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Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS The UAE Cabinet retreat on post-oil phase concluded on Sunday. Federal and local government officials took part in the retreat and discussed ideas and initiatives that will contribute in diversifying the UAE’s economy and ensuring its sustainability. Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and ...

AJMAN / WAM Fund Khalifa for Enterprise Development organized the thirteenth Tawasul Forum in Ajman. That comes as part of the Fund’s interest to spread the quality initiatives aimed at enhancing the business environment and the different regions within the UAE. Ahmed Al Hashemi, manager of Ajman branch said, “Khalifa Fund will continue working towards creating the appropriate environment for ...

DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)’s Risk Management department, in collaboration with the UK’s Business Continuity Institute (BCI), has organised a series of programmes to raise awareness about business continuity management. The move is part of DEWA’s on-going commitment to adopting to the highest standards of practice, to assure business continuity in the event of any ...

DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS Al Mazaya Holding has announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. The announcement was made following a meeting of the board of directors that was held on January 28, 2016. The meeting was chaired by Chairman Rashid Al Nafisi and attended by members of the board and the group’s CEO. Addressing ...

Berlin / AFP Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative alliance has slumped to its lowest since July 2002 as opposition over her liberal refugee policy grows, a survey showed on Sunday, while a right-wing populist party polled a record high. According to the poll published by the Bildam Sonntag newspaper, public support for Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union and sister ...

Kathmandu / AFP After enduring endless blackouts in Nepal’s months-long and ongoing national fuel crisis, management consultant Pankaj Shrestha finally splurged on a set of solar panels for his home in Kathmandu. “First there was no cooking gas available, so we bought an electric cooker. But then there was no electricity, so how could we cook anything?” the 52-year-old asked. ...

Brussels / AFP Belgium has charged three people with trying to go to Syria and join extremists there, press reports said on Sunday. Police arrested four people on Saturday after raids in Jumet, near the southern city of Charleroi, on suspicion that they planned to go to either war-torn Syria or Libya. The reports said one person had been released ...

Tripoli / AFP The designated head of Libya’s UN-backed unity government has met the country’s controversial army chief, retired General Khalifa Haftar, as he prepares to submit a new cabinet lineup. Fayez Al Sarraj’s official Facebook page said he met Haftar on Saturday as part of a series of meetings to assess “the opinions, fears and worries of influential sides ...

Tokyo / AFP Japan has doubled the number of F-15 fighter jets deployed on the southern island of Okinawa, near disputed islands in the East China Sea, the defence ministry said Sunday. Japan’s Air Self-Defence Force now has about 40 F-15s on Okinawa’s Naha base, according to the defence ministry. The move comes as Japan and China have routinely clashed ...

The Hague / AFP Over 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in Europe, the EU police agency Europol said on Sunday, fearing many have been whisked away into sex trafficking rings or the slave trade. Europol’s press office confirmed the figures that were published in British newspaper The Observer, adding that the numbers were for the last 18-24 months. The ...