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By Noah Browning FILE PHOTO: Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Oklahoma LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Tuesday to near three-month highs on expectations that major producers would agree to extend output cuts that have shored up prices, during a video conference likely to be held this week. Benchmark Brent...

Posted on June 2, 2020By Metro US People ride bicycles on a bike path on the banks of the River Seine near the Eiffel tower in Paris PARIS (Reuters) – The French economy is set to contract 11% this year due to the coronavirus crisis and more hard days lie ahead until things bounce back next year, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said...

Posted on June 2, 2020By Metro US FILE PHOTO: Logo of FIFA is seen in Zurich Share Post: Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City BERN (Reuters) – World soccer’s governing body FIFA has asked competition organisers to use “common sense” with players who show messages of protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed...

Did you find a new job in Qatar and wondering about the process of Sponsorship change? Read the below important details on how to change the employer in Qatar. Disclaimer: This article is only provided as a guide and we do not offer this as a service. Prerequisites for Sponsorship change: No Objection Certificate (NOC) has to be provided by the...

QNA/Doha *Law will enhance participation of private sector in major government projects, says Qatar Chamber Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohamed al-Thani His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issued Sunday Law No. 12 of 2020, regulating the partnership between public and private sectors. The law is effective starting from its date of publication in the official gazette. Welcoming the...

China buys U.S. soybeans after halt to U.S. purchases ordered: sources Posted on June 2, 2020By Karl Plume, Hallie Gu and Keith Zhai Soybeans fall into a bin as a trailer is filled at a farm in Buda, Illinois CHICAGO/BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – State-owned Chinese firms bought at least three cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday, even as sources in China said the government...

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s ailing shipbuilders have been thrown a lifeline in an increasingly tough market with a $19 billion order from Qatar Petroleum (QP) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships, analysts said on Tuesday. Qatar’s state-run LNG producer signed agreements with South Korea’s “Big 3” shipyards on Monday to secure more than 100 ships through 2027, in the...

Qatar Petroleum signs record-breaking LNG shipbuilding agreements  by Will Owen, Assistant Editor LNG Industry, Tuesday, 02 June 2020 09:00 Qatar Petroleum has entered into three agreements to reserve LNG ship construction capacity in the Republic of Korea to be utilised for Qatar Petroleum’s future LNG carrier fleet requirements, including those for the ongoing expansion projects in the North Field and in the US. Under the...

'Continued Israeli talk of annexing Palestinian lands must stop,' warns Gulf nation's minister of foreign affairs 'Any unilateral Israeli move will be a serious setback for the peace process,' said Anwar Gargash (AFP) By  A senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) official said on Monday that any unilateral move by Israel to annex parts of the occupied West Bank would be a serious...

Mohamed Soltan asserts he was shot, beaten and tortured while in a Cairo prison, and names Hazem El Beblawi along with other top officials in lawsuit Mohamed Soltan was one of Egypt's most high-profile political prisoners (MEE/File photo) By  Umar A Farooq in Washington Published date: 1 June 2020 16:50 UTC | Last update: 15 sec ago A US activist and former political prisoner have filed a lawsuit against a...

Foreign ministry's announcement comes after the Islamic Republic sent five oil tankers carrying 1.53 million barrels of gasoline to Venezuela last week Iranian-flagged oil tanker Fortune docked at the El Palito refinery after its arrival in Puerto Cabello, in the northern state of Carabobo, Venezuela, on 25 May (AFP /HO/MINCI) By  MEE staff in Washington Published date: 1 June 2020 19:23 UTC | Last update: 1 hour 36 min...

Saudi Arabia: Where has all the money gone? Mohammad Ayesh 15 May 2020 09:46 UTC | Last update: 2 weeks 3 days ago With public debt rising and reserve assets falling, the country's economic crisis is on track to escalate in the months ahead Riyals are counted at a bank in Riyadh in 2007 (AFP)    1653 Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan recently revealed that his government would borrow 220 billion...

Is the collapse of the Gulf Cooperation Council's rentier state imminent? MEE Debate 1 June 2020 11:55 UTC | Last update: 7 sec ago After Saudi Arabia annouced a slew of austerity measures, some analysts suggested it was the beginning of the end of the Gulf welfare state. Five Middle East experts give their take Despite the increased challenge, the government of Saudi Arabia and other...

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