Bloomberg White House Chief of Staff John Kelly ordered an overhaul of the clearance process for staffers in the West Wing amid a storm of controversy after former staff secretary Rob Porter was allowed to remain in his job for months after the White House was told of allegations of domestic abuse. “We should—and in the future, must—do better,” Kelly ...

Manama / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, praised the impressive development of endurance racing in Bahrain, thanks to the constant support and follow-up of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid made these remarks when he attended ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces on Saturday, received the visiting US Senator, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, at Al Bahr Palace. Sheikh Mohamed and the US Senator discussed cooperation and bilateral relations between the UAE and the US, and ways ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), implemented the first phase of the relief, medical and logistics aid programme valued at AED 8 million, provided by the UAE to support the humanitarian situation in Angola. The gesture is in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Vice President, Prime Minister ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sandooq Al Watan, a national initiative launched by prominent Emirati businessmen to support research projects for the post-oil era, has received AED 3.3 million in donations from the Moafaq Al Gaddah, MAG, Group, a Dubai-based multinational conglomerate. Moafaq Al Gaddah, Chairman of the group, commented, “MAG Group firmly believes that the private sector has a major ...

Mocha / WAM With great support and effort of the UAE Armed Forces, the teams of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), are continuing their efforts to provide relief to the fraternal people of Yemen through the distribution of 2,000 food baskets and basic commodities, as part of the ongoing distribution campaign to the population of Mocha Directorate on the Red ...

Bloomberg Donald Trump has insisted for more than a year that Russians didn’t try to get him elected. Special Counsel Robert Mueller put an end to those claims, declaring definitively that they did. A federal grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and a so-called “troll farm” in St. Petersburg for a broad campaign to sway the 2016 election in Trump’s ...

Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launched on Saturday the trial run of Bus on Demand initiative in the presence of Khalfan Juma Belhoul, CEO of the Dubai Future Foundation. ‘Bus on Demand’ is one of RTA’s initiatives towards Dubai Future Accelerators, and the Smart ...

Dubai / WAM The Commercial Compliance & Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in Dubai Economy received a total of 25,665 consumer plaints in 2017 – an average of 70 complaints per day – following greater efforts to enhance consumer rights awareness in general and promote transparency as well as cordial consumer-trader relations in the emirate’s retail sector. CCCP also received 2,885 ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The food and beverages (F&B) sector operating out of Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), a subsidiary of global trade enabler DP World, grew by 12 percent in 2017. The number of companies in the sector rose to 570 from 507 in 2016, employing 8,600 people and underlining Jafza’s reputation as an attractive destination for companies seeking ...