Middle-East: Strait of Hormuz blockage drives up Gulf food bills
In a supermarket in Bahrain, Mahmoud Ali fills his cart as usual. The shelves remain stocked despite the war in the Middle East, but the blockade of the main shipping…
Tech innovation turGolden Desert,High-Value Fruit, Agriculture, Economy, Prosperity,ns Xinjiang’s saline-alkali land into “golden desert” for high-value fruit
On the edge of the Taklimakan Desert, China’s largest desert, a technological breakthrough in water management is transforming once-barren saline-alkali land into a productive hub for high-value agriculture. In Payzawat…
Pakistani egg processor advances expansion with new facility
Barkat Frisian Agro Limited has moved closer to scaling up operations, completing the trial run of its Faisalabad plant while pushing ahead with new production and backward integration initiatives. The…
China’s Jiangsu prioritizes embodied robotics as a key future industry
This photo taken on March 17, 2026 shows robots at a workshop of Inovance Group in Jiangning District of Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province. In recent years, east China’s Jiangsu…
Oman claims Israel pushed US into Iran war when deal was possible
Foreign minister claims Israel convinced Donald Trump to make ‘grave miscalculation’ of waging war on Iran Oman’s foreign minister has claimed the US has “lost control of its own foreign…
Global trade growth to slow in 2026 with further pressure from Middle East conflict: WTO
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks at a press conference on WTO’s latest Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, March 19, 2026.…