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Bloomberg The Trump administration has launched a multipronged legal assault on an agreement California struck with four carmakers in defiance of the president’s plan to ease national standards on tailpipe emissions. Lawyers from the Transportation Department and Environmental Protection Agency sent a letter to California’s top air-pollution regulator, urging the state to abandon its pact with the automakers and warning ...

Bloomberg As President Donald Trump dragged the brawl over his forecast for Hurricane Dorian into a sixth day, a US agency released a statement bolstering his account — prompting a scathing response from the leader of an agency union. Trump has repeatedly and defiantly continued to defend his assertion that Alabama was in Dorian’s path. He showed White House reporters ...

Bloomberg Roku said on Saturday that it will be making its smart TV technology available in Europe. The Los Gatos, US-based company will let manufacturers license reference designs for its TVs and use Roku OS to create smart TVs for sale in Europe, it said in a statement. Roku already has a partnership with Hisense Home Appliances Group Co and ...

Bloomberg Iran said it was no longer abiding by limits imposed on its uranium enrichment and centrifuge research by the 2015 nuclear accord, throwing down a new challenge to European leaders struggling to sustain their diplomatic push to calm the Gulf. The Islamic Republic will forge ahead with plans to develop its advanced centrifuges and has started injecting them with ...

Bloomberg Southeast Asian ride-hailing startup Grab Holdings Inc intends to invest $150 million in artificial intelligence (AI) and hiring more engineers over the next year, accelerating an expanding business that now includes food delivery, digital payments and digital content. Grab, in hot competition with local rival Gojek to become Southeast Asia’s do-it-all super app, outlined for the first time a ...

Bloomberg India’s attempt to land a probe on the moon’s southern pole failed, dealing a major blow to its ambitious space programme. The country’s space agency lost communication with a lander and a rover near the satellite’s surface, minutes before a scheduled touchdown. The Chandrayaan-2 craft’s descent was normal until an altitude of 2.1 km (1.3 miles) before communication was ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, said that the expectations and goals contained in the UAE’s development plans and strategies can only be achieved through the minds and efforts of the country’s children. This requires ongoing investment to develop the Emirati citizen and prepare new generations capable ...

MOSCOW / WAM The UAE – Russia Business Forum kicked off at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of the Russian Federation. The forum activities will last until September 6. The forum comes on the sidelines of the visit of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI), represented by the Sharjah Exports Development Center (SEDC) delegation ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai FDI, the investment development agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED), has announced that it is all set for its next investment mission to Houston in the state of Texas and Denver in Colorado. The mission will take place on September 7-14, as a part of Dubai’s Global Mission Programme as part of Dubai’s Global ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Values of tolerance continued to dominate public events and activities in the UAE during the month of August, as part of the UAE’s relentless efforts to promote cross cultural and religious interactions, as well as dialogue and peaceful coexistence, especially during the ‘Year of Tolerance’. In a gesture to bring joy to families of those behind ...