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Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, has congratulated UAE citizens and residents on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. HH Sheikha Fatima urged the public to adhere to the country’s precautionary measures to preserve their ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates on Thursday sent an aid plane carrying seven metric tons of medical supplies to Union of the Comoros. The aid will assist approximately 7,000 medical professionals as they work to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Commenting on the aid delivery, Saeed Mohammed Saeed Al Maqbali, UAE Ambassador to Union of the Comoros, said, ...

DUBAI / WAM KPMG released the results of its fifth edition of the ‘GCC listed banks’ report, which analyses the published results of listed commercial banks across the region for the year ended December 31, 2019. The report, titled ‘New Age Banking’, has found that the UAE’s top ten banks reported positive results in 2019, with an average 13.9 percent ...

Bloomberg A Total SA-led liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique will receive commitments for about $15 billion of financing at a signing scheduled in June, marking rare progress for such a project as companies scrutinise costs. The first and most significant phase of the financing commitment for the LNG project — which will be Africa’s biggest private investment yet — ...

Bloomberg Chinese authorities are planning to write the country’s national security law into Hong Kong’s charter, the news site HK01 reported, in what would be a dramatic escalation of Beijing’s efforts to rein in dissent in the city. China’s lawmakers were preparing to pass a measure in their upcoming session that would require the former British colony to enact a ...

Bloomberg The euro-area economy started to claw its way out of its deepest downturn ever as the relaxing of coronavirus lockdowns allows thousands of businesses to reopen. The big question is how long it stumbles along at the bottom before a meaningful recovery starts to take shape. While a report from IHS Markit on Thursday offered some hope, it also ...

Bloomberg Automotive industry borrowers have raised $155 billion amid the coronavirus outbreak as the pandemic shutters showrooms and factories. Companies worldwide have been drawing down on existing credit lines and seeking new credit deals to weather the health crisis as it hits demand for vehicles. The $155 billion gathered in less than three months since mid-March is equivalent to the ...

Bloomberg First the virus lockdown shuttered the two dairies where farmer Gavrila Tuchilus sells the milk from his 1,500 cows. Then his fields dried up, forcing him to abandon his barley crop for the first time in 39 years. “A double war is taking place,” said Tuchilus, from Matca, a village in southeast Romania. “It’s a war against invisible Covid-19 ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADQ) one of the region’s largest holding companies with a diverse portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi’s non-oil economy, has launched Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI) Fund, a new AED1.1 billion venture fund located at Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). AWI will target early-stage businesses in India and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (Unsco), expresses its gratitude to the Government of the UAE for the delivery of 14 tonnes of urgent medical supplies. The supplies will support the efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic and its impact in the occupied Palestinian territory. The ...