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ABU DHABI / WAM Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State, has met with Pacôme Moubelet-Boubeya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Gabon, at Expo 2020 Dubai. During the meeting, they discussed ways to consolidate means of enhancing cooperation between two countries, including climate change, women’s empowerment and investment. Al Sayegh praised the participation of Gabon in Expo 2020 Dubai, ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) stressed the importance of strengthening economic relations between the emirate of Sharjah and the Republic of India, by highlighting the available investment opportunities and the facilities and incentives offered by both sides in various vital sectors. This came during the Sharjah-India Business Forum organised by the SCCI on the ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden began a high-stakes call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to reports from Interfax and Tass, seeking to ease tensions that have spiked over Russia’s massing of troops along the border with Ukraine and fears of a possible invasion. Putin and Biden began their video call around 10 am Washington time on Tuesday, according to the ...

Bloomberg Canada’s labour market blew past expectations in November as the end of income support programs helped fuel new hiring. Employment rises 153,700 last month, Statistics Canada reported in Ottawa. That’s more than quadruple the 37,500 gain economists were predicting, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. The numbers show just how close the nation’s economy is to ...

Bloomberg German factory orders plummeted in October as demand for investment goods declined, putting the economy on weak footing in the final months of the year. Orders fall 6.9% following a 1.3% increase the previous month. That’s the biggest drop in the volatile index since August and a worse reading than predicted by a single economist in a survey of ...

Bloomberg New car registrations in the UK rise in November for the first time after four consecutive months of declines, driven by a demand for electrified vehicles. Sales increased 1% in November from a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). That’s still 31% below the pre-pandemic five-year average, the SMMT said. ...

Bloomberg The number of container ships headed for the busiest US port complex has risen to close to 100 under a new counting method, underscoring the magnitude of the economy-restraining logjam that the Biden administration is trying to help alleviate. The backup outside the adjacent ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, involves 96 container carriers, up from 86 ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc and its London rivals will have to overhaul their business models in the city after losing a bid to challenge part of a landmark ruling which led its drivers to be re-classified as workers. UK judges ruled that the tech firm should enter into a direct contract with passengers when providing car journeys and therefore assume ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Despite all the challenges, 2021 has been a remarkable year for the UAE’s nuclear energy industry and the nation’s future as a whole. On the UAE’s fiftieth anniversary, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) reflected upon the key initiatives that the country has embarked upon to safeguard the next fifty years. Enec has achieved commercial operations ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has signed a new partnership with Sber, Russia’s largest commercial bank, providing services to more than 100 million customers and approximately 1 million enterprises and one of the largest digital ecosystem uniting over 60 companies in various industries. Technology companies, startups, ventures and investors in the UAE and Russia will ...