#Delta Variant

Oil dips after two-day rally with Covid lingering over market

Oil’s red-hot rally over the first half of the year has been interrupted by delta

Brent oil gains with stocks after worst losing streak since 2018

Asia is set to send excess diesel supplies to Europe and possibly to the US as the delta variant dents demand

Oil slumps to lowest since May after Fed signals taper this year

Oil’s impressive first-half rally has lost momentum in July and August

Oil heads for longest run of losses since March on virus, dollar

The delta variant has spurred fresh curbs on mobility in many nations including China, harming energy consumption

IEA cuts oil demand outlook for rest of 2021 due to Covid-19

Oil prices have retreated 6 per cent this month as the contagious delta variant triggers renewed lockdowns in China and other key Asian consumers

Etihad trims first-half loss with cost cuts as travel returns

Etihad said it carried 1 million passengers in the first half of the year

Covid-19 Vaccine Delta UAE

Covid-19: Delta variant accounts for a third of all infections in the UAE

The Alpha, Beta and Delta strains are currently the most prevalent Covid-19 mutations in the country, together accounting for 84.4 per cent of all infections

Kuwait city

Covid-19: Indian variant detected in Kuwait – health ministry

No details were revealed about how many cases were detected and whether they were found among citizens or expats