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Tesla to Refund Many Cybertruck Deposits as Demand Exceeds Production, Musk Says

Business Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025. (AFP)

Tesla to Refund Many Cybertruck Deposits as Demand Exceeds Production, Musk Says

Tesla will have to refund Cybertruck deposits for many customers as orders far exceed production capacity, CEO Elon Musk said, following last week's…

Business A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. (Reuters)

China Extends Suspension of New Rare Earth Controls Until January

China on Monday announced a two-month extension of export-control waivers due to expire this month, preserving part of a wide-ranging deal struck after a…

Business United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell. (UN)

UN to Asharq Al-Awsat ahead of COP31: Climate Change and Energy Security Are Two Integrated Paths

On the eve of the opening of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) on Monday in the Turkish city of Antalya, attention is focused on the…

Abeer Hommadi (Riyadh)
Business The People's Bank of China's gold holdings increased by 830,000 ounces in October (Reuters)

Gold Rises over 1% as Softer Oil Prices Ease Inflation Worries

Gold rose more than 1% on Monday as softer oil prices eased inflation concerns, while investors awaited key US inflation data and fresh signals from the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Members of the GCC Transport and Communications Ministers Committee pose for an official photo in Manama (GCC). 

Gulf Railway Enters Implementation Phase, Targets 2030 Completion

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries signed an agreement in Manama on Sunday to advance a 2,117-kilometer railway linking all six member states by 2030, as…

Mirza al-Khuweildi (Manama)

Business Iraq: Oil Revenues Set Record High in April

Iraq: Oil Revenues Set Record High in April

Iraq set a new record in crude oil revenues in April, following the hike in prices resulting from the escalating crisis between the United States and Iran,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Business Saudi Stock Market Sees Banking, Telecom Profits Soar in Q1

Saudi Stock Market Sees Banking, Telecom Profits Soar in Q1

Saudi Arabia’s stock market led a balanced performance over the last week, maintaining 8500 pts and a market value over two trillion Saudi riyals ($533.3…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Lebanon: Inflation Fears after Government Decides to Impose Import Tax

Lebanon: Inflation Fears after Government Decides to Impose Import Tax

Lebanese politicians and industrialists welcomed the government’s decision to impose a two percent import tax, arguing such measure would back the local…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Business Attention, Amazon Shoppers: Google Wants Some of Your Spending Money

Attention, Amazon Shoppers: Google Wants Some of Your Spending Money

For years, Google and Amazon stuck to their strengths. Google’s search monopoly and universe of online services seemed to present little overlap with Amazon’s…

Business Lebanese Government Agrees Budget to Cut Deficit

Lebanese Government Agrees Budget to Cut Deficit

The Lebanese Cabinet on Friday wrapped up weeks of haggling, as ministers agreed on a 2019 draft budget that aims to avert a financial crisis by cutting public…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi SALIC Leads Investment Round for Agritech Firm Hummingbird

Saudi SALIC Leads Investment Round for Agritech Firm Hummingbird

The Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co (SALIC) announced it was leading a £7m funding round of investments for artificial intelligence startup…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Modon, Egypt's Pharco to Establish Integrated Pharmaceutical Complex

Saudi Modon, Egypt's Pharco to Establish Integrated Pharmaceutical Complex

The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) has signed with Egypt's Pharco Pharmaceuticals, one of the dominant players in the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Egypt: Central Bank Keeps Key Interest Rates Unchanged

Egypt: Central Bank Keeps Key Interest Rates Unchanged

Egypt's central bank on Thursday kept its key interest rates unchanged. The central bank held its overnight deposit rate at 15.75 percent and its overnight…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Tunisair to Cut 1,200 Jobs in 3 Years

Tunisair to Cut 1,200 Jobs in 3 Years

The Tunisian government announced that Tunisair will cut 1,200 jobs within three years under a restructuring plan. Those cuts will cost about TND170 million …

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Business International Consortium Wins Morocco’s ‘Noor Midelt 1’ Solar Deal

International Consortium Wins Morocco’s ‘Noor Midelt 1’ Solar Deal

A consortium led by French EDF Renewables won a tender to build an 800 megawatt solar plant near the Moroccan city of Midelt. The consortium to build the…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Kuwait’s KUFPEC Signs Petroleum Concession Agreement in Pakistan

Kuwait’s KUFPEC Signs Petroleum Concession Agreement in Pakistan

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) announced Wednesday that its subsidiary, Kirthar Pakistan, has signed an exploration license and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Kuwait)
Business Saudi Aramco Signs 20-Year LNG Deal with Sempra

Saudi Aramco Signs 20-Year LNG Deal with Sempra

Saudi Aramco signed a 20-year agreement to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a forthcoming export terminal in Texas that US-based Sempra Energy is…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Novak: Cooperation With KSA Ensures Supply, Demand Balance, Oil Market Stability

Novak: Cooperation With KSA Ensures Supply, Demand Balance, Oil Market Stability

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that cooperation with Saudi Arabia would ensure a balance of supply and demand and the stability of the oil market…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business UAE Launches ‘Golden Card’ System for ‘Exceptional’ Foreign Investors

UAE Launches ‘Golden Card’ System for ‘Exceptional’ Foreign Investors

The United Arab Emirates launched on Tuesday a new "Golden Card" system dedicated to foreign investors after they invested a combined 100 billion dirhams ($27…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Turkey Complies with Oil Sanctions on Iran

Turkey Complies with Oil Sanctions on Iran

Turkey has closed its ports to Iranian oil, fully complying with US sanctions against its main supplier, despite Ankara publicly criticizing Washington’s move…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business King Salman Offers SR100 Mln to Joodeskan Platform

King Salman Offers SR100 Mln to Joodeskan Platform

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has provided SAR100 million to the Joodeskan platform, reported the Saudi Press Agency. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Bahrain's Bapco Finalizes Financing of Modernization Program

Bahrain's Bapco Finalizes Financing of Modernization Program

The Bahrain Petroleum Company announced on Sunday reaching financial closure on its multi-billion-dollar Bapco Modernization Program (BMP) with 21 banks and…

Obaid al-Suheimy (Manama)
Business Saudi Arabian Airlines Trains 527 Pilots in 3 Years

Saudi Arabian Airlines Trains 527 Pilots in 3 Years

More than 400 applicants for the pilots program in Commercial Aviation and Aeronautics Studies at Saudi Arabian Airlines have completed the final acceptance…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Fresh Regulatory Measures to Ease Sales by Installments in Saudi Arabia

Fresh Regulatory Measures to Ease Sales by Installments in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) announced on Sunday launching work for implementing a new structural arrangement for sales by installments. This…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia, UAE Stick to Agreement on Oil Output Cut

Saudi Arabia, UAE Stick to Agreement on Oil Output Cut

UAE’s Minister of Energy Suheil al-Mazrouei has said that oil supplies have not been interrupted and that OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers are capable of…

Mohammed Al-Ayed (Jeddah)
Business Iraq Oil Minister Slams Exxon Mobil's Evacuation of Foreign Staff

Iraq Oil Minister Slams Exxon Mobil's Evacuation of Foreign Staff

Exxon Mobil’s decision to evacuate its foreign staff from the West Qurna 1 oilfield in southern Iraq on Saturday was “unacceptable and unjustified”, Iraq’s Oil…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Business Shell KSA, Al-Jabr Trading Sign Strategic Partnership

Shell KSA, Al-Jabr Trading Sign Strategic Partnership

Shell Lubricants Saudi Arabia and Al-Jabr Trading Co, Kia Motors’ dealer in Saudi Arabia, have celebrated the signing of a long-term strategic partnership…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Stock Gains Exceed 10% Since Beginning of 2019

Saudi Stock Gains Exceed 10% Since Beginning of 2019

The gains achieved by the Saudi stock exchange market have amounted to more than 10 percent since the beginning of 2019. Meanwhile, the market’s performance…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi's Falih Says OPEC Ready to Act If Needed, No Oil Shortage

Saudi's Falih Says OPEC Ready to Act If Needed, No Oil Shortage

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday that he saw no oil supply shortage as global oil inventories are still rising, particularly…

Asharq Al Awsat (Jeddah)