September, 2019

• 3 September

  UAE offers emergency relief to Yemen’s Abyan

  ABYAN / WAM In one of its latest relief efforts in Yemen, the UAE – represented by its humanitarian arm the Emirates Red Crescent – has dispatched a relief convoy loaded with 1,000 food baskets to aid the residents of Zinjibar, the capital of Yemen’s Abyan province. The aid was distributed to around 7,000 residents of the city, under the ...

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• 3 September

  495 candidates set to contest FNC elections

  

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The National Election Committee (NEC) on Tuesday approved the final list of candidates for the Federal National Council (FNC) elections 2019. The list includes 495 names – 133 from Abu Dhabi, 88 from Dubai, 114 from Sharjah, 61 from Ras Al Khaimah, 26 from Ajman, 20 from Umm Al Quwain, and 53 from Fujairah. The ...

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• 3 September

  Materials handling expo opens in Dubai with 100 exhibitors

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA on Tuesday officially opened the 2019 edition of Materials Handling Middle East. The event, which runs until September 5 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), is co-located with SPS Automation Middle East, opening to a crowd of logistics, ...

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• 3 September

  Forum promotes youth participation in FNC polls

  Dubai / WAM The National Election Committee (NEC) convened the eighth Political Awareness Forum for University Students in collaboration with the Ministry of State for Federal National Council (FNC) Affairs and the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU. The event aimed to encourage youth participation in the upcoming fourth cycle of the FNC elections. Speaking at the gathering, Tariq Hilal Lootah, ...

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• 3 September

  Deal signed to manage Al Zorah Business Centre

  

  Ajman / Emirates Business Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) entered into an agreement with the free zone entity of Al Zorah – a partnership between Solidere International and Ajman Government – and a premium lifestyle and leisure destination, to operate the developments of 3,000 feet state-of-the-art Business Centre. The contemporary, furnished Business Centre, is located within The Pavilion at Al Zorah, a ...

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• 3 September

  UAE engineer invents device to improve school bus safety

  

  DUBAI / WAM An Emirati mechatronics and aviation engineer has invented a smart device which uses artificial intelligence technology to track passengers with the aim of improving children’s safety on school buses. Fahim Almas, Founder and CEO of the Almas Robotics, a Dubai-based technology and engineering company, launched ‘Safe Bus’, a device that can be connected to multiple sensors installed ...

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• 3 September

  Natural gas glut grows in Europe

  

  Bloomberg Natural gas prices in Europe are set to fall further below their lowest in a decade as suppliers show few signs of scaling back abundant deliveries. Inventories are near capacity weeks earlier than usual and are being flooded with more fuel coming both from tankers and pipelines. While producers have reduced some flows with repairs and maintenance at gas ...

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• 3 September

  Copper skids to lowest level since mid-2017

  Bloomberg Copper skidded to the lowest since mid-2017 as investors faced fresh evidence of a global slowdown and fading prospects for a deescalation in the US-China trade war. Long known as a canary in coal mine for the economy, copper has slumped 16% since mid-April on the back of a sharp downturn in factory output and warnings that major economies ...

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• 3 September

  China softens tone towards HK, but refuses to yield on demands

  

  Bloomberg China softened its tone towards Hong Kong’s protesters, saying peaceful demonstrations were allowed under the law, even as it ruled out a fundamental demand for direct democracy that has fuelled the unrest. In a wide-ranging briefing in Beijing, Chinese officials overseeing Hong Kong sought to make a clear distinction between violent protesters who have thrown petrol bombs in running ...

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• 3 September

  Lawmakers stripped off ‘immunity’ in Ukraine

  

  Bloomberg Ukraine revoked the immunity from prosecution long enjoyed by lawmakers, part of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s efforts to stamp out corruption. Parliament voted for a constitutional amendment placing its members on the same legal footing as other citizens, starting from January 1. The bill was originally submitted in 2015 by ex-President Petro Poroshenko, but was sidelined until Zelenskiy’s ruling party ...

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