December, 2019

• 3 December

  Ex-US president to lead line-up at 12th Arab Strategy Forum in Dubai

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the 12th edition of the Arab Strategy Forum will begin in Dubai on December 9 at Ritz Carlton DIFC, with former US Vice President Dick Cheney, and former Foreign Minister of ...

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• 3 December

  Dewa supporting partner for ‘future mobility’ event

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), is participating in the Fifth International Conference on Future Mobility as a government supporting partner. The Conference is organised by Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (Esma). This is part of Dewa’s efforts in promoting green and sustainable mobility in Dubai. The annual conference is the largest in the region, bringing together leading ...

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• 3 December

  India issues special Sheikh Zayed, Gandhi postal cover

  

  New Delhi / WAM In a gesture to mark the UAE’s 48th National Day, the Indian government has issued a special postal cover with images of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Mahatma Gandhi with streaming replicas of the national flags of their respective countries under those images. The postal cover also has a special postmark with the legend ...

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• 3 December

  Sheikh Hamdan briefed on ERC’s efforts to rescue Albanian quake victims

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), made a phone call to an ERC delegation that travelled to the Albanian capital, Tirana, to rescue victims of an earthquake that hit the country, as per the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin ...

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• 3 December

  Dar Al Ber offers AED7.5m to 1,486 families in Ajman

  AJMAN / WAM The Dar Al Ber Society announced that 1,486 families of various nationalities benefitted from the humanitarian aid provided by the society’s branch during the first nine months of the current year. Faisal Sahrawi, Director of the Dar Al Ber branch in Ajman, said the humanitarian aid provided by the branch until the end of this September reached ...

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• 3 December

  Sharjah’s emerging prospects to European investors highlighted

  

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah), an affiliate of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) organised a Sharjah – Europe Business Roundtable, at the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to explore interests with six European business councils based in the UAE, and to introduce emerging prospects in a variety of sectors attractive to ...

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• 3 December

  AED2.5mn worth of fake products seized in Dubai

  

  DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Police General HQ confiscated nearly 25,560 counterfeit fire prevention products worth AED2.5 million, during an anti-counterfeit campaign of the Department of Combating Economic Crimes of the General Department of Criminal investigations at the Dubai Police. The campaign was carried out in partnership with Underwriters Laboratories, UL, the Middle East, a technology security company, and Ten ...

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• 3 December

  UAE pledges AED184mn to support Comoros

  

  PARIS / WAM The UAE pledged to donate AED184 million ($50 million) of development support, in addition to a previous amount of AED184 million ($50 million) allocated this year by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), to support development projects in the Comoros. The UAE made this announcement during its participation in the “Donors’ Conference in Support of the ...

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• 3 December

  UAE advances eight points in mathematics skills

  

  DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Education (MoE), announced that the UAE advanced eight points in mathematics skills, according to the results of the recent edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2018, which were officially announced for the participating countries at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), headquarters in Paris. The United Arab Emirates achieved ...

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• 3 December

  There are things to be thankful for in tech

  

  Iwould like to enumerate what I’m thankful for in technology. I know, it sure doesn’t feel like there are many things to feel good about. Tech tools have allowed misinformation, bullying and social division to spread like a virus. They have empowered tyrants and monsters, and created an underclass of impossible jobs. Some days I want to do a Road ...

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