Bloomberg Renewed fears that the coronavirus will harm global growth rocked commodity markets again on Monday, with oil and metals prices tumbling while gold soared towards $1,700 an ounce amid a flight to haven assets. As the deadly virus spreads more widely outside China, raising the threat of a global pandemic, finance chiefs and central bankers from the world’s largest …

ABU DHABI / WAM Water scarcity in the region is of a rising concern, particularly as governments are moving away from reliance on traditional water resources to meet population demands, report findings have revealed. According to the ‘Mena Desalination Market’ report by Ventures Onsite, the Mena region’s investment in the water desalination market has increased “substantially”. It noted that 48 …

Bloomberg The US will sign military deals worth more than $3 billion with India on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said at the start of a two-day state visit to the South Asian nation. “We make the greatest weapons ever made. Airplanes. Missiles. Rockets. Ships. We make the best and we’re dealing now with India. But this includes advanced air-defense systems …