ABU DHABI / WAM Petrochemical producers, extrusion technology providers, packaging equipment manufacturers, plastic converters and compounders, food producers, traders, consultants and investors will gather in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, April 9, to chart the course for growth and sustainability of the GCC plastics conversion industry. The 8th edition of GPCA PlastiCon, organised by Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), ...

  DUBAI / WAM The 17th edition of Careers UAE, country’s leading recruitment exhibition for Emiratis, opens at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) on April 9, where scores of public and private sector organisations from the region and across the world are preparing to meet, select and interview the best Emirati talent. With UAE school and university enrolment set to ...

  DUBAI / WAM Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the Sharjah Chamber Commerce and Industry (SCCI), reaffirmed the chamber’s keenness on contributing to the strengthening and development of the emirate’s economic ties with different countries around the world, especially in Africa, which represents a promising market and offers great opportunities for Emirati businessmen. ‘‘SCCI will strive through the means ...

  BEIRUT / AP Turkey described the US missile attack on an air base as a “cosmetic intervention” unless it removes President Bashar Assad from power, while the Syrian leader’s strong ally Iran called on Saturday for the formation of an international fact-finding committee to investigate the chemical weapons attack in a northern Syrian town that killed scores of people ...

  STOCKHOLM / AP The suspect in Stockholm’s deadly truck attack is a 39-year-old native of Uzbekistan who had been on authorities’ radar previously, Swedish officials said on Saturday. The prime minister urged citizens to “get through this” and strolled through the streets of the capital to chat with residents. Swedes flew flags at half-staff on Saturday to commemorate the ...

  Tuban, Indonesia / AP Indonesian police say they killed six suspected militants in a gun battle on Saturday that followed a failed attack in East Java. National police spokesman Martinus Sitompul said the men were cornered in a village of Tuban district after attempting a drive-by shooting of a police officer who was patrolling a busy road in the ...

  London / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah,and his wife, Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Founder and Royal Patron of the Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), inaugurated the ‘Sharjah Laboratory’ at the Francis Crick Institute in London. The Sharjah Lab is part of the Francis Crick Institute, the ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Economy issued more than 170,000 commercial licenses over the last 25 years, a 650 percent increase over the 28,000 licenses issued in its first year in 1992, revealed Sami Al Qamzi, Director-General of Dubai Economy. “The Business Registration & Licensing (BRL) sector in Dubai Economy serves more than 150,000 businesses in the emirate, conducting approximately 430,000 ...

  Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is set to hold the 4th edition of the Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF) from November 20-21, 2017, in collaboration with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), Emaar Properties and the Project Management Institute (PMI). ‘Making a Difference’ has been endorsed as a theme of this year’s event; which will ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention issued a circular warning about the dangers of misusing ethyl chloride spray, which has recently gained interest among adolescent students who have been purchasing it from various social networking sites, e-commerce websites, private pharmacies and speciality stores. The circular states that the substance is a local anaesthetic that affects the central ...