Amman / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, said that the UAE, under the directives of its wise leadership, is continuing its pioneering efforts to forecast the future of the energy sector, in cooperation with its global partners, and has become a globally trusted energy supplier. He made this statement during his participation as ...
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Zelenskiy urges unity in renewed push for arms
Bloomberg Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged global leaders to revive the unity they showed during the pandemic and coordinate efforts to deter Vladimir Putin. “Weapons and sanctions are also a vaccine against Covid-22, which was brought by Russia,†Zelenskiy told a TIME100 Gala event via video-link. Fighting continued in the east of Ukraine, where Russian forces are pushing to capture ...
Read More »Chinese military jet crashes into houses; kills one, injures two
Bloomberg A military jet crashed in central China, killing one local resident and injuring two, according to the state broadcaster. The pilot ejected, but the crash caused an explosion near the airport of Laohekou, in Xiangyang city in China’s central Hubei province, the Xinhua news agency reported. Some houses near the crash site were severely damaged and set on ...
Read More »France’s Macron aims to enact pension reform by mid-2023
Bloomberg President Emmanuel Macron aims to reform France’s pension system by the summer of 2023, he told French news outlets in his first extended interview since his re-election in April. The reform, which initially aimed to lift the retirement age from 62 to 65, is essential to financing Emmanuel Macron’s larger ambitions for his second five-year term. He discussed those ...
Read More »UK economic growth grinding to a standstill
Bloomberg UK economic growth is grinding to a halt as the cost of the living crisis escalates, a leading business lobby warned. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) predicted output will be barely higher in the fourth quarter than it was at the end of 2021, with consumers and businesses set to rein in spending as taxes climb and ...
Read More »Inflation forces almost half of Germans to rein in spending
Bloomberg Nearly half of all Germans can no longer afford their lifestyle as inflation surges from one record to the next, according to a poll conducted for public broadcaster ARD. About 47% indicated they’re strongly or very strongly cutting back on spending. In low-income households, that share rises to more than three-quarters. The survey was conducted among 1,337 Germans ...
Read More »Hungary unveils windfall taxes, $6.1b in spending cuts
Bloomberg Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban used his emergency powers to publish decrees on a sweeping set of windfall taxes and to order about $6.1 billion in spending cuts for this year and next. The measures, which will hit industries from banking to energy and airlines to telecommunications, underscore the extent of the budget imbalance that has spooked investors ...
Read More »Dewa builds 3 new reservoirs to enhance water security in Dubai
Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) is increasing the storage capacity of desalinated water in Dubai to enhance water security. Dewa is building three water reservoirs in different parts of Dubai. The water reservoirs will include one in the Nakhali area with a storage capacity of 120 MIG and investments totalling AED287.8 million, one in the ...
Read More »Arada unveils 3rd phase of Masaar project in Sharjah
SHARJAH / WAM Arada has launched Robinia, the third phase of its Sharjah woodland community Masaar. The launch of the 565 villas and townhouses in Robinia has been brought forward after the first two residential phases at Masaar both sold out. Valued at AED8 billion and containing 4,000 homes spread over eight gated districts, all linked by a “green ...
Read More »UAE delegation to explore prospects for enhanced cooperation with Morocco
ABU DHABI / WAM A high-level UAE delegation headed by Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, will be visiting the Kingdom of Morocco on Thursday to explore prospects for enhanced cooperation in the next phase. The meetings will also help explore promising investment opportunities in the markets of the two countries and strengthen them during the next ...
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