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DUBAI / WAM The Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, witnessed a session presented by His Highness Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, titled, “Journey of Wisdom” during the 7th World Government Summit. During his speech, Sheikh Saif ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has visited the 2019 World Government Summit hosted in Dubai. The three-day forum has seen the participation of over 4,000 heads of state, government, ministers, officials, and experts representing some 140 countries. During the visit, ...

Dubai / WAM Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, has called for the world’s nations to recognise the importance and power of culture as an engine of economic development, diplomacy and as a tool to bring renewed hope to people’s lives. Speaking at a plenary session on the final day of the seventh World Government ...

DUBAI / WAM A new study on how post-conflict trade opportunities can be developed by emerging countries was published on the concluding day of the World Government Summit in Dubai. ‘Post-Conflict Trade: Case studies and lessons for Ethiopia and Eritrea’ was launched by the Economist Intelligence Unit after being commissioned to conduct the research by DP World. Identifying sensible opportunities ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration said the US president still wants to meet China’s Xi Jinping in an effort to end the trade war, a sign of optimism as negotiators from the world’s two-biggest economies start their latest round of talks this week. “He wants to meet with President Xi very soon,” White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said on Fox News. ...

Bloomberg Sony Corp. promoted a marketing executive to become the new chief of its PlayStation business, the second management shuffle in less than two years at one of the company’s most important divisions. Jim Ryan will take over as president of Sony Interactive Entertainment effective April 1 after previously leading the division’s sales and marketing teams, the Tokyo-based company said ...

Bloomberg Zilingo Pte, a Singapore-based online fashion marketplace, raised $226 million to fund an expansion into the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. Investors in the series D financing included Sequoia Capital, Temasek Holdings Pte, Burda Principal Investments, Sofina and EDBI, the company said on Tuesday without disclosing a valuation. The startup is valued at $970 million, according to people familiar with ...

Bloomberg T-Mobile US Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Legere heads to Capitol Hill this week to defend his proposed takeover of Sprint Corp., as doubts about the deal grow on Wall Street and opponents say it will raise monthly bills. Legere is set to appear Wednesday and Thursday before two House panels about the $26.5 billion tie-up, which would unite ...

Bloomberg Defending the incentive package to attract Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 to New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the prospect of the tech giant bringing tens of thousands of jobs to the area was “mission critical.” “We had a real live choice to make —25,000 to 40,000 jobs, many of them good paying, that New Yorkers really want and ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump likes to boast about his disruptive foreign policy style—calling North Korea’s leader “Little Rocket Man” or announcing plans to pull troops from Syria without notifying his top generals. But with Venezuela, Trump is playing it uncharacteristically straight, using textbook diplomacy that he usually shuns in seeking the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro. Instead of going it ...