July, 2019

• 31 July

  Khalifa Fund extends registration deadline for ‘Pitch@Palace UAE’

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development announced that the registration for the third edition of the ‘Pitch@Palace UAE’ competition, aimed at providing Emirati entrepreneurs with an opportunity to pitch their innovative projects before a global audience in Abu Dhabi has now been extended to August 20. Mouza Al Nasri, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Khalifa Fund, emphasised ...

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• 31 July

  N Korea fires missiles, skips meeting in warning to Trump

  

  Bloomberg North Korea greeted US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s latest trip to Asia with twin signals of frustration: test-firing missiles and withholding top diplomats from a chance at nuclear talks. Kim Jong-un’s regime fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Wednesday, the South Korean military said, the second such test in less than a week. The launches ...

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• 31 July

  Russia crackdown grows amid Putin rivals’ protest

  

  Bloomberg Russian authorities raided the homes of people involved in a Moscow demonstration, stepping up a crackdown that threatens to be the harshest since officials crushed large-scale protests in 2012. Interior Ministry officers and Federal Security Service agents were searching for information on electronic devices that proved participation in the unauthorised protest or how it was organised, the state-run Tass ...

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• 31 July

  Trump to soon present peace plan to Arab leaders

  Bloomberg US President Donald Trump plans to outline his “deal of the century” Middle East peace plan to Arab leaders at a summit before Israel’s September 17 election, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported. Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, will invite the leaders to the summit at the Camp David presidential retreat during his swing through the Middle East ...

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• 31 July

  China imposes Taiwan travel ban in warning shot to Tsai

  

  Bloomberg In its latest effort to increase pressure on Taiwan, Beijing said it will suspend a programme that allowed individual tourists from 47 Chinese cities to travel to Taiwan, citing the current state of relations between the two sides. The ban is effective from August 1, according to a statement from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and means that ...

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• 31 July

  HK rioting charges suggest tough response to protesters

  

  Bloomberg Hong Kong’s decision to charge dozens of protesters with a colonial-era rioting charge that carries a 10-year prison term suggested that the government was heeding calls for a tougher response to the unrest. The arrests of 49 people — including 44 on the rioting charge — drew outrage from pro-democracy groups and spurred hundreds of demonstrators to surround a ...

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• 31 July

  Germany, UK appear to diverge over Iran

  Bloomberg The unified European approach to resolving tensions in the Persian Gulf showed signs of strain, with senior German officials warning that the UK may be drifting closer to an American-led operation that had previously been rebuffed by governments in Paris and London. While Germany stands by its resistance to use military forces to protect shipping in the region, Boris ...

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• 31 July

  Trade talks to continue in September in US

  

  Bloomberg China and the US plan to meet again in September to extend trade talks, as the latest round of negotiations in Shanghai ended with signs the sides discussed Chinese purchases of American farm products — a key demand of President Donald Trump. US delegates including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer wrapped up talks with their ...

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• 31 July

  India offers idle electric vehicles to taxi fleets

  

  Bloomberg India’s Energy Efficiency Services Ltd, responsible for replacing the state’s vehicles with new-energy cars, is seeking to lease electric vehicles to cab companies amid delays integrating them into government fleets. EESL has made offers to lease EVs to Ola Cabs, a Softbank Group Corp-backed ride-hailing service, and Indian taxi firm Meru Cabs, and plans to reach out as well ...

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• 31 July

  Tokyo plans to remove Seoul from ‘export list’

  Bloomberg Japan plans to press ahead with its plan to remove South Korea from a list of trusted export destinations, rebuffing a public effort by the US to calm rising tensions between its two key East Asian allies. “This is a change in the management of exports that’s necessary for national security,” government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told reporters in Tokyo. ...

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