October, 2019

• 14 October

  Air Arabia wins ‘low-cost airline of the year’ award

  

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, has won the ‘Low-Cost Airline of the Year’ recognition at the 13th Aviation Business Awards (AVB) gala ceremony held recently in Dubai. Air Arabia was adjudged in the ‘Low-Cost Airline of the Year’ category by an expert panel of industry judges ...

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• 14 October

  Innovation in health sector drive launched

  CAIRO / WAM Under the theme “Innovate for Health”, the Ministry of Health and Prevention’s (MoHAP’s), Training & Development Centre in Sharjah launched a two-month marketing awareness campaign on innovation in the health sector. The campaign comes in line with the UAE Government trends to enhance the awareness about innovation and to make the culture of innovation an integral part ...

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• 14 October

  ADT marks 10mn container milestone at Khalifa Port

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), announced that it set a new record by handling more than 10 million containers representing a milestone achievement for Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT1). The record number was achieved serving the MV MSC Alexandra, a vessel belonging to ADT’s long-term partner and customer (MSC) and deployed on the 2M DRAGON/AE20 service. The ...

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• 14 October

  UAE, Russia join forces to counter terror, stabilise world oil markets

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Denis Manturov, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade, co-chaired the 9th meeting of the UAE-Russia Joint Committee, which held in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Addressing the meeting, HH Sheikh Abdullah stated that the meeting is complementing the works of previous ...

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• 14 October

  UAE continues to support education sector in Yemen

  

  Aden / WAM The UAE is continuing to support Yemenis, under the framework of its humanitarian mission to ease their suffering and improve their living conditions, through reinforcing service sectors in the country’s liberated governorates, especially the education sector. The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), inaugurated Has-Hasa Elementary School in Al Saeed District, Shabwa, with the attendance of Ali Naasan, Director ...

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• 14 October

  ‘Putin’s visit taking place at historic time’

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Mohammed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism in Abu Dhabi, stated that the visit of Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, to the UAE is taking place during a historic period when the bilateral ties between the UAE and Russia have witnessed significant progress. Speaking to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Al ...

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• 14 October

  Assad sends Syrian troops north as Turkish offensive escalates

  

  Bloomberg Syrian government forces pushed closer to the Turkish border after striking a deal with Kurdish fighters, as Washington’s decision to abandon its allies reverberated on the battlefield. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his offensive into Syria is necessary to push back Kurdish militants and resettle refugees, but the rapid advance has drawn international condemnation, accusations of war crimes ...

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• 14 October

  Catalan leaders jailed for attempt to break up Spain

  

  Bloomberg Catalan separatists who tried to break away from Spain in 2017 were handed jail sentences of up to 13 years by the Supreme Court in a ruling that marks a watershed in relations with the troubled region. Former Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras was handed the stiffest sentence while eight other activists were given lesser terms of between nine ...

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• 14 October

  Tunisia professor poised to win presidency

  

  Bloomberg Law professor Kais Saied is poised for a landslide victory in Tunisia’s presidential election, a result that would give the political outsider a strong mandate to pursue the constitutional changes he says are needed to complete the nation’s 2011 revolution. An exit poll by Sigma Conseil pointed to Saied winning 76.9% of ballots in the run-off vote and his ...

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• 14 October

  HK police say homemade bomb targeted officers

  

  Bloomberg Hong Kong police said a radio-controlled improvised explosive device was detonated near a police car on Sunday evening, the first time one has been used during months of unrest. The device was set off in Mong Kok in Kowloon about 10 meters (33 feet) away from a police car that had come to the scene to clear barricades, Suryanto ...

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