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Bloomberg European regulators are asking Microsoft Corp. partners and rivals for information related to a complaint made against the software maker alleging anti-competitive behavior in the cloud-computing services market. The European Commission in March circulated a questionnaire, seen by Bloomberg News, focusing on how Microsoft licenses its products. The questions may lead to a formal inquiry, and follows an antitrust ...

  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, chaired on Sunday in Dubai a meeting of the interior ministers of the International Security Alliance states, which includes the UAE, France, Italy, the UK, Morocco, Spain, Israel, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia. The Netherlands also joined the alliance, which ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE and Israel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of maritime transport, exchange of experiences, and strengthening strategic partnership, as part of the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement. The MoU was signed by Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, the UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, and Merav Michaeli, the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates welcomed the announcement by Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Yemen, to commence a truce and halt all forms of military operations in Yemen and on the Saudi-Yemeni borders. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), the UAE welcomed the ...

  Bloomberg The UK will detail plans to broaden its energy sources as the war in Ukraine, sanctions on Russia and a cost-of-living crisis forces countries across Europe to urgently revamp how they generate electricity and heat homes. The main focus will be on nuclear and wind power, two industries that haven’t been short of controversy. Government minister Grant Shapps ...

Bloomberg Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa barred gatherings and ordered internet service providers to restrict social media access, tightening curbs amid demonstrations calling for his ouster over soaring living costs and a foreign exchange crisis. Several dozen opposition lawmakers had set off on a march toward Independence Square in Colombo, defying a weekend curfew although they were stopped by armed ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM AD Ports Group, the region’s premier facilitator of logistics, industry, and trade, has partnered with UAE-based, multi-business conglomerate Ghassan Aboud Group to establish one of the region’s largest automotive export and distribution hubs in Kizad. The launch was announced at the official ceremony held in Abu Dhabi in the presence of key stakeholders and officials. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Youth Council organised a youth circle entitled “Aviation 2050: future trends from an innovative perspective” within the International Program for Civil Aviation Leaders. The youth circle was attended by Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the ICAO Council; and Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the GCAA, and a number ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure discussed, with a delegation from Broward County, Florida, visiting the UAE, ways of strengthening their cooperation in the infrastructure, housing and transport. Their discussion took place during a meeting between Sheikh Nasser Al Qasimi, Assistant Under-Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport Regulation at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, and Michael ...

  Bloomberg South Africa’s plan to add an estimated $6.5 billion worth of private power generation has been further delayed as the nation continues to suffer from intermittent power outages. The signing of power purchase agreements by preferred bidders for the 2,000 megawatt risk mitigation, or emergency power, program was postponed due to “outstanding matters and conditions” with state-owned electricity ...