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Bloomberg Nord Stream 2 AG, operator of the controversial gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea to Germany, said it can’t confirm published reports that it has filed for bankruptcy amid a raft of international sanctions against Russian assets. “We cannot confirm the media reports,” it said in a statement. Switzerland-based Nord Stream 2 AG “only informed the local authorities that ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused of being slow to act in sanctioning Russian billionaires after the UK lagged the US and European Union in targeting individuals with links to Vladimir Putin. In Parliament, opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer questioned why Igor Shuvalov, Putin’s former deputy prime minister, is not on the UK sanctions list despite being on ...

  Bloomberg A group of the world’s richest nations that pledged $8.5 billion in climate finance to South Africa wants the money to be used to retire coal-fired power plants, according to a senior U.S. official involved in the talks, damping suggestions some could be channeled to producing electric vehicles and green hydrogen. The funds pledged by the US, UK, ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, discussed by phone with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, a number of regional and international issues, in the context of wider discussions which included earlier calls with the British PM, Boris Johnson, and French ...

  Dubai / WAM In line with international initiatives that promote innovative and sustainable agricultural practices to achieve sustainability and food security, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) hosted the ‘Brazil-UAE Agri Talks,’ in association with the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC). The high-level event brought attention to the potential of the Brazilian agribusiness sector and UAE’s ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has launched a ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) and coding license in cooperation with the UAE Artificial Intelligence Office. The license, which is a UAE first, will advance the country’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2031, which aims to enhance the UAE’s reputation in this field by attracting AI companies and coders from around ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Steel, the leading integrated steel plant in the Middle East, has sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mauritania’s Société Nationale Industrielle Et Minière (SNIM) to look into the feasibility of creating a joint venture company to produce iron oxide pellets. Under the 18-month agreement, signed by Saeed Ghumran Al Remeithi, Group CEO of ...

Bloomberg Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is entering a new phase, promising a more deadly time ahead for the country’s civilians and its remarkably determined army, according to Western military officials. Early signs are that Russian commanders are abandoning the approach that marked the first days of the conflict, in which they relied on lightning strikes into cities they assumed would ...

  SHARJAH / WAM Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, Executive Chairman of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), announced that it is currently considering investing in several Arab and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar. Shurooq has received a proposal to establish similar entities to Sharjah Sustainable City in Australia and the US, ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Silal, Abu Dhabi’s leading fresh produce and agri-tech company, and AeroFarms, a Certified B Corporation and leader in indoor vertical farming, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to forge a long-term research and development collaboration involving knowledge and technology transfer of advanced farming systems to local farmers. Under the MoU, both parties will assess ...