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US President Donald Trump reportedly bought shares in the US subsidiary of popular Japanese conveyor-belt sushi operator Kura Sushi, where diners have the possibility of winning… dlvr.it/TSd2hk #TrumpSushi #KuraSushi #ConveyorBeltSushi #JapaneseCuisine #SushiLovers

There will be no real winners in traditional tourism this summer – only airlines, tourist destinations and central banks left counting the cost. dlvr.it/TSd2Ff #FuelPrices #TravelAsia #Tourism #Airlines #TravelSeason

Kuwait is accelerating a strategy to hold crude reserves overseas to insulate international supply chains from mounting geopolitical risks in the Gulf. dlvr.it/TSd0Cp #UAE #Kuwait #SupplyChains #GeopoliticalRisks #CrudeOil

Kuwait is accelerating a strategy to hold crude reserves overseas to insulate international supply chains from mounting geopolitical risks in the Gulf. dlvr.it/TSczLV #Kuwait #CrudeOil #OilStorage #Geopolitics #EnergySupply

Spearhead Africa Infrastructure Fund became the first infrastructure-focused vehicle to list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange after raising $26.3mn for renewable energy,… dlvr.it/TScnSY #Kenya #Infrastructure #Investment #NairobiSecuritiesExchange #RenewableEnergy

China-Central Asia Monitor: April 30 - May 7, 2026. dlvr.it/TScnKB #Kazakhstan #Railway #CaspianSea #MiddleCorridor #CentralAsia

Andriy Yermak, once regarded as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s most influential political lieutenant, was freed from pre-trial detention after supporters paid $3.1mn in bail. dlvr.it/TSckkl #Ukraine #Corruption #Zelenskiy #AndriyYermak #WartimeRisks

French sporting goods retailer Decathlon will open its second Argentina store in Córdoba on May 30, its first outside Buenos Aires, as part of a $100mn plan to open more than 20 outlets… dlvr.it/TSchYd #Decathlon #RetailExpansion #Argentina #SportingGoods #Córdoba

Vietnam’s state-owned power producer EVNGENCO1 has proposed adding 270MW of floating solar capacity across three hydropower reservoirs in southern Vietnam dlvr.it/TSchPx #Vietnam #FloatingSolar #RenewableEnergy #SustainableDevelopment #EVNGENCO1

French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI has agreed to acquire Austrian startup Emmi AI, an industrial engineering technology firm co-founded by Latvian… dlvr.it/TSchDR #ArtificialIntelligence #StartupNews #TechAcquisition #AIInnovation #Entrepreneurship

The fifth Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF) will take place on June 16–18, 2026 just as the government floated the Uzbekistan National Investment Fund (UzNIF) on… dlvr.it/TScdvJ #TashkentForum #Investment2026 #UzbekistanInvestment #FDI #LondonStockExchange

The listing of the Uzbekistan National Investment Fund (UzNIF) on the London Stock Exchange marked a landmark development whose importance extends far beyond a single financial transaction. It… dlvr.it/TSccvk #Uzbekistan #IPO #Investment #StockExchange #Finance

The European Investment Bank plans to invest €80mn in the Amber Dragon European Fund for Ukraine, a flagship reconstruction and private-sector ... dlvr.it/TScZ2Z #Europe #Investment #Ukraine #AmberDragon #EconomicDevelopment

Ukraine has secured financing for a major energy storage facility backed by international insurance coverage, while plans are advancing for a new bioenergy complex in the country’s… dlvr.it/TScYrs #Ukraine #EnergyStorage #Bioenergy #EnergyResilience #WartimeProjects

Trump has seemingly ruined his much hyped Abraham Accords after backing Israel's war on Iran. Now what? dlvr.it/TScW89 #Trump #AbrahamAccords #Israel #Iran #MiddleEast

Russian black caviar sales fell 22% by volume in January-April as squeezed shoppers traded down to red caviar and cheaper fish roe, with sturgeon caviar output also sliding by a third. dlvr.it/TScS4q #Caviar #BlackCaviar #FoodTrends #LuxuryFood #Seafood

Pakistan has imported 6mn barrels of crude oil from the US for the first time in the current fiscal year, in a move that highlights a gradual widening of energy links between Islamabad and… dlvr.it/TScRsr #Pakistan #CrudeOil #USEnergy #OilImports #EnergyRelations

Iran's fertility rate has fallen to 1.35 children per woman, well below the replacement level, with annual births dropping below 900,000 for the first time, the Health Ministry has said. dlvr.it/TScPnd #Iran #FertilityRate #BirthRate #PopulationDecline #HealthMinistry

The Saudi Export-Import Bank extended SAR13.23bn ($3.53bn) in credit facilities in the first quarter of 2026, up 20.8% on the year, as the kingdom pushes to grow non-oil exports… dlvr.it/TScPhz #SaudiArabia #ExportImportBank #CreditFacilities #Vision2030 #NonOilExports

UBS Group has lost a number of senior wealth management bankers in the Middle East less than two years after hiring them, in a sign of intense competition for talent in the region. dlvr.it/TScPYn #UBS #WealthManagement #BankingNews #MiddleEast #TalentWar