Bloomberg Emerging-market stocks rose toward the highest level since China’s currency devaluation last year, while volatility fell to an 11-year low, on optimism earnings are improving and central banks remain supportive of growth. Egyptian stocks rallied the most in the world after the government said it’s nearing the final stages of talks for an International Monetary Fund loan. Turkey’s ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Solar Impulse 2 returned safely to Abu Dhabi on Tuesday morning to successfully complete its historic round the world flight without using a drop of fuel. The first aircraft to circumnavigate the globe using only solar power, Solar Impulse 2 touched down at 04:05 to a rapturous reception at Al Bateen Executive Airport in the UAE ...

  Vienna / WAM The Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), Suleiman J Al-Herbish, and the Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation, Dr Sahar Nasr, have signed a US$40 million loan agreement to support small enterprises amongst marginalized groups in the country. The OFID loan will finance a second phase of the Social Development Fund (SFD) lending program. SFD ...