Bloomberg Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc. and YouTube are joining forces to improve their efforts to remove terrorist-related content from their online services, following pressure that tech companies might not be doing enough to deter extremists from using their platforms. The four companies said that they are creating a shared database of the most severe terrorist videos and …

  Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Khalifa University and the University of Dubai, calling for stepping up cooperation in the field of robots and drones. The step is part of RTA endeavours to keep pace with the latest technological trends, share expertise with the academic institutions …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Ways of strengthening relations between the UAE and China were discussed on Sunday by Pilot Staff-Brigadier Sheikh Ahmed bin Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the UAE National and Reserve Service Authority, and Ni Jian, Ambassador of China to the UAE. A number of topics of common concern were also discussed by the duo …