Bloomberg Bill de Blasio campaigned for New York mayor — and for president — vowing to help low-income workers and the least fortunate. But financially desperate taxi drivers, devastated by competition from Uber Technologies and similar companies, say he has abandoned them. The 22,000-member Taxi Workers Alliance says it has a plan at almost no net expense to the city: ...
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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, on Saturday welcomed Hazza Al Mansoori, the UAE’s first astronaut, as he returned to the UAE after eight days in space. Al Mansoori, accompanied by backup astronaut, Sultan Al Neyadi, landed at the Presidential ...
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Bloomberg China will at least double its spending on US agriculture as part of a partial trade accord between the two countries that’s likely to be well received by crop traders when markets reopen. Under terms of the arrangement, spending will scale to an annual figure of $40 billion to $50 billion over two years, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the UAE this Tuesday translates the privileged and steadily growing strategic relations between the two countries, said Maadhad Hareb Al Khaili, the UAE Ambassador to Russia. “The visit will contribute to further consolidating the current strategic partnership between the two sides,” the diplomat told the Emirates News Agency ...
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BEIJING / WAM A newly-signed agreement between Abu Dhabi Airports and Beijing Daxing International Airport (BDIA), will see the two sides share best practices and collaborate to enhance their airport operations. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), was inked at the BDIA Management Centre in Beijing, China, in the presence of Sheikh Mohammad bin Hamad bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of ...
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Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to set up a new mechanism to discuss trade during two days of informal talks in southern India that were aimed at re-calibrating strained ties between the nations. India raised its concerns about the China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Indian foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale told reporters on ...
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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, Saturday welcomed Hazza Al Mansoori, the UAE’s first astronaut, as he returned to the UAE after eight days in space. Al Mansoori, accompanied by backup astronaut, Sultan Al Neyadi, landed at the Presidential Terminal ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM LI Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido), has said that the UAE’s hosting of the 18th session of the organisation’s General Conference in Abu Dhabi on November 2 was welcomed by the Industrial Development Board. This is in part because the two sides have a long-standing partnership and serve as co-chairs ...
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Dubai / WAM The Executive Committee of the UAE – Saudi Co-ordination Council has convened to further enhance collaboration between the two sides under the co-chairmanship of Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and The Future, and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad Bin Mazyad Al Tuwaijri, Minister of Economy and Planning. The meeting occasioned a follow-up of a number ...
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