Bloomberg Germany is increasingly getting vital chemicals from abroad as the country’s industrial giants like BASF SE struggle with sky-rocketing energy prices from Russian gas cuts. Chemical import volumes have almost doubled this year as the crisis deepened. Germany imported around 2.8 billion tonnes of inorganic chemicals in the first half of 2022, according to Germany’s federal statistics office. ...
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Russian defenses crumble as Ukraine retakes key territory
Bloomberg Ukraine’s forces continued their rapid advance in the Kharkiv region on Sunday, exploiting an extraordinary collapse of Russian defenses and raising the question of how far they can go. Unconfirmed reports overnight suggested Kyiv’s troops had taken Velykyi Burluk, a town about 90 kilometers (56 miles) east of Kharkiv and not far from the Russia-Ukraine border. The town ...
Read More »Adnoc, Dubai Supply Authority sign landmark gas sales deal
ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, have witnessed the signing of a landmark gas sales agreement between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Dubai Supply Authority (Dusup). The agreement showcases the ...
Read More »Khalifa Fund enhances its membership programme
Abu Dhabi / WAM Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development has officially announced that its membership programme has been enhanced and updated with a variety of business add-ons, which will further encourage and enable entrepreneurship. The membership updates includes an unlimited amount of trade license business registrations, which was originally 1 license per entrepreneur; fewer age restrictions, with anyone being ...
Read More »American University of Sharjah recognised in Sustainable Campus Index
Sharjah / WAM American University of Sharjah (AUS) is one of the top five institutions worldwide for community engagement in sustainability, according to the 2022 Sustainable Campus Index (SCI) issued by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). A publication from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, the SCI highlighted innovative ...
Read More »Gazprom to shift gas sales to China to rubles, yuan from euro
Bloomberg Gazprom PJSC said it will shift its contract to supply gas to China to rubles and yuan from euros, as the Kremlin steps up efforts to move trade out of currencies it considers “unfriendly†amid US and European sanctions. The state-run gas giant signed an additional agreement to its existing contract with China National Petroleum Corp on the issue, ...
Read More »The world mourns Queen Elizabeth II
Bloomberg The death of Queen Elizabeth II prompted an outpouring of condolences from global leaders, many noting that her long reign provided constancy to a world beset by wars, a pandemic and other crises. US President Joe Biden said she “defined an era.†“In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and ...
Read More »Sheikha Fatima: Women can help build peace throughout the world
ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), affirmed that the entirety of UAE’s achievements in women empowerment in all fields, especially in peace and security since the issuance of the United Nations ...
Read More »Safeen Feeders to launch new service for Southeast Asia
ABU DHABI / WAM AD Ports group’s Safeen Feeders will collaborate with shipping leader CMA CGM group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, in launching a new Southeast Asia service linking Singapore, Colombo and Chennai. The company’s ‘Safeen Pioneer,’ which has a container capacity of 2,034 TEUs, will join CMA CGM group’s ‘Songa Tiger’ on ...
Read More »Emirates NBD launches end-to-end digital onboarding process
Dubai / WAM Emirates NBD Securities has become the first securities brokerage to launch an end-to-end digital onboarding process. The newly launched platform enables more than 1 million Emirates NBD customers to start trading instantly amid increased demand for stocks and a robust pipeline of initial public offerings on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The end-to-end digital process offered by ...
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