Ouagadougou/ AFP Thrusting their arm into a box full of hungry mosquitoes, a group of brave volunteers in a Burkina Faso laboratory test an innovative weapon in the fight against malaria — soap. The team behind the “Faso Soap” project aims to create a cheap, accessible product to repel mosquitoes and protect people from a disease that claimed nearly …

  DUBAI / WAM Trade between the UAE and China is expected to increase to US$60 billion (AED216 billion) by the end of this year, up from $54.8 in 2015, as the UAE is now China’s second largest trading partner in the Middle East and the region’s biggest market for Chinese goods, according to the Dubai Economic Council (DEC). China, …

  DUBAI / WAM Foreign investors purchased shares worth AED1.8 billion on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) over the week, while the value of stocks they sold amounted to AED1.9 billion, a DFM report said. The net foreign investment during the period reached AED150.1 million, as aggregate sale. The value of shares bought by foreigner investors comprised 35.6 per cent …