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DHALE / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), distributed food baskets to 400 displaced families returning to their liberated villages in the Qa’tabah district of Dhale governorate, Yemen, as part of a series of humanitarian campaigns to support Yemenis overcome adversity. So far, the UAE provided more than 27,000 food baskets to nearly 190,000 people in Dhale, in addition to ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The 5th Annual Construction Summit is set to take place on October 23 at The Westin Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, Dubai. His Excellency Hussain Almahmoudi, CEO of Sharjah Research Technology & Innovation Park to deliver a keynote speech at the summit. The guests will be welcomed by Paul Wallett, Regional Director, Trimble Solutions Middle ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), confirmed that 20 South Korean companies will participate in the 21st Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (Wetex 2019), which will be organised by Dewa from October 21-23, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. It will coincide with the fourth Dubai Solar Show, the region’s largest renewable and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM With hidden surprises to be found, Umm Al Emarat Park is inviting the public to gear up and join its first-ever night-time Neon Book Hunt, taking place daily from 6:00pm up to 9:00pm. Using maps, LED neon lights, clues and their detection skills, little ones and adults will have the chance to ‘hunt’ for books dispersed ...

Dubai / WAM Smart Dubai, the Government entity tasked with leading Dubai’s smart transformation, has won three awards at the Stevie Awards 2019 – one Gold, one Silver, and one Bronze. The Award Gala took place in Vienna, Austria. The Gold Stevie was awarded to Smart Dubai’s Smart Employee application in the Human Capital Management Solution category. In addition, Smart ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi won first place in the Best Destination – Middle East category for the second consecutive time at the Travel Weekly Asia Readers’ Choice Awards 2019. The award coincided with the emirate’s participation in the 12th edition of the ITB Asia travel trade show in Singapore, where the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu ...

Bloomberg China’s top trade negotiator offered positive signals that talks with the US are making progress and both sides are working towards a partial trade deal. “China and the US have made substantial progress in many aspects, and laid an important foundation for a phase one agreement,” Vice Premier Liu He said at a technology conference in Nanchang, Jiangxi. He ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet approved draft legislation to impose tougher rules on overseas investments in the nation’s stock market, targeting foreign state-owned firms. The planned rules will require overseas investors to report in advance when they plan to buy more than 1% of shares in companies related to Japan’s national security, compared with the current 10% threshold, according ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump pulled his Trump National Doral golf resort in Miami as the venue for the 2020 Group of Seven meeting after facing widespread criticism that he was using a major government event for personal gain. The search will start for a new location, including the possibility of using Camp David, he said in a tweet. In earlier ...

Bloomberg Chilean President Sebastian Pinera suspended a hike in subway fares in a bid to defuse the tension that sparked violent protests in South America’s wealthiest nation. “I have humbly listened the voice of my compatriots and I will not be afraid to continue listening to that voice,” Pinera said. The protests, essentially against income inequality, prompted the government to ...