Dubai /Â WAM As part of its strategy to reach out to the promising markets of the world, especially the African markets and to promote Dubai and the competitiveness of its business community globally, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry opened its third international office in Africa in the Mozambican capital of Maputo recently. The new office, which is ...
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Board of Emirates Racing Authority formed
Dubai /Â WAM In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has issued Resolution No. (4) of 2016 pertaining to the formation of the Board of Emirates Racing Authority. The Resolution named Saeed bin Humaid Mattar Al Tayer, as a Chairperson of the board and ...
Read More »UAE chairs Arab League meet for Arab Media Day
Cairo /Â WAM The UAE on Sunday chaired the second meeting of experts at the Arab League to discuss arrangements for the Arab Media Day 2017, at the Arab League headquarters. The meeting was attended by Deputy Executive Director of the Emirates News Agency (WAM) Mohammed Jalal Al Raisi, Ambassador Dr. Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab ...
Read More »SHA, UHS conduct community healthcare initiative
Sharjah /Â WAM Sharjah Health Authority (SHA) in corporation with University Hospital Sharjah (UHS) has been offering free health screenings at the Sharjah Directorate of Town Planning and Survey, where staff and visitors were able to obtain free tests for blood-sugar levels, cholesterol, blood pressure and their body mass index, BMI. A team of specialist nurses from UHS undertook the ...
Read More »Aussie PM vows to carry out economic plan
Canberra / AFP Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday called an election for both houses of parliament on July 2, as he seeks his own mandate with the public just eight months after deposing predecessor Tony Abbott in a party coup. The widely expected announcement was the latest chapter in the turbulent world of Australian politics, where a ...
Read More »Vietnam breaks up mass fish deaths protest, scores held
Hanoi / AFP Vietnamese police detained scores of people on Sunday as they broke up a protest against a Taiwanese company accused of being behind a toxic leak that has caused mass fish deaths off the central coast. The protest in Hanoi, which follows a similar demonstration last weekend, was swiftly dispersed by authorities on Sunday morning, an AFP ...
Read More »Honda to recall 20mn more Takata airbags
Tokyo / Bloomberg Honda Motor will recall an additional 20 million Takata-made airbags globally, a newspaper said on Sunday, in a widening scandal that has led to the biggest auto recall in US history. Tokyo-based auto parts giant Takata is struggling to deal with a defect that can send metal and plastic shrapnel from the inflator canister hurtling toward ...
Read More »China trade shrinks in April in troubling sign for economy
Tokyo / Bloomberg China’s trade shrank in April in a sign government stimulus is failing to jolt the world’s second-largest economy out of a prolonged slowdown. Exports contracted by 1.8 percent from a year earlier to $172.7 billion, falling back into negative territory after March’s temporary burst of 11.5 percent growth, customs data showed on Sunday. Imports plunged 10.9 ...
Read More »Disney lifts veil in sneak preview of $5.5bn Shanghai Park
Beijing / Bloomberg Walt Disney Co. employees and guests received a sneak preview of Shanghai Disneyland, as the world’s largest entertainment company gets set for next month’s official opening of its first theme park in mainland China. A trial run for the $5.5 billion Shanghai Disney kicked off recently. Guests are limited to the resort’s employees, partners and stakeholders, ...
Read More »Thousands take to streets in Greece ahead of reform vote
Athens / AFP Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Athens on Sunday as Greece’s parliament prepared to vote on a controversial tax and pensions overhaul which has sparked mass opposition. Police said almost 15,000 people turned out to march in Athens and the second city of Thessaloniki against the measures demanded by the EU and IMF ...
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