Bloomberg In an almost deserted mall, the few shoppers hurry past wearing face masks. In the luxury stores, sales assistants, also in masks, outnumber customers — if they have any at all. To pass the time, staff chat with each other or play with their phones. This isn’t a scene from some dystopian movie. Instead, in Hong Kong’s usually bustling …

Bloomberg More international aviation companies are withdrawing from the Singapore Airshow as concerns around the novel coronavirus outbreak mount. Organisers of the event, billed as Asia’s largest aerospace and defense conference, earlier announced it would proceed as scheduled with additional health screening and cleaning measures to reduce risks. The week-long show is due to kick off on February 11 and …

ABU DHABI / WAM The commercial and economic ties between the UAE and Senegal have witnessed recent significant developments, with the value of their trade from 2014 to 2018 amounted to AED9.1 billion, according to statistics from the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA), and the Ministry of Economy. The official visit of Macky Sall, President of Senegal, to the …