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  Ottawa / AFP Canadian regulators are failing to monitor the country’s nuclear power plants properly and such safety lapses are unacceptable, an official said Tuesday. Canada has four nuclear plants with a total of 19 reactors in Ontario and New Brunswick provinces. They provide about 17 percent of the nation’s electricity. Regulators have carried out inadequate and irregular inspections, ...

  Washington / AFP US online giant Amazon on Wednesday launched a new “Prime Reading” program for US members of its subscription program, allowing unlimited reading of a rotating selection of e-books. “Prime members can now enjoy unlimited reading from a rotating selection of books, magazines, comics and more — at no additional cost,” the online retail giant said in ...

  Abu Dhabi / Bloomberg Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. will combine two offshore oil and natural gas ventures operated with partners including BP Plc and ExxonMobil Corp., as the UAE producer takes measures to cope with the drop in oil prices over the past two years. Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co., known as Adma-Opco, and Zakum Development Co., known ...

WashingtonI / AFP The IMF on Tuesday left its global economic forecasts unchanged into 2017 but called governments to take action against the threats of low growth and protectionism. Global output is expected to grow this year at a rate of 3.1 percent before rising to 3.4 percent next year, estimates that are unchanged from July, according to the International ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation, AMAF, is set to participate in the upcoming third edition of the Global Islamic Economy Summit, GIES. Under the patronage of Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the event will take place on October 11 and 12 ...

  MONTREAL / WAM The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has proposed a single set of units of measurement for all air and ground operations to make flying safer. These measurements would prevent pilots and crew members from incorrectly converting values relating to distance, height and speed especially under strenuous circumstances such as adverse weather, unfamiliar airports, and emergency ...

  Dubai / WAM Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, is on track to achieve double-digit annual growth in its clean energy portfolio between now and 2020, in line with industry demand, with a pipeline of ambitious projects underway in both solar and wind, the company said on Tuesday. Masdar will showcase how it is leading the adoption and commercialisation ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM ZonesCorp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, whereby the TRA, acting through the UAE Computer Emergency Response Team, aeCERT, will provide a number of advisory services to ZonesCorp relating to cybersecurity. The MoU implies that ZonesCorp has a highly robust system in place to identify and effectively protect against ...

  Dubai / AFP The 18th Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) 2016, opened on Tuesday at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, under the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Smart Dubai Office, the Smart Dubai Government Establishment and the Department of Economic Development (DED), in collaboration with IBM, have launched the city’s first cognitive computing service to facilitate business licensing and registration in Dubai. The service, which was unveiled in a press conference at the Business Village Tuesday morning, delivers on the directive ...