LAHIJ / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has opened two schools in Tuban District in Lahij Governorate, Yemen, as part of the nine schools being revamped by the authority in the first phase. The ERC office also presented 200 blackboards, as part of its ongoing support for the educational process in Yemen and its keenness to provide appropriate facilities ...

  Dubai / WAM The Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has saved 4.8 percent more energy as compared to the same period last year during the second month (July 2016) of its summer campaign ‘Saving Starts at 24 C’. The outreach campaign targets all of Empower’s customers and aims to reduce district cooling as well as electricity consumption and protect ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Global government and technology experts set to speak at GITEX Technology Week have praised Dubai for developing new Smart City benchmarks. Smart Cities use technology to analyse data sent from sensors over Wi-Fi networks to enhance daily lives and governance. Prominent use cases include solving challenges such as traffic congestion and utilities distribution, and launching ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business CAREEM, the MENA region’s leading car booking app, announced its partnership with Etisalat as it launches its new payment platform – CAREEM Wallet – for booking car rides. CAREEM Wallet allows the company’s customers to pay for car rides using Etisalat’s Reward points or choose to earn Etisalat Reward points as they use CAREEM services. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Golden Sands Hotel Apartments, part of A.A. Al Moosa Enterprises and pioneered the concept of hotel apartments in the region, announced its participation in a 10-day road show to India to promote Dubai as a key destination for Indian travellers. From August 22 to 31, the team of Golden Sands Hotel Apartments will join Lama ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business New research from Norton by Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) has revealed people are giving hackers access to their sensitive information like banking details and account passwords when connecting to public Wi-Fi networks. According to the Norton Wi-Fi Risk Report 2016, which surveyed over 9,000 people across nine markets, confusion about the security of public Wi-Fi networks ...

  Beirut / AFP Syrian and Russian warplanes have launched a wave of air strikes in northern Syria, killing dozens in areas held by a rebel alliance battling to take control of second city Aleppo. The strikes, which began on Saturday and were continuing on Sunday, killed at least 45 civilians in Aleppo and west of the city and 22 ...

  New York / AFP A gunman shot and killed a New York imam and his assistant near their mosque in the borough of Queens during a brazen attack carried out in broad daylight on Saturday. Police said the imam, identified as Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his assistant, 64-year-old Thara Uddin, were shot just before 2:00 pm (1800 GMT) in the ...

  Rome / AFP Libyan authorities have warned Italy about an IS cell based in the Milan area with links to one of the extremist group’s battle-hardened veterans, Italian media reported on Sunday. The existence of the network was reportedly revealed by documents seized by Libyan agents after government forces took over an IS headquarters in the city of Sirte earlier ...

  Tokyo / AFP Japan will develop a new land-to-sea missile as part of plans to beef up its defence of remote southern islands, as tensions with China increase over the disputed territory, a report said on Sunday. The two countries are locked in a long-running dispute over the uninhabited islets known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in ...