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General Manager at @Lananewsroom. Previously @ArabianBusiness, @alarabiya_eng. All views are my own.

Joined November 2012
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"In what some are calling a 'new era of trade relations,' annual trade b/w #Israel & the #UAE is expected to reach $4 billion in just three to five years." 🇮🇱🇦🇪 Read more in @AlArabiya_Eng about the great outcomes of #Peace by @EmilyLJudd & @MatthewAmlot 🔗english.alarabiya.net/en/fea…
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If I mysteriously disappear, this will be why
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Oh dear. My puppy just asked if human capital stock is some sort of tasty treat. I had to explain the whole controversy to him. Afterwards he commented that while he is "generally pro-snack, human beings probably shouldn't be consumed -- for food or for capitalism." Puppies!
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#HalfTimeTalk: GI Exclusive Interview with Head of @IEABirol - in a curtain-raiser discussion for tomorrow's launch of the @IEA's monthly report, which will present forecast for "Huge Demand Destruction in 2020." ➡ bit.ly/2ApGuJh #OOTT #OPEC @anasalhajji @chigrl
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A historic day grips oil as prices for US crude futures turn negative prompting some experts to predict “the death of #US shale,” as the #coronavirus crisis sinks demand. #OOTT english.alarabiya.net/en/cor…
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OMG not to be dramatic but we just hit 1c/bbl. ONE CENT PEOPLE
I am witnessing something historic in the oil markets today, something that I don't think I quite understand the complete implications of. But, here we are: May WTI crude is hovering just over $1/bbl - the lowest in its history since markets started trading nearly 4 decades ago
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Got a couple of minutes? #OOTT
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Fasting during the holy month of #Ramadan “should be safe,” as the ongoing #coronavirus pandemic forces changes to some of the Islamic holy month’s other central practices, an expert says. english.alarabiya.net/en/cor…
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Astronauts are used to living alone in quarantine. Here are some tips from #UAE astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi on what you can do to survive during #coronavirus. @Astro_Alneyadi english.alarabiya.net/en/cor…
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Hypocrisy: noun, /hɪˈpɒk.rɪ.si/ a situation in which U.S. diplomats spend weeks telling OPEC+ to act as a cartel, cut supply and lift oil prices, and then speaker and speaker at the @txrrc extol the power of the free market | #OOTT
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.@Emirates airlines is operating flights to Dubai from May 1, following a suspension of all flights to the #UAE in an attempt to slow the spread of the #coronavirus pandemic, an Emirates spokesperson says. english.alarabiya.net/en/cor…
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Why the hang-up over 3% of the #opec-plus deal? For Riyadh, Mexico's full participation is viewed as essential to avoid a wider unraveling. Others battling systemic output declines and falling revenues may also start insisting on an exemption. Then it gets really messy #OOTT
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OPINION: US lawmakers “would do better to look closer to home for a solution,” to the crisis in the oil markets as demand collapses due to the #coronavirus pandemic, write Tom Ashby and Matthew Amlôt. #OOTT english.alarabiya.net/en/vie…
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Live from Ministry of Petroleum of #Iran: #OOTT #OPEC+ NOW
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Do they make N95 masks for big nosed people or are we screwed?
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This story is wild. This couple is trapped on their honeymoon due to coronavirus, the last two remaining guests at a resort in the Maldives, and the whole staff is stuck there serving the pair of them indefinitely nytimes.com/2020/04/05/style…
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The world is short 880,000 ventilators to deal with #coronavirus patients. Here’s an inside look into the global war for the life-saving medical equipment. #COVID_19 english.alarabiya.net/en/fea…
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As oil collapses to a near 20 year low, it's worth seeing how this all started #OOTT english.alarabiya.net/en/fea…
"We have to consider the social and economic turmoil that even a smaller-size #epidemic would create," warned @BillGates – at #MSC2017. "We need a new arsenal of weapons: anti-viral drugs, antibodies, vaccines, and new diagnostics." #Coronavirus @gatesfoundation
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