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Bloomberg As the European Union tries to resolve differences over Kosovo and welcome new members from the former Yugoslavia, one hopeful may have a tougher issue to overcome. Serbia, the largest of the six Balkan countries the bloc says could join from 2025, is being forced to choose between the benefits of the world’s No. 1 trading alliance and loyalty ...

KHARTOUM / WAM Hundreds of young volunteers provided diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative services for women and children in the White Nile, Sudan, as part of the Sheikha Fatima Global Humanitarian Campaign. Youth workshops on the importance of volunteerism and humanitarianism also took place, coinciding with the upcoming UN WorldHumanitarian Day, sponsored by Dr Widad Babiker, Chair of the Sanad Charity ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) reviewed the best practices of using drones to monitor projects. A delegation from the Zayed City Municipal Center attended a workshop held at the Security Media Department, Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, with the aim of spreading the legal practice of using drones and the criteria for granting permits in this ...

Bloomberg With Brexit talks back from the summer holidays, it’s worth considering one way in which failure to reach a deal before the UK’s departure in March would also be bad for the European Union. Such an outcome would unsettle the City of London, the motor of the British economy. But the danger for the EU is that Britain responds ...

Bloomberg Tesla Inc.’s board of directors is at a critical juncture, wedged between a larger-than-life figure to whom many are personally close and their larger responsibility to shareholders. Elon Musk’s astonishing interview with the New York Times has heightened concerns surrounding the health of Tesla’s chairman and chief executive officer, with shares plunging 8.9 percent, the largest drop in nearly ...

Bloomberg The Benetton family’s Atlantia SpA is preparing a compensation package to help victims of the Genoa bridge disaster and provide the region with funds to repair damaged train links and roads. The plan was worked out in consultations between executives at the family’s holding company, the Atlantia infrastructure company they control, and their lawyers and advisers. Autostrade per l’Italia, ...

Bloomberg The worst floods in a century in India’s southern state of Kerala have killed 324 people, caused $2.8 billion in damage and left more than 220,000 homeless since start of the monsoon season in June as the armed forces and rescue teams try to evacuate low-lying areas in which others are still stranded. One of the country’s top tourist ...

Bloomberg Amazon’s country manager for India has proposed a radical idea: Log off; get a life. In an email to his team earlier this month, Amit Agarwal counselled colleagues to stop responding to emails or work calls between 6 pm and 8 am in the interest of “work-life harmony.” He also talked about the importance of work discipline and how ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec) renewed a landmark memo- randum of understanding (MoU) with the Emirates Medical Association (EMA), and the Abu Dhabi Convention Bureau, a division of the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT), to promote Abu Dhabi as a hub for world-class healthcare services and a global knowledge destination, by hosting important medical ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Exports, the export promotion agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) concluded a successful visit to Hong Kong, attracting buyers and importers eager to source products from Dubai to Far Eastern markets. The visit, led by Mohammed Al Kamali, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Exports, marked the first anniversary of the Overseas Trade Office, ...