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Bloomberg The White House is asking Congress for $32.5 billion in emergency funding to boost its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and tackle the ongoing fight against the coronavirus. President Joe Biden’s administration has requested $10 billion for Ukraine, money that will be used to address the mounting humanitarian crisis as well as assist its defense against Russia. Of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates has announced $5 million in humanitarian assistance to benefit civilians impacted by the situation in Ukraine. The contribution is made to the United Nations’ Humanitarian Flash Appeal and the Regional Refugee Response Plan for Ukraine and is a reflection of the UAE’s emphasis on humanitarian solidarity in conflict settings. The UAE has ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), chaired the meeting of the board, held on Wednesday in Qasr Al Watan. Sheikh Mansour welcomed the meeting’s participants and thanked the Central Bank of the UAE ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the leading international financial centre, on Wednesday hosted a delegation of high-profile business leaders from Israel, as the two countries continue to explore bilateral growth and investments opportunities. The forum was hosted as part of Abu Dhabi’s long-term economic commitment to attract and retain new businesses and investors to its hub, ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider, has announced its financial results for the 12 months period ended on December 31, 2021. It reported revenues of AED452.7 million [$123.3 million], exceeding the prior year by 7.9 percent, leading to full-year revenue of just under AED1.50 billion [$408 million], marginally up year-on-year. ...

  Bloomberg Malaysia’s state oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd. swung to profit in the final three months of 2021, due to a smaller impairment loss, higher earnings and elevated crude oil prices. Petronas posted net income of 13.4 billion ringgit ($3.2 billion) in the December quarter, versus a 1.1 billion ringgit loss a year earlier, the company said. Revenue climbed ...

Bloomberg China is “extremely concerned” about the harm to civilians in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Ukrainian counterpart in a call, in the latest indication of Beijing’s desire to prevent the war’s further escalation. Wang said the world’s second largest economy also “deplores the outbreak of conflict between Ukraine and Russia,” according to a statement posted on the ...

  Bloomberg Roman Abramovich is selling his London properties, according to British MP Chris Bryant, and a Swiss billionaire said he’s been approached about buying Chelsea Football Club. “He’s terrified of being sanctioned, which is why he’s already going to sell his home tomorrow and sell another flat as well,” Bryant, a member of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, said in ...

Bloomberg Nord Stream 2 AG, operator of the controversial gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea to Germany, said it can’t confirm published reports that it has filed for bankruptcy amid a raft of international sanctions against Russian assets. “We cannot confirm the media reports,” it said in a statement. Switzerland-based Nord Stream 2 AG “only informed the local authorities that ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused of being slow to act in sanctioning Russian billionaires after the UK lagged the US and European Union in targeting individuals with links to Vladimir Putin. In Parliament, opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer questioned why Igor Shuvalov, Putin’s former deputy prime minister, is not on the UK sanctions list despite being on ...