ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE won membership of the Executive Board of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), for the 2020-2022 period, thus becoming the representative of the Organisation ‘s Asian member states. This is the first time that the UAE has become a member of the OPCW Executive Board since its joining date on December …

Bloomberg Oil rose on signs of progress in trade talks between the US and China, and estimates that American crude inventories retreated for the first time in five weeks. Futures gained 0.6% to trade above $58 a barrel in New York. Washington and Beijing “reached consensus on properly resolving relevant issues” to pursue a “phase one” trade deal during a …

Bloomberg One of the UK’s biggest wind farm developers will combine three offshore wind projects into one massive development, making it more likely the venture will move ahead. Iberdrola SA’s Scottish Power Renewables’s decision means it will consider all the work on a facility with 3.1 gigawatts (GW) of capacity as a single project. The East Anglia wind farms would …