Abu Dhabi / WAM The Sawab Centre, a bilateral Emirati-American initiative to counter online extremist propaganda and promote positive alternatives, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), have announced a new cooperative agreement to mutually enrich each organisation’s capabilities and to share information and best practices. The agreement, in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), formalises the mutual ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, has launched the initiative, “Zayed’s Beacons of Tolerance”, to serve UAE communities as knowledge hubs about the Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his vision for tolerance, co-existence and cooperation. The announcement came on the sidelines of the Tolerance Beacons Forum organised ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The capital city of Abu Dhabi will host the second edition of the India-UAE Strategic Conclave on November 27, under the patronage and in the presence of Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance. The day-long conclave, to be held at the Grand Hyatt Abu Dhabi, will initiate a dialogue to widen the scope ...

Bloomberg Amid the worst crude-price environment in its history, the Canadian oil industry is being ham- strung by internal divisions that are making it harder to rally around potential solutions. That draws a stark contrast to the US, where a less divided industry wields more clout. Most notable is the split between Canada’s pure producers, who are being devastated by ...

Bloomberg Natural gas took a breather after its biggest gain in eight years as forecasts for lingering US cold spurred concern supplies may not be enough to meet winter demand. Gas for December delivery eased 3.1 percent in Asia after surging 18 percent to settle at $4.837 per million British thermal units, the highest since the “polar vortex” of early ...

Bloomberg Evidence is mounting that the plot to oust UK Prime Minister Theresa May is faltering. To trigger a vote of no confidence in her leadership, a total of 48 Conservative lawmakers need to submit letters, texts or emails calling for one. Late last week, as the backlash against May’s Brexit deal gathered pace, there was speculation that the threshold ...

Bloomberg A suicide bomber targeting a gathering of hundreds of religious scholars in Afghan capital Kabul killed 43 clerics and wounded more than 80 others, Afghan officials said. No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The bomber detonated explosives as the clerics were commemorating the birthday of Prophet Mohammad in a wedding hall, said Kabul police spokesman Basir ...

Bloomberg Ivanka Trump used a private email account “while transitioning into government,” a spokesman for her lawyer said. Peter Mirijanian, a spokesman for Trump’s lawyer Abbe Lowell, said in a statement that President Donald Trump’s elder daughter — whose White House staff title is assistant to the president — used the private email “almost always for logistics and scheduling concerning ...

Bloomberg The enemy had destroyed the bridge. Near the village of Telneset in central Norway, German and Norwegian troops arrived too late to save the strategic crossing. Stuck on the banks of the Glomma river, military engineers worked to assemble a mobile ferry instead. If truly at war, they may have moved more quickly. But as it was, the atmosphere ...

Bloomberg Xi Jinping sealed a raft of deals on Tuesday during a trip to Manila as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration shrugs off US warnings about accepting Chinese cash. Xi’s two-day trip marks the first state visit to the Philippines by a Chinese president in 13 years. The visit reflects warmer ties that began when Duterte took office and pivoted ...