ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday received Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). During the meeting on Tuesday at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, both sides explored cooperation between the UAE and the WHO, emphasising the importance of bolstering international health cooperation, especially in light ...

BLOOMBERG Indonesia’s equity benchmark closed at a record high on Tuesday on optimism that the nation’s central bank is done with rate hikes and incumbent President Joko Widodo’s policies would be preserved by his successor in an upcoming election. The Jakarta Composite Index advanced 0.7% to surpass its previous all-time high of 7,318.016 hit in September 2022. Top gainers included ...

BLOOMBERG Chinese shares dragged down Asian equities on the first trading day of the year following weaker-than-expected factory data and a speech from President Xi Jinping that flagged the headwinds facing the economy. Crude oil rose. Hong Kong’s benchmark share gauge slid as much as 1.7%, while its peers in the mainland and Taiwan also dropped. The losses drove a ...