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Reports: Kuwait and the UAE in economic pain amid pandemic

by Associated Press
| September 24, 2020 12:03 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two oil-rich Arab Gulf states suffered severe economic blows on Wednesday, as a major credit agency downgraded Kuwait for the first time and the United Arab Emirates acknowledged its economy would contract to a level last seen in 2009.

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