Bloomberg Italian Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini visited Moscow on Wednesday to drive home one of his favorite points: that European Union sanctions on Russia hurt Italy and should be repealed. “The Russian sanctions are a social, cultural and economic absurdity,” Salvini told the annual meeting of the Russian branch of Italy’s main business lobby Confindustria, repeating the same lines he’s ...

Bloomberg An attack that killed at least 19 people at a Crimean trade school on Wednesday was the work of a student, not terrorism as earlier suspected, officials said. The Investigative Committee said it had re-qualified the charge to mass murder based on its preliminary findings. It identified the attacker as 18-year-old Vladislav Roslyakov, a fourth-year student, who killed himself ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump plans to withdraw the US from a 192-nation treaty that gives Chinese companies discounted shipping rates for small packages sent to American consumers, another escalation of his economic confrontation of Beijing. US officials said the administration sought to revise the treaty in September and was rebuffed by other nations, prompting the decision to withdraw. The State ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe must work to counter the “troubled times” ahead as it faces a new wave of extremism. “The world is fracturing, new disorders are appearing and Europe is tipping almost everywhere toward extremes and again is giving way to nationalism,” Macron said in a television announcement on Tuesday evening, only his second since he ...

Bloomberg Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s ruling alliance won a majority in local elections that were contested by its former coalition partner as political divisions in the world’s biggest cocoa grower widen ahead of a 2020 presidential vote. Ouattara’s Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace took 92 municipalities in the October 13 election, the electoral commission said in a ...

Bloomberg Instgramming tourists may soon get the chance to reenact one of Asia’s most iconic moments in recent memory: April’s embrace between the leaders of the two Koreas. Visitors to the Joint Security Area—where soldiers from the two sides have stood face to face for decades—will be able to freely cross the demarcation line “in the near future,” South Korea’s ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities (DPM), signed an agreement, on Wednesday, with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, for Abu Dhabi to host the 10th World Urban Forum (WUF10), in 2020. This will be the first time an Arab country hosts the landmark forum. The forum will be convened by UN-Habitat, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Students from the UAE, Australia and the Netherlands on Wednesday interacted with academia, industry representatives and thought leaders on sustainable agriculture, food production and consumption, as the UAE marked the World Food Day. Titled ‘Our Food, Our Future’, the youth workshop was organised by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE), in collaboration with the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The 6th edition of the International Franchise Exhibition (IFE), organised by the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, kicked off with the participation of key government entities, numerous major international brands, companies, and renowned experts alongside thousands of visitors from 16 countries. The exhibition is being held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The 6th Annual World Aviation Safety Summit (WASS) will provide a focus on approaches for handling dangerous goods, organisers of the event revealed on Wednesday. Hosted by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority WASS 2018 is set to return for its sixth edition on December 11 and 12 at Roda Al Bustan, Dubai. More than 1.25 million ...