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  Dubai / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai has recorded 10,836,389 visits as of January 24, while the virtual visitation reached 72.5 million. The visitors were attracted by the new musical from Indian stars Shekhar Kapur and A.R. Rahman, plus a series of high-profile events as part of the first Global Goals Week to be held outside of the United Nations ...

  Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is on track for a windfall of around 13 billion pounds ($17.5 billion) this financial year as borrowing figures for the first nine months came in well below official forecasts, despite a sharp rise in debt interest costs. The budget deficit was 16.8 billion pounds last month, taking the shortfall from ...

  Bloomberg Euro area economic activity increased at its slowest pace in almost a year as infections of the coronavirus’s Omicron strain ripped through the services industry. While supply disruptions eased somewhat for manufacturers, a composite gauge for both sectors falls for a second month, to 52.4 in January from 53.3 in December, according to a survey of purchasing managers ...

  Bloomberg Mexico’s annual inflation slowed slightly less than expected in early January and remained far above target, leaving the central bank in a tight spot amid indications the economy is in recession. Consumer prices rose 7.13% from a year earlier, compared to the 7.12% median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg and 7.26% in the last two weeks of ...

  Bloomberg The Port of Los Angeles moved record cargo volumes last year amid an import surge at the U.S.’s biggest container gateway and supply-chain snarls brought on by the pandemic. The West Coast port handled 10.7 million 20-foot container units in 2021, 13% more volume than in 2018, the previous record year, Executive Director Gene Seroka said. US supply ...

Bloomberg Confidence in Germany’s near-term outlook improved in January as companies expect the latest virus wave to prove only a temporary setback for the recovery. A business expectations gauge compiled by the Munich-based Ifo Institute rise to 95.2, more than economists predicted. Manufacturers saw supply bottlenecks easing at the start of the year, and even services providers were optimistic about ...

  Bloomberg Volkswagen AG is partnering with Robert Bosch GmbH to bolster its automated-driving push and catch up with the likes of Tesla Inc. on software development. VW’s Cariad software unit will work with the world’s largest auto-parts supplier to introduce features allowing drivers to temporarily take their hands off the steering wheel starting in 2023, the companies said on ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday made a phone call to Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan, expressing his strong condemnation and denunciation of the blast that hit the Pakistani city of Lahore, which killed a number ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Defence announced on Monday that its air defence forces had intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles targeting the UAE, which were fired by the Houthi terrorist militia. The ministry confirmed that there were no casualties resulting from the attack, as the fragments of the ballistic missiles fell in different areas around the UAE ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Aligned with national efforts aimed at driving the growth of the UAE’s energy sector, AD Ports Group signed a new agreement with Eni Abu Dhabi B.V., the Abu Dhabi-based branch of the world-renowned Italian Integrated Energy Company, to establish a marine logistics base at Mugharraq Port supporting offshore drilling operations in the heart of Al ...