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  Beijing / Bloomberg China’s diesel exports rebounded to a record in July as severe flooding in some parts of the country curbed domestic fuel demand. The world’s largest energy consumer exported 1.53 million tons of diesel last month, a 39 percent jump from June and beating the previous record in May, according to data posted Sunday on the website ...

  New Delhi / Bloomberg A surge in internet connectivity in rural India, home to some 870 million people, will lead much of the nation’s e-commerce activity to move into regional areas during the rest of the decade, according to a report by Boston Consulting Group. The number of web-connected rural consumers will more than double to 315 million by ...

  Beijing / Bloomberg China Vanke Co., the developer at the center of a battle for control, posted a 10 percent increase in first-half profit as a home-market recovery boosted sales, helping offset uncertainties over the company’s future because of the ownership struggle. Net income at the nation’s largest residential developer climbed to 5.35 billion yuan ($804 million), or 0.48 ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) awarded an international company with a contract for advisory services to develop a new plant to desalinate seawater using reverse osmosis at the Jebel Ali Power Station (JAPS). This is a key step to realize the Dubai Plan 2021. DEWA adopts an integrated strategy to enhance Dubai’s position as an ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) announced the completion of preventive and corrective maintenance of 289 schools across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, according to the action plan to raise readiness in preparation for the delivery to the Abu Dhabi Education Council, before the start of the new academic year 2016/2017. Eng. Hilal Abdullah Al ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a congratulatory cable to President of the Republic of Hungary, Janos Ader, on the national day of Hungary. Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown ...

  Ajman / WAM HH Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Ajman Crown Prince, Chairman of the Executive Council, issued a resolution on the government indicators system regarding the strategic roadmap of Ajman Vision 2021. The resolution calls for implementing the government indicators system through data collection, analysis and review to support the decision-making, as well as identify normative and appropriateness ...

  Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), announced that the completion rate had exceeded 80% on the construction of the Al Houdh Interchange at the intersection of Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Road and Al Yalayis Road, including road works, lighting and utility lines. He anticipated ...

  RABAT / WAM A UAE delegation on Saturday attended a meeting of the organising committee of the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the Kyoto Protocol, to be held in Marrakech in November. The delegation was headed by Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, who was briefed on the steps ...

  Beirut / WAM The Christian Association for the Blind in Beirut, Lebanon, has hailed the efforts of the UAE to support charitable associations and institutions in Lebanon. This came in the framework of the donation provided by the Sharjah Charity International to the association through the Attache for humanitarian and development affairs at the UAE Embassy in Beirut. The donation ...