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Dubai International Boat Show begins next week

Dubai / WAM Dubai International Boat Show gets underway next week, welcoming no fewer than 450 yachts and boats from around the world to the Dubai Canal. Ranging from fishing boats and small leisure-craft, to 50-metre (164ft) superyachts, the Dubai International Boat Show will be home to all things “chic nautique”, and will once again be the Middle East’s premiere ...

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Gulf Craft announces launch of Nomad Yachts

Dubai / Emirates Business The Gulf Craft Nomad Yachts range goes from strength to strength as the company pushes the innovation button with the launch of an extended range of Nomad Yachts at the Dubai International Boat Show. The new range is added to the already successful Nomad 55, Nomad 65 and Nomad 75 models which have made waves in ...

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UAE’s F&B sector to record 8.3% growth over 2018-2021

Dubai / WAM Demand within the UAE’s food and beverage sector is expected to gain momentum over the next three years, supported by the country’s fast-growing population, rising number of tourists, and expanding halal food market, according to new analysis from Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The findings of the analysis were revealed during a briefing on the sidelines ...

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Putin says Russia to target US if missiles put in Europe

Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin signaled Russia will aim new weapons at the US if it stations missiles in Europe after quitting a landmark Cold-War-era treaty, amid growing fears of a new arms race. Still, the tone of Putin’s annual state-of-the-nation speech was less belligerent than a year ago, when he showed computer-graphics demonstrations of a series of new missiles and ...

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Macron’s top aides face possible probe in bodyguard case

Bloomberg Pressure on Emmanuel Macron’s top three aides intensified after a French Senate committee recommended a probe, saying the officials may have misled lawmakers while testifying under oath in a scandal about the president’s rogue bodyguard. Citing “withholding, incoherence and contradictions,” a parliamentary investigation committee recommended that the president of the Senate ask the prosecutor’s office to conduct an inquiry ...

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Syria: US allies won’t help with rebuilding

Bloomberg Syria accused the US of sabotaging improved ties with Arab nations that could be key to rebuilding the war-shattered country. The US has pressured allies to block Syria’s reinstatement into the Arab League, President Bashar Al-Assad’s media adviser, Buthaina Shaaban, said in an interview in Moscow. The restoration of Syria’s suspended membership could be more than symbolic, potentially transforming ...

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May makes last-ditch bid to save Brexit deal

Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May is making a last-ditch attempt to save her Brexit deal and prevent Parliament seizing control of the UK’s divorce from the European Union. The British government sees May’s meeting on Wednesday with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels as a crucial chance to get legally binding changes to the so-called Irish border backstop, which ...

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Firebomb, near-death experience expose Serbia’s struggle

Bloomberg Barefoot and in pajamas, Milan Jovanovic watched flames engulf his Belgrade house after a Molotov cocktail crashed through a window in an attack before dawn. He and his wife survived only because she smelled the smoke. “They nearly burned us alive,” said Jovanovic, a 68-year-old investigative journalist who writes about government corruption. Jovanovic is the latest journalist in Serbia ...

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UK banks getting last-minute lift from EU

Bloomberg The City of London is getting a last-minute break from politicians across the European Union intent on averting chaos in financial markets in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Countries including Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy and Sweden are readying national legislation that would help bankers continue to service the 18 trillion pounds ($23.4 trillion) of derivatives contracts that ...

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India to inject $6.8bn into state banks

Bloomberg India will inject 482 billion rupees ($6.8 billion) into government-controlled lenders to help them meet tighter regulatory requirements and to boost credit growth. The fund infusion will ensure that capital ratios for all state-run lenders are above the regulatory requirement and will help Allahabad Bank and Corporation Bank exit a so-called Prompt Corrective Action plan, Rajeev Kumar, secretary at ...

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