Dubai / WAM AquaChemie Middle East – a leading regional chemical distributor with an extensive supply chain network and manufacturing base across the GCC region – is poised to build a state-of-the-art chemical terminal facility at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. Estimated to cost AED150 million ($40 million), the one-of-its-kind facility will serve as a strategic gateway hub to enable ...

Bloomberg The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation that would impose sanctions on Chinese officials over human rights abuses against Muslim minorities, prompting Beijing to threaten possible retaliation just as the world’s two largest economies seek to close a trade deal. The bill is an amended version of the Senate’s S. 178 to support the Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic ...

Bloomberg At least 132 people have been killed in floods and landslides caused by unusually heavy rainfall in Kenya. Around 17,000 were displaced and 11,000 livestock swept away by strong waters, government’s spokesman Cyrus Oguna said. More than half of the country has been affected, according to Oguna. The rains have helped alleviate the drought conditions across the country that ...