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☆ Bahrain Finance Minister: ‘Rising tide will lift all economies in the GCC’
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Like many other Middle Eastern economies, Bahrain has been trying to move away from its dependence on fossil fuels. In October, the National Bank of Bahrain launched a Bitcoin investment fund, aimed at institutional investors — a first for the GCC. At the Gateway Gulf event, Bahrain’s Minister of Tourism announced the construction of 16 new hotels totaling over 3,000 rooms. However Al Khalifa believes that the success of its GCC partners will ultimately prove beneficial for Bahrain. “All of us are working together to increase economic activity, increase the pie for the whole region, and this rising tide will lift all of the economies of the region.”

Persons: ” Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, CNN’s Richard, ”, ” Al Khalifa, —, Steffen Hertog, Abu Dhabi, Hertog, Al Khalifa Organizations: CNN, Bahrain’s, Finance, National, Gulf Cooperation Council, United, United Arab Emirates, GCC, World Bank, National Bank of, Tourism, London School of Economics, Political Science, “ Locations: Bahrain, Gateway, ” “ Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab, National Bank of Bahrain, “ Dubai, Dubai, Abu, Saudi

☆ Gautam Adani wants to transform India’s biggest slum
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Noemi Cassanelli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Noemi Cassanelli/CNNA man works at Shaikh’s workshop in Dharavi slum on April 14. “All slum redevelopment is quite fraught,” Kamath said. Noemi Cassanelli/CNNWomen chatting in Dharavi on April 14 Noemi Cassanelli/CNNA woman carrying fabric walks along a narrow alley in Dharavi on April 14. He is India’s largest airport operator and owns India’s biggest private port operator and private thermal power operator. The state and Adani deny any wrongdoing, but that hasn’t stopped many residents from viewing Adani and his government ties with suspicion.

Persons: Noemi Cassanelli, Masoom Ali Shaikh, ”, “, Gautam Adani, Jeff Bezos, ” Adani, ” Shaikh, ” Lofty, Dharavi, they’re, Lalitha Kamath, ” Kamath, aren’t, Dilip Gabekar, Narendra Modi, Adani, ’, Gabekar, Shaikh, They’re, Baburao Mane, Mane, CNN Neeta Jadhav, Neeta Jadhav, Jadhav, Dhanshuk Purshottamwala, He’s, Kamath, Prasant, hasn’t, Modi, ferociously, Reshma Prasant Organizations: CNN, India CNN, Adani, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Reuters, Adani Enterprises, Bharatiya Janata Party, Private, Manohar Joshi, NDTV Locations: Mumbai, India, CNN Mumbai, Dharavi, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, “, Adani, Maharashtra, It’s, India’s

☆ Analysis: At this general election in Pakistan, old dynasties vie for power and populist Imran Khan languishes in prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Sophia Saifi | Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

That sets the stage for a difficult road to recovery for whoever wins in a nation where no democratically elected prime minister has ever completed a full term in office. Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan attends a lawyers' convention in Lahore on September 21, 2022. Veteran Sharif will face a strong challenge, however, from first-time candidate for Prime Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, 35, son of slain former leader Benazir Bhutto. Manahil Ahmed, 23, called Pakistan’s political environment “particularly hostile” right now. For Pakistan’s military and police forces, the last year was the bloodiest in a decade.

Persons: Imran Khan, –, Arif Ali, Nawaz Sharif, Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Benazir Bhutto, Khan –, Khan, Fareed Khan, ”, Rabiya Arooj, Khan’s, Bushra Bibi, Imran Khan's, Asad Zaidi, Pakistan’s, Farzana Shaikh, “, ’, Murtaza Solang, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Mohsin Raza, he’s, Raja Ikram, Ameer Hamza, Manahil Ahmed, Shaikh, Hussain Nadim, Maurice R, Greenberg, ‘, Aamir Qureshi, Shoaib Tanveer, Baou Nadeem, ” Shaikh, Farooq Naeem, “ Sharif, He’s, Tim Willasey Organizations: Pakistan CNN —, Getty, PTI, World Bank, Pakistan, Bloomberg, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, CNN, for Research, Security Studies, Pakistan’s People’s Party, Pakistan Muslim League, Baloch Liberation Army, Yale University, Pakistan Army –, Workers, King’s College London Locations: Islamabad, Pakistan, Pakistan CNN — Pakistan, Lahore, AFP, Karachi, “, Rawalpindi, Asia, Hafizabad, Khan’s, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, India, Afghanistan, Iran, State Khorasan, restive Balochistan, Balochistan, Punjab, Sharif, States, China, British

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