DUBAI / WAM AS World Group – in its capacity as Authorised Ticket Reseller for Expo 2020 Dubai – organised a global roadshow at the 33rd Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to promote the upcoming World Expo to all 54 member countries of the African Union. AS World Group launched special Expo 2020 ...

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to push ahead with the HS2 high-speed rail project linking London to northern England, despite political opposition and spiralling costs. The new route will be the UK’s biggest ever infrastructure project — and currently Europe’s largest — but the total price tag could reach more than 100 billion pounds ($129 billion). The ...

Bloomberg The UK will need to go further than Canada in its commitments to the European Union (EU) if it wants to trade without tariffs and quotas, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned, further raising the temperature with Britain before negotiations on the future relationship even start. In a direct, personal response to the speech by Prime Minister ...

Bloomberg T-Mobile US Inc is poised to win court approval for its $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint Corp, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, defeating a state-led lawsuit that sought to block the industry-altering wireless deal. US District Court Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan is expected to rule, said the person, who asked not to be identified ...

Bloomberg Daimler AG slashed its dividend to the lowest since the financial crisis and promised deeper cost cuts as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ola Kallenius frees up cash this year to electrify its vehicle lineup. Kallenius, who has struggled to make headway on a restructuring push in his first nine months on the job, vowed to deliver “significantly” higher profit ...

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc has asked the US Court of Federal Claims to allow it to question President Donald Trump in its lawsuit challenging the loss of a highly lucrative cloud contract. In a court filing made public, Amazon asks to question Trump and top Pentagon leaders about their role in the Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract that ...

Bloomberg Prime minister Narendra Modi’s federal ruling party conceded defeat in a hard-fought state election for control of India’s capital Delhi, the most significant test of his popularity after his religion-based citizenship law led to widespread protests across the country. The incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led-by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, was set to retain power as it swept ahead ...

Bloomberg New York sued the Trump administration over its plan to bar state residents from enrolling in the federal government Trusted Traveler programs like Global Entry, which allow pre-screened participants to breeze through airport passport and customs checks. The lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security was filed in federal court in Manhattan by New York Attorney General Letitia ...

Bloomberg Pakistan’s government ignored criticism over the delay in evacuating its students from China and its lawmakers found unanimity in an otherwise divided parliament to praise its key economic partner and ally Beijing’s response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The nation’s parliament unanimously adopted a resolution appreciating “the leadership of President Xi Jinping, who is a great friend of Pakistan, ...

Bloomberg The Philippines has notified the US that it’s terminating a 22-year-old military agreement, which can be ended with 180-days notice, just hours after President Rodrigo Duterte said President Donald Trump was trying to save the deal. The notice to terminate the 1998 Visiting Forces Agreement — which sets the terms for joint exercises and engagement of American soldiers in ...