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Bloomberg Poland’s new leaders are eroding the country’s democratic record through laws that give the government new powers, three US senators said in a letter to Prime Minister Beata Szydlo. The dispatch by Senators John McCain, Benjamin Cardin and Richard Durbin follows an unprecedented move by the European Union’s executive last month to start a probe into whether rule of ...

PYONGYANG / AP The United States and Japan have already announced plans for new sanctions over North Korea’s recent nuclear test and rocket launch, and the UN Security Council is likely to deliver more soon. Cross-border tensions with Seoul are escalating quickly and even China is starting to sound more like an angry neighbour than a comrade-in-arms. But with a ...

Bloomberg Democrats pushed for Congress to vote upon a Supreme Court nominee from President Barack Obama, sharpening a fight with Republican leaders who said they won’t consider a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia until after the 2016 election. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in a Twitter message, said Obama will occupy the White House until January. “It’s his job to nominate ...

DUBAI / WAM H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, on Monday attended the inaugural session of the 7th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy (ICDDT) and 4th Biotechnology World Congress, BWC, at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah. Held under the patronage of H.H. the Ruler ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business His Excellency Humaid Al Qatami, Chairman of the Board and Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) highlighted that the private sector is a key partner in the development of the health sector. Al Qatami said that DHA is keen to provide further investment opportunities in the medical sector with an aim to further strengthen and ...

ADEN / WAM Yemen’s Armed Forces General Staff mourned the martyrdom of Emirati martyr, Juma Abdullah Hassan Al Shamsi, who fell on Sunday morning while on the national duty, participating in the Arab coalition forces’ Restoring Hope Operation in Yemen. In a statement, the Yemen’s Armed Forces General Staff said that the people of Yemen would never forget the UAE ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation, has met with Dr. Ruba Jaradat, Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Arab States of the International Labour Organisation, ILO, to promote co-operation between the UAE and the organisation. During the meeting, which was held at the Ministry in Abu Dhabi, the two sides discussed their ...

Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS The inaugural Middle East Aviation Careers Conference and Exhibition (MEAC), will be held on the March 8-10 March, in parallel with Abu Dhabi Air Expo 2016. Anyone interested in a career in the aviation or aerospace sectors will be able to get an overview of the exciting opportunities to look out for in these industries over ...

Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that the total expenditure budget approved for RTA in 2016 amounted to AED7.609 billion comprising an Operational Budget in the order of AED3.913 billion, and an Infrastructure Projects Budget estimated at AED3.696 billion. “The aggregate anticipated revenues for ...

AJMAN / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Ajman Department of Economic Development (ADED) organized the first Ajman Food Festival as part of the department’s initiatives to support various economic sectors. The festival aims to create promotional opportunities for food and beverage activities in the Emirate of Ajman, and to give attention to and support emerging national projects. The festival was launched on ...