October, 2019

• 12 October

  N Korea warns Japan not to interfere with its vessels

  

  Bloomberg North Korea warned Japan of undesirable consequences if its longtime adversary continues to interfere with its vessels, days after Tokyo sent fishermen back to the country following a collision in Japanese waters. Pyongyang also demanded that Japan compensate it for the damage it caused after “sinking” the North Korean vessel, the Korean Central News Agency reported, citing an unnamed ...

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• 12 October

  Trump records must be given to House, says appeals court

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump, under siege from House Democrats weighing impeachment, suffered a stinging blow as a federal appeals court upheld a subpoena ordering his accountants to provide Congress with his financial records. The ruling, by a divided three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals in Washington, means Trump will lose control of his long-secret financial records at Mazars ...

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• 12 October

  Typhoon lashes Japan, spurring evacuations

  

  Bloomberg A powerful typhoon made landfall southwest of Tokyo on Saturday evening, bringing heavy rains and violent winds, knocking out power to thousands of homes and prompting local authorities to instruct more than a million people to evacuate. Tokyo and nine surrounding prefectures have ordered around 1.1 million people to leave their homes as Typhoon Hagibis threatens flooding and landslides, ...

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• 12 October

  UAE’s first astronaut returns home

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Saturday welcomed Hazza Al Mansoori, the UAE’s first astronaut, as he returned to the UAE after eight days in space. Al Mansoori, accompanied by backup astronaut, Sultan Al Neyadi, landed at the Presidential Terminal ...

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• 12 October

  Unido, UAE share pledge to shape future of industrial sector

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM LI Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido), has said that the UAE’s hosting of the 18th session of the organisation’s General Conference in Abu Dhabi on November 2 was welcomed by the Industrial Development Board. This is in part because the two sides have a long-standing partnership and serve as co-chairs ...

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• 12 October

  UAE-Saudi Coordination Council follows up progress of joint initiatives

  

  Dubai / WAM The Executive Committee of the UAE – Saudi Co-ordination Council has convened to further enhance collaboration between the two sides under the co-chairmanship of Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and The Future, and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad Bin Mazyad Al Tuwaijri, Minister of Economy and Planning. The meeting occasioned a follow-up of a number ...

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• 12 October

  Dubai all set to host 4th annual radiology meet

  Emirates Business Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and President of Dubai Health Authority (DHA), the 4th edition of Annual Radiology Meeting – (ARM) in UAE will be held from October 15-17 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Running under the theme ‘Patient First – ...

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• 12 October

  Etisalat successfully wraps up its participation at Gitex

  Dubai / Emirates Business Etisalat successfully wrapped up its participation at Gitex Technology Week 2019, attracting visitors, decision-makers, technology experts and media to its stand with a wide array of innovative use cases across mobility, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, aviation, and oil and gas reflecting this year’s theme ‘5G – A World without limits’. Visitors to Etisalat stand experienced the future ...

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• 12 October

  WAM, Spain’s EFE sign media cooperation pact

  

  MADRID / WAM The Emirates News Agency (WAM), signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Spanish international news agency (EFE), that will see the two sides exchange and disseminate their news items, in support of the growing relations between the UAE and Spain. The agreement was signed by Mohammed Jalal Al Raisi, Executive Director of WAM, and Fernando ...

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• 12 October

  Dubai to host 2019 First Global DXB Challenge robotics event

  

  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation, said that Dubai continues to cement its position as a global hub for young talent and creative minds, with its determination to employ technology across various ...

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