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  Jerusalem / AFP Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new $38 billion US defence aid package against criticism Israel could have negotiated a larger sum had he not angered the White House. Speaking at the start of a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said the deal was the “largest assistance agreement that the United States has ever provided to ...

  ISTANBUL/ AP With summer drawing to a close, Turkey is counting the cost of a tough year that saw a string of terrorist bombings and the fallout from a diplomatic spat with Moscow that cut deep into the country’s crucial tourist trade. And then right bang in the middle of summer, the economic backdrop got more precarious after an ...

  Emirates Business Cairo Now! A City Incomplete captures for the first time under one roof the Egyptian capital’s current design landscape and celebrates innovation and emerging talent in the fields of product, furniture, graphic and typeface design as well as architecture. Curated by Cairo-based architect, independent researcher and writer Mohamed Elshahed, Over 65 Egyptian architects, designers, entrepreneurs and graphic ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The UAE government can save nearly USD 5 billion if the country undergoes full digital transformation, industry experts announced ahead of GITEX Technology Week 2016. Government digital transformation can save 1.3 percent of GDP, according to a recent report by consultants Deloitte. Extrapolating to World Bank figures that show the UAE’s GDP was USD 370 ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), an independent forum aimed at conserving the environment by strengthening and promoting green building practices, will put the spotlight on UAE’s achievements in sustainable development as a way forward strategy to a greener future, at the fifth EmiratesGBC Congress 2016 to be held on October 25 & 26 at Dusit ...

  Dubai / WAM A UAE plane carrying over 100 tonnes of aid will leave for Entebbe, Uganda, early on Sunday to deliver vital relief supplies to more than 60,000 South Sudanese refugees who have flocked to the Ugandan border, fleeing from the conflict in South Sudan. This immediate response follows the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Master developer Dubai South announced on Saturday the sale price of its residential units at its innovative residential project, The Pulse. Now buyers can purchase their dream home at Dubai South, with prices starting at AED280,000 onwards. Billed as the first city in the world centered around the happiness of its people, master developer Dubai ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Lootah Real Estate Development on Saturday broke ground on The Waves, an elegantly designed state-of-the-art new building to be built at Shamal neighborhood site office, Al Barsha South . The project is new milestone and testament of on-time and successful delivery of Shamal phase-one and phase-two, since the launch of Shamal neighborhood development earlier. Lootah ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) inaugurated the first phase of its joint project with Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MBRHE). The project aims to replace conventional lightbulbs with LED lightbulbs, among various projects launched by MBRHE. In cooperation with Etihad Energy Service Company (ESCO), DEWA will replace traditional light bulbs with LED lightbulbs in 500 villas, ...

  Dubai / WAM The UAE delegation, headed by Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), concluded a successful participation in the Global Green Growth Week (GGGW), held from September 5-9 in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. The event, hosted by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), gathered around 1,200 participants from more than 50 countries representing ...