President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday launched the National Project for Administrative Reform during his presiding over a"...

Oil price agency S&P Global Platts is proposing to remove from next month restrictions it had placed on Qatari crude in its pricing assessment after Saudi Arabia and some other Arab states cut ties with Doha, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Platts, a unit of S&P Global Inc , initiated a review on June 6 on the deliverability of crude loading from Qatari ports in its Middle East crude price assessments after Saudi Arabia and the other states moved to isolate Qatar over charges that it was supporting terrorism.

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The Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel Bahrain has welcomed a new general manager to its team: Kosta Kourotsidis.

Kourotsidis is a German/Greek national who started his career in hospitality 20 years ago.

Born in Germany but originally from Greece, Kourotsidis was educated at Cornell University.

Before joining The Rezidor Hotel Group, he started his career with Copthorne and Millennium Hotel in Hanover, Germany.

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Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, shared some of its latest best practices and innovations at a major district energy conference in the US.

International District Energy Association’s (IDEA) 108th Annual Conference and Tradeshow is being held in Scottsdale, US, from June 26 to 29.

“District cooling has emerged as one of the best solutions to meet energy efficiency needs in response to global warming. The UAE has made considerable progress in this field and it was a pleasure to share and exchange some of the best practices"...

British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin is now offering its Grand Tourer DB11 with a 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine.

Complementing the DB11’s existing 5.2-litre twin turbocharged V12 engine, this new powerplant has provided the opportunity to reveal more of the DB11’s sporting character, a statement said.

Producing 510PS (503BHP) and 675Nm of torque, the V8 engine propels the DB11 from 0-62mph in just 4.0 seconds and on to a top speed of 187mph. This performance is matched by efficiency: CO2 emissions of 230g/km1 and an EU Combined fuel economy figure of 28.5mpg1. This new V8 derivative brings"...