Abu Dhabi / WAM A meeting on carbon capture and storage (CCS), techniques has been hosted by the UAE Ministry of Energy in Abu Dhabi. It was the second biannual meeting of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, CSLF, an international climate change initiative focused on the development of improved cost-effective technologies for carbon capture and storage. The forum is aimed …

  Bloomberg Russian President Vladimir Putin continued his diplomatic push for a plan to establish safe zones in Syria backed by peacekeepers as he began talks with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Wednesday. Russia and Turkey can “change the destiny of the whole region” together, Erdogan told Putin, who said relations between …

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump welcomed Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House on Wednesday as the U.S. president weighs how to approach a Middle East conflict that has eluded resolution for seven decades. “It’s a great honor to have the president with us,” Trump said in an Oval Office photo session with reporters. “Hopefully something terrific can …