Bloomberg A weapon tested by North Korea is thought to have been a guided weapon for ground combat and not a ballistic missile, South Korea’s military said, indicating it was a conventional weapon and not one subject to international sanctions. South Korea and the US ran a joint assessment of the test, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said without ...

Bloomberg Maria Butina may not have been a spy or trained intelligence officer, but she deceived the US on behalf of Russia, potentially threatening national security, and deserves 1.5 years in prison for her actions, prosecutors said. The recommendation is at odds with a request by Butina’s lawyers, who argue she should be released immediately and permitted to return home. ...

Bloomberg French police clashed with Yellow Vest protesters in Paris, firing tear gas and arresting scores of people as tens of thousands of police were mobilised to maintain order. This week’s fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral failed to damp the 23rd straight Saturday of action. Key members of the movement said that contesting President Emmanuel Macron’s policies — the initial motivation ...

Bloomberg Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, saying the country can’t afford to ignore the obstruction uncovered by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. “The severity of this misconduct demands that elected officials in both parties set aside political considerations and do their constitutional duty,” the Massachusetts senator wrote in a series of tweets. “That means ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, announced that it has obtained the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4.1 Platinum certification in the Operations and Maintenance (O+M) category for its High Bay Building in DSO. Dr Juma Al Matrooshi, Deputy CEO for ...

DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), met Fernando Luis Lemos Igreja, Ambassador of Brazil to the UAE, as part of a series of meetings to ensure cooperation and collaboration with all diplomatic and consular missions in the UAE. The meeting was attended by Dr Yousef Al Akraf, Executive Vice ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Municipality announced several investment opportunities in the emirate’s public parks, such as the event spaces, and the allocation of different areas for restaurants and small shops, within the investment map of each park. Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, said that the Municipality aims to support the directives of the wise leadership to encourage ...

DUBAI / WAM Trakhees, the regulatory arm of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), in Dubai has received five ISO certifications in complaints handling, quality management, IT management, environment management and HS management. Adnan Al Abbar, CEO of Trakhees, expressed his happiness for this achievement and confirmed Trakhees incessant efforts within its 2019-2021 plan to give more focus to ...

DUBAI / WAM Chaired by Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, the Dubai Future Council on Artificial Intelligence discussed at its first meeting plans and trends to strengthen Dubai’s position and leadership in future sectors and how the role of artificial intelligence will further enhance Dubai’s status as a future global city. One of 13 Councils ...

DHAKA / WAM Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for International Cooperation, has got first-hand knowledge of the humanitarian conditions at the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, during her meeting with UN officials in Bangladesh. The minister, along with her accompanying delegation, toured the camps’ food distribution centres where the World Food Programme (WFP) has scaled up ...