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UAE Borouge signs $1.58 billion agreement with Technip

UAE Borouge signs $1.58 billion agreement with Technip

Cairo (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates’ Borouge signed a 5.8 billion UAE Dirhams ($1.58 billion) partnership agreement with French company Technip Energies NV to expand the Borouge 4 polyolefin facility in Ruwais, the Abu Dhabi media office said on Friday. The agreement awards one of five Engineering Procurement, Commissioning, and Construction (EPC) contracts to […]

Bahrain to inaugurate largest Catholic Church in Arabian Peninsula

Bahrain to inaugurate largest Catholic Church in Arabian Peninsula

Bahrain’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa is to inaugurate the largest Catholic church in the Arabian Peninsula on 9 December, a day before it will be consecrated in front of a small congregation. Located in Awali, a small town in the centre of Bahrain, the Cathedral of Mary Queen of Arabia will be able to […]

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal briefed on the completed preparations for Saudi F1 race

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal briefed on the completed preparations for Saudi F1 race

Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, adviser to King Salman, was briefed on the latest preparations for the Saudi Formula One race, which will be hosted by Jeddah Corniche from Dec. 3 to 5. Al-Faisal listened to an explanation by Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Faisal about the 27-turn, 6,175-meter-long circuit, the second-longest track in F1 history. […]

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince meets with R. T. Erdogan

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince meets with R. T. Erdogan

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi‘s heir apparent and de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will be in Ankara today for official talks with President Erdogan to discuss billions of dollars in economic openings. Athens is concerned about the sudden re-engagement of the UAE with Turkey, especially at a time when Greek […]