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KUNA main news for Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)
Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

Local:

KUWAIT -- Firemen have managed to quench the fire that engulfed a petrochemical plant at Rai Area earlier on Wednesday, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) said. (Issued at 15:55 local time or 12:55 GMT)

Economic:

KUWAIT -- Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) signed Wednesday a deal with seven reputable global credit agencies for a loan worth USD 6.2 billion to fund the company's "Clean Fuel" project. (Issued at 15:59 local time or 12:59 GMT)

VIENNA -- The OPEC daily basket price was down at USD 51.34 a barrel on Tuesday, marking a decrease of 20 cents compared to USD 51.54 last Monday, the organization said Wednesday. (Issued at 12:06 local time or 09:06 GMT)

International:

RIYADH -- The Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology (GCCEI) is the fruit of an international cooperation in encountering radicalism and terrorism. (Issued at 12:19 local time or 09:19 GMT)

VIENNA -- OPEC's 172nd meeting tomorrow (curtain raiser).

ROME -- US President Donald Trump meets Pope Francis, Italian president and prime minister.

BRUSSELS -- NATO leaders will hold a "short and important" summit in Brussels Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said here today. (Issued at 16:03 local time or 13:03 GMT)

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