SHARJAH / WAM Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, Chairman of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), received a delegation of US senators including Gustavo Rivera, Kevin Thomas, and James Skoufis, to explore cooperation between the SBA and cultural affairs entities in the United States. During a meeting at SBA’s headquarters, the two parties discussed several topics related to the publishing industry, ...

  DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal export credit agency (ECA), and its Egyptian counterpart Export Credit Guarantee of Egypt (EGE) have signed a reciprocal reinsurance agreement to support Emirati and Egyptian projects in their respective countries as well as their collaborative initiatives around the world. The agreement between the two state-owned firms will bolster the ...

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s state oil company discovered five new natural gas fields across the kingdom that can produce over 100 million cubic feet per day in total, as the oil-rich kingdom looks to boost production of the fuel. The fields, discovered by Saudi Aramco, are located in the country’s central region, the empty quarter desert, the northern border region ...