ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) confiscated a total of 9,148 counterfeit products in 31,325 inspection and supervisory visits conducted by the department on commercial establishments and outlets located within the emirate’s three cities during the second quarter of this year. The second quarter report of the commercial activity was released by the ADDED’s ...

DUBAI / WAM Mohammed Abdulla Ahli, Director-General of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), and CEO of Dubai Air Navigation Services (dans), stressed that the aviation sector, which accounts for some 30 percent of Dubai’s GDP, will play a significant role in the success of Expo 2020 by providing superior facilities and logistics services to exhibitors and visitors. He noted ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Make-A-Wish Foundation on Sunday launched a childhood cancer awareness campaign that will also help realise the wishes of children with the disease by raising donations through SMS. The 30-day awareness campaign titled, ‘Cancer Steals Childhood and A Wish Returns it’, was fulfilled as per the directives of Shaikha Shaikha bint Saif Bin Mohammad Al Nahyan, Honorary ...

DUBAI / WAM Construction on the Warsan residential project is well underway for a timely delivery for Expo 2020 Dubai, the project’s developer wasl properties announced on Sunday. The Warsan project will comprise 35 buildings in a community-style layout that when completed will provide – 3,866 residential units, 3,380 shared units, 360 studio units, and 126 one-bedroom apartments – spread ...

Bloomberg Europeans can massively expand low-cost solar generation just by tapping the space over their heads. That’s the conclusion of researchers who used satellite imagery, electricity prices and lending data to assess untapped energy potential of Europe’s buildings. Rooftop area three times the size Luxembourg is available and could economically supply almost a quarter of the bloc’s power, according to ...

Bloomberg Zimbabweans are relying on Tesla Inc. to help them pay their bills. Amid power outages of as long as 18 hours a day, Econet Wireless Ltd., Zimbabwe’s biggest mobile-phone operator, is turning to Palo Alto, California-based automaker and storable-energy company for batteries that can keep its base stations running. The country faces chronic shortages of physical cash, so almost ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged billions of pounds for education, social care and transportation, and warned Conservative lawmakers to get behind his Brexit plan or face losing their party affiliation. Prime minister tells Sunday Times: “The fundamental choice is this: are you going to side with Jeremy Corbyn and those who want to cancel the referendum?” Michael Gove, ...

Bloomberg The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded Hurricane Dorian to a “catastrophic” Category Five, the highest on its five-point scale, as the storm readies to batter the Bahamas with life-threatening surges of water and devastating winds. The forecast for Florida improved in the past day even as the situation for North Carolina is beginning to look grim. Yet the slow-moving, ...

Bloomberg The US and Poland are poised to sign an agreement on 5G security as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to persuade European nations to block Huawei Technologies Co and other China telecommunications firms from their networks. A joint declaration on the technology could be signed as Vice President Mike Pence travels to Warsaw, according to a senior administration official ...

Bloomberg Tesla Inc won exemption from a 10 percent purchase tax on the vehicles it sells in China, scoring a significant break despite trade tensions between the country and the US. The exemption, which typically is reserved for domestic makers of electric vehicles, affects all Tesla models sold in China, the nation’s industry ministry said on its website. Tesla shares ...