February, 2016

• 23 February

  Sheikha Fatima meets Jordan’s Queen Rania

  ABU DHABI / WAM H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, GWU, Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), and Head of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, on Tuesday received Queen Rania Abdullah of Jordan who is in the UAE to participate in the Global Women Forum Dubai which began on Tuesday. Sheikha ...

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• 23 February

  Women’s role in UAE society unquestionable: Abdullah

  

  DUBAI / WAM H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on Tuesday delivered a keynote during the official opening of the Global Women’s Forum in Dubai, in which he stressed that the UAE, as part of its developmental journey, has regarded women as partners in the service of the homeland and nation-building, stressing ...

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• 23 February

  Dubai Crown Prince meets Queen Rania

  Dubai / WAM H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, met with Queen Rania Abdullah of Jordan, and Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, on the sidelines of the Global Women’s Forum in Dubai which opened on Tuesday. The meetings, which took place at the Jumeirah Majlis, also included the official ...

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• 23 February

  Rania: Islam freed women from age of ignorance

  

  DUBAI / WAM Her Majesty Queen Rania Abdullah of Jordan, called on Arab societies to break the “mould” that restricts women’s participation in social development. “We share a common challenge – to actively fight currents that are trying to throw us centuries behind. Despite best attempts and achievements, we are restricted by conflicts and backward ideologies,” Queen Rania told a ...

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• 23 February

  This Forum is about how women see the world: Clara

  

  DUBAI / WAM Clara Gaymard, President of the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society, said that Global Women’s Forum Dubai “is not about how the world sees women, but how women see the world.” In a ringing endorsement to the ‘innovative spirit of Dubai, Clara Gaymard, President of the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society, issued a clarion ...

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• 23 February

  Forum explores different approaches in boardroom

  DUBAI / WAM The opening session at the ‘Women on Boards’ hub in The Discovery at Global Women’s Forum Dubai on Tuesday explored new approaches to achieving better-balanced representation on corporate boards and enhancing how women influence today’s corporate governance agenda. The panel discussion moderated by Mette Laursen, Founder, LinKS from Denmark featured key speakers from a number of organisations; Ayesha ...

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• 23 February

  Chinese phones go global

  

  SEOUL / AP Move over, Apple and Samsung. The next big smartphone might be from little-known Chinese brands such as TCL and OPPO. Along with other Chinese phone makers such as Huawei and Xiaomi, Chinese brands have surpassed Samsung in China and are encroaching on Apple’s turf. In the coming years, analysts forecast that these cheap Android phones with not-so-cheap ...

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• 23 February

  Yen picks up in Asia as oil price drops

  

  Tokyo / AFP The yen picked up on Tuesday as another fall in oil prices dented sentiment, while the pound was under pressure over worries that Britain may vote to leave the European Union this year. Traders pushed into the Japanese unit — widely seen as a safe investment in times of turmoil — after another drop in crude prices, ...

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• 23 February

  Chinese bizman to buy Australia’s biggest dairy farm for US$202mn

  

  Sydney / AFP A Chinese investor was given the green light to buy Australia’s largest dairy farm company, with the finance minister saying he welcomed foreign investment “not contrary to our national interests”. The sale of farmland to foreigners including to Australia’s biggest trading partner China has been a sensitive issue, with Canberra in November blocking the sale of one ...

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• 23 February

  Nepal lifts months-long fuel rationing

  

  Kathmandu / AFP Nepal has lifted its months-long rationing of fuel following the end this month of a border blockade by people protesting against a new constitution, officials said on Tuesday. The months-long blockade caused a crippling shortage of fuel and other vital supplies in the landlocked Himalayan country. But members of Nepal’s ethnic Madhesi community decided to call off ...

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