ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirate of Abu Dhabi has seen a 71 percent increase in works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques trade commodity. In a trade figures report released by the Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD), total trade of the commodity for the first nine months of 2019 reached approximately AED6.60 billion, compared to AED3.86 billion for ...

Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation has said that Dubai continues to strive to become one of the leading nations shaping the future of the world, guided by the vision of His Highness Sheikh ...

FREETOWN / WAM Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State, has led a delegation from the UAE on an official working visit to the Republic of Sierra Leone, to discuss ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation between the two friendly countries. During his meeting with President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, Dr. Al Jaber conveyed the greetings ...

Dubai / WAM The first consignment between the UAE and Saudi Arabia has reached its final destination in Jordan. The consignment — launched according to the International Road Transport Agreement TIR at the end of November — moved from Jebel Ali Free Zone in the UAE through the Ghuwaifat Boarder Crossing Post in Emirate of Abu Dhabi to Al Batha ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs announced its developing a customs procedure guide to assist Expo 2020 Dubai exhibitors in gaining further insights on the different services available to them. It has also appointed and approved a customs clearance system as an authorised economic operator in coordination with the Expo office. Commenting on the announcement, Abdullah Mohammed Al Khaja, Executive Director ...

Bloomberg Democrats scored a series of damaging revelations about Donald Trump when they launched their impeachment investigation, but now they’ll begin a crucial election year with the challenge that the most dramatic moments are likely behind them. Even by the time Nancy Pelosi banged her speaker’s gavel on Trump’s impeachment — once for abuse of power, again for obstruction of ...

Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to give up presidential privileges and follow the same pension rule he’s proposing for all French isn’t doing much to appease striking workers. In response to a question about his own pension rights from French daily Le Parisien, Macron said he too would respect the same rules he was seeking to introduce for workers in France. ...

Bloomberg The powerful Algerian army chief who played a key role in the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died aged 79, injecting fresh drama into the OPEC member’s simmering political crisis. Ahmed Gaid Salah suffered a heart attack at 6 a.m local time, Algerian state media reported on Monday. Three days of mourning were declared. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who was ...

Bloomberg Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton told news service Axios that President Donald Trump’s administration should admit its approach to end North Korea’s nuclear arms program has “failed.” Bolton suggested the Trump administration is bluffing about stopping North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and it would be “very unusual” for his former employer to say that they got it wrong, ...

Bloomberg A Saudi court sentenced five people to death for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Three out of 11 who stood trial for last year’s murder at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul were given a total of 24-year prison terms, according to a statement read out at the public prosecutor’s office on Monday. The court found three others not guilty. ...