BLOOMBERG President Vladimir Putin said Russia is preparing to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus, escalating a confrontation with the US and its allies over the war in Ukraine. Moscow isn’t handing control of the weapons to Belarus, and won’t be in breach of its non-proliferation obligations under an agreement with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin said in comments ...

BLOOMBERG Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said he will keep questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s close ties with tycoon Gautam Adani even after being disqualified as a member of parliament. “I am here defending the democratic voice of the Indian people. I will continue to do that,” Gandhi said at a press conference in New Delhi. “I have been disqualified ...

DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), welcomed Sharif Al Olama, Under-Secretary for Energy and Petroleum Affairs at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI), at Dewa’s head office. This is part of a series of mutual visits to enhance cooperation between government organisations in the UAE. The meeting ...