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Dubai / WAM DP World’s container terminal at Southampton enjoyed its greenest-ever year in 2022 after delivering a 55% reduction in net carbon emissions from its fleet and installations. DP World, the leading provider of worldwide smart end-to-end supply chain logistics, runs the UK’s most advanced logistics hubs: two deep water ports at Southampton and London Gateway with access to ...

  Dubai / WAM The number of golden visas issued in all categories increased to 79,617 in 2022, up from 47,150 in 2021, the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai (GDRFA) said. The year ended on a high-note, completing millions of transactions and providing customers with high-quality smart services. The GDRFA also received a number of local ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The central bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has issued new guidance on anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for licensed financial institutions (LFIs) including banks, finance companies, exchange houses and insurance companies, agents and brokers. The guidance, which comes into effect immediately, will assist LFIs’ understanding of risks and effective implementation of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Borouge Plc announced on Wednesday that its block polypropylene (PP-B) materials have been selected by the consultant and contractor of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works to manufacture drainage pipelines of the third line of the Greater Cairo Metro project in Egypt. Through the partnership, Borouge will provide its materials to Egyptian German Industrial Corporate ...

Bloomberg The UK health system faces a moment of peril Wednesday as ambulance workers hold a second strike and officials urge the public not to call emergency services unless it’s a matter of life-or-death. Members of two unions, Unison and the GMB, are walking out as part of an ongoing dispute over real-terms pay cuts suffered by staff in the ...

  Bloomberg The threat of recession, the cost-of-living crisis and mounting debt distress will dominate the global economy in the next two years as it struggles to move on from the pandemic and war in Ukraine, according to a survey by the World Economic Forum. Its Global Risks Report, an annual poll of 1,200 government, business and civil society professionals ...

Bloomberg For years, Elon Musk paid zero dollars for traditional advertising while almost singlehandedly keeping Tesla — and himself — front and center. With a never-ending stream of tweets, television and podcast appearances and livestreamed product events, the electric-vehicle maker and its billionaire CEO dominated news cycles and occasionally went viral. Musk was a veritable hype machine, and his knack ...

  Bloomberg China said the rising number of warplanes it sends toward Taiwan were due to the island’s “military collusion” with the US, shedding light on its motives for the threatening activity. The People’s Liberation Army “drills are a solemn warning against Taipei’s increased provocation, which damaged peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for China’s ...

Bloomberg The UK and Japan will allow military forces to be deployed to one another’s nations, as Tokyo expands bilateral cooperation with other US allies amid concerns about China’s rise. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was expected to sign a major defense agreement during a meeting Wednesday in London with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida. The pact — the most ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (Mubadala), an Abu Dhabi sovereign investor, and National Resilience, Inc. (Resilience), a technology-focused manufacturing company dedicated to broadening access to complex medicines, have signed a deal to further advance the UAE’s life sciences ecosystem through biopharma manufacturing. Through a development agreement, Mubadala will establish the new manufacturing facility, in which Resilience ...