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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports has partnered with the Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) to begin training 17,000 employees to operate the new Midfield Airport Terminal at the Abu Dhabi Airport. The programme is supported by a campaign designed to capture the imagination of the airport community, ensuring that employees of all airport organisations are Familiarised, Inducted and Trained ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Volunteering Programme has completed four million local and international community volunteering hours, in keeping with the humanitarian message of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Noura Al Suwaidi, Director of the General Women’s Union (GWU) stated that the programme’s volunteers have helped achieve progress in the areas of volunteer ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has announced that it will highlight how it is protecting biodiversity and preserving the quality of life for a sustainable future by participating at this month’s World Urban Forum 2020. Hosted by UN Habitat until February 13 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, (Adnec) the event will see EAD ...

Bloomberg President Rodrigo Duterte plans to order the termination of a longstanding military pact with the US, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported, though the US State Department reiterated that relations between the nations remain strong. The Inquirer report, citing presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo, follows Duterte’s threat in January to end the agreement after Washington cancelled a visa for a senator ...

Bloomberg The coronavirus disease spreading around the world has killed more than 810 people, exceeding the toll from the global outbreak of Sars that started in China almost two decades ago. Less than two months after surfacing in late December in Wuhan, China, cases of the coronavirus have topped 37,000. The fast-spreading disease long ago eclipsed the 8,100 total cases ...

Bloomberg Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, Apple Inc’s main iPhone production partner, said its factories worldwide are coordinating with authorities in carrying out virus protection and are preparing safety measures with the approval of local governments. “Our group hasn’t received any client requests to move production resumption earlier,” the company, also known as Foxconn, said in a statement. Operating schedules ...

Bloomberg India and Sri Lanka agreed on Saturday to strengthen cooperation to combat terrorism and boost trade and investment. “India has been a trusted partner in Sri Lanka’s development,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a joint briefing after meeting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in New Delhi. New lines of credits announced in November will deepen development and cooperation, ...

Bloomberg Secretary of State Michael Pompeo delivered a tough warning about China in a speech to US governors, urging caution in business dealings as Beijing looks for ways to exploit US vulnerabilities and expands repression at home. He had a pointed message for certain US state pension funds that may be investing in ways that help China’s government crack down ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to announce a boost in infrastructure spending focused on northern England, seeking to make good on campaign pledges made before he led his Conservatives to a landslide victory in December’s general election. The programme will include 40 million pounds ($52 million) for 5G wireless networks in rural areas and investment in mass transit, ...

DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai announced that it will host the 5th edition of the Aqdar World Summit, an international event organised annually under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, by the Khalifa Empowerment Programme – Aqdar. The announcement was ...