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Myanmar farmers reap rewards from 3D printing

  AFP Whizzing across a blue-lit platform with a whirr and a squeak, liquid plastic emanating from its chrome tip, the 3D printer seems a far cry from the muddy, crop-filled fields that fringe Yangon. But in an industrial park south of Myanmar’s commercial hub, the advanced technology is now being used to design bespoke parts that are changing the ...

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Dubai-based Drydocks World recognised at Lloyd’s List Awards

  Dubai / WAM Dubai-based Drydocks World, an international service provider to the shipping, offshore, oil, gas, and energy sectors, won the Offshore and Energy category at the Lloyd’s List Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Awards, presented in a ceremony at the Palazzo Versace Hotel in Dubai. The Lloyd’s List Awards reward innovative ideas and concepts that have pushed the boundaries ...

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‘AUS to become leading research university in Arab world’

  Sharjah / WAM American University of Sharjah (AUS) graduates have an excellent reputation among employers in the region and beyond, which testifies to the university’s excellence and strength, said HH Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and President of American University of Sharjah (AUS) at the AUS Fall 2016 graduation ceremony held ...

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Lubna Al Qasimi, Noura Al Kaabi condole Russian Ambassador’s assassination

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of State for Tolerance and Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, have offered condolences to Alexander Efimov, Russian Ambassador to the UAE, on the death of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov. While visiting the Russian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Sheikha Lubna ...

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UAE, Armenia discuss ways to expand economic, trade ties

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business HE Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minister of Economy (MoE), recently met Suren Karayan, Minister of Economic Development and Investments of Armenia to discuss key ways to further expand economic and trade relations between the two countries–building investment partnerships in sectors that would bring mutual benefits to both countries based on their ...

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4,000 rebels leave Aleppo in ‘last stages’ of evacuation

  Aleppo / AFP More than 4,000 fighters left rebel-held areas of Aleppo, the Red Cross said on Thursday, in the “last stages” of an evacuation clearing the way for Syria’s army to retake the city. A week into the rebel withdrawal from the east of Syria’s second city, the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the one-time opposition stronghold ...

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Manhunt for Berlin suspect intensifies

  Aleppo / AFP German authorities came under fire on Thursday after it emerged that the prime suspect in Berlin’s deadly truck attack, a rejected Tunisian asylum seeker, was known as a potentially dangerous extremist. Prosecutors have issued a Europe-wide wanted notice for 24-year-old Anis Amri, offering a 100,000-euro ($104,000) reward for information leading to his arrest and warning he ...

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India’s energy demand falling short of estimates

  Bloomberg Those looking for a bright spot in the global warming picture might want to pay closer attention to India. For several years, demand for electricity in the world’s second-most populous country has trailed forecasts, data compiled by India’s Central Electricity Authority show. While the reasons for the mismatch are complex, the gap raises the prospect that India won’t ...

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Taiwan holds rate as new iPhone, rising oil boost outlook

  Bloomberg Taiwan held its benchmark interest rate for a second straight quarter as economic indicators show fourth-quarter strength and improving growth prospects for 2017. Policy makers held the discount rate to banks at a six-year low of 1.375 percent, the central bank said in a statement on Thursday after a meeting in Taipei. All 28 economists in a Bloomberg ...

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Nokia sues Apple to escalate mobile-patent licensing battle

  Bloomberg Nokia Oyj sued Apple Inc. saying the iPhone maker infringed several mobile patents, turning simmering tension between the companies into a bitter public legal battle on multiple fronts. The Finland-based company said Apple agreed to license patented inventions in 2011 but has refused to extend those agreements that are now expiring. Nokia filed complaints with the German Regional ...

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