ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Ebtikar Card Systems, an Etisalat Group subsidiary, announced that its advanced production center in Ajman renewed Security Accreditation Scheme (SAS) certification from the global organization ‘Global System for Mobile Communications’ (GSMA). GSMA SAS qualification is the highest standard of safety and data protection in smart card industry. Currently, there are 30 SAS certified companies worldwide. ...

ABUJA / WAM Ways of advancing relations between the UAE and Nigeria and issues of mutual concern, with special emphasis on the judicial domain, were discussed at a meeting between UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Fahd Obaid Mohammad Al Tafaq, and Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The Nigerian minister hailed the growing relations between the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The SDGs and the upcoming UN World Data Forum were discussed in a meeting between DSG Amina Mohammed and Abdulla Lootah, DG of FCSA at the UN HQ in New York. In particular, how advanced technologies and data can be utilised to serve nations as they strive to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Lootah discussed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In line with its mission of encouraging innovation among the youth and promoting SMEs, Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development has invited creative entrepreneurs to participate in the second edition of ‘Pitch@PalaceUAE’ and the first edition of ‘Pitch@PalaceGCC, a competition being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of ...

Bloomberg US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo warned against easing up on sanctions until North Korea gives up its nuclear weapons, drawing a rebuke from the regime that underscored how far apart the two sides remain almost two months after their leaders met in Singapore. Back in Singapore for a regional security forum, Pompeo on Saturday called out Russia and ...

Bloomberg Accused Russian operative Maria Butina asked a judge to dismiss a US indictment charging her with acting as an unregistered agent of the country and appealed an order denying her release from custody. Butina has been held since her arrest July 15 after prosecutors said she had ties to Russia’s intelligence services and oligarchs who could offer her safe ...

Bloomberg The Kushners have found their out—and it comes at a price. The family firm of presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner will be relieved of the biggest drag on its real estate empire, will no longer face a $1.2 billion debt payment due in months, will be rid of having to overhaul an aging property. But in return, they’ve given up ...

Bloomberg Emmerson Mnangagwa won Zimbabwe’s presidential election, a victory overshadowed by deadly protests, opposition allegations of rigging and threats of legal action, and criticism by observers that the contest was flawed. The controversy surrounding the vote may undermine efforts to reunify the southern African nation and rebuild an economy battered by almost two decades of misrule under Robert Mugabe, who ...

Bloomberg The federal judge presiding over the reunification of immigrant children separated from their parents at the US border ordered the government to figure out how to reunite the more than 500 children still in custody after calling the government’s efforts “unacceptable.” The government must “identify an individual or a team” to create and implement a procedure for those kids ...

Bloomberg Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and a former finance minister will contest a runoff vote on Aug. 12 in the country’s presidential elections after no candidate secured a majority in the first round. Keita secured 41.4 percent of ballots cast in the July 29 election and his main opponent, Soumaila Cisse, obtained 17.8 percent, the Ministry of Territorial Administration ...