JOHANNESBURG / WAM On behalf of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, HH Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, to lead the UAE delegation participating in the 15th BRICS Summit of major emerging economies, which is taking place from August 22-24. HH Sheikh …

SHARJAH / WAM Ali Mehd Al Suwaidi, Chairman of the Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) has hailed the organisation of elections to the advisory body as a farsighted step by HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, to ensure transparency and communication between the Council and the community. Al Suwaidi stressed that the …

BLOOMBERG South African fuel and chemical maker Sasol Ltd took a 35 billion-rand ($1.9 billion) writedown on a facility at the heart of its operations and warned of regulatory uncertainty in the country as greenhouse-gas emissions rose. The “significant impairment” on the Secunda liquid fuels plant is reflective of Sasol’s reassessment of costs and the “need to remain realistic and …