Havana / DPA Carlos Caro is proud of his seed-planter: “Necessity is the mother of invention,” he says. Caro, a farmer in Cuba, assembled his machine completely out of old mechanical parts he gathered assiduously. The seeding device consists of old pipes and four inverted gas cylinders mounted on a chassis. Gravity does the rest — the weight of …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) on Sunday reported its financial results for the nine month period ended September 30, 2016. Ala’a Eraiqat, Member of the Board and Group CEO, commented on the results, saying, “The bank delivered strong financial results for the nine month period of 2016, reporting a net profit AED 3.153 billion and …

  RIYADH / WAM A UAE delegation, headed by Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, attended the 35th meeting of the GCC Petroleum Cooperation Committee, which opened in Riyadh on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Faleh and attended by GCC Secretary General Dr Abdullatif …