June, 2019

• 26 June

  One of the world’s largest offshore oil platforms inaugurated in UAE

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, on Wednesday inaugurated one of the world’s largest offshore oil platforms – the Umm Lulu Gas Treatment Plant (ULGTP), in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, and His ...

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• 26 June

  Emerging tech shapes future of UAE’s industrial sector

  

  Dubai / WAM Organisations that adopt smart solutions in their manufacturing and logistics processes achieve measurable benefits and efficiency in their operations, concluded industry decision makers and logistics professionals at the second edition of DI Talks, a series of expert-led discussions hosted by Dubai Industrial City, one of the largest industrial hubs in Dubai and a part of Tecom Group. ...

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• 26 June

  UN chief Guterres to headline Abu Dhabi climate meeting

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The two-day agenda for the upcoming inaugural Abu Dhabi Climate Meeting (ADCM), has been announced, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres set to welcome more than 1,000 of the world’s leading political figures and climate action experts to the UAE capital. Set to run on June 30 and July 1 at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, the ...

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• 26 June

  Dubai Startup Hub roadshow attracts 200 Indian start-ups

  

  NEW DELHI / WAM More than 200 start-ups across New Delhi and Bengaluru expressed their interest in entering the Dubai market during a roadshow organised recently by the Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A total of 10 shortlisted start-ups in both cities were given the opportunity to pitch their businesses to a ...

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• 26 June

  FANR reviews Barakah N-power plant progress

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Board of Management of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), reviewed its performance report during Q1 of the year, discussing the various planned activities to be undertaken across the year supporting its mission in regulating the nuclear sector in the UAE. The Board learned about latest updates of the FANR ongoing review of ...

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• 26 June

  UAE, Barbados to host UNCTAD events in ’20

  GENEVA / WAM The United Arab Emirates and Barbados have joined forces to co-host major United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) events in 2020. Barbados will host the 15th UNCTAD quadrennial conference in Bridgetown, while the UAE will host the World Investment Forum and the first eCommerce Week for Asia in Abu Dhabi. The two countries will co-chair ...

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• 26 June

  US companies find legal ways around ‘Huawei blacklist’

  

  Bloomberg American technology companies have resumed selling certain products to Huawei Technologies Co after concluding there are legal ways to work with the Chinese telecom giant in spite of its inclusion on a Trump Administration blacklist. Micron Technology Inc, the largest US maker of computer memory chips, said that it had started shipping some components to Huawei after its lawyers ...

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• 26 June

  China can fish in Philippines’ exclusive waters, says Duterte

  

  Bloomberg China can fish in parts of the South China Sea where the Philippines holds exclusive rights, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman said, despite warnings from other officials this would be unconstitutional. Duterte is giving China this “privilege” out of friendship, and because of funding and trade relations extended by Beijing to his government, presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said in an ...

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• 26 June

  ‘Asia’s monster trade pact possible this year’

  Bloomberg As a monster Asian trade pact enters its next round of deliberations this weekend, Deborah Elms is upbeat about its prospects for completion this year — though perhaps without all 16 members. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership — which includes all 10 Southeast Asian economies plus China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand — could be finalised ...

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• 26 June

  Indonesia eyes remote islands to relocate prisons

  Bloomberg Indonesian prisons are overflowing with convicts and authorities worried about their negative influence on city dwellers are exploring shifting them to some of the uninhabited islands in the archipelago. Overcrowded jails mean petty criminals like chicken thieves are lodged together with drug traffickers and terrorists, according to Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto. The inability ...

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