February, 2020

• 22 February

  Emirates Steel honours long-serving employees

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirates Steel, the only integrated steel plant in the UAE and a subsidiary of the General Holding Corporation (Senaat), hosted a ceremony to celebrate its long-serving employees. The company honoured 900 staff members whose service period spanned between 10 and 27 years for their outstanding contributions to execution of various projects that reinforced Emirates Steel’s ...

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• 22 February

  Preparing for future is a rooted approach of UAE, says Mansour

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the 50-year Development Plan Committee, emphasised that preparing for the future with an ambitious vision is a rooted approach of the UAE led by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. While chairing the first ...

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• 22 February

  Every child deserves best start in life, says Jawaher Al Qasimi

  

  SHARJAH / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), and Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children at UNHCR, has called on governments and civil society organisations to treat the education of the low-income and crises affected communities as a priority. She noted that the protection of children’s dignity and enabling them access to ...

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• 22 February

  UAE continues to send food convoys to Hadramaut

  

  HADRAMAUT / WAM The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) on Saturday continued dispatching new food convoys to Arrayda and Qusay’ir districts in Hadramaut Governorate, as part of its humanitarian response programme to ease the suffering of Yemeni families and bringing life back to normalcy. The ERC distributed 700 food parcels weighing more 56.5 tonnes to ...

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• 22 February

  Calif reverses on solar for new homes

  

  Bloomberg California is backing away — ever so slightly — from its once-sweeping mandate requiring solar panels on virtually every new home. The California Energy Commission voted unanimously in favour of a measure proposed by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to allow homes to get power from solar farms instead of rooftop panels. The move is a setback for ...

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• 22 February

  Nigeria set to build hydro plant in Africa

  

  Bloomberg Nigeria will build the second-largest hydroelectric plant in Africa after the government settled a legal dispute that was delaying the project, Power Minister Sale Mamman said. “We have now overcome the major problem stopping this project and it is nearly over,” Mamman said. He said Attorney General Abubakar Malami is finalising the terms of the settlement, which are undisclosed. ...

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• 22 February

  Intel official tells lawmakers Russia wants Trump reelected

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump felt blindsided when he learned belatedly that intelligence officials briefed House lawmakers that Russia is continuing to interfere in US elections — and that Democrats elicited their view that the Russians favour Trump’s re-election, according to people familiar with the situation. Trump blamed Joseph Maguire, the acting director of national intelligence, for the episode and the ...

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• 22 February

  Zambia mobs kill 43 ‘gas-spray attackers’

  

  Bloomberg Police in Zambia say 43 people were killed and 23 others injured in mob violence across the country on people suspected of being responsible for attacking homes with poisonous sprays. Police have so far received 511 reports of incidents of “chemical spraying of poisonous substances on households” that have affected 1,687 victims, Inspector General Kaakoma Kanganja told reporters on ...

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• 22 February

  Sanders aims to cement front-runner status with Nevada vote

  

  Bloomberg Bernie Sanders was expected to cement his front-runner status on Saturday as Nevada’s diverse electorate weighs in on the 2020 Democratic presidential field, but the day could deal a harsh blow to several other candidates limping towards Super Tuesday. Sanders holds a double-digit lead in the RealClearPolitics average of polls ahead of the vote, with Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg ...

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• 22 February

  Trudeau: Blockades ‘must now come down’

  

  Bloomberg Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged his government’s efforts to negotiate a solution to rail blockades across the country have failed and signaled he would be open to police intervention. Efforts by his ministers to reach out have not been productive and he has “no choice” but to stop making overtures and call for the barricades to come down, Trudeau ...

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