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NBF 9-month profit rises 10.7% to AED511.6mn

Fujairah / WAM The National Bank of Fujairah (NBF), announced a net profit of AED511.6 million for the period ended September 30, an increase of 10.7 percent over the corresponding period of 2018. According to a press release issued by NBF on Wednesday, the Bank also achieved strong operating profit of AED862.3 million which increased by 7.2 percent compared to ...

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Trump tied Ukraine aid to probing Biden, says envoy

Bloomberg The top US envoy to Ukraine testified that a senior diplomat told him in early September that President Donald Trump made US security aid to Ukraine entirely dependent on a public promise to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and the 2016 election. Acting Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor also quoted senior diplomat Gordon Sondland as saying Trump wanted ...

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‘US security bloc to keep China in proper place’

Bloomberg US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has said efforts to revive the Indo-Pacific security grouping known as the Quad will help the Washington contain China’s rise. “We’ve reconvened ‘the Quad’ — the security talks between Japan, Australia, India and the United States that had been dormant for nine years,” Pompeo said in a speech to the conservative Heritage Foundation ...

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