Dubai / WAM More steps are being taken in Dubai to closely monitor laws and programmes designed to assure that Dubai and the UAE becomes a leading country in guaranteeing the rights of the disabled. Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Higher Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, reiterated the …

  Dubai / WAM Emirates, voted the World’s Best Airline in the 2016 Skytrax World Airline Awards, announced on Monday that it will operate the first ever commercial Airbus A380 flight to Morocco and North Africa, when it takes the iconic double decker aircraft to Casablanca on March 26, 2017. The airline’s flagship aircraft will replace the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft currently …

  When big Midwestern states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio voted for Donald Trump, they chose to roll the economic dice. It’s not clear yet whether President-elect Trump will or can follow through on his promises to revamp US trade policy. It’s even more dubious whether that will have any kind of positive effect on the Midwest. But it’s …

  Beyond cars, Japanese companies haven’t made much headway in China. The nation’s top fast-food chain is KFC, most consumer goodsare from Procter & Gamble Co., and even though cars made by Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. sell well when political frictions thaw, mainlanders’ vehicle of choice is generally a Volkswagen. But there is one exception: convenience stores. …

  If Richard Nixon could go to China, can Rex Tillerson save Paris? It is but one of many questions, some more answerable than others, about President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state. Unlike the president-elect, Tillerson, the chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corp., supports both the global climate-change accord forged in Paris last year and a carbon …

  President Nicolas Maduro’s announcement that all 100-bolivar notes were being called in by the government to combat the hoarding of currency shocked Venezuelans. The largest denomination of country’s crippled currency was pulled from circulation before it was replaced by the new, larger-denomination bills. It led to chaos and confusions. Frustrated people thronged banks and ATMs to deposit the bills. …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Due to the dramatic drop in oil prices in 2014, the decline in the emirate’s growth expectations is inevitable, but such decline is expected to be mitigated by the contribution of non-petroleum commodities sectors which will reduce the impact of the decline in oil prices, according to the 2nd Abu Dhabi Competitiveness Report 2016, issued by …

  Dubai / WAM As part of its efforts to support and protect the interests of Dubai’s business community, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the 2nd roundtable meeting of 2016, which gathered representatives of various business councils and groups operating under its umbrella. During the meeting which was attended by Abdulla Al Maeeni, Director-General, Emirates Authority for Standardisation …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM More than 400 world-renowned Islamic academics, philosophers, dignitaries, thinkers, researchers, youths and opinion-makers on Monday concluded the third Annual Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies where they endeavoured to refute extremist ideologies to rectify the negative image of Islam as well as confront the oppression that many religious minorities face in the world. The two-day …

  Ras Al Khaimah / WAM The Ras Al Khaimah Courts Department (RAK Courts) has been awarded PAS 99, an international specification for integrated management systems, ISO 9001:2015, which specifies requirements for a quality management system, and ISO 14001:2015, which specifies requirements for environmental management systems, the Department said on Monday. This is the first time a government agency in the …