Unesco inscribed one more Iraqi archeological city on the list of World Heritage in Danger, due to damage inflicted by armed groups. Ashur and Samara are already on the list.
Items by brand Del Lima, owned by entrepreneurs from Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states, are sold at a store in the UAE’s Dubai Mall. High luxury line features diamonds, emeralds and rubies.
The country will be the main supplier responsible to meet the world’s additional food demand in the next ten years, according to a report by OECD and FAO.
In Brazil, exports surpassed imports by US$ 2.2 billion from January through June, the highest first-half surplus since 2012. Exports and imports both declined, but the latter dropped by a higher rate.
The World Food Programme announced a reduction in assistance to refugees from Syria in Lebanon and Jordan. The organization needs US$ 139 million to help people in five different countries.
US dollar outflows from Brazil were higher than inflows in almost US$ 4 billion in the month up until June 26th.
The brand Pont du Kaftan participated in a parade organized by project Fashion Inclusive Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. The initiative will select clothes by the brand to be sold online.
Guarulhos terminal tops cargo handling among Brazilian airports, but it’s still able to receive 40% more.
In July, the Brazil Lebanon Cultural Center will start offering in-company Portuguese language classes, due to existing demand from business executives.
An executive from Investe SP convened with Arab Brazilian Chamber C-level executives to discuss joint actions. The goal is to attract Arabs into partnerships in São Paulo and encourage exports from the state.
Federal, state and local governments and state-owned companies posted deficits in their accounts in May. But the negative results of the same month of last year were higher.
Ambassador Ibrahim Alzeben and Arab Chamber CEO Michel Alaby discussed trade, investment and other topics with the Rio Grande do Sul state governor and its capital’s mayor.
The International Monetary Fund says the North African country is recovering from the secession from South Sudan, but conflicts in the neighboring country threaten oil revenues.
In the first five months of this year, the volume of wood panels shipped abroad from Brazil also increased, but foreign sales of paper remained flat, according to the industry association.

