Since its inception in 2016 by its Founder, Vilhelm Hedberg, ekar has grown from a 15-vehicle pilot program with Etihad Airways to a multi-country service used by more than 250,000 customers. Photo courtesy of ekar.
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Turkish manufacturer half-owned by Qatar may get new stakeholder
The Turkish steelmaker is negotiating the purchase of shares in BMC Sanayi ve Ticaret AS with businessman Ethem Sancak, who controls 25 percent of the company Tosyali Holding is in talks to buy a stake
Read moreDo You Have Nafas, the Elusive Gift That Makes Food Taste Better?
The chef Mohamad Orfali remembers how his grandmother, whom everyone called Fatoum, spent her days in her kitchen in the Syrian city of Aleppo when he was a child there. If she wasn’t preparing feasts,
Read moreLibyans celebrate after gov't retakes key city near Tripoli
People crowd into the Tripoli’s main square to celebrate the fall of the nearby city of Tarhuna, the remaining stronghold of Haftar’s forces. There have been scenes of jubilation in Libya after the sudden end
Read moreItalian foreign minister in Tripoli for talks with GNA head
Visit by Luidi di Maio comes weeks after GNA forces repelled Khalifa Haftar’s offensive on the Libyan capital. Italy’s foreign minister has made an unannounced visit to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where he held talks
Read moreIran ready to ship more fuel to Venezuela despite US 'threats'
Iran sent flotilla of five fuel tankers to Venezuela, which is suffering severe shortages, defying US pressure. Iran has said it will continue fuel shipments to Venezuela if Caracas requests more supplies, despite criticism from
Read moreAlgeria steps up diplomacy in hopes of ending Libya's war
Algiers renews offer to mediate between warring sides in Libya as President Tebboune hosts PM al-Sarraj, Speaker Saleh. Peace talks rarely produce the desired outcome when parties to a conflict believe they can still, through
Read moreTurkey says it hit more than 500 Kurdish targets in northern Iraq
Iraq demands Turkey to stop bombardment after Turkish F-16 jets, drones destroyed more than 500 PKK targets. Turkish forces have hit more than 500 Kurdish targets in northern Iraq as part of an operation in
Read morePressure on Italy to scrap planned arms deal with Egypt
Activists decry move to sell two frigates to Egypt even as 2016 murder of Italian student near Cairo remains unresolved. The Italian government is facing increasing calls to scrap a major arms deal with Egypt
Read moreSaudi-led coalition in Yemen denies killing civilians in Saada air strike
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Wednesday denied that an air strike it carried out earlier this week in Saada province had killed civilians, as alleged by Houthi authorities. The coalition
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