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  Bloomberg The UK has become the third-most important country in the world for chief executives trying to expand their businesses, according to a prominent survey, the first time it has broken into the top three. The 26th annual poll of business leaders conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP found that the UK was behind only the US and China, and equal ...

Bloomberg The Pentagon is struggling to get China to resume military-to-military talks, according to a senior US defense official, underscoring continuing tensions between the two sides despite last year’s meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. China cut off talks with the US on military, climate change and other issues after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in ...

  Bloomberg Indians view the US as the biggest military threat after China and place greater blame on Nato and Washington than on Vladimir Putin for his war in Ukraine, according to a new survey. Some 43% of the 1,000 respondents perceived China — with whom India has a long-lingering border dispute and has seen tensions flare again since 2020 ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Yoon Suk Yeol, President of the Republic of Korea, visited the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant on Monday to celebrate the completion of Unit 3 and witness the continued progress of the plant, located in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Presidential visit ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan presented awards to the 10 winners of the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize on Monday. The Prize’s Awards Ceremony coincided with the beginning of the 2023 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). The ceremony was also attended by HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) has announced its investment in Dental Care Alliance (DCA), a leading US-based dental services organisation with approximately 390 allied practices, alongside funds managed by Harvest Partners, LP (Harvest Partners), an established private equity firm focused on investing in middle-market companies. DCA is one of the largest multi-branded dental support organisations in ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) signed an MoU with Fiker Institute, an interdisciplinary think-tank which specialises in international relations, public policy and culture, to establish a knowledge partnership, with the aim of supporting Dubai’s cultural scene globally and advancing research on cultural and creative industries through panel discussions, publications, debates, and the exchange of experiences, ...

Bloomberg Natural gas prices in Europe dropped to the lowest level since September 2021 as the supply outlook got a boost with full stockpiles in China forcing buyers to send LNG cargoes to the continent. Benchmark futures fell as much as 15% on Monday, taking the decline so far this year to 27%. Chinese importers are trying to divert February ...

  Bloomberg China’s sudden reopening is set to offer a boost to a flagging world economy. The growth impulse will be felt through services sectors such as aviation, tourism and education as Chinese people pack their bags for international travel for the first time since the pandemic. Tourism-reliant nations in Southeast Asia will likely be among the first to note ...

  Bloomberg Chinese financial regulators and the nation’s biggest bad-debt management companies plan to offer as much as 160 billion yuan ($24 billion) of refinancing support to high-quality developers in the first quarter, according to people familiar with the matter. Under the plan first announced on Friday with little details, the People’s Bank of China will channel 80 billion yuan ...