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WASHINGTON / WAM Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the US, has said that the start-up of Unit 1 at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant is an outstanding milestone in the history of fruitful cooperation between the UAE and the US in the peaceful nuclear energy field. In his statement following the recent successful startup of Unit 1 of the …

Bloomberg Oil dropped towards $40 a barrel in New York after the biggest gain in two weeks as investors weighed additional Opec+ supply hitting the market against signs of a recovery in major economies. Opec’s crude output rose last month, led by Saudi Arabia, ahead of the group and its allies relaxing their historic cuts this month, according to a …

Bloomberg Global remittances could fall by as much as $108.6 billion in 2020 if it takes a year to contain the coronavirus pandemic and reopen economies, according to Asian Development Bank (ADB) economists. “Migrant workers are among the hardest hit groups, with many facing scant job security and limited access to social assistances,” ADB economists James Villafuerte and Aiko Kikkawa …

Bloomberg Oil edged below $40 a barrel in New York as Opec and allied producers started supplying more crude to a global market where many countries are still struggling to contain the coronavirus. Opec+ will pump about 1.5 million barrels more this month than in July as it starts to unwind its historic virus-driven output curbs, with Russia already having …

Bloomberg The Trump administration will announce measures shortly against “a broad array” of Chinese-owned software deemed to pose national-security risks, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said. The comments suggest a possible widening of US measures beyond TikTok, the popular music-video app owned by ByteDance Ltd., one of China’s biggest tech companies. President Donald Trump told reporters that he plans …

TOKYO / WAM Japan’s imports of crude oil from the UAE reached to 20.13 million barrels in June, according to data from Agency for Natural Resources and Energy in Tokyo. The agency, part of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, reported that the percentage of oil imports from the UAE amounted to 35.1 percent of the total Japanese …

Bloomberg Russia slightly increased its oil production in July, ahead of the Opec+ plans to start easing their record supply cuts starting this month. The nation’s producers pumped 39.63 million tons of crude and condensate last month, according to preliminary data from the Energy Ministry’s CDU-TEK unit. That’s an average daily of 9.371 million barrels, applying a 7.33 barrel-per-ton conversion …

Bloomberg Kuwait has suspended commercial flights from 31 countries on the advice of health authorities, just as the Gulf state re-opened its airport to such operations. While other flights will resume, countries on the barred list include India, Iran, China, Brazil, Lebanon, Spain, Singapore, Egypt and Sri Lanka, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement. The airport …

Bloomberg Oil dipped in tandem with a risk-off move in US equities as investors await a clear signal on supply amid expectations for a build in stockpiles. Futures in New York declined as much as 1.4% on Tuesday. Equities across the US, Europe and Asia weakened with investors laser-focused on corporate earnings results as an indication of the economic damage …

TAIZ / WAM The UAE is continuing to provide free healthcare services to the residents of Yemen’s Red Sea Coast, through the mobile clinics of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) and as part of its various relief and humanitarian projects. The ERC’s three mobile clinics staffed by 12 doctors received 200 patients from various age groups from Al Sawadiyah in …