Dubai / Emirates Business The Business Registration & Licensing (BRL) sector in the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai announced support to the launch of MyHUBBER, the first smart application on promotional offers developed by Emirati entrepreneurs. The launch is part of enhancing happiness among consumers and businesses in line with Dubai’s aspiration to be a smart city ...
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Dubai Customs seizes 3,094 illegal items in 9 months
DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Customs has made 3,094 seizures since the beginning of this year up to the end of September across all land, sea and air customs centers, that is at a rate of 11 seizures per day. The seized items included narcotics, non-incendiary weapons, firearms and accessories, counterfeit and banned products, fake and prohibited medicines, obscene ...
Read More »Local suppliers to provide 40% of content at Abu Dhabi Science Fest
Abu Dhabi / WAM The award-winning Abu Dhabi Science Festival (ADSF), held 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, and organized by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), announced that 40% of this year’s fun-filled activities and workshops will be provided ...
Read More »400 adventurers walk to learn UAE’s natural heritage, biodiversity
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Emirates Wildlife Society-WWF together with event organizer Husaak Adventures, announced that 400 people took part in the first ever Caracal Challenge this weekend – a one-of-a-kind 15km excursion through Al Khatim desert. Participants tested their endurance, navigated the desert landscape at night and learned about the UAE’s natural environment, all while contributing funds ...
Read More »More anti-Trump protests in US cities for 3rd straight night
New York /AFP Demonstrators took to the streets of Miami, New York, Portland and other US cities for a third straight night of nationwide protests to oppose Donald Trump’s election as president. People gathered in New York’s Washington Square neighborhood in lower Manhattan on Friday, some carrying enormous red balloons and placards with hearts and the words “peace and ...
Read More »India sweet tooth dearer as sugar output slides
Bloomberg Satisfying the sweet tooth of the world’s biggest sugar-consum- ing country is getting a lot more expensive. At a time when demand in India is the highest ever, domestic output will drop for the fourth year in five, creating the first deficit since 2010 as prices surge. SGS SA, a researcher hired by Bloomberg to survey farmers in ...
Read More »Shanghai Disney draws 4 million guests, sees break-even in 2017
Bloomberg Walt Disney Co. said its new $5.5 billion Shanghai theme park attracted four million visitors in its first four months and will be close to breaking even in its first full year of operation in 2017. About 50 percent of the park’s guests are from outside the Shanghai area, a “big surprise†as the Chinese city had been ...
Read More »Net neutrality could be another casualty of the Trump era
Bloomberg The Obama administration’s signature policy on technology was net neutrality. Rules passed by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015 prohibited internet service providers from treating web traffic differently depending on the service being used.To Obama’s FCC, the rules were a way to prevent broadband providers from inappropriately knee-capping companies like Netflix whose services competed with their own. Opponents ...
Read More »Facebook to stop ethnicity-based targeting
Reuters Facebook Inc has said it would no longer allow certain advertisers to exclude racial or ethnic groups when placing ads on its service, following criticism that the practice was discriminatory. The move comes amid growing scrutiny of how the world’s largest online social media network’s policies and algorithms shape what content appears in a user’s news feed. The ...
Read More »Mohamed affirms UAE support for Egypt’s stability, development
CAIRO / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, held talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi here on Thursday regarding the latest regional and international issues of mutual concern and ways to bolster strategic co-operation. The Abu Dhabi Crown Prince is currently visiting ...
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