The Doha-based carrier’s Boeing 777 cargo planes will travel to Brazil twice a week. The new route will include stops in Buenos Aires, Quito and Miami.
Jordan’s Queen Alia International Airport handled 488,000 passengers in November, a 9% increase over the same month of last year.
The index, measured by trade association FecomercioSP, climbed 2.4% in December over November and reached 75.6 points, the highest level since July 2015.
The honorary chairwoman of the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital’s Ladies’ Benevolent Society passed away last Monday (26) at her home in São Paulo. She was 108 years old.
The beekeeping event will take place in the region of Hatta from December 29 to 31. Twenty five exhibitors from the United Arab Emirates and other countries will take part in it.
Brazil’s Central Government announced a BRL 38.356 billion (USD 11.712 billion) deficit, the widest ever for the month. The number comprises the Central Bank, Social Security and the National Treasury.
The government is offering 20% off on tickets to archaeological sites during the year-end holidays and throughout January.
The Arab world’s leading plastics, petrochemicals and rubber industry event will happen from January 8 to 10 in the United Arab Emirates. Last year, the industry had a turnover of USD 32 billion in the Gulf countries alone.
Brazilian economists believe that a minor improvement will take place next year, but the country must put its political problems behind it before it can really get growing again.
Brazil’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) forecast is expected to have shrunk by 3.49% at the end of this year. The projection is worse than last week’s, but the inflation estimate has improved.
The region accounted for 9% of the exports via Exporta Fácil in 2015 and declined from January to November of this year. Saudi Arabia is the seventh largest destination in the service’s overall ranking.
Credit in the country will suffer the first fall ever registered by the Brazilian Central Bank if the forecast for this year is to be confirmed.
The storytelling for kids based on Arab stories will play on Tuesday (27) at the Sesc branch of the Greater São Paulo city. Artist Cris Guerra, of Lebanese descent, is the author of the show.
Brazilian government sent BRL 1.2 million (USD 367,200) for the purchase of food in the Arab country, South Sudan and Haiti. The funds come from the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC).
