JEDDAH: The famous Zubaida Trail, also known as the Kufi pilgrimage route, once served thousands of pilgrims each year from Iraq and some parts of the Levant Region to the holy sites. It stretches more than 1,600 kilometers from Kufa in Iraq, though Saudi Arabia’s Northern Borders Region and into Makkah. The ancient path was once a common trade route in the pre-Islamic era and
(Bloomberg) Oil traded near $66 a barrel following four days of gains as falling U.S. crude inventories added to evidence energy demand is picking up.
Futures in New York edged lower in Asia after closing at the highest in more than a week. American inventories shrunk by 1.
LONDON: The UK has its sights set on trade deals with the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), according to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss.
“The Gulf is a definite target and we are working on the approach to (the) Gulf,” Truss told the Daily Telegraph.
“We are in discussions with the GCC and I hope that we’ll be able to say more about that soon.”
The GCC comprising Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar makes up a significant proportion of Britain’s international trade.
In 2019, the UK’s trade with the six Gulf states was worth around $63.5 billion, putting the GCC behind only the US, China and the EU in value of trading partners.
CAIRO: Khaled Al-Anani, Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, said that the gradual improvement in the incoming tourism movement to Egypt since the beginning of this year confirms countries confidence in Egypt as a safe and distinguished tourist destination.
Al-Anani said that the coronavirus infections in the governorates of South Sinai and the Red Sea are almost non-existent.
During his participation in the Tourism Recovery Summit hosted in Riyadh, Al-Anani said that Egypt has a variety of different tourism products through which tourists can enjoy a distinguished tourism experience in open places, warm sun, landscapes, beaches, museums and unique archaeological sites, while adhering to strict health safety controls.
TANDO ALLAHYAR: After a decade of declining harvest, mango growers in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province are pinning their hopes on a new farming technique that would allow them to increase their fruit yield up to six times, several growers and experts said.
Pakistan is the world’s sixth-largest mango producer, with an annual production volume of about 1.7 million tons. While most of the harvest comes from Punjab, the Sindh province has the second-largest yield and is known for the Sindhri variety of mango, famous for its honey-like sweetness and deep, thin yellow peel.
But farmers are increasingly sounding the alarm on declining crop yield.