Dubai / Emirates Business These days people are being bombarded by cosmetic procedure offers for lasers, facials, botox, fillers and sometimes all of the above. For the average person, the stacking of many treatment is overwhelming and most are losing faith in the capabilities of cosmetic dermatologists. Most people are looking for a single treatment that fulfills all of the ...

Bloomberg General Antonio Hamilton Mourao would be Brazil’s vice president. General Augusto Heleno would be defense minister. And General Oswald Ferreira is likely to run a new infrastructure ministry. If ex-Army Captain Jair Bolsonaro wins the runoff vote against the Workers’ Party’s Fernando Haddad on October 28, he has promised to name as many as five generals to his cabinet, ...

Bloomberg The leader of Sweden’s four-party opposition Alliance called an early end to his attempts to form a government as the Nordic nation struggles to find political stability more than a month after an inconclusive election. After meeting with the speaker of parliament on Sunday in Stockholm, Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson said he remains ready to be prime minister, ...

Bloomberg European Union leaders are considering holding a crisis summit in November to draw up contingency plans in case the UK crashes out of the bloc without a deal, EU diplomats said. If a meeting of EU chiefs in Brussels this week fails to make “decisive progress,” the bloc could switch to Brexit no-deal mode and turn a gathering penciled ...

Bloomberg China’s ambassador to the US said Beijing has no choice but to respond to what he described as a trade war started by the US. “We never wanted a trade war, but if somebody started a trade war against us, we have to respond and defend our own interests,” Ambassador Cui Tiankai said on “Fox News Sunday” in a ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, on Monday launched the 38th Gitex Technology Week at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed toured the five-day exhibition, which involves 4,000 government authorities and private sector companies that specialise in information technology, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, robotics, ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) continues to implement inventive solutions in line with its commitment to support the Smart Dubai initiatives. DIFC marked its second participation at Gitex Technology Week by highlighting its digital initiatives such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Business Intelligence platform and Gateway, a state-of-the-art digital workplace for effective collaboration. RPA is an integrated ...

Dubai / WAM Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC), the entity responsible for developing quality infrastructure in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, has marked its participation at Gitex Technology Week 2018 with the launch of ‘Jawdah’ – an online portal that offers easy access to QCC’s technical services and allows customers to apply, register and track the status of ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said migrant families may think twice about illegally crossing the US border from Mexico if they fear they’ll be separated by the US government, suggesting he’s rethinking a policy abandoned in July after widespread public condemnation. “We have people trying to come in like never before,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for ...

Geneva / WAM During its participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, the Federal National Council’s (FNC), Parliamentary Division has presented the country’s experience in promoting gender equality in the scientific and technological sectors, and ensuring women’s empowerment in all fields. The 139th Assembly of the IPU is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, until October 18. While attending the Human Rights ...