Shoppers browse shoes for sale at a secondhand clothing market in the Ettadhamen district of Tunis, Tunisia. All photos: Bloomberg
Shoppers browse shoes for sale at a secondhand clothing market in the Ettadhamen district of Tunis, Tunisia. All photos: Bloomberg
A barrage of economic shocks is building that’s unlike anything emerging markets have had to confront since the 1990s.
A barrage of economic shocks is building that’s unlike anything emerging markets have had to confront since the 1990s.
Turmoil triggered by rising food and energy prices is already gripping countries like Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia and Peru.
Turmoil triggered by rising food and energy prices is already gripping countries like Sri Lanka, Egypt, Tunisia and Peru.
It risks turning into a broader debt debacle and yet another threat to the world economy’s fragile recovery from the pandemic.
It risks turning into a broader debt debacle and yet another threat to the world economy’s fragile recovery from the pandemic.
A cash-strapped government has raised fuel prices at least four times over the past 13 months in Tunisia.
A cash-strapped government has raised fuel prices at least four times over the past 13 months in Tunisia.
A banner featuring Kais Saied, Tunisia's president, outside a food store in the Ariana district of Tunis.
A banner featuring Kais Saied, Tunisia's president, outside a food store in the Ariana district of Tunis.
Tourism has dried up, and shortages are spreading.
Tourism has dried up, and shortages are spreading.
A Tunisian dinar price tag on a display of fresh produce at a fishmonger's shop.
A Tunisian dinar price tag on a display of fresh produce at a fishmonger's shop.
Workers serve customers at a poultry and food shop.
Workers serve customers at a poultry and food shop.
Shoppers browse products inside a supermarket.
Shoppers browse products inside a supermarket.

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Tunisia consumers facing crisis over rising food and energy prices - in pictures

A cash-strapped government has raised fuel prices at least four times over the past 13 months

The National

April 23, 2022

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PROFILE OF CURE.FIT

Started: July 2016

Founders: Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori

Based: Bangalore, India

Sector: Health & wellness

Size: 500 employees

Investment: $250 million

Investors: Accel, Oaktree Capital (US); Chiratae Ventures, Epiq Capital, Innoven Capital, Kalaari Capital, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Piramal Group’s Anand Piramal, Pratithi Investment Trust, Ratan Tata (India); and Unilever Ventures (Unilever’s global venture capital arm)

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Key recommendations
  • Fewer criminals put behind bars and more to serve sentences in the community, with short sentences scrapped and many inmates released earlier.
  • Greater use of curfews and exclusion zones to deliver tougher supervision than ever on criminals.
  • Explore wider powers for judges to punish offenders by blocking them from attending football matches, banning them from driving or travelling abroad through an expansion of ‘ancillary orders’.
  • More Intensive Supervision Courts to tackle the root causes of crime such as alcohol and drug abuse – forcing repeat offenders to take part in tough treatment programmes or face prison.
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Director: Christian Carion

Starring: James McAvoy, Claire Foy, Tom Cullen, Gary Lewis

Rating: 2/5

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6pm: Al Maktoum Challenge Round-1 – Group 1 (PA) $50,000 (Dirt) 1,600m
6.35pm: Festival City Stakes – Conditions (TB) $60,000 (D) 1,200m
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7.45pm: Jumeirah Classic Trial – Conditions (TB) $150,000 (T) 1,400m
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Tank warfare

Lt Gen Erik Petersen, deputy chief of programs, US Army, has argued it took a “three decade holiday” on modernising tanks. 

“There clearly remains a significant armoured heavy ground manoeuvre threat in this world and maintaining a world class armoured force is absolutely vital,” the general said in London last week.

“We are developing next generation capabilities to compete with and deter adversaries to prevent opportunism or miscalculation, and, if necessary, defeat any foe decisively.”

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Director:Josephine Decker

Stars:Grace Kaufman, Pico Alexander, Jacques Colimon

Rating:2/5

The specs

Engine: 4-litre twin-turbo V8

Transmission: nine-speed

Power: 542bhp

Torque: 700Nm

Price: Dh848,000

On sale: now

Founders: Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, Turki Bin Zarah and Abdulmohsen Albabtain.

Based: Riyadh

Offices: UAE, Vietnam and Germany

Founded: September, 2020

Number of employees: 70

Sector: FinTech, online payment solutions

Funding to date: $116m in two funding rounds  

Investors: Checkout.com, Impact46, Vision Ventures, Wealth Well, Seedra, Khwarizmi, Hala Ventures, Nama Ventures and family offices

Updated: June 17, 2023, 12:51 PM
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