Sharjah / WAM The personal jacket of HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of HH the Ruler of Sharjah, Chairperson of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children, has fetched 100,000 Pounds Sterling (AED 440,000), at an auction. The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) bought the ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), which conserves and promotes the emirate’s heritage, culture and traditions and is developing a leading cultural landscape to support its evolution into a world-class, sustainable destination of distinction, launched a new worldwide promotional campaign aimed at encouraging travellers to experience Abu Dhabi’s ‘extraordinary stories.’ The ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Australian investment and development company SANAD Capital on Monday unveiled its partnership with leading designer and manufacturer of waterpark attractions WhiteWater for its planned AUD400 million adventure and ‘active-lifestyle’ development. WhiteWater has been responsible for some of the world’s biggest projects to-date, especially in Asia, such as China’s largest water park Yinji Xinmi, the Atlantis ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Jassim Alseddiqi, Managing Director and CEO of Abu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG), has won ‘CEO of the Year’ at the prestigious Global Investor/ISF MENA Awards held in Dubai, UAE. The Awards recognise exceptional contributions and achievements within the financial services sector across the Middle East and North Africa. In 2016, ADFG enhanced its prodigious ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways introduced an updated collection of new destination-inspired Business Class amenity kit designs based on iconic cities on its extensive global network. The new range builds on the airline’s award-winning partnership with LUXE City Guides, the straight-talking, highly curated go-to guide for savvy travellers, and London-based skincare and grooming brand Scaramouche + Fandango. ...

  Fort Lauderdale / AFP Hillary Clinton battled to contain renewed FBI focus on her emails as Donald Trump blitzed western states in the tightening race for the White House. Nine days before the vote, the 69-year-old former secretary of state hit the campaign trail hard in the battleground state of Florida. Clinton blazed through brunch at an Irish pub, ...

  Madrid / AFP Spain’s conservative leader Mariano Rajoy was sworn in on Monday for a second term as prime minister, bringing a close to 10 months of political limbo. “I swear to faithfully fulfil the obligations of prime minister and to show loyalty to the king,” Rajoy said with his hand on the Spanish constitution, at a ceremony attended ...

  Calais / AFP French authorities were on Monday clearing the last shacks in the Calais “Jungle”, signalling the end of the notorious camp, as attention turned to the thousands of migrants sleeping rough in Paris. The authorities have said that nothing will be left of the notorious Jungle, home to around 6,000 migrants until a week ago, by Monday evening. ...

  Manila / AFP The Philippines and China have reached a “friendly” understanding allowing Filipinos to fish around a disputed shoal seized by Beijing in 2012, a senior aide to President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday. Duterte negotiated the understanding during his recent meeting in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, said Manila’s national security adviser Hermogenes Esperon. As a ...

  Caracas / AFP Venezuela’s embattled government and opposition leaders agreed on Monday to hold extended talks aimed at defusing the nation’s increasingly tense political crisis. Vatican representative Claudio Maria Celli said in statement that the two sides have agreed to a “national dialogue plenary meeting” beginning next month. The two sides will meet on November 11, officials announced Monday, after ...