The Administrative Development Minister Salam Safaf discussed on Wednesday with the Iranian Ambassador in Damascus Javad Turk-Abadi means to enhance cooperation between the two countries on issues of human development and management.

Minister Safaf explained the work of the ministry and its tasks in the field of overhauling the state job and improving services to citizens and human resources management systems, noting that the national project for"...

The Iranian Ambassador in Damascus Javad Turk-Abadi affirmed that his country will participate actively in the Damascus International Fair which will be launched on the 17th of next August.

In a statement to SANA, Turk-Abadi said that the establishment of the Fair indicates the ability of the Syrian people to overcome the past stage and move to the stage of reconstruction.

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Mohammed received the news as he was about to take the final exam before completing his two-year technical program last month. His high school diploma was voided, he was told, and he needed to retake the final year of his secondary education.

Mohammed is one of nearly 350 students at technical institutes in Syria’s rebel-held north whose high school diplomas were voided last month by the Syrian Interim Government’s Ministry of Education."...

Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) Tuesday session closed at transactions of 35,651 stocks in 66 deals, with an overall value of SYP 13.711 million, with the DSE closing at 2956.58 points and marking a decrease of 22.20 points.

The stocks of Syria International Islamic Bank closed at SYP 374.63, marking a decrease of 0.73%.

The stocks of Qatar National Bank closed at SYP"...

Mohammed Bin Rashid Fund (MBRF), the financial arm of Dubai SME, has been named guarantor to an SME for a loan of Dh500,000 ($136,000) from Beehive, the regulated peer to peer finance platform providing online financing solutions.

The loan marks the first such deal concluded under a partnership launched recently by MBRF and Beehive to enable SME owners to obtain loans for development and expansion at competitive rates through the Beehive Group Finance Platform.

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Alphabet reported a 21 per cent jump in quarterly revenue, maintaining a growth rate that is rarely seen among companies its size and suggesting the big sales gains enjoyed recently by the other internet firms are not done yet.

Alphabet, the owner of Google and YouTube, said it made US$3.5 billion in net income on sales of $26bn. The profit would have been much larger but for a record $2.7bn European Union anti-trust fine.

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Britain's government will announce on Wednesday that it will ban the sale of petrol and diesel-fuelled cars from 2040 when all vehicles must be fully electric as part of a plan to clean up air pollution, according to newspaper reports.

The reported move follows a similar announcement earlier this month by the French government.

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Lebanon has for six years suffered the economic fallout of the Syrian civil war next door. Now, it hopes to benefit from its neighbour’s reconstruction by wooing a powerful new investor: China. Lebanese politicians and bankers say Beijing is taking a growing interest in the country, with four delegations visiting the small Arab state in the past year. A trip organised by Lebanon’s Fransabank in May was linked to China’s “Belt and Road” initiative to connect trade from Asia to Europe. But observers"...

PEI stresses the importance of due diligence and transparency around investment structures, processes and reporting while also integrating the analysis of environmental, social and governance criteria in the investment process. The strategy seeks to avoid high financial risk and aims to enhance long-term risk-adjusted returns.

“We have pioneered a Prudent Ethical Investment approach that ensures we invest in companies that have strong governance,"...