Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), discussed enhancing cooperation with Korean companies with Chun Young Wook, Consul General of Korea to Dubai, and Youngsoo Kim, Consul at the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Dubai, at DEWA’s headquarters. The meeting was attended by Waleed Salman, Executive Vice ...

HODEIDAH / WAM Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, on Saturday, paid an inspection visit to units of the UAE Armed Forces participating in the operation for the liberation of Hodeidah. Accompanied by a group of senior army officers, Lt. General Al Rumaithi inspected the sites of the troops and the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM An elite list of international human rights activists, representatives of civil society forces, non-governmental organisations, and experts on international humanitarian law and international law will gather in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, September 9, for an international symposium to present an analytical, objective and critical reading to the United Nations, UN, report released last week by the ...

Bloomberg Barack Obama delivered a blunt rebuke of President Donald Trump in the opening salvo of the former president’s campaign to bolster Democrats in the midterm congressional elections. The former president warned of dire consequences if US voters stand on the sidelines in November’s midterm election, saying the nation is living through “dangerous times.” “This is one of those pivotal ...

Bloomberg Prosecutors in the case against accused Russian agent Maria Butina are opposing move to release the defendant on bond, calling into question her ties to the US and highlighting Russian efforts to win her release. Those efforts have included six consular visits with Butina, delivery of four diplomatic notes to the US State Department , and direct complaints to ...

Bloomberg Paul Manafort’s lawyers have talked to US prosecutors about a possible guilty plea to avert a second criminal trial set to begin in Washington this month, according to a person familiar with the matter. Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was convicted of bank and tax fraud last month in a Virginia federal court. He’s accused in Washington ...

Bloomberg Serbia’s president cancelled a meeting with his Kosovan counterpart and Serbia’s prime minister separately warned the international community not to test its patience in an unexpected escalation of tension between the neighbouring countries. Aleksandar Vucic scratched a planned meeting with Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci in Brussels on after meeting European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. Vucic had suggested ...

Bloomberg Sweden’s political establishment is bracing for a punishing on Sunday as voters in the largest Nordic economy look poised to turn out for a nationalist party in big numbers. The two traditional political blocs are running neck-and-neck, but will be far from winning a majority with anti-immigration Sweden Democrats gaining backers. The ruling Social Democrats could suffer the worst ...

Bloomberg Tropical Storm Florence is poised to strengthen as it swirls deep in the Atlantic Ocean and moves towards the US East Coast. The storm is about 905 miles (1,460 kilometres) southeast of Bermuda, with winds of about 65 miles per hour, the US National Hurricane Center said in a bulletin. It’s on pace to hit the US on Thursday, ...

Bloomberg The price to access unexplored shale assets on the New Mexico side of the Permian Basin soared to $95,001 an acre in a federal government auction, a record high for North America’s biggest oil field. The state’s previous record was $40,001 an acre set in December, according to a statement by the US Department of the Interior. Overall, the ...