Islamabad / WAM The World Health Organisation (WHO), on behalf of the Polio Eradication Initiative, has announced on Saturday that the United Arab Emirates has made available a total of $23 million funding for polio campaigns and around $376000 for the procurement of frontline worker personal protective equipment for protection against Covid-19 in 84 highest-risk districts of Pakisan. This funding …

Bloomberg Oil squeezed out its first weekly gain in three on signs that global demand is holding up despite concerns that the renewed spread of the virus could stall the recovery. Futures in New York rises 0.2% this week, completely recouping a selloff that was stoked by the rapidly spreading delta variant. Fuel demand and road traffic from the US …

Bloomberg Environment ministers from the Group of 20 nations were unable to reach full agreement on key climate goals, just 100 days before a critical international conference kicks off. After marathon negotiations that ran through the night, the ministers couldn’t find common ground on phasing out coal or how much to limit global warming, Italian Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani …