ABU DHABI / WAM The third editions of Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference (UMEX), and Simulation Exhibition and Conference (SimTEX), will run from February 25-27, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. Organised ...
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UAE achieves top ranking across nine global economic indices
Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has achieved top rankings across nine economic indices covering economic affairs in a series of recently released global competitiveness reports and indices for 2017 and 2018. The Ministry of Economy revealed that these achievements are part of its continuing efforts to achieve the set goals of the government’s ‘Number One Challenge’ project, which aims ...
Read More »Al-Ittihad, WSJ forge commercial ties
Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Media’s ‘Al-Ittihad’ newspaper has entered into a commercial partnership with The Wall Street Journal, (WSJ), to leverage its unparalleled reporting and analysis to expand its readership and strengthen its digital news offering. The agreement signing took place on Monday and was attended by Dr. Ali bin Tamim, Director-General of Abu Dhabi Media; Dr. Obaid ...
Read More »Electric car goal in India seen creating cyber-security risk
Bloomberg India’s dependence on imported components for electric vehicles could make the country vulnerable to cyber-security breaches, according to the government’s chief policy think-tank. India should manufacture the majority of the parts needed for its electric vehicle fleet as equipment shipped from overseas could be compromised, VK Saraswat, a member of the think tank, Niti Aayog, said. All of the ...
Read More »US-led group mulls Asia infrastructure effort
Bloomberg Australia, India, Japan and the US are discussing a joint infrastructure plan, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said, as China’s own building initiative deepens its economic clout across Asia. Senior officials from the four Group of 20 nations have discussed “a range of opportunities and challenges,†Bishop told Sky News in an interview that aired on Monday ahead of ...
Read More »Siemens to sell Healthineers stake in IPO in first half of 2018
Bloomberg Siemens AG will press ahead with an initial public offering of its health-care unit as CEO Joe Kaeser unloads another key business at Europe’s largest engineering company. The IPO of “a meaningful minority share†in Siemens Healthineers, as the company is known, will be completed in the first half of the year on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, subject to ...
Read More »Clapper calls Facebook official’s post that Trump touted ‘false’
Bloomberg Former US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper contradicted a tweet from a Facebook Inc. executive that said swaying the 2016 election wasn’t the main aim of Russian interference outlined in a new indictment. “Clearly the Russians were trying to affect the election,†Clapper, who served under President Barack Obama, said on CNN’s “State of the Unionâ€. He said ...
Read More »In high-income nations, boom turns to bust for millennials
Bloomberg The income boom enjoyed by people born between 1966 and 1980 has turned to “bust†for the generation that followed them, according to a report published on Monday. In an analysis of eight high-income countries, the Resolution Foundation think tank found that millennials in their early 30s have household incomes 4 percent lower on average than members of so-called ...
Read More »Trump criticises everyone but Russia for election meddling
Bloomberg President Donald Trump spent much of his weekend hammering the FBI, Democrats, Robert Mue-ller’s investigation and his own national security adviser over Russia’s efforts to sway the 2016 election that he won. Excepted from the criticism — Russia. Trump’s 14 Twitter messages about the Russia investigation within 24 hours focussed on defending the validity of his victory and insisting ...
Read More »We want to bring our dear nation up among the world’s bests: VP
Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended the 12th Forum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed underlined ...
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