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Dubai / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to promote the school’s executive training programmes for top government officials. MBRSG’s programmes focus on governance and public policy in the Arab world, seeking to empower government employees, hone their skills and upgrade government performance. In ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dr Rashid bin Ahmed bin Fahad, Minister of State and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology – owned and organized by the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) officially opened the region’s leading hospitality trade shows on Monday. These included the inaugural edition of GulfHost 2017, the Middle East’s ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The prospect for the higher education sector in the UAE is bright, experts speaking at the forthcoming IPSEF Higher Education Forum say. UAE based universities have grown consistently in enrolments and revenues at a robust compound annual growth rate of 8-10 percent. The overall student base across local and international university campuses in UAE is estimated ...

Bloomberg For the third time this month, a hurricane is spinning towards the already battered Caribbean and gathering strength along the way. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded tropical storm Maria to a hurricane as winds picked up to 150 kilometres per hour by Monday morning. The storm, 100 miles east of Martinique, is intensifying, and hurricane warnings have been ...

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. gave its lagging Indian operations a boost by reuniting with local SUV maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. to explore electric cars and new technologies, as the US automaker tries to gain a foothold in a country that’s set to become the world’s third-biggest car market. Ford and Mahindra formed a partnership for three years, aiming to ...

Bloomberg For two decades Steve Davis has made it his life’s work to save the Florida Everglades. Davis, a wetland ecologist with the Everglades Foundation, has been part of a push to restore millions of acres of marsh grasses and mangroves to their natural state. The effort, comprised nearly six-dozen projects carrying an estimated price tag of $16 billion, is ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump, who derided the United Nations as a “club for people to get together, talk and have a good time” after his election, is surprising veterans of the global body by leaning on it to help carry out his foreign policy agenda. From pushing the Security Council to tighten sanctions on North Korea to forging a partnership ...

Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google introduced a digital payments service specifically designed for India as competition heats up for the country’s billion-plus potential users. Tez, the Hindi word for fast, debuted on Monday for download on iPhones and Android devices and joins an increasingly crowded field. The service is compatible with the Indian government-backed Unified Payments Interface, which simplifies financial transactions ...

Bloomberg CBS Corp. overcame a last-ditch attempt to derail its planned takeover of ailing Australian broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd. after a Sydney court dismissed a challenge by local media mogul Bruce Gordon. CBS is free to vote on its proposed acquisition at Tuesday’s meeting of Ten creditors, Justice Ashley Black said in a ruling on Monday at the New ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Sunday inaugurated a youth centre in Dubai deemed as the best in the world, with ...