Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. and global investment firm KKR agreed on 4 Oct to acquire "substantial" minority stakes in Philippine technology firm Voyager Innovations that could be worth up to 175 million U.S. dollars.

The healthcare sector in Abu Dhabi has become subject to regulation on the use of Artificial Intelligence (‘AI”) technologies that should set a good foundation for promoting efficiency and effectiveness of AI in the medical field locally.

The ‘finality’ of an arbitral award in a specific seat is often a determining factor for parties when considering and devising the dispute resolution mechanism that shall govern their prospective or ongoing dispute.

In the wake of ride-hailing applications gaining popularity worldwide and across the region, Jordan’s regulators have struggled to find appropriate measures to regulate the industry while safeguarding public transportation and maintaining healthy competition at a time where everyone has become heavily accustomed to procuring services at a touch of a button.

Tiger Woods won his first PGA Championship at the Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 in Medinah, IL in 1999 with an 11 under par 277.

Oil prices have recovered from approximately USD 50 per barrel last year to around USD 75 per barrel, and it would seem that the number of legal disputes in the Middle East and North Africa (“MENA”) region should decrease due to the anticipated soothing effect of petrodollars flowing through the regional markets.

Islamic finance has been gaining popularity over the past few years as it is deemed to offer a credible and ethical alternative to the conventional banking system and its allegedly rapacious practices, which have been said to have prompted the financial crisis.

The continuous increase in the global population, which is expected to rise to 9 billion by the year 2050, increases the need for food production and renewable energy.

Boasting one of the world’s most sophisticated financial markets rooted in transparency and a sound legal framework, and bolstered by a pro-business, stable and open economy, Singapore has all the hallmarks of a potentially successful global Islamic financial market.

The Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia, or known as AIBIM, in support of the Central Bank of Malaysia is organising the Global Islamic Finance Forum 2018 (GIFF2018) on October 3 to 4.