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ABU DHABI / WAM An initiative designed to support the Union of the Comoros in its efforts to safeguard its living heritage has been completed successfully with the support of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi. The ‘Capacity building project for the safeguarding of Comoros’ intangible cultural heritage for sustainable development’, which was carried ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), on Saturday opened the last two phases of roads leading to Expo 2020 site. Construction work under these two phases included a flyover linking Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road and Expo Road as well as two flyovers on Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road to ensure a smooth traffic flow to and ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) in a strategic partnership with the Ministry of Energy and Industry (MOEI) will host the UAE-Russian Business Forum, on February 19, 2020. The Forum aims to enhance and strengthen ties of trade, economic and investment cooperation between UAE, in general, and Sharjah, in particular, and the Federal Republic of Russia, and ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Police, in cooperation with Etisalat, has officially unveiled the first 5G-enabled smart patrol in the Middle East and North Africa region. The smart police patrol is equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and high-tech cameras connected directly to the Control and Command room via 5G network. Brigadier Khaled Nasser Al-Razooqi, Director of the General Department of ...

Bloomberg US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper warned that China is moving further outside the international order as the world’s second largest economy pursues aggressive economic and military policies at the expense of other nations. Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China “is heading even faster and further in the wrong direction — more internal repression, more predatory economic practices, ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc is trying to clarify how it will handle a new wrinkle in the world of digital political advertising: politicians paying influencers to post on social media platforms like Instagram, which it owns. In the past, political entities were technically barred from offering money for posts, which has become a common practice for marketers. But Facebook is changing ...

Bloomberg February 2020 will come to be remembered as a period of historic disruption to physical supply chains the world over, as the coronavirus wrecks trade. Dozens of export sailings to ship China-made goods to consumers from the US to Europe — think handbags, flat-screen TVs, and plastic toys — have been canned since the coronavirus crisis escalated last month. ...

Bloomberg Malaysia will announce a stimulus package early next month as analysts slash their growth forecasts to account for the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The package will involve all ministries, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said. Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunos earlier said the measure will seek to support those affected by the coronavirus, including tourism and ...

Bloomberg China is administering its centuries-old traditional medicine on patients affected by the coronavirus disease, a top health official said. Treatment in Wuhan hospitals combine Traditional Chinese Medicine, popularly known as TCM, and western medicines, said Wang Hesheng, the new health commission head in Hubei, the province at the center of the virus outbreak. He said TCM was applied on ...

Bloomberg The US and the Taliban have reached agreement on a seven-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan that’s intended to lead to a broader accord to end America’s longest war. A senior US official said that the two sides have a deal on the reduction of violence that, if achieved, would be followed by a peace plan allowing the US ...