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☆ UAE signs energy agreement with Germany's Scholz
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gestures during his joint news conference with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili following their meeting in Berlin, Germany, September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Christian MangSept 25 (Reuters) - The president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, has signed an agreement with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that covers accelerating energy security and industrial growth, the state news agency (WAM) reported on Sunday. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed an agreement to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to German utility RWE , the report said. ADNOC will deliver the first shipment in late 2022 for use in the trial operation of a floating natural gas terminal in Brunsbuettel, the report said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Moataz Mohamed; Editing by David ClarkeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ British PM Truss tells allies to stand firm on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERSLONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Liz Truss said allies should stand firm on Ukraine and ignore Russian President Vladimir Putin's "sabre-rattling", as she seeks to mend fences with democratic powers in the face of increasing threats around the world. Truss, who met U.S. President Joe Biden and France's Emmanuel Macron on her first foreign trip as prime minister to New York last week, called on like-minded democracies to be firm against "autocratic regimes". Truss said Putin was escalating his invasion of Ukraine was because he wasn't winning and had made a strategic mistake. Truss, who became prime minister earlier this month, has taken a hard line against Russia and China. "I'm determined that we make the special relationship even more special over the coming years."

☆ Ukraine 2022-23 sunflower oil output expected to be 3.5 to 4.9 million tonnes, analyst says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterKYIV, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Ukraine's sunflower oil output could total between 3.5 and 4.9 million tonnes in the 2022/23 season compared with 5 million tonnes in 2021/22, analyst APK-Inform said on Saturday. The consultancy said in a report that sunoil exports could be between 3.0 and 4.6 million tonnes in 2022/23 depending on the sunflower seed harvest and the logistical situation. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by David ClarkeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Analyst APK-Inform raises Ukraine's 2022 grain crop forecast
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA pile of grain bags with relief that was sent from Ukraine is seen at the World Food Program (WFP) warehouse in Adama town, Ethiopia, September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa NegeriKYIV, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Ukraine's 2022 grain harvest could total between 54.1 to 55.7 million tonnes compared with a record 86 million tonnes due to the Russian invasion which has reduced the harvested area, analyst APK-Inform said on Saturday. The consultancy said in a report that the harvest could include 19 million tonnes of wheat, 30 million tonnes of corn and 5.5 million tonnes of barley. It said a smaller harvest and logistical difficulties could cut 2022/23 July-June exports to between 22.6 and 38.8 million tonnes. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by David ClarkeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

The company's chief executive Patrick Pouyanne travelled to Doha to sign a deal with QatarEnergy chief Saad al-Kaabi for the North Field South (NFS) expansion, saying that the deal came at a "perfect time" when world leaders particularly in Europe were seeking new LNG supplies. Qatar's North Field expansion project will boost its position as the world's top LNG exporter and help guarantee long-term supplies of gas to Europe as the continent seeks alternatives to Russian flows. He said he could not disclose the total cost of the NFS project as some onshore contracts had not yet been finalised. Qatar's North Field expansion plan includes six LNG trains that will ramp up its liquefaction capacity from 77 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) to 126 mtpa by 2027. It awarded contracts for the first phase of the expansion project, North Field East (NFE), which includes four trains, earlier this year.

☆ Iran Guards launch artillery attack on militants in Iraqi Kurdistan
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterDUBAI, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched an artillery attack on anti-Iranian militant bases in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq on Saturday, Iranian state television reported. "Headquarters of anti-Iranian terrorists" based in northern Iraq were targeted by the Guards, state TV said, in reference to Kurdish rebel groups based there. Iran has blamed the armed Iranian Kurdish dissidents of involvement in ongoing unrest in the country, particularly in the northwest where most of Iran's up to 10 million Kurds live. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by David ClarkeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Death toll from sunken Lebanon migrant boat rises to 86
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

People gather near Lebanese Red Cross vehicles that carry dead bodies of people that were aboard a migrant boat which according to Lebanese and Syrian officials sank off at Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon, at the Lebanese-Syrian border crossing in Arida, Lebanon September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed AzakirRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterCAIRO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 86, Syrian state TV said on Saturday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Yasmin Hussein; Editing by David ClarkeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Death toll from sunken Lebanon migrant boat rises to 94
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Members of Syrian Red Crescent work by a shoreline following a migrant boat, which according to Lebanese and Syrian officials, sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon, in Tartous, Syria September 24, 2022. Courtesy of Syrian Red Crescent/Handout via REUTERSCAIRO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 94, after more bodies were recovered from Syria's Baniyas coast on the Mediterranean, Syrian state TV said on Saturday. It is the deadliest such voyage yet from Lebanon, where mounting economic desperation has led many to board often rickety and overcrowded boats in the hope of reaching Europe. Syrian authorities began finding bodies off the coast of the northern port city of Tartus on Thursday afternoon. The Syrian transport ministry quoted survivors as saying the boat had left from Lebanon's northern Minyeh region on Tuesday with between 120 and 150 people on board, bound for Europe.

☆ Polish inflation could rise in September, finance minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe Palace of Culture is seen from the construction site of new skyscraper in Warsaw, Poland October 2, 2015. REUTERS/Kacper PempelWARSAW, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Inflation in Poland could rise slightly in September, the country's finance minister said on Saturday, adding that she still believed it would reach a peak this year. "We forecast that in September there could be growth in inflation to around 16.4%," Magdalena Rzeczkowska told private broadcaster RMF FM. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterIn August, inflation was 16.1%, according to statistics office data. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Alan Charlish; Editing by David Clarke and Jane MerrimanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

The logo of German energy utility company Uniper SE is pictured in the company's headquarters in Duesseldorf, Germany, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Thilo SchmuelgenLONDON/FRANKFURT, Sept 19 (Reuters) - German utilities RWE (RWEG.DE) and Uniper (UN01.DE) are close to striking long-term deals to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar's North Field Expansion project to help replace Russian gas, three sources familiar with the matter said. Qatar Energy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Uniper told Reuters on Monday that it remained in talks with Qatar but had not reached a deal. read moreGULF TRIPAt the moment, the two utilities buy LNG from Qatar on the spot market.

☆ Russian missiles strike Ukraine's Odesa region
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Russia said on Sunday that its Kalibr missiles had destroyed an ammunition depot containing missiles for U.S.-made HIMARS rocket in Ukraine's southeastern Odesa region, while Kyiv said a granary had been hit. Russia's defence ministry said sea-based Kalibr missiles had destroyed a depot that also housed Western-made anti-aircraft systems. A spokesman for Odesa's regional administration said two missiles had been shot down over the sea, but that three had struck agricultural targets. Russia's defence ministry also said its forces had destroyed two M777 Howitzers in combat positions in the Kherson region, and a fuel depot in the Zaporizhzhia region that it said was storing more than 100 tonnes of diesel fuel. Reporting by Reuters Editing by David Clarke and Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Taiwan says five Chinese aircraft crossed Taiwan Strait median line
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

TAIPEI, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry said 12 Chinese aircraft and five Chinese ships were detected operating around Taiwan on Sunday, including five aircraft that crossed the Taiwan Strait median line, as Beijing continued military activities near the island. China has been carrying out drills near Taiwan, which it claims as Chinese territory despite strong objections from the government in Taipei, since earlier this month following a visit to the island by U.S. House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi. Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by David ClarkeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Guterres says U.N. working with U.S. and EU to get Russian food to markets
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-20 | by ( Ezgi Erkoyun | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ISTANBUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday the United Nations is working with the United States and European Union to overcome obstacles to Russian food and fertilisers reaching world markets. "The other part of this package deal is the unimpeded access to the global markets of Russian food and fertiliser, which are not subject to sanctions," Guterres said in Istanbul, where he visited a coordination centre overseeing the exports. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives at a boat to sail a ship carrying Ukrainian grain, at Zeyport in Istanbul, Turkey August 20, 2022. Guterres said the United Nations was working with Washington and the European Union to remove those obstacles. "Getting more food and fertiliser out of Ukraine and Russia is crucial to further calm commodity markets and lower prices for consumers," he said.

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