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3 weeks ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Hadley Gamble
China, once heralded as a potential economic lifeline for post-Western Afghanistan, hasn’t turned out that way according to Afghan media mogul, Saad Mohseni. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. With the exit of US troops and the collapse of the Western-backed Afghan government in 2021, Beijing was quick to signal interest – eyeing access to untapped rare earth minerals and regional infrastructure links through its Belt and Road Initiative.
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1 month ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Hadley Gamble
Michael Saylor, the billionaire co-founder of MicroStrategy and one of Bitcoin’s most vocal corporate champions, has urged investors to remain calm amid fears that the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs could destabilise the global economy. For all the latest headlines follow, our Google News channel online or via the app.
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1 month ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Hadley Gamble
Michael Saylor, the billionaire entrepreneur whose name has become synonymous with corporate Bitcoin evangelism, has brushed off concerns that US President Donald Trump’s newly launched cryptocurrency, $TRUMP, poses any challenge to Bitcoin’s dominance. For all the latest headlines follow, our Google News channel online or via the app. Speaking to Al Arabiya News’ Hadley Gamble, Saylor was emphatic: “Trump Coin is a digital token. Bitcoin is a digital commodity.
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1 month ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Hadley Gamble
France has not ruled out the idea of extending its nuclear umbrella to cover wider Europe, but any such step would need to be led by the French President and is not imminent, the country’s finance minister has said.
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1 month ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Hadley Gamble
France’s finance minister has urged the United States to strike a new trade agreement with Europe, warning that President Trump’s escalating tariff threats risk damaging transatlantic growth and global economic stability.
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1 month ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Hadley Gamble
Lebanon’s new finance minister has warned that individuals who exploited the country’s financial collapse could soon face justice, as sweeping reforms to the banking sector open the books on more than a decade of questionable dealings. “If somebody’s done wrong things, he probably will have to pay for it,” Yassine Jaber told Al Arabiya’s Chief International Anchor Hadley Gamble in an interview on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund’s Spring Meetings in Washington DC.
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1 month ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Hadley Gamble
Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan-Renault chairman now living in Lebanon, says the country is in a moment of cautious recovery – but warned that quick, visible wins are essential if the new government is to maintain public trust. “Lebanon today is better than what Lebanon was a few months ago,” he told Al Arabiya News’ Hadley Gamble during a wide-ranging interview in Beirut.
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1 month ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Hadley Gamble
Carlos Ghosn, the former auto titan who ran Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi in one of the most ambitious global car alliances, has thrown his weight behind Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, calling its rise “unbelievable” and suggesting it’s a better bet than some legacy carmakers. Speaking to Al Arabiya News’ Hadley Gamble in Beirut, where he fled after a dramatic escape from Japanese custody in 2019, Ghosn said he would invest in BYD. “Oh, without doubt,” Ghosn said when asked by Gamble.
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1 month ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Hadley Gamble
2 min read Trump administration plans to scale back billions in government funding for healthcare, research, and disease control and prevention, represent both a challenge and opportunity for the UAE, says the CEO of Abu Dhabi’s M42. “Whatever is not being done in the US, we will do it here in Abu Dhabi,” Hasan Jasem al-Nowais told Al Arabiya’s Hadley Gamble on Wednesday at the Abu Dhabi Global Health Week.
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1 month ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Hadley Gamble
100% Font Size share close URL Copied 4 min read The United States will not accept a nuclear-armed Iran, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Al Arabiya in an exclusive interview, as backchannel negotiations between Washington and Tehran resumed over the weekend in Muscat, Oman.
