February, 2020

• 3 February

  Students pledge to support UN SDGs at Abu Dhabi expo

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Thousands of students from across the UAE have taken part in the opening day of the Middle East Youth Expo 2020, the first positive youth engagement event of its kind in the region. The students from over 400 schools, colleges and universities will collaborate and explore sustainable solutions for both people and planet aligned to the ...

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• 3 February

  UAE’s first WeWork opens in Abu Dhabi

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s tech ecosystem officially launched WeWork x Hub71 – three floors of beautifully designed workspace offering 1,200 desks for members to innovate, collaborate and connect – in the award-winning international financial centre, Abu Dhabi Global Market, on Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi. The grand launch event was attended by Hub71’s strategic partners, senior government ...

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• 3 February

  Imdaad committed to UAE Vision 2021

  

  DUBAI / WAM Underlining its commitment to promoting sustainability and recycling, Imdaad, a Dubai-based group of companies that provides integrated, sustainable facilities management services that enhance operational efficiencies of physical assets, on Monday, marked the official launch of FARZ, a state-of-the-art material recovery facility (MRF) situated in the National Industries Park in Jebel Ali. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, ...

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• 3 February

  Mohammed honours winners of second Emiratisation award

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, honoured the winners of the second Emiratisation Award at the Emirates Palace. The ceremony was attended by HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, and HH ...

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• 3 February

  Sheikh Khalifa urges all join hands to protect UAE’s natural resources

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said that promoting environmental protection requires achieving a balance between economic and social growth, protecting the environment and ensuring the sustainability of its natural resources, noting that the leadership will stay the course laid by the nation’s Founding Father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan to ...

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• 3 February

  MoFAIC honours strategic partners, business leaders

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) honoured its strategic partners and various business leaders, on the sidelines of the 14th Ambassadors and Heads of Diplomatic Missions Forum, in the presence of Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State. At the start of the event, which aimed to appreciate the efforts of the honourees ...

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• 3 February

  Senate set to acquit Trump as Dems vow to continue probes

  

  Bloomberg A momentous, if anticlimactic, few days lie ahead in Washington as the Senate hears closing arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, then holds two days of debate before voting for an all-but-guaranteed acquittal. In between, Democrats in Iowa’s caucuses took the first step on Monday towards choosing the candidate who’ll run against Trump in November. And on Tuesday ...

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• 3 February

  Uganda, Rwanda leaders pledge prisoner release

  

  Bloomberg Ugandan and Rwandan leaders pledged a mutual release of prisoners as a step in easing a diplomatic dispute that hit a low with the closing of their busiest border last year. President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, committed to refrain from actions that could be perceived as “supporting, financing and infiltration of destabilising forces in their ...

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• 3 February

  After Brexit, Trump sets himself up to be disruptor again

  

  Bloomberg Donald Trump has spent the past four years lobbing unsolicited advice at British prime ministers on the best path forward for an exit from the European Union and holding out promises of a grand new trans-Atlantic trade alliance. Now that Brexit is official, though, Trump gets to really double down on a role he relishes: that of the geopolitical ...

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• 3 February

  Macron seeks to reset ties on Poland visit

  

  Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron will need all of his charm to rekindle France’s relationship with Poland. In the first visit to Warsaw by a French head of state in six years, he’s seeking to mend relations strained by his criticism of Poland’s controversial overhaul of the judiciary and its rejection of a deal with Airbus in 2016. Meeting his counterpart Andrzej ...

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