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  Dubai / WAM Dubai Municipality has confirmed that the air quality in the emirate characterized by high quality conforms to the approved international standards. The confirmation is on the basis of the data emanated from the air quality monitoring stations spread over different areas of the emirate. The level of air quality in Dubai had reached 88% by the end ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business ‘Sharjah is open for business’ – that was the message delivered by HE Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) during his closing address at the Sharjah Foreign Direct Investment Forum (Sharjah FDI Forum 2016), which concluded on Thursday at Al Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre in Sharjah in ...

  SAO PAULO / WAM A new survey conducted by the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, Apex-Brasil, shows that exploring the fruit market can be a way for Brazil to expand as a foodstuffs supplier in the UAE and Gulf states. “It’s a buyers’ market, we have the fruits to sell and we’re not the main suppliers,” said the coordinator ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Exports has participated in the ‘WorldFood Moscow’ exhibition for the third year in a row. The exhibition featured a 52-member team comprising local exporters and manufacturers joining the UAE pavilion under the Dubai Exports umbrella. Over the past three years, Dubai Exports has facilitated and supported an increasing number of exporters and manufacturers from varied industry ...

  Dubai / WAM A massive turnout of leading international energy companies is expected at the 18th Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2016), from 4th to 6th October, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. WETEX 2016 is being organised as part of the Green Week by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), in conjunction with the ...

  Ras Al Khaimah / Emirates Business Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA), which develops the emirate’s tourism infrastructure and plans, initiates and drives its domestic and overseas promotions, on Thursday hosted the annual UAE World Tourism Day conference for the second year in a row. The half-day UAE World Tourism Day Conference, held at the Al Marjan Island ...

  Jakarta / AFP Thousands of workers rallied on Thursday in the Indonesian capital Jakarta against a controversial government scheme to raise revenues that, critics claim, has allowed wealthy tycoons to avoid paying tax. The tax amnesty programme began in July, offering low rates to people who came forward to declare their untaxed wealth stashed at home and overseas. Wealthy ...

  Bloomberg China has punished coal and steel companies for illegal production or unsafe operations as part of the government’s efforts to reduce industrial overcapacity. Following safety checks at 4,624 coal mines, the regulator revoked the licenses of 28 and halted production at 286, the National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement on its website. Thirty-three coal companies ...

  Seoul / AFP Samsung said on Thursday it would resume sales of new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in South Korea this week, hoping to turn the page on the troubled device after an ongoing global recall prompted by battery explosions. The company on September 2 suspended sales of the oversized “phablet” and recalled 2.5 million units shipped worldwide after ...

  Bangkok / AP Thailand, the world’s biggest exporter of seahorses, is suspending trade in the animal because of concern about threats to its wild population. The decision was announced at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. Dr. Amanda Vincent, a seahorse expert at The University of British ...