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Bloomberg North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has promised to close his main nuclear weapons test site in May and said he will invite South Korean and American media to witness the shutdown. Ahead of an historic meeting with US President Donald Trump expected within the next three to four weeks, Kim told South Korea’s president that two tunnels at the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The number of hotel guests staying in the emirate’s 163 hotels and hotel apartments in March reached 464,960, representing an increase of 12.3 percent compared to the same month last year, according to figures released by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi). The total number of hotel guests in the ...

DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai has become the first World Expo and the second ever ‘mega-event’ to secure a Procurement Excellence award from the highly respected Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) organisation, a major vote of confidence for the next World Expo’s procurement practices. The recognition makes Expo 2020 the first major global event outside the United ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates and Japan are bound by time – honoured, deeply-rooted relations that have been in a steady growth over the past 46 years thanks to the determination of both countries’ leadership to sustain cooperation across all domains. The visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the UAE on April 29-30 comes to ...

Dubai / WAM Economic conditions in Dubai during Q1 2018 have improved over Q1 and Q4, 2017, according to a business confidence survey conducted by the Department of Economic Development (DED), Dubai. The survey indicates that the Composite Business Confidence Index has improved by 5.5 points after registering 116.7 points in Q1 2018 as compared to 111.2 points during the ...

Bloomberg The leaders of Asia’s two most-populous countries agreed to strengthen communication between their two militaries to avoid disputes along their contested Himalayan border, after last year’s months-long standoff over territory in Bhutan. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met for an “informal summit” in China’s central city of Wuhan on April 27 and on Saturday. ...

Bloomberg The US issued a new warning to China on its handling of intellectual property as President Donald Trump prepares to dispatch senior advisers to the Asian nation to head off a trade dispute. The US Trade Representative’s office kept China on its “priority watch list” of countries whose IP practices require monitoring. China has an “urgent need” to fix ...

Bloomberg Honda Motor Co., which until last year was the fastest-growing car brand in China, gave a full-year profit forecast that trailed analysts’ estimates on a stronger yen as it halted sales of its popular CR-V crossover in the world’s largest vehicle market. Operating profit will probably fall to 700 billion yen ($6.4 billion) in the year ending March 2019, ...

Bloomberg T-Mobile US Inc. and its German owners are advancing towards a long-awaited telecommunications union that would value merger partner Sprint Corp. at about $24 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Under the terms being discussed, T-Mobile backer Deutsche Telekom AG would receive a 42 percent stake and 69 percent voting interest in the combined company, said ...

Bloomberg Johnson & Johnson persuaded an appeals court to throw out a $151 million award against the company over its Pinnacle artificial hips in a ruling that will affect thousands of lawsuits over the devices. A judge’s error in allowing hip recipients’ lawyers to use “highly prejudicial” evidence about bribes paid by officials of J&J units in their 2016 case ...