ABU DHABI / WAM The National, the English-language news outlet based in Abu Dhabi, has been selected by the Google News Initiative as one of the first winners of Google’s GNI Middle East Innovation Challenge. The GNI Middle East Innovation Challenge is a programme that will fund a set of projects across the region that inject new ideas into the ...

Bloomberg Europe kicked into high alert as countries from Italy and Spain to France reported rising numbers of cases of coronavirus, struggling to limit its spread. Vast swathes of the Lombardy and Veneto regions of Italy, stretching from Milan to Venice, remained in a virtual lockdown. Spain kept about 700 guests confined to a Canary Islands hotel as they undergo ...

DUBAI / WAM Enoc group announced the signing of an agreement with Japan’s Idemitsu for the supply and distribution of lubricants in the UAE and neighbouring countries. The agreement enables Enoc to produce lubricants for Idemitsu and its customers such as the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), for Toyota, in addition to managing the supply and distribution of lubricants. Ensuring a ...