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Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has delivered food assistance to the people of Al-Khokha city in Hodeidah Governorate as part of the UAE’s commitment to stand by needy and impoverished Yemenis in the eight governorates liberated so far on the Red Sea coast, starting from Bab-el-Mandeb strait, and Taiz, going all the way down to the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro discussed enhancing bilateral cooperation, coordination and the importance of joint efforts to bolster regional and world security, stability and development. During the meeting, held at Qasr Al Watan ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Sunday learned about the progress of the Youth Empowerment Strategy, which is aimed to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Board of Management of the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), convened its meeting at the site of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant where it reviewed the progress of its operational activities and discussed a number of initiatives planned during this year. The Board learned about the latest updates of the FANR ongoing review of ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Waste Management Center (Tadweer) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Green Business Certification Inc to collaborate in the field of zero waste management. The MoU was signed by Dr Salem Khalfan Al Kaabi, General Manager of Tadweer and Mahesh Ramanujam, President & CEO of Green Business Certification Inc. Aligned with Tadweer’s objective ...

Bloomberg PG&E Corp cut power to more than 2.5 million Californians in the state’s largest deliberate blackout ever. As of midnight local time, the bankrupt utility giant had shut off the lights to 877,000 homes and businesses in 38 counties across Northern and Central California, including parts of Oakland and Berkeley, but sparing the city of San Francisco, as it ...

Bloomberg China’s Tesla Inc fans expecting to get the new, locally built Model 3s on the cheap were just dealt a surprise. Tesla said its China-made vehicles will start at $50,000 in the country, only about 3% less than what the most basic imported models have been going for, after the US company decided to include the Autopilot driver-assistance software ...

Bloomberg The global economic conjuncture is creating an unfavorable environment for investments and international trade, but nobody is expecting an economic crisis in the short term, Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said. “I just came back from IMF, World Bank and G20 meetings. There is concern for the global slowdown, but no one sees a crisis in the short term, ...

Bloomberg A group of prominent economists from the US and China called for the world’s two largest economies to abandon their trade war and agree to a new path forward that would give both countries more latitude to both pursue their own domestic economic policies and hit back at those that hurt them. In a joint statement issued in China, ...

Bloomberg LVMH, the French owner of Louis Vuitton, is exploring a takeover of Tiffany & Co to expand in the US jewelry market, according to people familiar with the matter. The luxury group is holding talks with Tiffany, though there’s no guarantee an agreement will be reached, said the people, who asked not to be identified because discussions are private. ...