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Credit Currents Rise: Qatar’s Banks Close the Year with Stronger Loan Books

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Qatar’s lenders wrapped up December with their balance sheets on firmer ground, as total loans climbed 6.6 percent compared to the previous financial year — a noticeable step up from the 4.6 percent growth recorded a year earlier. Over the past five years, credit expansion has averaged 4.9 percent annually, reflecting a steady, if measured, …

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Fresh Firepower for Saudi Homebuyers: SHL Finance Locks in $53 Million Islamic Facility

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Saudi Arabia’s housing finance push just received another lift. SHL Finance Company has renewed a Shariah-compliant credit line worth up to SAR 200 million (about $53.3 million), securing fresh capital to expand its home lending operations across the Kingdom. The five-year facility comes from UAE-based banking heavyweight Emirates NBD. The funding is earmarked for mortgage …

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Maersk’s Terminal Arm Buys Into Jeddah Hub, Deepening Alliance With DP World

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Global shipping heavyweight A.P. Moller-Maersk is tightening its grip on the Red Sea trade lanes. Its ports subsidiary, APM Terminals, has struck an agreement to acquire a 37.5% stake in the South Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port — a facility currently operated in full by Dubai-based logistics powerhouse DP World. Under the arrangement, DP …

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Climate Rule Reckoning: Advocacy Groups Drag Trump Administration to Court Over EPA Rollback

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A broad alliance of environmental and public health organisations has moved to block President Donald Trump’s latest climate policy reversal, filing a petition before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. At the heart of the dispute lies the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to scrap the scientific “endangerment finding” — a …

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States Drag Washington to Court Over Frozen Clean Energy Billions

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A coalition of states led by California has marched into federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully blocking billions of dollars earmarked for clean energy projects. At the center of the dispute is money Congress had already signed off on—funds tied to climate-focused laws such as the Inflation Reduction Act. The lawsuit argues that …

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$10 Billion Clash: BBC Moves to Knock Out Trump’s Defamation Suit Over January 6 Film

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The legal battle between the British Broadcasting Corporation and Donald Trump has sharpened, with the broadcaster asking a U.S. court to throw out the former—and now again—President’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit over a documentary on the Capitol unrest. In a filing before a federal court in Miami, the BBC said Trump’s complaint fails at the starting line. …

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US Appeals Court Reinstates Military’s HIV Enlistment Bar, Citing Operational Concerns

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A federal appeals court has restored the United States military’s prohibition on enlisting individuals living with HIV, siding with the Pentagon’s argument that the policy remains tied to operational realities rather than outdated prejudice. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that …

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HIV Enlistment Bar Survives Court Test as U.S. Appeals Bench Backs Pentagon

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A federal appeals court has restored the U.S. military’s long-standing policy that bars people living with HIV from enlisting, concluding that the rule remains within the bounds of military judgment despite modern medical advances. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the government, overturning a …

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Curtain Call Denied: US Court Keeps Live Nation Antitrust Battle Alive

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A federal courtroom in Manhattan has refused to dim the lights on a sweeping antitrust case targeting Live Nation Entertainment, clearing the stage for what could become one of the most closely watched trials in the live music business. The ruling means the lawsuit—brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, joined by 39 states and …

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Screens, Scrutiny and the Stand: Zuckerberg Faces Tough Questions in Youth Addiction Trial

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In a packed courtroom in Los Angeles, Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand and pushed back against a central accusation: that Meta Platforms built Instagram with children in mind. The trial, unfolding before a jury in California, zeroes in on claims that Instagram — along with YouTube, owned by Google — harmed a woman who …

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