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  Bloomberg Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists blamed each other for what they said was shelling in violation of a ceasefire in the Donbas region. Both Kyiv and Moscow expressed concern about the apparent uptick in violence. No deaths were reported and there was no immediate confirmation of the allegations. It wasn’t clear how much of an escalation they may represent ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, attended the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MoU) covering the cultural and health sectors between the UAE and Cuba at Expo 2020 Dubai. The MoU related to culture was signed by Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has signed an agreement with Borsa Istanbul wherein the latter will provide consultancy services and implementation support to Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in Information Technologies. The signing of the agreement came during the visit of the President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan of Turkey, to the UAE on February 14. The CEO ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM A report published by the media monitoring company, Strategico, revealed that the media content of the Emirates News Agency (WAM) was viewed nearly 470.3 billion times in 2021, including content shown by news agencies, newspapers, radio and TV stations, websites and social media accounts. Asia led the list, totalling 393.3 billion views, while the Americas ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi International Airport has welcomed 5.26 million guests in 2021 thanks to a fourth-quarter surge that saw 2.43 million, which equates to 46 percent of the full year’s passenger numbers, pass through the UAE capital’s hub. The Abu Dhabi Airport released its 2021 passenger traffic results, revealing that 5,262,376 passengers were served compared to ...

  Bloomberg SSE Plc is set to earn a windfall from the gas-fired power plants it will ensure are available to help keep UK lights on next winter. The utility could make as much as 172 million pounds ($233 million) in an auction that cleared at 75-70 pounds a kilowatt per year, according to calculations using National Grid Plc data. ...

Bloomberg Taiwan believes Xi Jinping is too focused on a key party meeting to extend his tenure as China’s leader to take military action now, regardless of what happens between Russia and Ukraine, according to two senior officials involved in security issues in Taipei. The Taiwanese government has assessed the current risk of a Chinese attack to be low, even ...

  Bloomberg UK inflation unexpectedly accelerated for a fourth straight month in January, a surprise that highlights a brutal cost-of-living crisis that’s only set to worsen this year. Annual price growth rises to 5.5 percent, a new 30-year high, driven by clothing and footwear, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. Both economists and the Bank of England had ...

  Bloomberg Trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland surged during 2021 following the UKs formal departure from the European Union. Imports from Northern Ireland to the Irish Republic jumped 65% compared to a year earlier, while exports from the Republic to Northern Ireland rise 54%, Ireland’s Central Statistics Office said. Meanwhile, imports to Ireland from the rest of the UK ...

  Bloomberg Colombia’s economy blew away forecasts as it grew at the fastest pace in more than a century last year, driven by a rebound in consumer demand after pandemic curbs were eased, and soaring prices for the nation’s oil, coal and coffee. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 10.6% in 2021, the nation’s statistics agency said Tuesday. That’s the fastest ...