February, 2020

• 5 February

  Hub71 launches programme to engage corporates with startups

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Hub71 on Wednesday announced the rolling out of a new Corporate Engagement Programme and strategy to provide corporates with access to high growth startups transforming their sectors and enabling startups with access to major corporates as customers during the Technology Innovation Pioneers (TIP) Summit 2020 at New York University Abu Dhabi. The innovation team of the ...

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• 5 February

  Enoc to open 22 new service stations across UAE in 2020

  Dubai / WAM Enoc Group on Wednesday announced its plans to open 22 new service stations across the UAE by the end of 2020; ten in Sharjah, nine in Dubai and three in the northern regions. According to a press release issued by Enoc on Wednesday, the Group plans to bolster its retail network from its existing 136 service stations ...

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• 5 February

  ERC continues to provide aid to Rohingya refugees

  

  DHAKA / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has continued providing humanitarian aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, upon the directives of the UAE’s leadership and the monitoring of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC). The aid includes the distribution of various relief materials that ...

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• 5 February

  Trump considers withdrawing from WTO’s $1.7 trillion purchasing pact

  

  Bloomberg The US is mulling a plan to withdraw from a global pact worth $1.7 trillion in government contracts, a person familiar with the matter said, in a move that may anger close allies during a delicate moment for trade. Officials in President Donald Trump’s administration are circulating a draft executive order that would trigger a US exit from the ...

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• 5 February

  Vodafone warns capping Huawei leads to 5G delay

  Bloomberg Vodafone Group Plc warned of “hugely disruptive” costs and delays to European phone network upgrades of as long as five years if other countries follow the UK and cap the market share of Huawei Technologies Co. Britain’s government said last week it will limit the Chinese equipment vendor’s share of 5G wireless and fiber optic networks at 35% and ...

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• 5 February

  Google probed over location tracking in EU

  Bloomberg A Google faces one more probe in the European Union(EU) over concerns the company’s processing of user location data could violate the bloc’s tough privacy rules. Armed with the power to levy hefty fines, Ireland’s data protection commission also opened a separate investigation into Match Group Inc and the “ongoing processing of users’ personal data” on its popular dating ...

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• 5 February

  Trump set for acquittal with Dems second-guessing plan

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s inevitable acquittal in the Senate’s impeachment trial on Wednesday has some House Democrats fretting that they should have delivered a more complete case to argue for his removal. Trump is emerging from the two-week Senate trial looking as strong as ever, barely wounded by the relentless details of his efforts to force Ukraine to investigate one ...

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• 5 February

  More than 7,000 held on two cruise ships as coronavirus spreads

  

  Bloomberg Luxury Asian vacations turned into a form of confinement for thousands of cruise passengers when authorities in Hong Kong and Japan said they would quarantine those aboard for up to two weeks after finding coronavirus infections aboard. The developments will come as a blow to Princess Cruises, the operator of a vessel that is being quarantined off Yokohama, and ...

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• 5 February

  US Navy deploys ‘nuclear warhead’ on sub for first time

  

  Bloomberg The Pentagon said it has deployed a new submarine-launched nuclear warhead for the first time as the Navy seeks to counter Russia’s war chest of smaller tactical nukes. The Pentagon’s confirmation follows a controversial move last week to ease restrictions on the use of land mines, which are banned by more than 160 nations. The Trump administration in recent ...

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• 5 February

  EU aims to pacify Macron on ‘accession rules’

  

  Bloomberg European Union government envoys in Brussels and the bloc’s executive arm will seek to accommodate Emmanuel Macron’s appetite for reform with tighter rules on countries looking to join the bloc and a broader debate on how to make the EU more effective. The European Commission will propose an overhaul of the expansion process in a bid to revive the ...

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