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Abu Dhabi / WAM Commanders and units of the UAE Armed Forces have celebrated the 43rd Unification Day Anniversary, recalling the memories of the founding fathers, notably the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who managed through their diligence and will to build the Union and to unify the Armed Forces under one command, one banner, and who had ...

Bloomberg Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd is scouting for a partner in China to help it win a larger piece of the world’s second-largest drug market, where the government is on a mission to drive down healthcare costs. With recovery underway in its US business, Sun Pharma’s billionaire founder Dilip Shanghvi is honing in on China and believes market watchers are ...

Bloomberg Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s second-biggest wireless carrier, is preparing to kick off the initial public offering of its Africa unit in a deal that could raise about $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said. Airtel Africa is planning to make a formal announcement about the London listing this month and aims to start trading in June, the people ...

Bloomberg Germany is considering whe-ther to impose a tax on carbon pollution or push to expand the existing European market in an effort to speed up the pace of reducing greenhouse gases. Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for putting a price on the emissions from industries such as transport and buildings that are outside the European Union’s carbon trading program. ...

Bloomberg The cost of California’s controversial high-speed rail project grew to $79 billion, a development likely to embolden opponents such as President Donald Trump, whose administration is already seeking to cancel and claw back federal grants. The segment already under construction in the state’s agricultural region known as the Central Valley is now expected to cost $12.4 billion, up from ...

Bloomberg A Blackstone Group LP unit that buys stakes in alternative asset managers is considering a minority investment in BC Partners, according to people familiar with the matter. Discussions between Blac-kstone Strategic Capital Hol-dings and BC are at an early stage and no deal has been reached, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is ...

Bloomberg Israel and Gaza-based fighters are digging in for extended fighting after a barrage of hundreds of rockets and retaliatory airstrikes boiled over into a second day, threatening to undo months of Egyptian-brokered efforts to reach a long-term truce. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he instructed the army to continue its “massive attacks” in Gaza and bolstered forces near the ...

NEW YORK / WAM The UAE, in its capacity as the chair of the Group of Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), hosted a dialogue with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on strengthening ties with the Muslim community. The dialogue session, which took place at the UN Headquarters, was entitled ‘Strengthening Ties with the Muslim Community: Promoting Dialogue, ...

TURIN (Italy) / WAM His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, received the first joint Honorary Doctorate in Urban and Regional Development, from the University of Turin and Polytechnic University of Turin, in Italy. During his keynote speech at the ancient castle of Valentino, H.H. said: “I am very ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of Federal National Council (FNC), received Helene Quilter, Secretary of Defence New Zealand, and her accompanying delegation at FNC headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The FNC Speaker commenced the meeting by first expressing her condolences to the government of New Zealand and its people, and the families of the victims of ...