Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Media Council (NMC) organised a workshop in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy entitled ” Is there a legal protection for media news” discussing copyrights. The workshop was moderated by Lt. Colonel Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Maeeny, Head of Innovation Centers Department in Dubai Police. The workshop was organised within the framework of the Council’s ...

  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) received Liborio Stellino, Ambassador of Italy, and Umberto Bernardo, First Commercial Secretary, Embassy of Italy. During the meeting, the parties discussed ways to encourage Italian companies to take part in clean and renewable energy projects in the UAE in general and Dubai in ...

  Dubai / WAM The Maritime Rescue Department in the General Directorate of Dubai Police achieved 289 missions and dealt with 73 accidents over the past year. Lieutenant Ali Abdullah Al Naqbi, Head of Maritime Rescue Department, stated that maritime accidents included drowning, collisions between ships and boats in addition to ships delinquency. He affirmed that Dubai police is always ready ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced that it mandates companies hiring 15 employees and above to submit a labour injuries report concerning last year’s fourth quarter, the report must be submitted before January 15, to avoid associated penalties. Maher Hamad Al Obed, Assistant Under-Secretary For Inspectional Affairs, said, “The ministry receives work-related injuries reports ...

  Dubai / WAM The Green Organisation named the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) a winner of the Green World Award 2016 – one of the most prestigious awards in energy management in public and private sectors, given by The Green Organisation. The RTA competed in the Best Energy Management Practices category and received the award in an event recently held ...

  SACRAMENTO / AP As California lawmakers return to Sacramento on Wednesday, liberal dreams of expanding safety-net benefits and providing health coverage to immigrants are giving way to a new vision revolving around a feverish push to protect gains racked up in the past. After years of pushing forward a progressive agenda, legislative Democrats will be pushing back against conservative ...

  PARIS / AFP The son of Equatorial Guinea’s president is going on trial in France accused of buying real estate, sports cars and other luxury goods with public funds from his country. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, who is also Equatorial Guinea’s second vice president, faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of corruption, money laundering and embezzlement ...

  WARSAW / AP Polish authorities have charged a Tunisian citizen with murder in the stabbing death of a Polish man on New Year’s Eve, a case that sparked violent protests over the weekend. The trouble began on Saturday evening when the 21-year-old Pole, identified only as Daniel, got into a quarrel with the employees of a kebab restaurant in ...

  YANGON / AFP Myanmar’s government has vowed to take action against police officers shown beating villagers in a video that has circulated on the internet. A front-page story on Monday in the state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper about the November 5 incident was a rare official acknowledgment of abuses taking place in the western state of Rakhine. ...

  YANGON / AP A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a security checkpoint near Mogadishu’s international airport on Monday, killing at least three people, a Somali police officer said. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said the bomb detonated as security forces were searching cars at the checkpoint, a few hundred meters (yards) from the main base of the African Union peacekeeping ...