DUBAI / WAM Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chairman of Police and General Security in Dubai and Chairman of HBMSU’s Board of Governors, on Monday officially opened the 12th edition of Innovation Arabia Conference and Exhibition. The event is being held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE), the government entity in charge of ensuring excellence and sustainability in energy sector in Abu Dhabi, has received a delegation from the Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), to enhance cooperation and outline joint efforts towards a more sustainable future for the wider region. During the visit, DoE ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un might declare a formal end to the Korean War during their summit this week, South Korea said, as the US leader played down the prospects of giving Pyongyang sanctions relief. The two leaders could reach an agreement on how to resolve the 1950-53 conflict as part of their meeting scheduled ...

Bloomberg House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff vowed to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report, and sue President Donald Trump’s administration for the underlying evidence if necessary to make it public. “Absolutely, we are going to get to the bottom of this,’’ Schiff of California said on ABC’s “This Week” when asked whether he’s prepared to take the ...

Bloomberg There was blood, smoke, smashed glass and tear gas. But a day of violence left Venezuela where it was before: Nothing changed on the ground. No one seems to be winning. And the nation is still hungry, scared and wondering what comes next. “Honestly, I’m disappointed,” said Luis Antonio Cequera, 52, a water vendor in the border town of ...

Bloomberg Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari won the first two of 36 states for which results were being announced by the election commission in a general election that was partly marred by delays, technical glitches and sporadic violence. Buhari, 76, defeated his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar, in Ekiti state by a 58 percent to 40 percent margin, the Independent National Electoral ...

Bloomberg Buying time is what Theresa May does best. When she faced a vote to oust her as prime minister last December, she promised her critics she would quit as leader before the next election in 2022. That fired the starting pistol on a contest to choose a successor, with rivals already putting their campaign preparations in place. Some ministers ...

Bloomberg Oil prices could potentially rise as much as 13 percent from current levels, though the rally may prove fleeting, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Top Opec member Saudi Arabia is cutting output faster than US shale drillers can fill the gap, leaving a void in the market that may push global benchmark Brent crude to $70-$75 a barrel ...

Bloomberg Arizona’s Pinnacle West Capital Corp. is kicking off the most ambitious deployment of energy storage ever announced by a US utility. Pinnacle West’s Arizona Public Service plans to add 850 megawatts of battery storage and at least 100 megawatts of new solar power by 2025, according to a statement. The company did not say how much initiative would cost. ...

Bloomberg For almost two years, the question has lingered over China’s market-roiling crackdown on financial leverage: How much pain can the country’s policy makers stomach? Evidence is mounting that their limit has been reached. From bank loans to trust-product issuance to margin-trading accounts at stock brokerages, leverage in China is rising nearly everywhere you look. While seasonal effects explain some ...