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Bloomberg Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un agreed to restart nuclear talks after an hour-long meeting on Sunday which saw Trump become the first American leader to set foot in North Korea while in office. Trump hailed ties with Kim, whom he has now met three times, and invited him to visit the White House. The meeting was hastily planned after ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai directed to launch the next edition of the World Government Summit at Expo 2020 Dubai on November 22-25, 2020. The ‘World Government Summit- Expo 2020’ will be the biggest gathering yet since its inception with an expected ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Given its role in preparing plans, programs and activities related to agriculture, food safety and food security, the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (Adafsa), announced it will organise two major global events in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi by the end of this year. They will be held under the patronage of HH Sheikh ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), announced that ‘Noor Abu Dhabi’, the world’s largest single solar project, with a capacity of 1,177MW, has started commercial operation. The project will enable Abu Dhabi to increase its production of renewable energy and reduce the use of natural gas in electricity generation, helping to make energy more sustainable and efficient ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE), announced the launch of a ‘Recycled Water Policy,’ that will ensure optimal use of recycled water in the emirate. Announced during a workshop held by DoE, which was attended by all concerned parties, the policy supports efforts to preserve Abu Dhabi’s water resources, including drinking and underground water, in order ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump said he’d cross into North Korea at the country’s border to meet Kim Jong-un this weekend as the US president looks to restart stalled nuclear talks. “I will be in South Korea — I let him know,” Trump told reporters in Osaka, Japan, after a tweet in which he invited Kim for a handshake. “We’ll see. If ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, moving production of what had been its only major device assembled in the US, according to a person familiar with the company’s plans. The company will use Quanta Computer to make the $6,000 desktop computer and is ramping up production at a factory near Shanghai, according to the ...

Bloomberg Vietnam is buying more US goods to help it reduce a $39.5 billion surplus, after President Donald Trump called the country a trade abuser. “Vietnam has made great efforts to improve the trade balance between the two countries, increasing imports,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said in a statement. Vietnam is improving investment conditions for ...

Bloomberg Using code rather than concrete, European companies are busy building walls to protect their data, and are being encouraged by local politicians concerned about threats to their sovereignty. France’s biggest supplier of drinking water is one example. Before switching to Google’s cloud-based office software, Veolia Environnement SA first hired cybersecurity company Atos SE to handle the encryption of its ...

Bloomberg Blackstone Group LP is set to close on more than $12 billion for its debut infrastructure fund, anchored by money from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to people with knowledge of the matter. That figure is expected to be finalised in the coming weeks, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. ...