Beijing / AFP China saw 66,000 workplace deaths in 2015 despite strengthened legislation, Chinese authorities said, highlighting often dangerous labour conditions in the world’s second largest economy. The world’s workshop also saw 282,000 workplace accidents in 2015, according to a report posted on Wednesday on the official website of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China. Deaths have dropped 50 ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Board of Executive Directors of the Arab Monetary Fund on Thursday held its 181st meeting to discuss activities in the first quarter of 2016 as part of its five-year strategy 2015-2020 for lending. The board also discussed the activities of the fund’s technical teams working in some Arab countries on carrying out agreed reform ...

  DUBAI / WAM Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) in Dubai and the Khalaf Ahmed Al Habtour Foundation for Charity (KAHF) signed an awqaf investment partnership contract to build a residential commercial building for endowment. Revenues earned from the building will be allocated to the Umom Al Kheir Bank, run by AMAF. KAHF will provide full funding for the project, ...