Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship announced a deadline extension to the “Protect Yourself by Adjusting Your Status” initiative. The initiative, which is being extended to December 31 upon the directives of the wise leadership and as part of the 47th National Day celebrations, aims to provide new opportunities for those who qualify but have ...

CAIRO / WAM Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, and his accompanying delegation, attended the opening of the first edition of Egypt Defence Expo (Idex) 2018 in Cairo. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of The Arab Republic of Egypt, visited the participating UAE pavilion at the exhibition and was received by Al Bowardi, in ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The ninth edition of Sial Middle East is set to feature country pavilions of Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, indicating a growing interest from the GCC countries to benefit from the sizeable opportunities created by the fastest-growing food, beverage and hospitality event in the region. Held in strategic partnership with Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) will organise Dubai Property Show (DPS) – Mumbai and Luxury Property Show (LPS) – Shanghai, where the former will be held from December 7-10 in Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai, India, and the latter on December 7 – 9 in the Shanghai Exhibition Centre in Shanghai, China. HE Majida Ali Rashid, CEO ...

KATOWICE / WAM The UAE delegation to the 24th Conference of the Parties, COP24, to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Katowice, Poland, attended the official opening ceremony of the event and the High-level Segment for Heads of State and Government. The delegation joined attendees from more than 190 countries and territories at the meeting, aimed ...

Bloomberg Canada’s largest oil producing province ordered an unprecedented output cut, an effort to ease a crisis in the nation’s energy industry and adding to global actions to combat a recent price crash. The plan will reduce production of raw crude and bitumen from Alberta by 325,000 barrels a day, or 8.7 percent, from January until excess oil in storage ...

Bloomberg The Australian government hounding the gas sector to get power bills down is overlooking the surge in the price of coal, which fuels the bulk of the country’s generation. The cost of coal power in Australia has doubled from 2016 levels, in line with seaborne spot prices of the fuel, Bloomberg NEF said in a report on Monday. That’s ...

Bloomberg Vivint Solar Inc dropped the most in more than two years after saying a fund managed by Blackstone Group LP, its biggest owner, is selling 8 million of the rooftop solar company’s shares at a 21 percent discount. Vivint fell 21 percent to $5.51 at 11:33 am in New York, after earlier sliding as much as 22 percent. That’s ...

Bloomberg Clean-up crews were at work across Paris after Saturday’s riots as President Emmanuel Macron returned from Argentina and held an emergency cabinet meeting. Last week’s “Yellow Vests” protests saw 412 arrests and 133 wounded, including 23 among the security forces, according to the Paris police. There was also violence in Toulouse, Nantes, near Lyon, and in the Ardennes. Rioters ...

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said he expects to hold a second summit with North Korea Leader Kim Jong-un as soon as next month and that three locations are being considered. “I think we’re going to do one, fairly, into January, February,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned from the Group of 20 summit in Argentina. ...