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ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), announced on Wednesday it has signed a long-term agreement with Emirates Global Aluminium, EGA, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil and gas sector. Under the agreement, Adnoc will supply EGA with the majority of the calcined petroleum coke produced by Adnoc’s new Carbon Black ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM To mark the Year of Tolerance, the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, EAD, has created an ‘Oasis of Tolerance’ in the desert, made up mainly of Ghaf trees it planted alongside a number of diplomatic missions and government partners. 600 Ghaf (Prosopis cineraria), the symbol of the Year of Tolerance, and 1,000 Markh (Leptadenia pyrotechnica), were ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates’ inflight comforts were lauded as it clinched awards for Best Wi-Fi and Best Food & Beverage (F&B) in the Middle East at the APEX 2020 Regional Passenger Choice Awards in Singapore. The Best Food & Beverage award recognised Emirates’ regionally inspired cuisine and extensive menu. Each year, more than 110 million meals are served on ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business As part of continuous effort and improve the quality of care of patients Saudi German Hospital Dubai (SGH-Dubai) introduces pain management and infectious disease clinic. Pain management is essential for all medical conditions, as it is one of the major dimensions of quality-of-life scores that patients report. The treatment of both acute and chronic pain is ...

DUBAI / WAM Austria laid foundation stone for its pavilion in Expo 2020 Dubai, in the presence of Beatrix Karl, Commissioner-General, and Najeeb Mohammed Al-Ali, Executive Director, Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau. As part of Austria’s participation in Expo 2020’s Opportunity District, extensive activities are planned to further deepen the bilateral relations between Austria and UAE, as well as the whole ...

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is prepared to make a key concession to security hawks by tightening barriers aimed at Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co, according to people familiar with the plans. A draft of security measures being rolled out by the German government aims to block Huawei components from entering the core network of the country’s ultra high-speed ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said China is “dying” to make a trade deal with the US and the first step of a broader agreement is close to being completed, but he’ll only sign it if it’s good for American companies and workers. “We’re close — a significant phase one deal could happen, could happen soon,” he said in a speech ...

Bloomberg Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte’s coalition government plans to lower daytime speed limits on Dutch highways in response to a court ruling on nitrogen pollution that halted construction projects and led to protests from farmers and builders. Under the plan, the maximum speed will be lowered to 100 kilometres per hour (62 miles per hour) during the day, said ...

Bloomberg Cheaper gas and electricity pushed UK inflation to its lowest rate in almost three years last month, bringing respite for Prime Minister Boris Johnson after two days of disappointing data. Consumer prices rose 1.5% from a year earlier, the smallest increase since November 2016, after a new energy price cap came into force, the Office for National Statistics said ...

Bloomberg Google’s top health and cloud executives said the company isn’t misusing health data from one of the biggest US health-care providers, pushing back against news reports that have triggered criticism from politicians of the search giant. Google employees only have access to patient information in order to build a new internal search tool for the Ascension hospital network, said ...