September, 2019

• 25 September

  DMCC launches world’s largest diamond trading floor in Dubai

  

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Diamond Exchange’s newly upgraded auction facility was revealed on Wednesday, in a bid to drive a rise in the number of auctions held in Dubai, and boost sales and trade flows through the emirate. DMCC, the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, on Wednesday unveiled the redesigned ...

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• 25 September

  Al Ain Book Fair opens

  

  AL AIN / WAM Sheikh Hazza bin Tahnoon bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Under-Secretary of the Court of the Abu Dhabi Ruler’s Representative in Al Ain Region inaugurated the 11th edition of Al Ain Book Fair, which plays a vital role in bolstering the UAE’s publishing industry. Running at Al Ain Convention Centre until October 3, the Book Fair is held ...

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• 25 September

  Dems gird for impeachment fight overtaking 2020 race

  

  Bloomberg It’s a fight that President Donald Trump has been spoiling for, and one that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was reluctant to give him. And now, with the involvement of the Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, it’s a fight that could overtake the 2020 presidential campaign, no matter who becomes the Democratic nominee. Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry. If it ...

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• 25 September

  Putin backs Venezuela opposition dialogue

  

  Bloomberg Rejecting dialogue with the opposition would be “irrational,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told Nicolas Maduro, less than two weeks after the collapse of negotiations between the Venezuelan leader and his main opponent Juan Guaido. Putin, one of Maduro’s few international allies, didn’t offer any major new financial support to the embattled regime in his public comments at the opening ...

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• 25 September

  US targets IS in Libya with second airstrike in a week

  Bloomberg A US airstrike killed 11 suspected IS militants in southern Libya, US Africa Command said, its second reported raid in a week against the extremist group that once controlled a key coastal city. The strike was carried out around the town of Murzuq, the same location where a September 19 attack was assessed to have left eight extremists dead, ...

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• 25 September

  Putin-linked army are fighting on Libya’s front lines

  

  Bloomberg A private army linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun fighting on the front lines of the Libyan war, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest projection of Russian power following a decisive military intervention in Syria. More than 100 mercenaries from the Wagner group headed by Yevgeny Prigozhin, also known as “Putin’s chef” for his ...

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• 25 September

  Johnson caught in UK ‘constitutional web’

  

  Bloomberg Britain’s top judges moved out of the Houses of Parliament a decade ago. The 11 Supreme Court justices declared their independence from the building across the road by delivering a stinging rebuke to Boris Johnson. The panel, sitting in its own building in Westminster, positioned itself as the ultimate arbiter in a constitutional clash and reasserted that parliament is ...

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• 25 September

  Bouteflika’s brother, intel chiefs sentenced to jail

  

  Bloomberg Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s brother and two powerful former intelligence chiefs were sentenced on Wednesday to 15 years on charges of conspiring against the military, in an expedited trial authorities hoped would reflect a commitment to purging the old guard. The sentences against Said Bouteflika, retired Ltt Gen Mohamed Mediene and Maj Gen Athmane Tartag came just two ...

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• 25 September

  China economy struggling across all sectors: Report

  

  Bloomberg China’s economy in the third quarter was the weakest it has been this year, according to the China Beige Book, with manufacturing, property and the services sectors all worsening, even as borrowing picked up. Manufacturing revenue, profits, volumes and sales prices fell by double-digit paces from the previous three months, although borrowing remained at its highest level, according to ...

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• 25 September

  Vietnam’s $5b plan to tamp down Trump’s tariff threats

  

  Bloomberg Vietnam’s campaign to tamp down the Trump administration’s trade gap ire has come to a coastal commune better known for growing dragon fruit along one-lane potholed roads. The community could soon be home to a $5 billion liquefied natural gas project that would include an import terminal and gas-fired power plant and eventually import billions of dollars of US ...

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