The World Bank vice president for the Middle East and North Africa discusses the financial impact of ongoing conflicts.
Business and Economy
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Demonstrators tell Al Jazeera the revolution’s promises 10 years ago have not translated into a just society.
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Cryptocurrency miners in Iran say they are being scapegoated for power outages and pollution.
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We round up the numbers from the week’s biggest economic news stories so you can impress yourself and your friends.
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President Biden warned the economic crisis in the US is ‘deepening’ and urged lawmakers to pass $1.9 trillion in relief.
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Janet Yellen also sees no immediate lifting of China tariffs, adds that polluters should pay for carbon emissions.
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Proposed law will force Google, Facebook to pay local media for their news content or face millions of dollars in fines.
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Salameh said he would face questioning in Switzerland as part of a money-laundering probe, a source tells Al Jazeera.
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The kingdom said the four-time delay was needed to validate data collected from 33,000 households during the pandemic.
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More than a trillion euros in stimulus is on its way to jolt life into a eurozone battered by the coronavirus crisis.
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Some nine million adults in the UK are diving deeper into debt, a trend that is also exacerbating income inequality.
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Aramco excludes emissions from its refineries and petrochemical plants in its carbon disclosures, Bloomberg Green found.