March, 2020

• 4 March

  ERC sets up facilities worth AED13.1mn in Tanzania

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) is intensifying its development and humanitarian efforts in Tanzania. As part of these efforts, the ERC established two housing complexes with health and educational facilities, and a motherhood and childhood centre, valued at AED13.1 million and benefitting 261,380 people. An ERC delegation currently visiting Tanzania, headed by Mohammed Yousef Al Fahim, ...

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• 4 March

  AFZ enhances medical checkup of customers

  

  Ajman / Emirates Business Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Center for Preventive Medicine Ajman, part of Ajman Medical Zone, with the aim of providing distinctive and exceptional services to investors, companies’ employees and workers, in the Free Zone. The two parties have agreed to exchange data and information that contributes to a smooth ...

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• 4 March

  Emirates Humanitarian City receives as many as 215 evacuees from China

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Around 215 individuals from neighbouring and friendly countries of the UAE evacuated from China have been welcomed at Emirates Humanitarian City. The move follows directives from the UAE leadership to setup Emirates Humanitarian City to provide the evacuees with the necessary monitoring and preventative medical care following their evacuation from the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak ...

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• 4 March

  Emirates app hits 20mn downloads

  

  DUBAI / Emirates Business As the race for “share of mobile” continues, Emirates marks a major milestone with 20 million downloads of its mobile app on the back of a strong mobile and digital strategy that has led to solid consumer uptake particularly in Africa, GCC and Asia. Catering to its global customer base, the Emirates app is available in ...

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• 4 March

  France pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai set for Sept finish

  

  DUBAI / WAM The French Pavilion, located in the Mobility District, is rapidly shaping up, and is on track for a handover in September, in time for Expo 2020 Dubai. The organisers of the upcoming World Expo welcomed Erik Linquier, General Commissioner; Philippe Mille, Pavilion Director; and Architects, Bernard Mauplot from Atelier du Prado and Jacob Celnikier from Celnikier & ...

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• 4 March

  US strikes Taliban hours after Trump’s phone call to militants

  

  Bloomberg Hours after Donald Trump spoke by phone with a top leader of the Taliban about peace in Afghanistan, the US conducted an airstrike against the militant group while it was attacking Afghan forces in Helmand province. US military spokesman Sonny Leggett confirmed the airstrikes on Twitter, calling on the Taliban to stop “needless” attacks. “To be clear — we ...

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• 4 March

  Malaysian leader delays confidence vote until May

  

  Bloomberg Malaysia has delayed its parliament sitting by more than two months, forcing former leader Mahathir Mohamad to wait until May for a confidence vote against the new premier. Parliament will be in session from May 18 to June 23, from March 9 initially, with this year’s second and third sitting also delayed to July 27 and September 28, respectively, ...

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• 4 March

  Biden reopens path to ‘US nomination’

  

  Bloomberg Democrats have waited three years for a winner to call their own and take on President Donald Trump. On Super Tuesday, Joe Biden laid his claim to becoming their champion. He won across the Deep South, showing his appeal with black voters at the heart of the party, and claimed victory in Minnesota, a predominantly white Rust Belt state ...

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• 4 March

  Nigerian doctor leads virus fight in isolation

  

  Bloomberg The epidemiologist leading the fight against the spread of the deadly coronavirus in Africa’s most-populous nation is doing so from the most unlikely of places: his home. Since returning from a mission to China last week to learn about the new virus, the head of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Doctor Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been working in self-isolation. ...

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• 4 March

  Trump’s cut to Chinese media points to US strategy shift

  

  Bloomberg The trade war may be on hold, but the US and China’s slide towards a new Cold War is only accelerating. The Trump administration’s decision to effectively expel much of China’s state-run media staff is the clearest sign yet of a fundamental shift in how Washington manages its relationship with Beijing. Starting from March 13, four Chinese media companies ...

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