(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT -- Kuwait's Cabinet is reviewing media reports of alleged "direct or indirect" transactional links between Kuwait-based companies or government bodies, a Chinese company and the former Malaysian government on an overseas project "marred by suspicions of corruption."
KUWAIT -- Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will suspend oil production from Khafji oil field and closed affiliated facilities for 30 days starting June 1, following an output cut deal between OPEC and non-OPEC countries, an official said.
KUWAIT -- UN Secretary General's Representative and Resident Coordinator to Kuwait Dr. Tareq Al-Sheikh commended Kuwait's contributions to culture, art and intellectual development locally and abroad.
KUWAIT -- Kuwait's Ministry of Social Affairs denied media reports as "untrue" that the ministry planned to scrap the sponsors' system.
BRUSSELS -- The European Union Council of Ministers adopted a decision to provide up to three billion euros (USD 3.3 billion) of macro-financial assistance to ten neighbourhood partners to help them cope with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
BRUSSELS -- The European Commission announced an additional 50 million euro (USD 54 million) in humanitarian aid to help respond to the dramatic increase in humanitarian needs caused by the coronavirus pandemic globally.
BRUSSELS -- Immigration to the Netherlands has more than halved in the weeks following the implementation of measures to halt the spread of coronavirus, according to Dutch national statistics agency CBS.
ROME -- UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said it needed urgent funding to counter the risk of increasing number of malnurished children by 20 percent because of the coronavirus pandemic. (end) bs
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