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Bloomberg President Donald Trump ordered his acting chief of staff to delay sending $400 million in military aid to Ukraine at least a week before he spoke to that country’s president, a person familiar with the matter said. Donald Trump’s July 25 telephone call with the new Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is the subject of a congressional investigation and is ...

Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has bought a third of Ant Financial, the online financial services behemoth controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, augmenting a global array of investments now worth $83 billion. The Chinese e-commerce leader has closed the acquisition of 33 percent of newly issued equity in Ant, a long-gestating deal that cements ties between two of the country’s ...

Bloomberg Xiaomi Corp introduced its first phones compatible with the latest, fifth-generation cellular technology in China, as the country’s once-biggest smartphone maker prepares for an uphill battle against domestic rival Huawei Technologies Co. At an event in Beijing, billionaire co-founder Lei Jun introduced the 5G-capable Mi 9 Pro, the latest of Xiaomi’s classic product line, and gave the world a ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday launched the Global Food Technology Challenge. The competition is the largest of its kind that seeks to develop innovative solutions for food production and management in the UAE. The Challenge was launched in the presence of ...

Dubai / WAM The Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee has affirmed its commitment to hosting an exceptional World Expo during a meeting led by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee. The high-level task force is entrusted with steering progress on the largest event ever held in the Arab world. Through the ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai has risen up the ranks of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), to number eight position, representing its highest-ever ranking. The city is the only financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (Measa) region to appear within the top 10 rankings, placing it alongside other pivotal financial hubs such as London, New York, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM In a continuous effort to improve business efficiency and ensure ease of doing business, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), Registration Authority has launched an instant licence renewal service for entities registered at ADGM. According to a press release issued by ADGM on Monday, the new instant licence renewal service will allow registered entities to efficiently ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc may only need to wait until Tuesday to get early clues about its chances of success in the biggest tax case in recent history. The iPhonemaker has been arguing its case at the European Union’s General Court to topple a record 13 billion-euro ($14.3 billion) EU tax order. This week the same panel of judges will deliver ...

Bloomberg Google workers will listen to audio snippets of people speaking to its digital voice assistant to help improve the product’s quality — if users give the company permission to do so. Alphabet Inc’s Google paused all human review of assistant audio in July after a Dutch contractor leaked some clips to a journalist, who was then able to identify ...

Bloomberg The UK government deployed the “largest repatriation in peacetime history” to bring home more than 150,000 tourists stranded on overseas beaches and in vacation hotspots by the collapse of tour operator Thomas Cook Group. The massive airlift, using chartered jetliners, follows the collapse of the 178-year-old company after eleventh-hour fundraising talks with investors failed. The move saw all bookings, ...