Abu Dhabi / WAM Costa Rica would like to benefit from the expertise of the Emirati companies across critical departments and sectors which are of interest to his country’s economy, Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, has emphasised. The next phase in the relations between Costa Rica and the UAE would witness the strengthening of ...

  Sharjah / WAM As part of its ongoing drive to establish and integrate the latest holistic technology, Sharjah Government is entering a new era of interconnectivity with the adoption of ‘Zajel’ communications. In a detailed presentation of the new service to a number of government representatives, Sharjah Department of eGovernment, DeG, introduced government representatives to the benefits of the new ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) hosted two high-level delegations at its headquarters on Tuesday, which were headed by Horacio Cartes, President of Paraguay, and Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera, President of Costa Rica. The delegations were received by Majid Al Shamsi, First Vice Chairman, and Hamad Buamim, President and CEO of Dubai Chamber. Several board members and ...

  Istanbul / AP Turkish police captured the gunman who carried out the deadly New Year’s nightclub attack in Istanbul, with officials saying on Tuesday that he’s an Uzbekistan national who trained in Afghanistan and confessed to the massacre. The man was being questioned by police, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters in Ankara. Yildirim expressed hope that the interrogation would ...

  MAIDUGURI / AP A Nigerian Air Force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed a refugee camp Tuesday, killing more than 100 refugees and wounding aid workers, a Borno state official said. The state government official was helping to coordinate the evacuation of wounded. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because ...

  ROME / AP Aid groups have revised to at least 170 the number of suspected dead from a weekend migrant shipwreck off Libya. The International Organization of Migration and UN refugee agency increased the estimate after interviewing the four survivors of the shipwreck who arrived in Trapani, Sicily, on Monday aboard the Norwegian rescue ship Siem Pilot. IOM spokesman ...

  PARIS / AP Amnesty International says European counterterrorism measures in the past two years are rapidly — and potentially permanently — eroding basic human rights throughout the continent. France, which has been hit with more recent deadly attacks than any other country in Europe, has extended its state of emergency three times, and the human rights group said in ...

  LONDON / AP British Prime Minister Theresa May has made it clear: the UK will make a clean break from the European Union and leave its single market of some 500 million people. In her most direct remarks since the June 23 vote, May said on Tuesday that Britain must regain control of its laws and borders, even as she ...

  BERLIN / AP Germany’s supreme court on Tuesday rejected a bid by lawmakers to outlaw a far-right party accused of promoting a racist and anti-Semitic agenda. Andreas Vosskuhle, chief justice of the Federal Constitutional Court, said that even though the party had unconstitutional goals, “there are currently no concrete indications … that its actions will lead to success.” The German ...

  WASHINGTON / AP More than 40 House Democrats plan to boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, casting the Republican businessman as a threat to democracy. Reps. Steve Cohen of Tennessee, Jerrold Nadler of New York and Don Beyer of Virginia on Monday joined a growing list of lawmakers who will not attend Trump’s swearing-in at the US Capitol. The ...