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Abu Dhabi / WAM Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, has said that the UAE supports the aspirations of Arab youth by launching initiatives and programmes that encourage their participation in creating a better future for themselves and their countries. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), she said, “Believing in the ...

Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Airport has received the inaugural flight of Pegasus Airline, arriving from Sabiha Airport in Istanbul. Pegasus airline, the Turkish carrier, introduced its new daily service on Sharjah-Istanbul route in response to the increasing demand for travel to and from Sharjah due to the regional and global importance of Sharjah Airport as a passenger hub. The route ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs has crowned its achievements in 2018 by winning the 2nd Organisation – Wide Innovation Award from the Global Organisational Excellence Congress, hosted by Abu Dhabi in December. Ahmed Abdul Salam Kazim, Director of Strategy and Corporate Excellence at Dubai Customs, Hussain Al Fardan, Dubai Customs’ Innovation Centre senior manager and the team received the grand ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi General Services Company, Musanada, has affirmed that it remains fully committed to the installation of advanced safety sensing systems across buildings and housing projects constructed by the company in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafrah, including the fire detection devices (gas, smoke, heat and flame detectors) equipped with state-of-the-art smart technologies. The ...

Bloomberg Kenya needs about $85 million annually in the short term for green projects in agriculture, transport and manufacturing, and as much as $888 million annually during the follow- ing five to 10 years, according to a banking industry lobby. The financing is needed to counter the effects of rapid climate change that could erase about 2 percent of economic ...

Bloomberg Suncor Energy Inc is working with Alberta’s government to help mitigate the “unintended consequences” of mandated oil cuts, a policy company opposed from the start and now says is hitting it disproportionately hard. Suncor said its initial required output curtailment is higher than the 8.7 percent industrywide level, without giving specific amount. That makes it harder to maintain safe ...

Bloomberg BMW AG is facing a criminal probe in South Korea after investigators concluded the manufacturer concealed fire hazards and delayed recalls for a problem that has dented sales and its reputation in the Asian country. South Korea’s transport ministry plans to ask prosecutors to investigate the German carmaker, the ministry said in a statement on Monday. Korea also fined ...

Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co. gear will be ripped out of the core part of a UK communications network for police and other emergency responders. BT Group Plc., the company delivering the 2.3-billion-pound ($3 billion) project, has been pulling equipment from the Chinese tech giant out of its own core structure since the 2016 acquisition of mobile carrier EE, which used ...

Bloomberg The wife of Greg Kelly, the jailed Nissan Motor Co. board director, said there’s a chance he’ll be released Christmas Day. She also revealed that several US government officials have supported efforts to arrange for his return to Tennessee. Kelly, who was arrested along with Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn on November 19, may be able communicate with his family ...

Bloomberg Rescuers hunted for survivors and victims under the rubble of hundreds of hotels and houses flattened by a deadly tsunami along Indonesia’s Sunda Strait with authorities warning the death toll may climb from the 373 already confirmed. Most of the victims were local holidaymakers staying in the hotels and bungalows along the popular beaches in Lampung and Banten provinces, ...