Dawn
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June 30, 2025
QUETTA: While Iran and Israel fired missiles at each other last month, the people of Mashkhel — a border town in Balochistan — were struggling to secure essential items. For years, residents of this town have relied on the neighbouring country for...
How Locobuzz is transforming customer experience with cloud, AI
TechCircle
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July 1, 2025
Locobuzz, an enterprise software company specialising in digital customer experience (CX) management, leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to provide brands with insights into customer behaviour, brand performance, and...
Infrasity Engineers a New Era of Developer-First Content, Scaling SaaS Adoption Across the US, EU, and Israel
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 1, 2025
VMPL New Delhi [India], July 1: Infrasity, an engineering-led go-to-market and technical content accelerator, today announced its expanded services for early-stage, developer-first B2B SaaS startups across the United States, Europe, and Israel....
Fuel prices go up in aftermath of Israeli attacks on Iran
Dawn
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July 1, 2025
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday increased the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs8.36 and Rs10.39 per litre, respectively, for the next fortnight ending July 15, owing to higher international prices following Israeli attacks on Iran. In a...
world Thousands flee wildfires in Turkey as Europe is hit by early heatwave
Asiaone
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July 1, 2025
ISTANBUL/PARIS/BRUSSELS — Firefighters battled wildfires in Turkey and France on Monday (June 30) and more than 50,000 people were evacuated as an early summer heatwave hit Europe. Health alerts were issued in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and...
Why more than 140K pounds of bologna products were recalled
Coloradoan
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Gaiser's European Style Provisions Inc. recalled over 143,000 pounds of bologna products due to mislabeling. No adverse health effects have been reported yet. Bologna — or baloney, as we more often call it in the U.S. — is a summertime staple, but...
Regulation and growth: Lessons from nearly 50 years of product market reforms
VoxEU
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June 30, 2025
After two decades of weak productivity growth, policymakers across the OECD maintain a keen interest in understanding the sources of the productivity slowdown. One key driver is the stance of product market regulation (Blanchard and Giavazzi 2001,...
Plockmatic acquires Renz to boost product portfolio
Sprinter
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July 1, 2025
Plockmatic Group has signed an agreement to acquire Renz, a producer of ring wire comb binding machines and supplies headquartered in Heubach, Germany. Founded in 1908, Renz has clients in more than 80 countries. Its offerings include development...
Amazon resumes deliveries in Israel after suspending in war
Ynet
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July 1, 2025
The company announced it was also returning free shipment for purchases over $49 on certain items, but delivery time could be longer than usual. Purchases made on Tuesday, will arrive early in August, after about one month. Purchases made before...
Global chip major Intel remains bullish on Middle East prospects
Khaleej Times
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The Middle East remains a key region for Intel, the global chip major, and the company is a key pillar in the company’ global strategy, a senior official said. “The Middle East is a huge territory, and the requirements here are very different from...
Thousands Flee Turkey Wildfires As Early Heatwave Grips Europe
StratNews Global
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July 1, 2025
Home Europe Thousands Flee Turkey Wildfires As Early Heatwave Grips Europe Health alerts have been issued across France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Germany, while the Netherlands has been warned of unusually high temperatures and humidity in the...
Türkiye to host 2026 NATO summit in Ankara: Erdogan
Xinhua News Agency
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ANKARA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye will host the 2026 NATO leaders' summit in its capital Ankara, the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. "Türkiye will host the 2026 NATO heads of state and government summit in July,...
Thousands evacuated in Turkey as Europe is hit by early summer heatwave
Business Recorder
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July 1, 2025
ISTANBUL/PARIS/BRUSSELS: Fire-fighters battled wildfires in Turkey and France on Monday and more than 50,000 people were evacuated as an early summer heatwave hit Europe. Health alerts were issued in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Germany....
Egyptian fintech Valu’s market cap hits $370 million after blockbuster EGX debut
MENAbytes
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June 30, 2025
Egyptian fintech Valu’s market cap reached $370 million as of close of trading today, following a blockbuster debut on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) last week that saw shares surge 852.4% from their opening price of EGP 0.78 to close at EGP 7.40,...
Middle East tourism set to hit USD 350 billion by 2030
Hospitality News Magazine
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June 30, 2025
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is actively transforming its tourism sector through Vision 2030 by investing in heritage, entertainment and hospitality projects. Consequently, landmark developments like NEOM and the Red Sea Project attract luxury...