DUBAI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Stock markets in Saudi Arabia and
Qatar posted broad-based gains on Sunday after OPEC and non-OPEC
oil producers a day earlier reached their first deal since 2001
to curtail oil output jointly in a drive to prop up prices.
RIYADH, Dec 11 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Boris
Johnson reiterated Britain's close ties to Saudi Arabia on a
visit on Sunday and said candour was also important, days after
making comments widely seen as critical of the conservative Gulf
Arab country.
RIYADH, Dec 11 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Boris
Johnson reiterated Britain's close ties to Saudi Arabia on a
visit on Sunday and said candour was also important, days after
making comments widely seen as critical of the conservative Gulf
Arab country.
DOHA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Ahmed, a Qatari civil servant, used
to arrive at his office at a government ministry in Doha late in
the morning and leave for home after lunch, collecting a monthly
salary of 40,000 rial ($11,000) and a generous housing and
travel allowance.
SEOUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Heavily indebted South Korean
shipper Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd (HMM) said on Sunday it
has agreed with the 2M shipping alliance to form a cooperative
relationship that falls short of full-fledged membership.
AMMAN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russian air strikes forced Islamic
State fighters to retreat to the outskirts of Palmyra on Sunday,
a day after they had stormed the ancient city in eastern Syria,
a war monitor said.
SEOUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) - South Korean shipper Hyundai
Merchant Marine Co Ltd (HMM) said on Sunday it has agreed with
the 2M shipping alliance to form a cooperative relationship
named "2M+H Strategic Cooperation".
AMMAN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russian air strikes forced Islamic
State fighters to retreat to the outskirts of Palmyra on Sunday,
a day after they had stormed the ancient city in eastern Syria,
a war monitor said.
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The central question facing
Exxon Mobile Corp. chief executive Rex Tillerson if he becomes
U.S. secretary of state is whether a life-long oil man with
close ties to Russia can pivot from advancing corporate
interests to serving the national interest.
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