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ABYAN / WAM In one of its latest relief efforts in Yemen, the UAE – represented by its humanitarian arm the Emirates Red Crescent – has dispatched a relief convoy loaded with 1,000 food baskets to aid the residents of Zinjibar, the capital of Yemen’s Abyan province. The aid was distributed to around 7,000 residents of the city, under the ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The National Election Committee (NEC) on Tuesday approved the final list of candidates for the Federal National Council (FNC) elections 2019. The list includes 495 names – 133 from Abu Dhabi, 88 from Dubai, 114 from Sharjah, 61 from Ras Al Khaimah, 26 from Ajman, 20 from Umm Al Quwain, and 53 from Fujairah. The ...

Dubai / Emirates Business His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA on Tuesday officially opened the 2019 edition of Materials Handling Middle East. The event, which runs until September 5 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), is co-located with SPS Automation Middle East, opening to a crowd of logistics, ...

Dubai / WAM The National Election Committee (NEC) convened the eighth Political Awareness Forum for University Students in collaboration with the Ministry of State for Federal National Council (FNC) Affairs and the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU. The event aimed to encourage youth participation in the upcoming fourth cycle of the FNC elections. Speaking at the gathering, Tariq Hilal Lootah, ...

Ajman / Emirates Business Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) entered into an agreement with the free zone entity of Al Zorah – a partnership between Solidere International and Ajman Government – and a premium lifestyle and leisure destination, to operate the developments of 3,000 feet state-of-the-art Business Centre. The contemporary, furnished Business Centre, is located within The Pavilion at Al Zorah, a ...

DUBAI / WAM An Emirati mechatronics and aviation engineer has invented a smart device which uses artificial intelligence technology to track passengers with the aim of improving children’s safety on school buses. Fahim Almas, Founder and CEO of the Almas Robotics, a Dubai-based technology and engineering company, launched ‘Safe Bus’, a device that can be connected to multiple sensors installed ...

Bloomberg Hurricane Dorian is starting to move again, inching towards the northwest and potentially up the US East Coast after bashing the Bahamas for almost two days with high winds and driving rains that have inflicted huge damage, killing five on one island alone. The storm is now crawling at 1 mile per hour with sustained winds of around 120 ...

Bloomberg J2 Acquisition Ltd, the investment vehicle backed by serial dealmaker Martin E Franklin, made its debut acquisition after an almost two-year search with an agreement to acquire U.S. engineer and oil pipeline contractor APi Group Inc. for about $2.9 billion. London-based J2, which is run by Franklin and long-time partners James Lillie and Ian Ashken, is looking to build ...

Bloomberg US factory activity unexpectedly contracted in August for the first time in three years as shrinking orders, production and hiring pushed a widely followed measure of manufacturing to its lowest level since January 2016. The Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index fell to 49.1 in August, weaker than all forecasts in a Bloomberg survey of economists, data released ...

Bloomberg Prince Harry wants you to think a bit harder about whether your next vacation abroad risks harming the planet. He’s setting up a sustainable tourism initiative called Travalyst, which aims to support local people, protect wildlife, tackle climate change and environmental damage, and alleviate over-tourism. It’s a tall order but Visa, TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Skyscanner and Ctrip are buying into ...