ABU DHABI / AD MEDIA OFFICE Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Zayed Higher Organization for People of Determination (ZHO), the World Congress on Rehabilitation 2024 will take place in Abu Dhabi from 23-25 September 2024 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec). Marking the first time the event will be held ...

ASUNCIÓN / WAM President Santiago Peña of Paraguay has received in the capital, Asunción, HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Also present were Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Puruguay; Lea Gimenez Duarte, Presidential Chief Secretary of Paraguay; Carlos Valdovinos, Minister of Economy and Finance; and Javier Jiménez, Minister of Industry and Trade. ...

DUBAI / WAM In his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, issued Law No 17 of 2023 on the emblem of the emirate of Dubai. The law stipulates that Dubai must possess its distinct emblem, one that mirrors its values and principles. This emblem ...

BLOOMBERG Japanese equities are set to climb over the next six months, helped by optimism for corporate profitability and speculation the US will pause interest rate hikes, according to strategists. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average will rise to 34,000 at the end of the fiscal second half through March, according to the median forecast of strategists surveyed by Bloomberg News. ...

BLOOMBERG Stocks rose and Treasuries fell after US lawmakers reached a deal on the weekend to avoid a government shutdown. Europe’s Stoxx 600 index rose about 0.2% on the first trading day of the fourth quarter, and futures on the Nasdaq 100 advanced 0.7% after compromise legislation passed on Saturday to keep the government running until November 17. Both indexes ...

BLOOMBERG Some of the first owners of Apple Inc’s iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are complaining that the new devices get too hot during use or while charging, a potential setback for the company’s flagship product. The gripes have spread across Apple online forums and social media networks, including Reddit and X. Customers say that the back or side ...

BLOOMBERG Alphabet Inc’s Google Pixel is eroding the iPhone’s dominance in Japan as the Apple Inc device gets pricier, finding success after years of misfires. Google phones accounted for a record 12% share in the Asian country in the June quarter, six times what it was a year ago, according to Counterpoint Research data. During the same period, the iPhone’s ...

BLOOMBERG A five-year truce between rivals Alphabet Inc and Microsoft Corp came crashing down in 2020 when the tech giants found themselves at odds over their competing web-search businesses, according to testimony at the US government’s antitrust trial against Google. After a decade of fights, the companies forged a non-aggression pact in 2016, wanting a fresh start to their acrimonious ...

BLOOMBERG Apple Inc said that recent claims of new iPhones getting too hot to the touch are due to software and app-related bugs and that fixes are coming soon. The company said the device can get warm in the first few days as the device works overtime to get set up and restore a user’s data, due to a bug ...

ABU DHABI/ WAM Presight, the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by generative AI, has been awarded a contract by The National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) to develop a platform for an AI-driven response to humanitarian, medical, emergency and crisis situations, that will support the UAE’s emergency services. This contract follows the cooperation between the two ...