TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday amid concerns that a recovery in fuel demand could be affected by an increase in the rate of coronavirus infections worldwide. FILE PHOTO: Bomb jacks are seen during sunset at Daqing Oil Field in Heilongjiang Province, China, August 22, 2019. REUTERS / …
Read More »Saudi King Salman, 84, admitted to hospital
RIAD (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, was admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, suffering from inflammation of the gallbladder, the state-run SPA news agency said on Monday. The king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and a close ally of the US …
Read More »United Arab Emirates has successfully launched the first Mars mission in the Arab world
The Hope probe took off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, after a delay last week due to bad weather. The solid rocket was successfully separated from the launch vehicle, and the probe has established two-way communication with the ground segment in Dubai. The Al Amal probe, as it …
Read More »Former Nissan boss Ghosn says Renault / Nissan results are ‘pathetic’
PARIS (Reuters) – Former Nissan Motor Co Ltd president Carlos Ghosn criticized his former employers in a newspaper interview on Sunday, calling the results of Renault and Nissan “pathetic”, fueled both by the lack of joint leadership as by COVID. 19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan President Carlos Ghosn gestures …
Read More »Hagia Sophia mosaics will be draped in curtains during prayers: Turkish presidential spokesman
FILE PHOTO: People visit the Saint Sophia or Ayasofya Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was a Byzantine cathedral before it became a mosque and now a museum, in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 10, 2020. REUTERS / Murad Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Mosaics depicting Christian figures in Istanbul’s former …
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