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Bloomberg Social media platforms based in the US including Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share users’ encrypted messages with British police under a new treaty between the two countries, according to a person familiar with the matter. The accord, which is set to be signed by next month, will compel social media firms to share information to support ...

Bloomberg Elon Musk gave space fans an outline of plans for “Starship,” the next-generation vehicle his Space Exploration Technologies Corp expects to use to eventually take humans to Mars. The goal is to make “space travel like air travel,” Musk said on stage during a highly technical presentation from the company’s Boca Chica test site near Brownsville, Texas. “We’re really ...

NEW YORK / WAM The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, held on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA), in New York, Guterres discussed with Sheikh Abdullah ways to enhance joint cooperation between the UAE and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Dr. Ali Mohammed Shein, President of Zanzibar, the Khalifa Fund For Enterprise Development, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Ministry of Finance and Planning of Tanzania ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Government of Abu Dhabi, represented by 32 key government and academic entities, has expressed readiness in preparing its participation at ‘Gitex Technology Week’, which will be held from October 6 to 10, at the Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC). Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA), the leading governmental entity in charge of coordinating the participation of ...

Dubai / WAM A Norwegian programme to swap plastic waste for financial reward, an online software from Bhutan that calculates healthy, cost-effective school meals sourcing ingredients from local farms, and a Cameroonian project to build sustainable refugee camps are among the 25 projects selected in Expo 2020 Dubai’s Global Best Practice Programme. The 25 success stories – all simple, effective, ...

Bloomberg Afghanistan’s presidential polls closed on Saturday amid Taliban violence nationwide and complaints of wrongdoings in some polling centres. Millions of Afghans braved the militant threats and cast their vote for a new leader in the fourth democratic election since the Taliban regime was ousted by the US invasion in 2001. “Amid the challenges and threats, the presidential elections of ...

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp is boosting its stake in Subaru Corp to about a fifth of the smaller automaker, as Japan’s biggest car company arms itself for a future of self-driving vehicles, electric cars and evolving transport services. Subaru, the maker of Forester and Outback wagons, will also take a stake in Toyota, strengthening their capital ties and collaboration, according ...

Bloomberg Vietnam’s economic growth quickened in the third quarter, underpinned by solid growth in exports and manufacturing. Gross domestic product rose 7.31 percent from a year earlier, up from a revised 6.73 percent in the second quarter, the General Statistics Office in Hanoi said on Saturday. That compared to a median estimate of 6.7 percent in a Bloomberg survey of ...

Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV agreed to pay a $40 million penalty related to years of sales reports the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said were fraudulent. The Italian-American automaker issued statements that misled investors by wrongly claiming monthly gains, the SEC said. Fiat Chrysler inflated results by paying dealers to report fake sales. The company also maintained a ...