Jul 8

22m 46s

Fadi Ghandour Petition, Dubai Chocolate ...

Augustus Media

About this episode

HEADLINES:

♦ Fadi Ghandour Leads Petition Over Sequoia Partner’s Islamophobia Toward Zohran Mamdani

♦ Dubai Duty Free Chocolates Smash Records with 2.5 Million Bars Sold in Six Months

♦ UAE and World Economic Forum Launch Global Platform to Future-Proof AI Regulation

♦ Bahrain Sets Gulf’s First Stablecoin Rulebook, Leading Crypto Regulation

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