(Bloomberg) Colonial Pipeline is working to restore operations after a cyber-attack prompted the company to take its systems offline, threatening the supply of refined petroleum products to gas stations in major cities on the U.S. eastern seaboard. Colonial, which runs the largest U.S.
The upward momentum in oil prices continues. On the week closing, Brent crude rose to $68.28 per barrel, and has not been able to penetrate the $70 mark for 17 months. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose to $64.90 per barrel. Oil’s optimistic demand outlook overshadows falling demand in China and India, but could not offset the strong US manufacturing activity that has
Updated 09 May 2021
May 09, 2021 06:27
DUBAI: Dubai’s long-haul carrier Emirates will begin shipping aid for free into India to help fight a crushing outbreak of the coronavirus, the airline said Sunday.
The offer by Emirates, which has some 95 flights weekly to nine cities, comes as air freight costs have skyrocketed. That’s as air cargo demand has risen to its highest recorded level ever amid the pandemic, which has seen carriers including Emirates fly cargo in otherwise-empty passenger seats.
Emirates made the announcement at Dubai’s International Humanitarian City, already home to a World Health Organization warehouse that’s been crucial to the distribution of medical gear worldwide.
JEDDAH: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan performed the Umrah pilgrimage in Makkah on Sunday. Upon his arrival at the Grand Mosque, Khan was received by a number of officials of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques and the special force for the security of the Grand Mosque in Makkah. Khan arrived in the Kingdom on Friday on a two-day official visit
JEDDAH: The Jeddah branch of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance has prepared 1,060 mosques to hold the Eid Al-Fitr prayers. Branch director Majed Shurahaili said arrangements have been made to receive worshippers at Jeddah’s designated mosques, in line with the COVID-19 precautionary measures to protect visitors and worshippers. He urged everyone planning to