BEIJING / AP The Canbot can say its name, respond to voice commands, and “dance” as it plays Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” Other robots China is displaying at the World Robot Conference can play badminton, sand cell phone cases and sort computer chips. China is showcasing its burgeoning robot industry at the five-day exhibition in Beijing, part of a …

  Relaxnews Chromebook laptops are known for running Google’s Chrome OS and for being competitively priced. The Chromebook range now looks set to get a brand new and much more ambitious model made by Samsung, all for under $500, according to leaks published on the specialist website SamMobile. A Chromebook is a laptop computer that runs Google’s Chrome operating system. …

  SEATTLE / AP If your heart is going to stop, right outside a hospital is not a bad place for it. And if 41 people within a 330-yard radius have a cellphone app alerting them to your distress, so much the better. That’s what happened in Seattle last week when Stephen DeMont collapsed at a bus stop in front …

  Berlin / DPA Olafur Eliasson’s fascination with natural light led him to illuminate the Tate Gallery in London with a giant fake sun 13 years ago. Since that debut before the wider public, the Danish-Icelandic artist has made hundreds of thousands of small plastic suns that not only bring solar light to the darkest corners of the earth, but …

  Havana / DPA Carlos Caro is proud of his seed-planter: “Necessity is the mother of invention,” he says. Caro, a farmer in Cuba, assembled his machine completely out of old mechanical parts he gathered assiduously. The seeding device consists of old pipes and four inverted gas cylinders mounted on a chassis. Gravity does the rest — the weight of …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) on Sunday reported its financial results for the nine month period ended September 30, 2016. Ala’a Eraiqat, Member of the Board and Group CEO, commented on the results, saying, “The bank delivered strong financial results for the nine month period of 2016, reporting a net profit AED 3.153 billion and …

  RIYADH / WAM A UAE delegation, headed by Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy, attended the 35th meeting of the GCC Petroleum Cooperation Committee, which opened in Riyadh on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Faleh and attended by GCC Secretary General Dr Abdullatif …

  ABU DHABI / WAM SIAL Middle East 2016, the region’s fastest-growing professional trade exhibition for the food, beverage and hospitality industries, returns to Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, (ADNEC) from December 5-7, under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi …

  Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, called upon Emirati investors to benefit from the various attractive investment opportunities offered by his country to overseas investors. Lauding Dubai’s economic growth, Mbasogo expressed his desire to enhance bilateral ties with the emirate’s businesses while assuring them of all cooperation and facilities in entering …

  SHARJAH / WAM Air Arabia has announced the expansion of its international route network with a new service to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, following a joint cooperation between Air Arabia, Azerbaijan Airlines and local authorities. Adel Al Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer of Air Arabia, said, “Baku offers an exciting proposition as a gateway to witness the confluence …