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Following the Kuwaiti government's approach in recent weeks regarding the Arash field, an Iranian foreign ministry official lodged an official protest with the Kuwaiti ambassador to Tehran.

Several of China's largest solar power companies are building factories in the United States, aiming to serve the growing U.S. solar market.

Referring to Iran's strategic position, the Sri Lankan president considered Iran as a gateway to Central Asia and he emphasized increasing economic interactions with Iran.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange has reclaimed top spot in Asia in total market capitalization of listed companies in U.S. dollar terms, data showed Monday, some three-and-a-half years after it ceded the title to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The state-run Donya-ye Eghtesad newspaper, in its analysis of economic conditions and their correlation with population growth and fertility rates, wrote that the decline in the quality of life has brought Iran to the bottom of the global table, with the population growth reaching six-tenths of a percent.

Twenty-five years is a narrative arc. A hero’s journey echoing with personal growth and transformation. It is the story of a young man transitioning from a young adult into a seasoned professional. Perhaps in a similar vein, it is also the story of Aurora embarking on a relatively parallel journey from obscurity to becoming the thought leader of the industry.

The government plans to carry out some 3.5 trillion won (US$2.63 billion) worth of aid projects this year to help promote the growth and welfare of developing countries, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

Concerns over the impact of making full use of Russia’s immobilized reserves, on the reserve status of the dollar and, more importantly, the reserve status euro, always seemed a bit overstated to me.

As grim as Afghans’ economic prospects were when the Taliban returned to power last year, they look even worse a year later. The latest Gallup data from surveys conducted in Afghanistan one year after the Taliban took over show unprecedented numbers of Afghans are finding it very difficult to get by on their household incomes and struggling to afford food and shelter. They are also almost universally grim about the job climate and the outlook for their economy.

Universities have boomed in recent decades. Higher-education institutions across the world now employ on the order of 15m researchers, up from 4m in 1980. These workers produce five times the number of papers each year. Governments have ramped up spending on the sector. The justification for this rapid expansion has, in part, followed sound economic principles.