October, 2019

• 2 October

  Emirates A380 touches down at Cairo airport

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates’ award-winning A380 made its debut at Cairo International Airport (CAI) on Wednesday as the airline brought its popular aircraft to Egypt for the first time. The landing demonstrated the airport’s readiness to accommodate the A380, the world’s largest commercial passenger jet. Welcomed with a ceremonial water cannon salute, the A380 flight was led by Egyptian ...

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• 2 October

  Dubai hosts high-level European business delegation

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted a high-level business delegation from Europe which is currently visiting the UAE to explore business opportunities in key sectors and fields related to Expo 2020, including food and beverage, healthcare, ICT, energy, environment, construction and circular economy. As part of the visit, Dubai Chamber facilitated nearly 300 business matching ...

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• 2 October

  Kim tests Trump’s limits with submarine missile launch

  

  Bloomberg North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile designed for submarines, testing President Donald Trump’s tolerance for weapons tests just hours after agreeing to restart stalled nuclear talks with the US. The South Korean military said the missile was fired near North Korea’s eastern Wonsan area just after 7 am on Wednesday and flew 910 kilometers (570 ...

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• 2 October

  25 soldiers killed in Mali militant attacks

  

  Bloomberg Mali’s government said 25 soldiers were killed in a gun battle with militants who broke into an army base near the border with Burkina Faso, the second-deadliest attack on the military since extremists tried to seize the north of the country in 2012. “During heavy gunfire from the terrorists our forces succeeded in retaking the base” in the town ...

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• 2 October

  Australia PM denies Trump pressure over investigation

  Bloomberg Australian PM Scott Morrison denied being pressured by President Donald Trump to help probe the origins of the US Justice Department’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Morrison said he had a brief telephone conversation with Trump, in which the president asked for a point of contact within the Australian government to help Attorney General William Barr ...

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• 2 October

  Hong Kong protests set to escalate as shooting stirs anger

  

  Bloomberg A Hong Kong police officer who fired a bullet into the chest of an 18-year-old protester may have inadvertently given new life to the months-long movement challenging Beijing’s authority. Demonstrators hit the streets again on Wednesday following the release of videos showing the man getting shot at close range after striking the officer with a metal rod. The violent ...

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• 2 October

  Ukraine peace talks get breakthrough

  

  Bloomberg Talks to end the five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine produced the first major breakthrough since a lapsed 2015 peace accord, paving the way for an international summit to cement progress. Negotiators meeting in the Belarusian capital of Minsk agreed on a schedule under which elections will be held in the breakaway regions and a new law will be passed ...

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• 2 October

  Boris Johnson demands EU back down: Brexit

  

  Bloomberg Boris Johnson outlined his plan for a new Brexit agreement and warned the European Union to compromise or watch the UK walk away from talks and leave the bloc without a deal. The UK prime minister declared that Britain is “ready” to break away from the EU without an agreement in four weeks’ time, if officials in Brussels do ...

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• 2 October

  Pompeo starts European visit with focus on looming tariffs

  

  Bloomberg Secretary of State Michael Pompeo kicked off a visit to Europe with talks that focussed on Italian concerns at the prospect of new US tariffs, just as the top American diplomat was drawn deeper into an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Pompeo met with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at his official residence in Rome, on the first ...

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• 2 October

  BMW beats Mercedes by 34 cars in US race

  

  Bloomberg BMW AG’s namesake brand was neck-and-neck with its German rival in the US last month, edging Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz by a mere 34 cars and keeping the race for sales bragging rights close into the final stretch. BMW posted a 6 percent gain in September, delivering to 27,467 cars and sport utility vehicles. The 3 Series sedan was up ...

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