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Bloomberg The Biden administration’s first evacuation flight for Afghans who aided American and other coalition forces has arrived in the US, as the administration steps up efforts to relocate interpreters, other military assistants and their families ahead of a final troop withdrawal. The plane, carrying more than 200 people, landed at Fort Lee in Virginia, where passengers were to undergo ...

Bloomberg The Justice Department directed the Treasury Department to hand over former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress, a move that means six years of Trump’s personal and business financial information could become public. “We conclude that the Secretary must comply with the Ways and Means Committee’s June 16, 2021 request” for the tax returns and related tax information, ...

Bloomberg US drug regulators are taking an “all-hands-on-deck approach” to reviewing Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 shot for full approval in an effort to persuade as many as possible to get immunised. The Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) is “identifying additional resources such as personnel and technological resources from across the agency and opportunities to reprioritise other activities, in ...

Bloomberg Yale University is reinstituting a requirement that all individuals wear masks in indoor campus spaces, joining other colleges in efforts to combat the delta variant. Under the policy effective from August 2, masks must be worn regardless of vaccination status, the New Haven, Connecticut-based school said. Exceptions will be made for those working alone in a segregated space, such ...

Bloomberg Starbucks Corp reported quarterly results that outpaced estimates on the back of a strong US recovery — but a less optimistic outlook for the key Chinese market weighed on shares in trading. Global same-store sales, an important gauge of restaurant success, rose 73% in the fiscal third quarter ended June 27 compared with the year-earlier period, surpassing projections. US ...

Dubai / WAM In executing the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to grant golden visas to those with scientific competencies and distinguished expertise, the UAE Government invites doctors to apply for the golden visa in recognition of their efforts and sacrifices, and being the frontline heroes. This ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court, which has jurisdiction over money laundering and tax evasion offences, has convicted nine defendants and six companies for possessing AED18 million through fraudulent means using a computer-based process. As for the criminal scheme, one of the defendants, operating from outside the country, would contact the victims, claiming to be working for ...

DUBAI / WAM DP World Limited handled 19.7 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the second quarter of 2021, with gross container volumes increasing by 17.6 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and 17.1 percent on a like-for-like basis . Growth in Q2 accelerated with all regions delivering a strong performance, especially our ...

Bloomberg It’s a massive new oil refinery in an era focused on renewable energy. It’ll cost more than promised. It’s behind schedule. And now, public documents reveal that Dos Bocas — a favoured project of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for his home state of Tabasco — is being built in a zone the state oil firm had promised ...

Bloomberg The latest swing of senior US officials through Asia indicates the Biden administration is taking a humbler tone in the region than the former president, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken noting that every democracy was a “work in progress.” On his first official visit to India, Blinken sought common ground with New Delhi in their disputes with ...