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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received on Thursday the visiting Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and the delegation accompanying him, at his palace in Zabeel, Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid wished Sargsyan a successful visit that would help serve the joint interests of the ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, on Thursday praised the strategic direction of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC) that will ensure a resilient oil and gas sector, for decades to come, as part of a diversified energy mix, thanks to the support of President His ...
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