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          EconomyFebruary 05, 2026
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          UAE non-oil business activity hits 11-month high on sales boost

          EconomyFebruary 04, 2026
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          EconomyFebruary 03, 2026
          The National

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          CartoonFebruary 02, 2026
          DIFC in Dubai is a hub for global financial services built on a UK model. Chris Whiteoak / The National

          To see the depth of UK-UAE ties, just look at the numbers

          CommentFebruary 02, 2026
          India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds a folder bearing the Government of India's emblem as she leaves her office to present the annual federal budget in parliament in New Delhi. Reuters

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          EconomyFebruary 01, 2026
          The old town in Tripoli. Libya's economy is hampered by the lack of a unified government to make policy decisions. AFP

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          EconomyFebruary 01, 2026
          The introduction of passenger train services to the UAE later this year is creating a rolling sense of wonder fully two centuries after that first historic journey thousands of kilometres away in 19th-century Europe. Antonie Robertson / The National

          Etihad Rail will connect the UAE in ways we have never seen before

          CommentJanuary 29, 2026
          People walk around the reopened Souq Khan Al Harir market in Syria's northern city of Aleppo. AFP

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          BusinessJanuary 28, 2026
          The National

          Shadi's take on the EU-India free trade agreement

          CartoonJanuary 27, 2026
          Gold and silver are up by about 84 per cent and 280 per cent, respectively, over the past 12 months. Reuters

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          India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, and European Council President Antonio Costa before a meeting in New Delhi. AFP

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          EconomyJanuary 27, 2026
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          EditorialJanuary 27, 2026
          The EGA-Century Aluminium joint venture plant in US will be double the country's production of the metal. Photo: EGA

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          EconomyJanuary 26, 2026
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          Stargate UAE data centre to cost more than $30bn, AI minister says

          TechnologyJanuary 26, 2026
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