HSBC Survey: 92 Percent Of Malaysian Businesses Retain Positive Outlook

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysian business optimism has improved over the past six months, reflecting a more confident outlook on the long-term impact of tariffs and trade uncertainty, an HSBC survey showed, yesterday. Malaysian businesses are among the most confident globally. Of the 250 Malaysian-based companies that were…

Saudi Arabia, Russia Signed Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement

RIYADH, Dec 2 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Foreign Minister, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Alexander Novak, signed here yesterday, an agreement on mutual visa exemption for citizens of both countries, according to a statement released by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The exemption applies to…

Kazakhstan’s Grain Exports Climbed 14.8 Percent In Sept-Nov

ALMATY, Dec 2 (NNN-KNA) – Kazakhstan exported 3.1 million tonnes of new-crop grains from Sept to the end of Nov, this year, marking a 14.8 percent increase, compared with the same period last year, the country’s Ministry of Agriculture reported, yesterday. Shipments of Kazakh grain to Uzbekistan grew by 32.8…

Saudi Arabia Announces Bidding For Exploration Licenses Across Three Mineralised Belts

RIYADH, Dec 2 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, yesterday, announced the launch of a new bidding round for exploration licenses, covering three mineralised belts. According to the ministry, the three belts cover a total area exceeding 13,000 square km with prospective minerals including gold, silver,…

Türkiye’s Economy Grew 3.7 Percent In Q3

ANKARA, Dec 2 (NNN-TRT) – Türkiye’s economy grew 3.7 percent year-on-year, in the third quarter, following growth of 4.9 percent in the second quarter and 2.5 percent in the first, according to data released yesterday, by the Turkish Statistical Institute. Finance Minister, Mehmet Simsek, said, growth is expected to remain…

AirAsia Net Profit Plunges 57.61 Percent On Year To 168 Million USD

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Malaysia-based Capital A, the owner of low-cost airline AirAsia, saw its net profit tumble 57.61 percent, year-on-year, to 695.38 million ringgit (168.41 million U.S. dollars) in the third quarter ended Sept 30, dragged by foreign exchange losses. The firm said in a bourse filing…

Afghanistan Exported Over 640 Tonnes Of Pine Nuts In Eight Months

KABUL, Nov 30 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan exported 645 tonnes of pine nuts valued at around nine million U.S. dollars, over the past eight months, local media reported, today. The pine nuts, one of the country’s most valuable export commodities, have primarily been shipped to key trading partners, including China, India,…

Afghanistan Incinerated Nearly 500 Million Worn-Out Afghani Banknotes

KABUL, Nov 29 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan’s central bank, known as Da Afghanistan Bank, announced that, it has collected and incinerated nearly 500 million afghani (over seven million U.S. dollars) of worn-out banknotes, in the southern Kandahar province, yesterday. According to an official statement, the collected notes, spanning denominations of 10,…

Belarus Exported Over 30 Billion USD Of Food, Agricultural Products In Four Years

MINSK, Nov 28 (NNN-BelTA) – Belarus exported over 30 billion U.S. dollars worth of food and agricultural raw materials, during the first four years of its current five-year plan, a Belarusian official said, yesterday. Natalya Kochanova, chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, stressed…

Chinese Firm To Fund 1-Billion-USD Major Chemical Complex In Egypt

CAIRO, Nov 28 (NNN-MENA) – China’s Kunming Chuan Jin Nuo Chemical Co., Ltd. (CJN), signed an agreement yesterday, with Egypt’s El Sewedy Industrial Development, to build a major integrated phosphate chemical industrial complex, in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), east of Cairo. The Chinese company will invest one billion…
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