Emerging Markets Archives

Killer drones and multi-billion dollar deals: Turkey’s rapidly-growing defense industry is boosting its global clout

March 29, 2023 by NFO

A Turkish is on view during a presentation at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Siauliai, Lithuania, on July 6, 2022. Lithuania on July 6, 2022 exhibited a crowdfunded Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 combat military drone that it plans to send to Ukraine to Help the war-torn country fight Russia’s invasion. Petras Malukas | AFP | … Read more

Lebanon wakes up in two simultaneous time zones as government can’t agree on daylight saving change

March 28, 2023 by NFO

Aerial view of the seafront Manara district near downtown Beirut. Bilwander | Getty Images Nobody quite knows what time it is in Lebanon. On Sunday, the Mediterranean country of roughly 6 million was scheduled to turn its clocks back an hour for daylight saving, as it does every year along with much of the wider … Read more