DUBAI / WAM Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Director-General of Dubai Customs and CEO of Ports, Customs, and Free Zone Corporation, announced that Dubai Customs successfully processed 12.3 million customs declarations during the first half of 2023, marking a 10 percent growth compared to the same period last year. With an impressive average of 48 declarations per minute, Dubai Customs’ advanced customs ...

BLOOMBERG President Vladimir Putin told a regional security grouping that Russians were united behind his leadership in his first international appearance since the failed mutiny that posed the greatest threat to his almost quarter-century rule. Putin also thanked leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization “who have expressed support for the actions of the Russian leadership to protect the constitutional order,” ...

BLOOMBERG President Emmanuel Macron was expected to  meet with more than 200 mayors to assess the riots that have rocked France as a massive police deployment led to a continued drop in the level of unrest overnight. French employers’ lobby Medef estimated the cost of violence since the police shooting of Nahel, a 17-year-old of North African descent, at more ...