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ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), made a phone call to an ERC delegation that travelled to the Albanian capital, Tirana, to rescue victims of an earthquake that hit the country, as per the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin ...

AJMAN / WAM The Dar Al Ber Society announced that 1,486 families of various nationalities benefitted from the humanitarian aid provided by the society’s branch during the first nine months of the current year. Faisal Sahrawi, Director of the Dar Al Ber branch in Ajman, said the humanitarian aid provided by the branch until the end of this September reached ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah), an affiliate of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) organised a Sharjah – Europe Business Roundtable, at the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to explore interests with six European business councils based in the UAE, and to introduce emerging prospects in a variety of sectors attractive to ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Police General HQ confiscated nearly 25,560 counterfeit fire prevention products worth AED2.5 million, during an anti-counterfeit campaign of the Department of Combating Economic Crimes of the General Department of Criminal investigations at the Dubai Police. The campaign was carried out in partnership with Underwriters Laboratories, UL, the Middle East, a technology security company, and Ten ...

PARIS / WAM The UAE pledged to donate AED184 million ($50 million) of development support, in addition to a previous amount of AED184 million ($50 million) allocated this year by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), to support development projects in the Comoros. The UAE made this announcement during its participation in the “Donors’ Conference in Support of the ...

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Education (MoE), announced that the UAE advanced eight points in mathematics skills, according to the results of the recent edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2018, which were officially announced for the participating countries at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), headquarters in Paris. The United Arab Emirates achieved ...

Bloomberg France’s government said the European Union (EU) would retaliate if the US follows through on a threat to hit about $2.4 billion of French products with tariffs over a dispute concerning how large tech companies are taxed. “It’s not worthy of an ally, and it’s not the behaviour we expect from the US towards one of its main allies, ...

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG is facing one of the largest-ever UK class action lawsuits, with almost 100,000 vehicle owners accusing it of misleading them by installing emissions-cheating software that made it appear their diesel vehicles met environmental standards. Lawyers for the drivers opened their case and must first prove that the allegations belong in court. They need judges to follow findings ...

Bloomberg Euro-zone factory activity rose to a three-month high last month, though job losses continued as the sector remained stuck in a slump. The Purchasing Managers’ Index for the 19-nation euro region rose slightly to 46.9 in November as confidence improved and a drop in new orders slowed. The reading was up from a preliminary 46.6 but still below the ...

Bloomberg Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey returned from a trip touring African startups ready to go back. He said in a Twitter post recently that he’ll spend three to six months somewhere on the continent next year. Dorsey had spent much of November meeting with startups and people in the tech industry in South Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria and ...